Good/bad/ happy/ sad bath reveal with a nautical nod.
I just finished a bath remodel in which I used some heirloom pieces along with curbside finds, college creates and ikea cabinetry. So I have found the disposable inexpensive vs family pass down discussion very enlightening.
My cabinetry was just installed this weekend so only a very high round window to sand and paint left to do and who knows when I might get that done so I am ready to post my bath reveal. I could not have done this without GW bath and decorating forums help you helped throughout my design, technical issues and finishing touch decisions.
I have tiny closets in my 1920s home so opted for storage over a tub.. The wardrobes in this room will actually house our most used clothing, yes we have great ventilation.
Here is my orginal mood board
revised mood board
my great aunts dresser passed to me long ago to be used as vanity
This bath was an addition over my orginal sunroom here is the before view from my room during build from old window.
Here is the same view now
here is a curbside find in process of my refinishing efforts.
Walk in shower with garden stump to place my rump...
Rain head
I will eventually have a built in bench but I found two childhood creates that fit perfectly and thanks to lisa and fun2be they gave me ideas to cover with terry cloth and ropes. The terry is actually a changing pad cover I already had, it has been cleaned :). The wall art is the tiller from my first boat handed down to me from my parents. Goodness I loved that boat!
A week after our addition started my DH was diagnosed with cancer, he is doing well at the moment! This GW community not only helped me with fun decorating stuff but the people on the conversation side spiritually keep me strong and sane and I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon this forum years ago. The people on GW are an important addition in my live.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoLisa, the orginal tile was ceramic wall tile, the company does make other pattern encaustic tiles that are rated for bathroom floors but I did not find one my DH would approve :( so I changed gears.
Becky,the paint is greenwhich village by behr, mixed by BM.
The vanity was not to hard to rig for a vanity. We cut u shapes into drawers to make room for pipes. In retrospect we made them smaller inside than need be but we still have more storage than in our other tiny baths.
Here is a closer picture of the wardrobe finish
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThanks so much for all the well wishes!
Smallhouse the wardrobes are IKEA pax with hemnes real wood doors. My GC will be trimming the tops in the near future to make them look more custom. I used IKEA because I was actuall trying to have more of a walk in dressing area Rather than a bath per say.
here is my walk in closet with a shower and loo. IKEA near Yale is all out of white pax drawers so I will hopefully finish the missing six drawers as soon as they are restocked.
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