![]() We had to support it by adding a piece of cement board that would support the weight. The fabricator was having issues with breaking until Matt suggested a way he could do it differently, then it was smooth sailing from that point.įor example, because of the fragility of the material, we couldn’t just use a single piece of porcelain for a shelf between the large and small sections. Second, because of the thin material, we did have to get creative in some of the ways these porcelain shower shelves were built. Even then, he did have some issues with pieces breaking in the ways he cut it, but it was a learning process for him as well. It took good design and a good fabricator to do this. With this fragility comes a higher chance of the porcelain material breaking or cracking. PORCELAIN SHOWER SHELVES: The DifficultiesĪs much as we love how our shower niches turned out, we want to be honest about the difficulties as well.įirst of all, the large porcelain slab material we chose for our shower walls is thin. We haven’t needed more or wished we’d done less. Verdict? It’s been perfect! (That kinda rhymed!) Honestly, simply having a section for tall things and a section for short things has been just right for us. The porcelain shelf between the two sections is just over 1″ in height. The lower shelf is 4″ high and 3.5″ deep. The upper shelf is 11″ high and 3.5″ deep. So the final size of our porcelain shower niche is just over 16″ high by 13″ wide. After adding a few inches vertically (because you want room for when you pick the bottle up, or want flexibility for if you get taller bottles in future), we settled on _ inches.įor the short section’s dimensions, we made a list of what we used that was small (things like soap or a razor lying on its side) and did the same thing as we did for the tall section: added a few inches vertically and called it good! To determine the tall section’s dimensions, we measured our tallest items (such as shampoo bottles). ![]() ![]() So we decided to do one shower niche with a shelf in the middle dividing them into ![]() We took stock of what we each use in the shower, and it came down to two sizes: Once you’ve decided how many shower niches you want, how do you go about determining the size?įirst, we looked at function. PORCELAIN SHOWER SHELF: Choosing Our Dimensions Thus, we decided to do small “His & Hers” porcelain shower shelves on each side of the wall underneath our showerheads. Why? It would distract visually from the beautiful veining on that back slab as the focal point! Some showers have one long, rectangular shower niche along the back wall. ![]()
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