Bath Reno #8: Park Slope Modern
The man known in these parts as an architect in brooklyn (whose kitchen work was featured back in July) wrote in with this submission to the ongoing bathroom renovation series In a recent Park Slope brownstone renovation the existing house had a fair bit of old detail, but nothing had survived on the top floor….
The man known in these parts as an architect in brooklyn (whose kitchen work was featured back in July) wrote in with this submission to the ongoing bathroom renovation series
In a recent Park Slope brownstone renovation the existing house had a fair bit of old detail, but nothing had survived on the top floor. While another bathroom got a more tradition, even “adult” renovation (soaking tub, subway tile, pedestal sink, etc.), this floor’s bathroom was envisioned to be more playful, kid- and family-oriented.
An existing skylight became a top light for a new cedar and hemlock sauna. New steel lot line windows allow for rootop light into the shower and above vanity and bathtub; the toilet is tucked away in an alcove made by an intruding closet from a front bedroom.
Fun details: the floor is teak and comfortable barefoot while the tile is mostly mosaic in alternating plain and iridescent stripes; the towel warmer wraps on two walls and is connected to the building’s hot water heat; the shower has a fold down bench and a hand-shower on a bracket for when the rain head is too much; the vanity is wall-hung, with storage (and a radiator) below, and made from left-over wood flooring; the windows are positioned high so that the adjoining neighbors’ rooftop equipment is out-of-view; the sauna’s skylight can be opened to vent the sauna; and finally new stairs in the hall lead to a roof deck for cooling off (in relative private) après-sauna.
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Ah, nice to see the children of the overprivelged are not deprived of bathroom amenities. Scary to think what the masters of the house have for their own bath.
Rain head sprinker that could be “too much”! Was this up to code? Does NYC not have low-flow requirements?
I do wish we had put in a sauna. Nothing like that kind of heat to warm you to the marrow on those cold and moist new york winter days.
Love the floors. Expensive! But worth it.
I know some people don’t get these weird luxuries, but for others, it literally IS quality of life, and makes all the difference. If you’re going to leave the convenience of a Manhattan appartment, embark on the ugly, dirty, costly process of any kind of bathroom renovation, make something you cherish with it.
QUESTION: IS WOOD FLOORING IN BATHROOMS NOW UP TO CODE IN NYC?
QUESTION: WHERE’S THE BIDET?!!! IF YOU’RE GOING TO SPEND-SPEND-SPEND AND EXPAND THE SPACE SO MUCH why not go all the way?
STATEMENT: Everyone I’ve ever known who built an in-home sauna ended up using it rarely if ever…kind of like a pool table or treadmill in some homes…just sits there.
This was an expensive job…Still, it’s cute. Kind of looks like an IKEA-ish catalogue bathroom but with higher quality everything…a little spoiled if you ask me but whatever…
this is a great bathroom, but I too just don’t care about the bathroom.
i want at least 2 clean, workable modern bathrooms, and then I’m done.
i hate taking baths, and I only take 10 minute showers.
i definitely prefer bigger rooms to live in and moderate sized bathrooms.
Didn’t yesterday’s bathroom reno comments include the claim that wood floors in bathrooms won’t pass inspection?
really nice!
it looks very Scandinavian to me…
Wow, this is one big bathroom. The size alone makes it luxe even without all the finsihes and fixtures. Very impressive.
Bathrooms have changed since I was a kid. Then, they all seemed pretty basic, with a basin, bath, shower and toilet. Pretty ordinary too. You’d go in, do your business and get out.
Now, with features such as Balinese-style open-air showers, beautiful timber and stone finishes and toilets that look like they could have been invented by NASA, bathrooms have increasingly become luxuriant places to linger and potentially rooms of great style, depending on how deeply you want to dig into your wallet.
The bathroom that ate the floorplan.
A sure sign that a civilization is heading downhill is an obsession with bathrooms.
This is ridiculous. There is hardly any room left for….rooms.