Vintage style bathroom—subway tile border
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Comments (3)Bill - those are great - exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about. I know you've heard it before, but you really do lovely work - thanks for posting!...See MoreHow would you tile floor of this vintage bathroom?
Comments (6)There are lots of vintage inspired floors that you can do that aren't necessarily lots of little pieces. Bill V shows a bathroom with a honed marble floor on the diagonal with a thin dark border and then a polished marble border beyond that. You can search around a bit to find his website and take a look at it. Also you might want to search back on claire de luna - she shows a similar look with terrazzo tiles and a border in a creamy and warm rather than grey and cool palette. This could be pulled off with travertine and coordinating ceramic and stone for a vintage but not a slave to period feel. You could also do a checkerboard with larger format tiles - either a subtle tone on tone checkerboard in earthtones or black and white for something more graphic that would pop. There are many ceramics out there that either look like stone or not but have colors that would look great together in a checkerboard....See MoreSeeking help with vintage style baths & vanities
Comments (21)I've been planning a vintage bath remodel in my ca1888 house for what seems like forever (I am FINALLY ready to pull the trigger). I'm going for something kind of deco and a little more contrasty than most though. The walls will be partially tiled in white subway with a black 1/2" liner, a 3x8 embossed tile and topped by a black wainscot cap. I haven't decided what the baseboard will be but either a 4x4 cove base topped by a half inch white liner and then another half inch black liner OR a flat 6x6 topped with a half inch black liner. The floors will be matte glazed porcelain hex, white with some black dots. My shower base is corian but with a terrazzo look in greys and whites. The grout will be grey. I have black porcelain turtle shade sconces (now discontinued at rejuvenation, I got them on clearance, but they have a similar style still available) and probably will also have a black porcelain overhead light. I will have two sinks that are adjacent to each other - one will be a slab supported by chrome legs with exposed sink and piping and the other will be a vanity, the cartwright small single sink from restoration hardware. Matching restoration hardware mirrors. The vanity tops will be matching 1 1/4" slabs of honed jet mist granite from a local granite shop. Here are a couple of elevation sketches I did, this one showing the most likely base idea with the console sink and the other showing the vanity sink but without any kind of a base. I will also have a new clawfoot tub (sorry to see the old one go but the crappy chipping refinish job has pretty much ruined it for me, I want something that will last a lifetime) that is double-ended with a center mount faucet, chrome feet and that is painted black on the outside (but normal white porcelain on the inside). The toilet is the toto guinevere, still in my garage, and the faucets are rohl country C-spout. I'm also replacing the radiator with a myson hydronic towel warmer that has kind of a funky vintagey look. Now I just need to get started. Reminds me I have to call the contractor :)....See MoreOne bath down, one to go -- Vintage inspired guest bath remodel
Comments (105)Lovely sense of style! Bravo! We investigated porcelain marble look-alike tile but we decided on real marble which we will have to care for without any acidic products. Beware that there is a repeating pattern in marble look-alike porcelain tile like (on wall paper which will give away the secret.) We found great deals on Amazon and at Lowes for Bianco Carrara subways, pencils, chair rails and floor and shower floor hexes (1/3 the price of tile stores). We found a gorgeous remnant for our shower bench at a marble and stone shop at an amazing price. I can't wait until it's done to post photos! But back to your house... it's gorgeous!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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