Bathroom Renovation: Before and After
This post is long overdue. After all, thecontractors finishedour master bath renovation almost a year ago.When I posted the Week 12 photoslast June, the bathroom was complete except fortheplantation shutters and wall décor.My planwas to showbefore-and-after photosas soon as theshutterswereinstalled. That day came and went, and now –lo! these many months later –I am ready for the final reveal.
In a way I’m glad I waited. It was great fun revisiting the renovation process as Iscrolled through all of the photos taken during the 12 weeks of the renovation.
The biggest change was adding a custom shower in the northwest corner:

The shower was an important addition to the bathroom. (Whoever heard of a master bath without one?)
Opposite the new shower, on the northeastside, we removed the big Jacuzzi tub and installed a vintage clawfoot tub:

Much more befitting a home built in 1913, don’t you think? And the new single windowopens, providing a delicious cross-ventilating breeze.
I was hoping to positionthe marble-topped vintage washstand (see first photo, above)againstthe half-wall opposite the clawfoot tub but it turned out to be a few inches too deep.After searching in vain for a narrow vintage table that would fit in that space, I had one made:

On the wall opposite the tableis asmall stoolmade by the samecraftsman:

The wood is African mahogany.
Anew custom vanity, mirror, and light fixturesupdated thesouthend of the bathroom:

Much less fussy.

The wall on the right betweenthe towel rack and the door is the perfect space tohang one of my table runners (in this case Purple Haze, from my pattern Full Moon Rising II).
Even after a year, the novelty of having a renovated bathroom hasn’t worn off.Do I miss anything about the old bathroom? Surprisingly, yes. I feel a twinge of nostalgia for that floralwallpaper:

I had a partial roll left over — can you believe I saved it for over 25 years? –soI lined the drawers of the vanity with it.