Mr Built Us A Bathroom

Before
Mr and I have been in this house for 3.5 years. My priority was the bathroom. Somehow we managed to to start on the exterior: Paving the driveway, re-cladding the house, new front door, gates and new turf and plants.  Meanwhile the toilet leaked, the shower curtain was sticking to us as we showered in the draughty room, the vanity shelves and drawers had collapsed from water damage, Mr couldn't see himself on the mirror (it was positioned low under the window) and well, that pink whale spout and rambling rose feature tile!



The Brief
I was after a 'vintage modern' bathroom. I wanted it to be modest and in keeping with the era of the home (50s).

The Plan (& Source List)
We had to change the layout as the mirror had to be higher. We had no storage previously so we wanted lots of it. We had little paper cut outs of each element and did every possible layout scenario - then at the last minute we changed our mind again. We joined the separate toilet with the main bathroom. I wanted the bath to have breathing space.

The New Bathroom - Ta da!

 

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Bathing Beauties

Have you seen the bathroom on the cover of the new Home Beautiful bathroom mag? Amazing. I can't stop imagining new bathrooms, lots of white - all of them in my mind have, a chandelier, a frilly skirt (like the last pic), some marble - but then again, I would want all those elements in my kitchen and laundry as well. Imagine  black bathroom suites.  That's way too brave for me. I would love to go a bit crazy in our the little separate 'water closet' room.  Lots of wallpaper (only from half way up of course in case the toilet water splashes onto it - yuck - I heard this recently on Sarah's House - I am addicted to her shows), oh yeah and lots of pattern, a beautiful light, art even! No wall shall go un-arted. Especially if we open up the kitchen/living/dining area in our place and I'm left with barley a wall in our one-day-gonna-be-glass-box-house.

Sources: house beautiful / porch light interiors / sensational colour / house beautiful via shore dreams and beautiful things  / windsor smith's house via house beautiful.

Salle de Bain

How I love stylish bathrooms. Timber, concrete, pedestal vanity, I don't mind. I know I want Venetian mirrors. A rectangular one or 2 tall ones above Mr and I's basins. I just have to convince Mr to knock through the wall into our beloved walk in pantry because I want it to be spacious. We were gifted an old cast iron bath with bronze feet, which is waiting patiently and waterless in storage. Eventually I will have it resprayed in whitest white (feet and all?!) and have it perched centre stage like the one we bathed in at the White House in Daylesford. That bathroom looks bare and basic but it was a delight to be in and bathe in.

My pink tub is full of dust and critters and the whale spout isn't quite cutting it. A mix of designer bathroom furniture and a vintage French armoire for towels and beautiful bathroom products and such would do nicely I'd think. But I have a wedding to plan (I'm trying to keep that very simple and - fingers crossed - easy too) so back on the back burner this goes.

The Art of the Bath

Bathing...I forgot how beautiful it can be, especially under a French chandelier where the soap comes wrapped in a slip of a page from a vintage book.