Bath Reno #6: Modern in Carroll Gardens
Today bathroom reno post comes verbatim from the owner…This bathroom is part of one floor of our place in CG that’s been done in a totally modern/contemporary style. It’s a newly constructed room…there wasn’t a bathroom on this floor previously. We did 60% of the work ourselves and had a talented friend do what we…
Today bathroom reno post comes verbatim from the owner…This bathroom is part of one floor of our place in CG that’s been done in a totally modern/contemporary style. It’s a newly constructed room…there wasn’t a bathroom on this floor previously. We did 60% of the work ourselves and had a talented friend do what we couldn’t (tiling, electric, trim). Everything aside from the faucets/sink were purchased or crafted in Brooklyn. Here’s where sourced everything from:
– Kohler Purist lav faucet/shower & Porcher sink from Davis & Warshaw;
– Frameless shower from RB Wyatt;
– Custom vanity and shelf unit by Laurel Woodworking on 13th street;
– Toto Toilet from Garfield (had a bad experience with them);
– Honed slate countertop from stone place in E. W’burg by the Kosciusko Bridge;
– Heated floor system/thermostat and Alinea lighting ordered online.
All in all, I’d say this was all under $8000.
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There are other projects that we’re more enthusiastic about and that are more consistent with the purpose of brownstoner.com. That’s really all there is to it.
You mean you are giving in to the lunatic who was cut and pasting old threads in order to stop you from doing the reno features. That is exactly what he wanted. No No No NO NO NO!!! But wait, I can get a gold star if I log in!
All the storage-obsessed people are finally satisfied. Love the bathroon, clean and nice.
I’d love a tub though, my preference.
Eitherway, well done!
General question for all you bathroom remodelers: Is there a reason not to extend hardwood floors into a bathroom? I love my floors and don’t know why I have to transition to tile. To me it always looks odd in the new open plan style places when the kitchen has tile, but the living room has wood even without a wall in between. I do, of course, plan to keep the bathroom walled off, but see no reason to change the floor.
When someone’s purposefully trying to screw up a thread like this, we end up having to delete a lot of comments. The surest way to make sure yours doesn’t get caught up in that is to log in and post under a username. As we said back in August, when the $#!+ hits the fan, logged in users get the benefit of the doubt, anonymous commenters do not.
Mr. B, some of my (legit) posts have disappeared. What’s up?
OP again:
sorry i didn’t know my husband was responding to comments as well. regarding the toilet being off center…i thought he planned it that way. guess not! it all worked out…as you all know going through major renovations you learn to live with things.
OP here:
thanks all for the nice comments..as you can imagine we were pretty to post it but we’re really proud of how this came out.
to answer some questions:
the whole vanity/shelf unit came to about $2500 installed…. i don’t have Laurel’s number handy right now but i’ll be sure to post it when i find it…they did an excellent job. Tons of storage with these shelves as they go pretty deep (24″).
All tile was bought at Galactic on 3rd ave (near 13th street). Wall tile is that 2×2 inch Daltile with a non gloss finish and gray grout. Slate floor tiles were bought from them as well (not laid into the shower)…i have to say it’s a little hard to clean as it is somewhat smooth but not exactly ‘honed’ so it sort of tears up a mop/sponge a bit.
The slate countertop has held up nicely (bathroom’s only been complete about 9 months)but we do clean it with a specific slate cleaner/protector.
Toilet was purposely put a bit off center to allow for tp and trashbin…only about a few inches though.
we had our renovation up on ‘my brownstone’ til the site was redesigned…i guess now the bigger renos are documented?
Love the bathroom and especially the custom wood work. I will be contacting Laural Woodworking for a custom vanity.