Snarky me says lard yard? Is that some sort of slip and slide? The real me says, although I'm not a pro, I hope you install some period-style tile and fixtures. There are lots of pros to help you here, as you well know. That said, seems to me like a lot to cram in this tight space. When space is small, every inch has to be well thought out. Will you actually use the soaking tub every day or is it a occasional thing? In my experience (and I've had a lot), a good sized shower is a must.

That bathroom is small to have the tub and the shower.

I'm not sure about your location but it looks like you have a shower on the exterior wall, if you have seasonal winter weather, it's not a good idea to have plumbing on the exterior wall.

If you plan to stay there for a while I would move the baseboard on the long wall where I have the towel rack, having a baseboard heat you can make a warming towel rack and re-route and update the rest of the plumbing. If you plan to stay there for awhile it would be worth doing that.

I would do something like this.

Good luck in your new Home!

I can appreciate your desire to bring back the architecture of your home. If this is your main bathroom, you really need more sq. footage to create a reasonable sized room that can accommodate all the functions this room needs to provide. Any chance you can take space from either side of the bathroom space?

If no space is available, I think you might consider just a shower with vintage details for the room. See link to ideas below.

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/526147168959290146/?lp=true

Kandice, in regard to shower or tub people often ask me to take the tub out and put a big shower instead... But when people buying older homes and remodel, many people especially with small kids prefer to have a bath tub.

When kids are small parents use baby baths to bathe them, when they can stand on their own they usually play in the big tub probably until they 4 and after that it's all showers.

I guess it's all comes down to a personal preference, if people like to occasionally to soak in the tub after a long day of work or whatever, you need a tub, most people I guess get tired climbing in and out of the bathtubs or have tubs that never being used, they want switch to showers.

But on the resale, you would want to have a tub if this is only one full bath.

If you go with a free standing tub, you can get a floor mounted shower assembly, they are very nice and add a nice detail, this way you have the soaking tub, over-head shower and hand-held shower. It will look something like this

Good luck

It depends on the adjoining bedroom size and layout and if you you have space to bump the wall out into a bedroom so there is a good possibility that a shower can be added. Also keep in mind the entire wall doesn't need to be moved, all you really need is to make an alcove for a shower and you will end up with an alcove on the other side which can be made into additional closet, etc.

"FS tubs need min. 12” all the way around for cleaning and 18” is better"

That sounds like a real luxury! However, I think it would look a bit odd, and certainly anachronistic. I've lived in and been introduced to lots of old houses, and I've never seen a clawfoot tub with 12-18 inches of clearance around it.

The one I have here has 6" of clearance on the faucet end, and 3-1/4" on the side -- just enough to get a hand and arm down there to clean. Makes sense, as old house bathrooms are seldom very large.

The tub you picture looks nice. It can accept a faucet set with a shower riser. I have this one.

That faucet did have one quirk. I had to cut the threaded end of
the shower riser off because the faucet had a compression fitting instead of threads. Go figure.

Local plumbing stores here didn't have any faucet sets that I liked, but you might have more luck where you live. Before you buy one, measure and make sure the faucet centers are compatible with your tub.

You hang the shower curtain rod from the ceiling. Add 2 standard shower curtains and you're ready to shower.

The links are meant as examples, not as endorsements.

Can you imagine cleaning under and behind this thing?

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You could use it as the shower but still hard to keep clean unless you have space to float it further from the wall, which you don't.

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One of the best uses for these old undersized tubs is to put them outside for private bathing after working in the garden. They don't need to be plumbed. You can fill them with the water hose in the morning and the water will be a comfortable temp in the evening. I have one and I cover it with an old glass shower door which helps heat up the water even faster. If you don't garden, make it into a koi pond with filter, pump and fountain. My cousin taught her two infants to swim in the bath tub. Great way to allow chlorine to filter out of the water overnight so you have better quality water to use on the garden. I have another tub (not claw foot) that is a flower bed. It is painted purple and filled with mums that overflow the sides right now.

> Can you imagine cleaning under and behind this thing?

I do something like that weekly. Well, almost weekly. :)

You have to stand or kneel in the tub to clean behind it.

After doing this for a while, you'll realize why the built-in tub supplanted clawfoots and pedestals. Right after that, you'll wonder why you ever gave yours up for a clawfoot. :)

They have free standing tub shower curtain surrounds which you need if you have an overhead shower, they're fairly inexpensive and come in many styles and can be installed in a various ways and they help to minimize over-splashes, etc. even if you soaking in the tub the 3 sides along the wall can be protected.

Forgot to mention that the one in my vacation rental cabin (installed as GN shows) was always a pain. The contraption that held the shower curtains like that was always in a state of being nearly broken or very rickety. Finally, I guess someone must have grabbed the curtain to steady themselves; imagine how it looked after that. We don't have the shower there any more, just the tub.

Everything I've ever read about clawfoot tubs (if cast iron) says you have to make sure your floor can support it

@Decoe, It depends what curtain assembly you go with, some assemblies for $40-60 dollars they hang by a thread... but if you get a better made assembly, they have a much better mounting hardware and if followed manufacturer installation guide lines it will perform as it should.

@Gargamel, Yes, some weight over 300LB. but a regular framed floor can support the weight.

I did a complete house renovation a while back, and when we demoed the bathroom with a tub over 400LB (I asked my scrap guy to weight the tub separately just out of curiosity to find out how heavy it was) and about 1 1/2" concrete as sub-base for the tile and after removing everything this is what we found under the floor. All the joists were cut up for plumbing which ran in every direction.

If not the 1x6 sub-floor and the solid blocking that floor would caved in from all that weight.

Lovely! You did a great job with the details. How much are you enjoying it?

You did great! I had a tub like that when I was growing up, and it's still the most comfortable one I can remember. Enjoy your beautiful bathroom!!

Your bathroom looks BEAUTIFUL - you did a fabulous job.

Looking back at the "before" pictures, it is truly an impressive transformation! I meant to add that I really like your wall-mount faucet. It suits the style very well. And I think I recognize those sconces--Schoolhouse Electric Princeton? Perfect choice!