Our Original Bathroom

I still want to do a post on our new master bathroom, but first I want to show you our original bathroom. When we bought our house it only had one bathroom and when we added on we wanted our new bathroom to look like it was/could have been built at the same time as the original 1947 bathroom. 

What the bathroom looked like before we bought the house.

This is how the previous owners had the bathroom looking. It really wasn't that bad just not really our taste. We love the original black and white basket weave tile (a personal fav of mine) and original bathtub. We were glad the original sink had been replaced with a nice sized vanity with lots of storage and we also liked the bead board that had been added. We weren't crazy about the wallpaper, wooden non-working blinds, or the gold fixtures. And we definitely are not a fan of sliding shower doors!!

This is a picture of the bathroom after we took down the old wooden blinds and the shower door. That is just a simple white shower curtain from Pottery Barn with green embroidery on it.


Now the wallpaper is something that has made this one of my favorite rooms. I bought the wallpaper here in Memphis at Seabrook and the brand is Thibaut. My Mom bought us this wallpaper as a housewarming gift (Thanks Mom, I still love it).

We replaced the gold light fixture, cabinet knobs, faucet, paper holder, and towel bar with brushed nickel pieces. All of these except the faucet and knobs were from Pottery Barn, but they don't make this line of fixtures since we did this four years ago. We also put up nice venetian blinds that actually work.

This is a picture of the bathroom in its current state. We no longer use this bathroom as much but I still love it!



Our new master bath will be the subject of my next post, so this will let you see how we integrated the new design with the original style of the house.

Until next time,
Carrie