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DIY Concrete Ofuro (Japanese Soaking Tub).

by on Dec 30, 2007

Splatgirl shares her totally amazing and DIY’d bathroom on Apartment Therapy:

 

Hello! I would love to share my bathroom. I designed and DIY’d this room from scratch. It includes a poured concrete Japanese soaking tub, concrete countertops and a 9 1/2 foot tall tile mosaic shower wall. It has his and hers vanities and a double shower with ceiling mount rain heads…

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As far as bathrooms go, it was done very inexpensively and incorporates some ideas that I think are useful and fun whether one is on a budget or not. (I think I spent about 3K total on the room.)
From the $48 sconces that look super high-end to the shower that I tiled in basic 4 1/4″ white ceramic and blue glass gobs purchased in bulk to the marine vinyl used as partitions instead of expensive tempered glass panels, I think it’s a testament to what you can do with a limited budget and some creativity (and a lot of hard work!).

Here’s a link to her Flickr set detailing the process of making the poured concrete ofuro.

Via GrassRoots Modern 

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2 Comments

  1. Katherine Torkelson

    I am interested in your concrete Japanese style bathtub.  How you configure your molds and what you finish the inside of the tub with so that you don’t have grit.  Ideas in general as I am just planning an addition.  Thanks.  

  2. Cindy Barg

    Concrete is highly toxic…a true Ofuro soak-tub is made from the finest Cedar, only.