The Bathroom
The bathroom was in the same wonderful state as everything else:
While elsewhere we attempted to preserve or recover as much as possible, the bathroom was a complete tabula rasa:
Taken from Keziah's room, after the completely water-damaged fake wall was taken down
Once the window had been replaced, we rethought the layout. We moved the tub below the window instead of along the wall. We banished the toilet to the shower room across the hall (there's something about staring into a toilet bowl that just isn't conducive to a relaxing bath).
After sanding the floors, we had a good base.
In April 2017, we had driven to Oude Bouwmaterialen in Eemnes, The Netherlands. Amongst their extensive collection of stuff recovered from houses, castles and hospitals around Europe, we found these cement tiles that came from a house somewhere in France. Or maybe from a castle. But probably from a barn.
Almost immediately, we knew that these would be the bathroom's main feature. Little did we know that over a year would elapse between that Dutch road trip and the tiles being placed.
One thing we learned is that knowing how to set tiles and making pleasing aesthetic choices are two different skill sets. After an initial tiling attempt, we spent a few hours placing each and every single tile. Still not perfect, perhaps, but a lot closer to it.
We think it ended up coming together nicely. Hopefully the gold-ish taps aren't too gaudy.
Only one person was going to be the first one in:
