Comments on: Bathroom Dreaming http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/ Articles, reviews, tons of before & after photos, house restoration and interviews for the house obsessed. Get inspired! Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: nick http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1941 nick Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:19:13 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1941 Love the chandelier! Can you tell me who the manufacturer is? Love the chandelier! Can you tell me who the manufacturer is?

]]> By: Smann http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Smann Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:17:02 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1938 I just redid one like it... I can relate! When you get ready buy the towel bars by Nifty Nob, they are the easiest to install ever and great quality for the price too! I just redid one like it… I can relate! When you get ready buy the towel bars by Nifty Nob, they are the easiest to install ever and great quality for the price too!

]]> By: Artie http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Artie Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:23:07 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1877 I am so happy I stumbled across this post! I'm gonna go investigate more of your blog - but I had to comment here. We have a bungalow, built in 1923 in Western New York, and it too has some bathroom issues - ones that we'd neglected to take care of because of time, money, and other more demanding projects. Now that we have a little extra money tucked away - we've started peeling back the layers of ugly ... but it's still a far cry from done, shoot - even a far cry from 1/2 way ... but it's happening, and there will be no more showering in the "shower" in the basement soon! Thanks for the Nate Berkus inspiration - love it. I am so happy I stumbled across this post! I’m gonna go investigate more of your blog – but I had to comment here. We have a bungalow, built in 1923 in Western New York, and it too has some bathroom issues – ones that we’d neglected to take care of because of time, money, and other more demanding projects. Now that we have a little extra money tucked away – we’ve started peeling back the layers of ugly … but it’s still a far cry from done, shoot – even a far cry from 1/2 way … but it’s happening, and there will be no more showering in the “shower” in the basement soon! Thanks for the Nate Berkus inspiration – love it.

]]> By: Heather http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Heather Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:07:25 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1194 Hi! We haven't tackled the bathroom yet. Whatever we end up doing, we are going to keep the original window. It is the only light source in the room and it would be so dark in there without it. It IS a challenging problem. We are thinking about privacy glass in the window, a marble window sill, a clawfoot tub with a shower attachment and a wrap around shower curtain. Let me know what you decide in your bathroom. Best, h Hi! We haven’t tackled the bathroom yet. Whatever we end up doing, we are going to keep the original window. It is the only light source in the room and it would be so dark in there without it.

It IS a challenging problem. We are thinking about privacy glass in the window, a marble window sill, a clawfoot tub with a shower attachment and a wrap around shower curtain.

Let me know what you decide in your bathroom.

Best,
h

]]> By: ruth http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 ruth Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:54:13 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1193 good morning, I have a 1911 bungalow which I have been working on for 3 years. The bathroom looks a lot like yours except an owner before me tiled in the original window about halfway up the bottom window pane (!!?!) ...and installed a shower. So I have a shower but it needs to be fixed. Have you decided if you would keep the original window in your bathroom remodel? If not, are you thinking glass block or to just close off the window? I haven't found any solution yet. Yours in shower perplexity, Ruth good morning, I have a 1911 bungalow which I have been working on for 3 years. The bathroom looks a lot like yours except an owner before me tiled in the original window about halfway up the bottom window pane (!!?!) …and installed a shower. So I have a shower but it needs to be fixed. Have you decided if you would keep the original window in your bathroom remodel? If not, are you thinking glass block or to just close off the window? I haven’t found any solution yet. Yours in shower perplexity, Ruth

]]> By: Emma http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 Emma Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:30:58 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1192 The bathroom was the first thing I tackled when I moved into my new (oldish)house - I simply could not live with a grey and yellow bathroom, 1970 metal and formica shower, no bath, and the laundry tub and washing machine in the bathroom. I re-did the whole thing on the cheap (thanks to Dad the builder) in white white white, and had my heart set on the pretty black chandelier I brought hanging in the corner. Alas, low ceiling space meant wiring it in would be prohibitively expensive on my tight budget......it was not to be. Hmmm......maybe at the next house? The bathroom was the first thing I tackled when I moved into my new (oldish)house – I simply could not live with a grey and yellow bathroom, 1970 metal and formica shower, no bath, and the laundry tub and washing machine in the bathroom. I re-did the whole thing on the cheap (thanks to Dad the builder) in white white white, and had my heart set on the pretty black chandelier I brought hanging in the corner. Alas, low ceiling space meant wiring it in would be prohibitively expensive on my tight budget……it was not to be. Hmmm……maybe at the next house?

]]> By: Raven http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Raven Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:08:48 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1191 I just stumbled on this post and had to chime in to say that I feel your pain. My last house was a fixer downer, if you catch my drift, and I usually had to wash my dishes in the clothes washing machine since that was the only water source in the house. I'd use water from the washing machine for washing myself, brushing my teeth, cooking, etc. Drinking water was hauled from a mountain spring about ten miles from my house. I grinned through it all; I mean, I had a working washing machine! Ah, the fond memories. Good luck with your house! I just stumbled on this post and had to chime in to say that I feel your pain.

My last house was a fixer downer, if you catch my drift, and I usually had to wash my dishes in the clothes washing machine since that was the only water source in the house. I’d use water from the washing machine for washing myself, brushing my teeth, cooking, etc. Drinking water was hauled from a mountain spring about ten miles from my house. I grinned through it all; I mean, I had a working washing machine!

Ah, the fond memories.

Good luck with your house!

]]> By: Laura http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 Laura Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:11:44 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1190 Your bathroom is beautiful compared to ours...however, we do have running water in our sink and have geri-rigged a shower, which I highly recommend. On the night after we moved into our 1913 bungalow about 1 1/2 years ago (it's a fixer to say the least) in Portland, we went to the store, bought a metal pipe and a $3 shower head, staple gunned some shower curtains over our window and plaster and screwed the pipe into the top of the faucet....vau-la! You have a shower. Now we never guessed we would still be living like this, but yes, we too, seem to never have enough time or money. We'll get there....and then really love the way we live. Your bathroom is beautiful compared to ours…however, we do have running water in our sink and have geri-rigged a shower, which I highly recommend. On the night after we moved into our 1913 bungalow about 1 1/2 years ago (it’s a fixer to say the least) in Portland, we went to the store, bought a metal pipe and a $3 shower head, staple gunned some shower curtains over our window and plaster and screwed the pipe into the top of the faucet….vau-la! You have a shower. Now we never guessed we would still be living like this, but yes, we too, seem to never have enough time or money. We’ll get there….and then really love the way we live.

]]> By: Scott http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Scott Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:59:03 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1189 We have been working on our house since july of 2001 and still haven't finished. It's cost a lot and we haven't even been as true to the original as you. Have tried hard to compromise between restoration and renovation with an emphasis on restoration. Probably spent 70,000 so far and it's only 1300 sq ft. Oh, and pretty much done everything myself, except for central a/c, and driveway. But, hey I think I could build my own house at this point. Sometimes I've had to do those things that make us feel better about the house and our progress and life in general(because as you know a lot of projects take a long time with little visible change). Bathroom would be a huge psychological bonus for you. Plus, your work and website is a big motivator to a lot of us in our own struggles to restore years of neglect. We have been working on our house since july of 2001 and still haven’t finished. It’s cost a lot and we haven’t even been as true to the original as you. Have tried hard to compromise between restoration and renovation with an emphasis on restoration. Probably spent 70,000 so far and it’s only 1300 sq ft. Oh, and pretty much done everything myself, except for central a/c, and driveway. But, hey I think I could build my own house at this point. Sometimes I’ve had to do those things that make us feel better about the house and our progress and life in general(because as you know a lot of projects take a long time with little visible change). Bathroom would be a huge psychological bonus for you.

Plus, your work and website is a big motivator to a lot of us in our own struggles to restore years of neglect.

]]> By: mom http://1912bungalow.com/2007/10/bathroom-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 mom Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:43:10 +0000 http://1912bungalow.com/blog/2007/10/09/bathroom-dreaming/#comment-1188 I think that first bathroom is pretty. It looks tranquil and relaxing. But, I agree with Eastward about having all of those lights hanging over the tub. Eastward also has a good point in that that you HAVE managed to accomplish a LOT in five years. I think that first bathroom is pretty. It looks tranquil and relaxing. But, I agree with Eastward about having all of those lights hanging over the tub.

Eastward also has a good point in that that you HAVE managed to accomplish a LOT in five years.

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