Victorian Green Tile Bathroom Renovation – Before and After Photos

What do you do with an outsized, weirdly positioned visitor toilet with wild (and threadbare) pink floral carpet, inexperienced velvet curtains, and deteriorating plaster partitions? Tear it out, slash the footprint, begin over, and reimagine it as one thing you need folks to see as quickly as they stroll within the entrance door! At the least, that’s what I did when my greatest pal Mike and I tackled the renovation of a grand previous Victorian that had slid into disrepair. 

Let me again up: As a casualty of previous renovations when the single-family Victorian-era residence was minimize into residences, the entry staircase had been eliminated and the previous lobby boxed in. So when the home was transformed again to single-family dwelling, an awkwardly massive toilet was appended to the eating room. 

So as to rebuild that misplaced staircase, Mike and I needed to take away the added-on wall and use half of that loo sq. footage. That left us with a chance: an entry hallway that led previous the eating room and opened into the bathtub. Since this was a home we meant to promote (we are able to’t carry ourselves to name the gut-job renovation a “flip”), each element mattered, and we would have liked folks to fall in love at first sight. So whereas the room as we discovered it didn’t have a lot going for it, the massive, south-facing window flooded the house with wonderful gentle, and we may envision a beautiful, dramatic toilet. One, we thought, that deserved to be a part of a sweeping view of the primary flooring from the newly opened lobby.

I used to be fortunate sufficient to spend three days immersed in all issues Italian tile on the CERSAIE tile present in Bologna early within the renovation course of, and I returned residence impressed by the jewel tones and colours drawn from nature featured all through the occasion. And I couldn’t cease desirous about the deep inexperienced velvet curtains — or portiers if we wish to be exact, and fancy! — within the authentic bathtub that hid a cavernous storage space. We couldn’t hold the huge closet (though we did grasp onto the curtains for a future venture!) however that beautiful inexperienced coloration grew to become a place to begin for this toilet’s transformation.

We channeled that hue in shiny inexperienced tiles from Ragno, which we had put in on two partitions in a traditional herringbone sample that stretched all the way in which to the ceiling for drama that felt like a nod to these traditional drapes. The craftsmanship that went into the tile partitions completely needed to be showcased, so we had a pocket door put in utilizing a refinished door from elsewhere in the home — all the higher to permit these hanging green-tiled partitions to get the highest billing they wanted.

To verify nothing blocked their view, and to assist the now-smaller toilet really feel extra spacious, Mike and I opted for a walk-in bathe with clear glass panels. We made it as roomy as doable by going with a space-saving pedestal sink to maximise each inch of the obtainable footprint. And since we additionally carved out cupboard space underneath the brand new stairs, we opted for a mirror reasonably than a bulkier medication cupboard.

Though the room was model new, from plumbing and electrical to partitions and window, we did wish to hold authentic touches at any time when doable. So we uncovered the brick of the chimney that ran via the room, and meant till the final minute to maintain the center pine subfloor we’d discovered underneath that flowery carpet. No luck on that entrance, sadly: the plumber suggested us code wouldn’t allow a bathroom to be set on a porous floor. We needed to scramble on that pressured design change, however taking the mushy blue-grey of the hexagon tile within the bathe pan throughout the remainder of the ground ended up giving the room a extra cohesive look.

In the long run, we had a toilet half the scale of what it was once, however with most impression. And better of all, it was a key a part of the wow issue the second you step into the home.