Downstairs Bathroom Progress

You have a limited number of days to move into a house you completely gutted.  What is the first room you need to finish?  We're pretty sure its the bathroom.  The downstairs bathroom is not completely finished, but its getting close.  The shower fixtures were ordered this week and we have claw foot tub to move in soon.  This is the second gray paint color we've tried and although it may get covered in another attempt to find the perfect gray for this space, it is starting to grow on us.  Here are some photos from START to "almost" FINISH.

This is the what the bathroom looked like when we bought the house.  The picture is taken from the old entrance that was off the kitchen.   We put two pocket doors on side walls in this picture.  (One where the toilet is sitting and the other directly across from it)

I realize that this picture shows absolutely nothing, but the wall to the left used to be the doorway off of the kitchen.  You can see one of the pocket door openings and through that you can actually see the back door.

We went with a classic subway tile and a light grout.  We purchased the vanity online.  Dark with a white marble top.

Please ignore the refrigerator door and the lamp.  Although the lamp is a hand made piece by local artist Ken Collins and we are super excited to have it.  It won't stay in the bathroom, it will go in the living area.

This picture is taken from the same spot as and is comparable to the second picture in this post.

Downstairs Bathroom

Originally, the only access to the downstairs bathroom was through the kitchen.  Ahem.  Not ideal for several obvious reasons.  We sealed up that entrance and Andrew put in two pocket doors.  One in the back hallway and the other off of one of the bedrooms. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These doors are original doors from other parts of the house which we are reusing! 

 

The tile work is also now finished.  Here is a sneak peak inside before it was painted and grouted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went with classic subway tile and a very light shade of grout.  The paint color is a medium to dark grey, but we're not exactly happy with it, so Andrew is going to repaint.  I'll post when we've nailed the color.  Here are some photos we found that helped us opt for gray:

 

 

(oops I didn't get the source for this, but I did find it on www.houzz.com)
 

 

 

 



Traditional Bathroom design by Vancouver Architect Synthesis Design Inc.

 

Traditional Bathroom design by Philadelphia General Contractor Tyler Grace

 

 

Now, I know you are dying to hear about our plans for water conservation and our dual flush toilets, but I am out of time for now, so more on this room later.