badass bungalow
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View into the bathroom from the diningroom. Crummy shot, I forgot to take a before shot. Sorry.After we demo'd the room, we moved the door over against the oposite wall to make room for a doulbe vanity.Once we ripped out the shower stall there was enough room for a standard size bathtub. This is the Memoirs Tub from Kohler. It is an enamel covered cast iron tub.I had 3" X 6" white subway tile installed. It's a classic and a favorite of mine. For the floor I went with a simple ogtanonal with a square dot. Inexpensive and crisp looking.Adding grout makes all the difference in the way a tile looks.I had a Restoration Hardware moment, and kind of went crazy. I bought the vanity, medicine cabinet, shaving mirror, sconce, towel bars and faucets from them.The 3" X 6" tile was very economical, and I splurged on the cap detail. It adds a nice note of customization to the room.The bath now is clean and crisp looking as well as roomy. The toilet is by Kohler, part of the Memoirs suite.Because of the window, there wasn't room for a second medicine cabinet, so I hung the shaving mirror, that could swivel to where it would be needed. Replacing the old window made a tremendous differerence. The new one actually let light in, and with the new plantings outside, it now was pretty to look out.I used a vintage piece of barkcloth I found on ebay to make the valence and hung it on a rod I bought at Lowes.I had learned how to make button holes on my new sewing machine, so I put it to use on the hanging tabs. The bobble trim was a truley cheap find from a local fabric store called Boca Bargoons.Finished!!!
I can't believe I didn't take before shots of the bathroom, all I have is this shot from the sunroom. The original bathroom had a tiny shower stall and  a single sink vanity. The door from the dining room was set in the wall right in the corner of the bathroom, so the there was no space to extend the vanity. I had the door moved up against the oposite wall, leaving 24" for a new double wide! When we looked at the shower wall, there seemed to be a lot of undiscovered space around the enclosure, enough to make us take a sledge hammer to the wall to see what was back there. We found true gold, empty space!!!!