Calacatta Marble Bathroom in Aurora

Narrow bathroom fully tiled in Calacatta marble-look porcelain with gold fixtures and patterned shower floor

About This Project

This full bathroom remodel in an Aurora home involved floor-to-ceiling Calacatta marble-look porcelain tile throughout, including the shower walls, bathroom floor, and a recessed niche in the shower. The tile is a large-format polished porcelain with a pronounced vein pattern, which required careful layout planning to align the veining across adjacent tiles rather than letting it run randomly.

The shower floor uses a contrasting geometric mosaic tile that creates a deliberate visual break from the wall tile above. The gold fixtures and sliding door hardware were provided by the homeowner; we coordinated the tile layout around the fixture rough-in locations before setting any tile. The home is in one of Aurora's older East Side neighborhoods, and the original bathroom had gypsum board behind the existing tile, which was fully demoed and replaced with cement board and a liquid waterproof membrane before any new tile went down.

Project Details

Service: Bathroom & Shower Tile
Area: Aurora, IL
Materials: Large-format polished Calacatta marble-look porcelain, geometric mosaic shower floor tile
Scope: Residential full bathroom
Timeline: Multi-day install

What We Did

01Full demo of existing tile and gypsum board backer; cement board and liquid waterproof membrane installed on all shower surfaces.

02Vein-match layout planned and dry-laid before setting; large-format tiles back-buttered for full coverage on polished porcelain.

03Shower floor mosaic set with proper pitch to drain; all joints grouted and sealed; perimeter caulked in matching color.

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