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January 12, 2006
Clawfoot Tub
I know we seem to bounce from one project to another. But it?s only because of priority, honest hehe. When we did the brick for the wood stove, it was because winter was coming. Now I am not sure what all the fuss was, we haven?t had much of a winter here. Anyway now because of the way the previous owner, not the original builder, the bathroom floor is fixing to fall through. So we are going to switch directions to re-do the bathroom. It?s going to be an extensive remodel. We are ripping it out to the core, and then adding in beams for the floor to fix it and give it plenty of support for the new clawfoot tub. Yep we recently bought an old clawfoot tub. We have been cleaning the feet of the tub, restoring them by ridding them of about 5 coats of paint. Though two of them we suspect that were put in the back of the tub and they have the original porcelain paint. At any rate they are going to done in a "weathered copper" aka rich coppery brown finish. We are painting the underside of the tub white after ridding of its white and then green layers. The finish on the tub is in real good condition. The antique shop we bought the tub from refinishes them as well. But as we had read, and they backed it up, the original finish cannot be beat. Refinishing is much more delicate, and not as hardy as the original. They say about 5 years is getting a good amount out of a refinished tub. So finding this one in such great shape is great, so we can keep the original finish! Well we bought a faucet and drain in a weather copper finish. The drain came in this morning. Here is a photo of the faucet which is by Elizabethan Classics, I found on a website...
Which speaking of the weathered copper finish, its discontinued. When we bought the faucet they called up the company to order the drain and they had only ONE left! And its now sitting in my living room! Boy is that unusual for us. Usually its, "We just sold the last one a few minutes before you came into the store" or "Sorry they discontinued that line". Ok well now its discontinued with NO more drains! I love the weathered copper finish. I want to give my bathroom a very old world feel.
We also picked out the floor we want for the bathroom where the tub will go. You see our bathroom is quite unusual. The original bathroom is a very small space where I cannot understand where a tub went. Its only about 4 foot across. Anyway the next owner added on a spot for a tub and cut a narrow doorway into the outside wall to add on the small space for the tub. So we basically have room 1 which holds the sink and toilet enter room 2 for the tub. So anyway the Tub Room will have a real stone floor called Copper Fire. I cannot find any samples online, but we found it in home depot. It?s a special order floor but I love it! It has an actual sparkle fleck in it. It has various tones of green and rust with some other beige/gold and dark streaks if I remember it correctly. I saw it and knew it would go well with the tub and fixtures. But the flooring in the sink/toilet room will have a wood floor that coordinates with the stone. I don?t want everything matching perfectly. I am more eclectic these days and prefer complimenting varieties. Here are the current and new floor plans to give you an idea of what I am speaking about.
We plan on changing the location of the window. Once we change the tub location the window would be above the tub, which I am kind of freaked out about windows near the tub. Bugs being my biggest fear about it. So we are going to put 3 or 4 small rectangular panes of glass on the side where the tub is currently. I am hoping to find some of that glass that has a milky looking color in it for lack of visibility, but yet let?s light through. I am hoping to find it in an orange or brownish color.
Also we are getting a new toilet, which I have a handle for (yes I know crazy!), also we want a pedestal sink. Although I have considered keeping the sink we have. We will have to see.
We found a complimentary toliet paper holder, towel bars, and toliet lever. Here are the photos for the toliet paper holder & lever which is by delta in thier Victorian Collection
The colors may not seem to match on here, but in person they compliment well.
The towel rods are by a different company and are a new collection by Bath Unlimited, the Rubbed Bronze/Aged Ceramic Alexandria Series. They should be found at home depot since they are still releasing part of the set. They are simliar in color to the previous items, but they have some "aged ceramic" that actually looks aged, not fake. Once the rest of the stuff hits the shelf I plan on getting a couple of robe hooks from that collection and a towel loop holder for the sink area.
Comments (2)
bookyeti:What a lovely Victorian set that is...will look beautiful in your bathroom. :)
Thanks for the floorplan. Makes it much easier to visualize. Looking forward to updates on how it's going.
Posted by bookyeti | January 12, 2006 3:28 PM
Posted on January 12, 2006 15:28
Twilightmama:I love, LOVE your bath fixtures! The old bronze look is my favorite finish and is what we've bought for our bath, too. I can't wait to see how your bathroom comes together - it sounds beautiful! Our bathroom is still pretty much gutted, lol!
I didn't see this entry on the main HouseBlogs page where they display the daily entries...you may want to write the owners and give them your rss feed address if you're interested in having them display your entries:)
Posted by Twilightmama | January 13, 2006 12:05 PM
Posted on January 13, 2006 12:05
