The real bathroom :)
Sorry for the little April Fools joke. We couldn't resist. The tile is in upstairs.
Just to remind you...here is what the upstairs bath looked like before we moved in...
When we moved in, we cleaned it up and had to use it while the downstairs bath was being done.
We also had an Open Source Bathroom Design activity. (Boy, that was long ago!)
We tacked up our REAL inspiration from a magazine...
And here is the beginning of the transformation...
Looking back, we wish we would have used only one line of blue trim on the perimeter of the room because it makes the area between the shower and the boxed-in bathroom stack look a little narrow. On the other hand, it visually seperates the room into two distinct sections which is nice for sharing the room.
Here's a close-up of the tile. We're using a combination of 1" hex tile, 1" square tile and subway tile from American Olean. The blue is a match for the unglazed mosaic in the front hall entryway.
And getting the tile to look straight in an old room where there are no perfect 90 degree angles? That was some brilliant craftmanship on the part of Paul's team.
(9)
Looking for More?
| Search for more on 'Bathroom Hex Tile and Subway Tile' on this site. |
| Search for 'Bathroom Hex Tile and Subway Tile' on on other houseblogs like this one. |
| Search for 'Bathroom Hex Tile and Subway Tile' on Google. |
| Search for 'Bathroom Hex Tile and Subway Tile' on Amazon.com. |
Cabinet Refacing:
Face Your Kitchen | Your Guide to Kitchen Cabinet Refacing |
Comments
Love, love, LOVE the tile! Great choice, and I think it looks great with the double-line of blue.
I have a single line of colored tile (pink) on my bathroom floor, which is ivory, that was here when we moved in. I think the pink looks a little like an afterthought, and it isn't enough color to hold it's own among the ivory tiles.
Posted by: erin | April 3, 2005 2:20 PM
I love blue for a bathroom. Looks nice. You have such nice light in your house too!
Posted by: Jocelyn | April 3, 2005 3:27 PM
again, wow. i love the subway tiles. the floor looks great too.
Posted by: irasali | April 3, 2005 9:57 PM
The tile work looks lovely!
Posted by: Kasmira | April 4, 2005 6:47 AM
Very classy.
The double blue is very nice. Even at that pinch point, it only highlights something you knew was there. With such a strange shape on the floor, one line might have been too weak. By acknowledging the funkiness you make a little celebration out of something that might have been awkward.
You two have a great touch for detail. There's always something to catch the eye and bring out the interesting characteristics of the space, but you still show restraint~ it's never a gaudy bonanza. I wouldn't recomend this to everyone, but you guys can just trust your intuition!
Posted by: Nathan | April 4, 2005 8:44 AM
Wow - looks great! I am doing my downstairs bathroom, which looks almost exactly like yours in dimensions and layout, and have undergone a tile horror nightmare. Dry wall over a tub! Duroc on backwards! Plaster on the duroc instead of durabond! Plus - the tile we picked is horribly wrong. So sad. I am holding out to replace with the nice white subway tile that should have been selected, but battling those with a more modern aesthetic. It's hard to grow a spine, but I sure have learned to how to do it from this lesson. Do you have any advice on where to find a good tiler? I think we live in the same midwestern area (in a 1920's "queen anne bungalow," as dubbed by a local cab driver) and I am wondering if you have a good resource for finding people.
Posted by: Andi | April 5, 2005 8:46 AM
Andi--
we are in Chicago, is that where you are?
Sorry that you are going through such a battle. ee-yuck.
Posted by: jm | April 5, 2005 8:53 AM
I am in Oak Park. Still working on getting the mistake tile out. May have found an experienced and trustworthy tile person. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
Posted by: Andi | April 12, 2005 9:27 AM
Have ya'll tried the Habitat for Humanity restores? They have a lot of materials for a lot less, I've found retro tile and lots to choose from in ours. I got brand new kitchen cabinets for $500. Your house looks great. I'm restoring an old victorian and had to gut the entire bathroom, pantry and kitchen down to the crawl space. I still don't have walls in those areas but at least I finally have a ceiling in the downstairs bath and a floor in the upstairs bath. It's an awful lot of work for one person but very rewarding.
Posted by: Katia Jaffe | May 3, 2005 9:14 AM