FIT FOR A PRINCESS
So this is the kind of squalor I lived in before the reno. Wicked, eh? Yes, those tiles have fallen off and bare rotting wood is exposed right in my shower where I BATHED myself. Ugh.
This is right before big demo, when I was drawing on the walls to get my design down.
This is demo day. It simultaneously hurt and liberated me to see this done. I guess that's how it goes with that kind of thing.
This is a fine example of the architectural drawings I did which were tacked on each wall for the guys to work off of. It looks EXACTLY like that picture today. Swear. The plaster & lathe used for the walls was so old, the plaster was held together with HORSEHAIR (as opposed to oh, say...FIBERGLASS!)
A little sheetrock goes a long way. But not far enough.
TA-DAAAA!!! My heart's desire was of course a clawfoot bathtub, but I simply couldn't swing it, cost or design-wise. I was able to get the feeling of the height of a clawfoot by framing the tub off the subfloor six inches (four off of finished floor). I spent about seven hours looking for a tub on the internets and ended up getting it at Home Depot for like 4 beans. It's the deepest (22"), shortest (52")tub ever, nice and cheap, acrylic. BUT! I stuffed it with wall insulation and now that tub stays steaming hot for hours. Literally hours.
This is the other angle of my bathroom: BEFORE
Other angle of my bathroom: AFTER
I rolled out the faux-stamped-tin texture on the ceiling and rocked the crown moulding. The color's messed up in this pic b/c I had to mess with the contrast to get the texture to show.
The radiant heat is my favorite part of my renovation. Sasha digs it too.
This is right before big demo, when I was drawing on the walls to get my design down.
This is demo day. It simultaneously hurt and liberated me to see this done. I guess that's how it goes with that kind of thing.
This is a fine example of the architectural drawings I did which were tacked on each wall for the guys to work off of. It looks EXACTLY like that picture today. Swear. The plaster & lathe used for the walls was so old, the plaster was held together with HORSEHAIR (as opposed to oh, say...FIBERGLASS!)
A little sheetrock goes a long way. But not far enough.
TA-DAAAA!!! My heart's desire was of course a clawfoot bathtub, but I simply couldn't swing it, cost or design-wise. I was able to get the feeling of the height of a clawfoot by framing the tub off the subfloor six inches (four off of finished floor). I spent about seven hours looking for a tub on the internets and ended up getting it at Home Depot for like 4 beans. It's the deepest (22"), shortest (52")tub ever, nice and cheap, acrylic. BUT! I stuffed it with wall insulation and now that tub stays steaming hot for hours. Literally hours.
This is the other angle of my bathroom: BEFORE
Other angle of my bathroom: AFTER
I rolled out the faux-stamped-tin texture on the ceiling and rocked the crown moulding. The color's messed up in this pic b/c I had to mess with the contrast to get the texture to show.
The radiant heat is my favorite part of my renovation. Sasha digs it too.