Comments on: Historical Bathroom Photos

By: charlotte remodeling

charlotte remodeling — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Great Vintage Bathroom pics. I work for a Charlotte Remodeling company and we are currently restoring a 1915 Stucco Foursquare which has some Spanish/Mission details to it. We do quite a bit of Historic Restorations and Since the previous owners of the property have butchered the original bathrooms we are doing alot of leg work to find vintage items form that period such as clawfoot tub, pedestal sinks, mission style light fixtures that will bring back life into this beautiful historic home.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:05:50 +0000

Good luck with your restoration! How lucky (and smart!) to have married a professional woodworker.

By: Julie D. Martin

Julie D. Martin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:56:04 +0000

My husband and I just sold our modern townhome for a small 1.5 storey home built in 1912…and it needs TONS of work! I stumbled upon this awesome website, and you’ve inspired me. Good news is that my hubby is a professional custom woodworker. I, on the other hand, have no serious skills for this renovation, other than a good eye for decor. So glad to see your dramatic before and after photos. I’m looking forward to showing mine off in a year or too!

By: Erlend Torjussen

Erlend Torjussen — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:46:15 +0000

Her er litt inspirasjon til badet.
Klem

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:28:13 +0000

If you are on the West Coast and have a chance to go to Anaheim you should look up Armstrong’s vintage plumbing and lighting. He has the largest collection of period fixtures 1890-1940 ever assembled. His 45 years of vintage fixture expertise comes in handy when dealing with plumbers that have never seen anything older than 1950. John works out of an old farmhouse on an acre property and is seen by appointment only 714-761-1320.
Happy hunting!

By: leslie

leslie — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:09:39 +0000

Just realized there was a type-o in my blog address…it should read http://www.roostinteriordesign.tumblr.com. But you probably could have figured that out!

By: leslie

leslie — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:08:37 +0000

Hey Heather,

I’m chronicling my own bungalow redo in Asheville, NC at http://www.roostinteriordesigna.tumblr.com.

I would love to use the images that you’ve found in my blog and will give you full credit for their sourcing (providing a link to your site etc.). Just wanted to clear that with you before I proceed. Let me know if that’s ok!

Thanks and GREAT WORK!

Leslie

By: Stephanie Machen

Stephanie Machen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:20:59 +0000

I am looking for a reference to be able to date the sink I have. I could send a photo if you would like.
It has separate handles of hot and cold but the water comes out from an area formed in the sink itself. Make any sense? It is not metal it is ceramic just like the bowl part of the sink. It is a wall hung sink squarish in shape.
Enjoyed all the photos. Very educational and entertaining. Nice reference material. You did some decent research.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:13:16 +0000

Leslie, Congrats on the house! First of all let me suggest a wonderful book called "Bungalow Bathrooms" by Jane Powell. I found it wonderfully informative and inspiring. Link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586850814?ie=UTF8&tag=davidchiu-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1586850814 I have found the "Aladdin Home Furnishings Catalog" from 1916 to be another great resource (everything from roof tiles, to period lighting examples, to home furnishings, and so much more!). Here is a link to bathroom floor tile examples: http://clarke.cmich.edu/aladdin/furnishings/aladdin137.htm In Los Angeles, I have seen a few original bathroom floor tiles in the flower pattern, far right in the Aladdin book, minus the geometric border. The floors I saw in this pattern were white hex tile with black flower or a light blue flower pattern. Sorry to your fiance, but most of the period bathroom tile floors I have seen were done in white hex tile, even bathrooms in fancier upscale homes. Check out the gallery page at subwaytile.com (this company reproduces historically authentic subway tile) for period bathrooms exemplifying this: http://www.subwaytile.com/gallery.shtml In 1912, white bathrooms were seen as clean and sanitary and were the most common. That said, there were bathrooms that were tiled in white but also incorporated an accent color (often black) in a border or some type of all over pattern. Personally, I prefer a little more color and am planning on going with a basket weave pattern or a spiral pattern on the floor when we do our bathroom. These floor patterns were less common, but not without historical precedence. Here is an example of a basket weave pattern: http://www.tileshop.com/products/detail.asp?categoryID=4&subcategoryID=12&familyID=96&Record_ID=5375&pageIndex=1 Here is an example of a spiral pattern: http://www.mosaicsupply.com/lyric_unglazed_porcelain_mosaic_tile_spiral_pattern.html I hope this has helped! Best of luck with your project.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:43:55 +0000

My fiance and I have just moved into a 1912 Craftsman Bungalow style house in kansas, while the bare bones of the house are sound, we decided to start with the bathroom. It is very small, but still has the original free-standing ped. tub. We are starting with the floors because they are in such bad shape. I have pulled off all the old cheap sticky tile someone put one, and would like to replace it with ceramic tile. The problem is I have no idea what the decorating style back then was, such as color style and such. My fiance is against all white, can you help?