Here’s the bathroom after our remodel…
Here is the new shower! 6 inch tile walls and 1 inch floor tiles. We love it.
Here's the rest of the shower. Note the little built-in inset in the wall for placing shampoo, etc. No need for ugly shower caddies.
We opened up the space a lot by putting storage above in the form of this chrome hotel/porter train metal tube rack.
This sink was a find. It's not often you find pedestal sinks that have enough space for all your junk; this one does and it just fit into a little niche we had.
Great deco light fixture, found at the El Cerrito Lighting Co. on sale, of course.
We really needed to open up this small bathroom, and replacing the built-in tub and sink were the way to go (if the originals were cuter; they might still be there). The new sink sits closer against the wall and is open beneath so you can see the whole floor that the cabinet blocked. The shower requires only a 4-inch curb on the floor, rather than a 20-inch tub side, so that opened up the floor too. Additionally, using the same tiles on the floor as the shower created a seamless expanse that extends from under the sink to the far side of the shower, and now the room feels twice as big as before.
We’re very happy with the bathroom; it’s probably the room we think about changing least (and we think about changing everything all the time). With this room, we were harkening back to the 30’s, with the seafoam color scheme, the porter train chrome towel rack, white enamel pedestal sink, matching porcelain ‘X’ sink/shower knobs, round mirror, and especially the deco light fixture. Given this direction, we didn’t feel as guilty about tearing out those originals as we might have had we replaced everything with bulky beige soapstone facilities.
