The Upstairs Master Bath Finally Finished!

My first thought of how I was going to approach the upstairs bath was a tad extreme. Thinking I was going to pull the tub and install a walk in shower with a glass door. Heated towel rack, and top of the line shower fixtures. The more I thought about it, a few friends telling me to leave it alone I thought best to just work from the tub out. There are two colors of tiles used in the townhouses upstairs bathrooms in Lafayette Park brown or gray tile.  Mine happened to be brown as shown:

before

after

There was quite a bit of water damage around the tub area, which caused ceiling damage in the
kitchen. Needless to say the tile had to be pulled leaks fixed and walls replastered. One of the problems I had in this unit was the original owner never had anything repaired, so all the plumbing had to be replaced. Stephen Lee did the tile and plumbing. Info upon request, hes very good and a perfectionist!

You can't find the brown 4 x 4 tiles anymore, so I decided to go with a "snow white" tile to replace the brown. I was only given two choices, so snow white it was. I thought it would be white enough, I wanted a crisp look, crisp it is but the snow white has a hint of grey or brown to it. Arctic white I really
wanted to use, next time....... It's bright white and much crisper.

The tile will be installed as the original was four feet up the wall. I wanted to also tile inside the linen closet, but found there wasn't enough space to install a metro rack. It just fits and will have to be installed inside the closet, it's that tight. A bit disappointed that I can't tile but I liked the idea of using a chrome metro rack for my shelving. 

The pipes and valves have all been replaced with new chrome p-traps and valves.
The legs to the sink were zinc but were powder coated aluminum. I prefer chrome so I searched on Ebay and found a pair of 1950 chrome legs that were still in the box.

The sink is one I've never heard of before Rheem-Richmond
I love the sink, new faucet and a bit of cleaning, just like new.

 Linen closet before.

After the tile from the walls and floor were removed the floor needed to be leveled and the walls needed to be plastered. Removing the tiles pulled a bit of plaster with it. This area was the worse, a piece os green board and away we go.

Be sure  sure to clean off all the old grout before staring, this is not an easy task, use caution not to scratch the porcelain.

 all new shuts off at the tub.....

















good cup of Joe and durobond......



 tile works begins....

idea board to work from...









rubber floor tile "tangerine orange"

I decided to clean up the existing light fixture and just use with the light bulbs exposed.

new marble threshold

finished bath, new fixtures, plumbing, tile and floor. Went with Johnsonite Rubber flooring. Easy to maintain, I wanted a pop color.

I love the shape of the sink. Just cleaned it, and installed new fixture and legs.

Linen closet after with metro rack installed.















 

tub fixtures (faucetdirect.com)

The register cover and door hinges have been re plated in nickle. 

So nice to have a finished bathroom. Still working on the downstairs, all done with the exception of the vanity (being custom made) Reworking the old vanity.  Will have pictures soon.