Windsor Terrace Reno

To those who have been following along this year, you may remember what I like to call THE.MOST.DISGUISTING.ROOM.EVER.

I can’t seem to find the other photos of the original bathroom but lets just say it didn’t get any better from another angle. This bathroom was next to the rooms that became the kitchen/dining area. The original bathroom was pretty big so we took some of that space for the kitchen and made the bathroom area smaller.

A good deal of thought went into deciding if we should make this a half bathroom or leave it as a full. We didn’t really NEED a full bath on the main floor. Ultimately, we decided that the claw foot tub could live in here and we could leave it as a full. We figure the tub can come in handy for future dog/children baths. And even if we rarely use it for whats its intended for, at least we saved the original tub and its pretty too look at. Time will tell if its a practical decision or not.

The layout of this bathroom is one of those things I’d count as a major mistake on my part. As you can see from the photo, the door swings open right into the tub. How did I miss that detail? It was in all of the plans and I never even thought of it. I justify it to myself as having too many details to worry about at the time but really, it isn’t like me not to spot something so obvious. Oh well, I didn’t notice and it was too late to fix once I did. I suppose I could have the door switched to swing the other way at some point but I’ll live with it for now. I really am loathe to do another thing that requires power tools.

This bathroom is really tough to photograph. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong but all the photos seem to come out with a weird greenish cast and make the room look poorly lit. In reality, the marble has a blue/grey tone and the wall has the tiniest bit of green and its quite bright in there. I like the color combo and the feel of the whole room. Anyway, I think it looks nicer in person so you’ll have to take my word for it.

Here are the specs in case you’re interested:
-tiles are carrera marble – hex on the floor, subway on the wall (purchased from Classic Tile and I’d recommend them)
-paint is Benjamin Moores “gray owl” (which actually looks a tiny bit green)
-the toilet is a Kohler Memoir (purchased from Park Slope Plumbing Supply – not wow’d by the service or help there at all)
-sink & faucet is Polished Nickel manufactered by Porcher (purchased online)
-Mirror, lights & shelf also Polished Nickel (purchased from pottery barn)

The walls look really bare in here so I definitely need something on the walls. For some reason, I think the marble tiles would look cool with some high contrast black and whites of the NYC subway or maybe grand central? I don’t really want to use the same photos Ive seen on a thousand postcards so maybe I can snap some of my own and see how that looks.

Until accessories are added, this is it. Another room done. Woo-hoo.