What is our house SUPPOSED to look like?
There comes a time in every homeowner/restoration-type person's life when they are trying to trace back HOW something looked before a previous homeowner "improved" it (usually a la the 1970's) when they THROW their hands in the air and groan:
"How is it SUPPOSED to look? How DID it look? What HAPPENED HERE??!!"
Well, we have some clues from some old sketches. And I found them in our computer files today. But I don't know where they are from and that is sad. They are probably from a late night Internet research stint before we bought the house when I was trying to understand the nuances of bungalow architecture. If you know the source, please email me and I will contact them for permissions.
More oldie-goodies :)
(Bathroom sketches via Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Catalog: 1904 and Kohler Catalog: 1925, via Mac the Antique Plumber )
Sigh. OKay. Someday.
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My wife and I go through the "sigh. okay. someday" moment a lot. Some of the time we envision what could be and what was and get a tremendous amount of energy to restore our house. Then there is the rest when the amount that "has yet to be" is overwhelming and discouraging. If you find a magic elixir for curing the "someday" moment, please share the recipe!
Tim C
Posted by: Tim C | August 26, 2003 10:23 AM
Those bathrooms are just amazingly huge. Or is that an exaggeration on the part of the illustrator?
(love the coy placement and/or shadowing of the toilets!)
Posted by: pericat | August 27, 2003 4:52 PM
Wow, those shower enclosures are tiny! And sometimes I feel claustrophobic in mine.
Anyone know what the smaller tub-like things are? Foot baths? Washing babies? :)
Seems to me someone on the AB forum posted an album with all kinds of old photos she had collected. I had saved a bunch to and bookmarked the page, but that laptop is long stolen. :(
Posted by: Anonymous | August 29, 2003 9:13 AM