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i love the finishes but... no bath tub? :(

Great bathroom! Simple, clean and light, just the way a bathroom should be. I can't wait for the whole tour.

Actually keeping glass panels perfect isn't hard, you just have to be uber vigilant - squeegee the glass, dry streaks with your towel. Takes about 60 seconds.

For me, issues would be:
- Storage. I don't want my eye makeup visible.
- Keeping the grout lines clean.


Any guess on how much was spent on tiles? They look like marble.

Yes, Heather, I think it's tumbled Carrara mosaic. The cheapest I've found on line is per $14/sf sheet.

http://www.mosaicsdirect.com/Sheets.html#

That's on the very low end of what you can pay for this stuff. Then you double that (at least) for the labor to install it.

I have a shower done in mosaic glass tiles. It is terrible trying to keep the grout clean. And with marble, you have to use gentle, non-etching products and elbow grease. But these folks probably have a maid.

nice classist speculation in these posts.

Kayla here -

I'd just like to interject a few quick facts about this bath and the people who own it before this thread gets too far off point.

1. This bath had been renovated prior to the current owners purchasing it. Unfortunately I have limited information about materials (both prices and sources) used.

2. They do not "have a maid" nor do they deserve whatever tone that comment implies. This is the only residence (not a "weekend home") of a young married couple who happen to work hard and desire to live outside of the city.

Whatever personal vendetta you (Forestdweller) have against Marblehead, North Shore towns, and/or the people that chose to live there, I suggest you find a different outlet for it. This post is just about a bathroom.

Thank you.

I'm planning a bathroom remodel at the moment, and I love those tiles. And I'm having a devil of time finding information about what constitutes easy-to-clean and -maintain shower tile.

Forestdweller, what makes the grout harder to keep clean? Is it because the tiles are so small and there's so much more grout?

Thanks!

Love the openness and that you used the original floor. How hard is it to keep that glass shower clean?

RE: storage-- we have a simple bath with little storage. I regret not having built in storage. I found a very narrow primitive dry sink cabinet we use to store everything. I think I found it on eBay.

This is a dream bathroom, indeed! Nice job photographing the space. Looking forward to next Tuesday's post!

"Whatever personal vendetta you (Forestdweller) have against Marblehead, North Shore towns, and/or the people that chose to live there, I suggest you find a different outlet for it. This post is just about a bathroom."

Wanna direct any of that towards the many posters who severely bash the personal taste of everyone else, or who even deride religions and philosophies on this site? Or is this kind of protection only for your friends?

there's a difference between critiquing a style and criticizing the lifestyle one *assumes* the people who have that style lead. I personally enjoy the wide range of homes (from tiny apartments to large country houses) that AT shows as it broadens my palate, so to speak. perhaps I will never own a home of that size, but I like looking at images and thinking "how can I translate what I like about this space to my own small apartment?" one should be able to appreciate the finer things of others without jealousy or resentment, even in hard economic times.

and back to the photos: I think the light the windows project onto the wall is breathtaking. great photo!

This is not a big bathroom. The genius of the design is not involving a tub, so that the space end up looking bigger than it actually is. The large window that provides the natural lighting is a plus as well as a limitation on the design. I think the people who designed this space did a great job on emphasizing the advantages.

This is beautiful; I love how clean and simple the design is, and I like the neutral color palette. I'd want more storage and a tub as well as a shower, but overall this bathroom is nothing to complain about.

I love how bright, airy and minimalist it is without looking stark or antiseptic. I don't love the absence of storage. I don't even see toothbrushes on the sink or shampoo in the shower. Who could live like that?

In the first photo you see metal buckets on the shelf under the sink, which I assume are used for storage. In the last photo, you can see a toothbrush in a cup on the window ledge, as well as other containers.

Our new rental has a bathroom we love, but it also has no built in storage. We haven't yet solved the problem but it won't be that hard I think. We just need to find some containers we like to put under the sink.

For the glass shower wall, squeegee daily and clean weekly and it's not a problem.

Thanks for the compliments on our bathroom! To answer your questions...

- Keeping the glass clean is surprisingly easy. It might have to do with not using soaps that leave a film? I tend to just clean it with Windex every 2 or 3 weeks, no need for a daily cleaning.
- We're lucky enough to have another full bathroom (which will be hitting the renovation chopping block soon) that includes a bathtub. I was worried at first with no bathtub in our primary bathroom, but have found that we don't use the tub all that much after all.
- You can't see it in the photos, but there is a tall & narrow closet in the bathroom behind the door (next to the toilet). It's got lots of shelves in it & works out really well for storing all of our bathroom junk.

Beautiful bathroom!

Sorry if I sound naive but what does it matter if they have a maid or not or if they're from an affluent area?

I love AT, get a ton of ideas from AT, have a housekeeper, am from an affluent area, and still love creative ideas generated on this website. I don't expect all the ideas to be budget-conscious for people just getting by. I realize the state of the economy but it doesn't mean I going to have a credenza made of cinder blocks.

I love this bathroom and I am very interested in the white wall tile. A previous commenter suggested that it is tumbled Carrara mosaic and provided a link to square mosaic tiles, but it looks too me like the tile is rectangular and polished. Can anyone tell me where I can find this tile?

Thanks.

The description says that the shower base is dark soap stone. Anyone know where I can get something like this? Is this a standard size or does it have to be custom built?

Thanks.