Detached Victorian renovation, London.
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Good tip. The fan we are fitting also has a trickle function so may well start this too to keep condensation down.
I have to say, I am really looking forward to the lift shaft bathroom. Perhaps more thought has gone into it than any other room in the house, apart from the kitchen. It is effectively a newly built room as it is a conversion of a 2014-built lift shaft, so has a totally different feel and style to the other bathrooms, which are adaptations of rooms dating back to 1898. Those are heritage themed, with skirting boards, wood floors, freestanding baths and sash windows, and a 2.5m ceiling height as the big 3m ceilings are on the ground floor of the house, where there are no full bathrooms. Whilst they have modern fittings like digital bath fillers, heated/lit mirrors and thermostatic showers, they have a period feel, with strong, but more traditional, colour schemes. Encaustic cement tiles sit in shower enclosures and are the only tiles in the rooms
This bathroom is completely different. It has a huge 3.2m ceiling with a big skylight over the shower. It has a washbasin, shower attachments and thermostatic shower mixer controls in a period style, as a nod to the rest of the house, but that is it. The bath is a thoroughly modern double sized whirlpool, sunken into the floor and moulded for comfort. The encaustic cement tiles are bordered by grey limestone to modernise the look, and the remaining walls will be painted a dark, moody grey. It has a wall that is almost entirely seamless glass.
It has coloured LED lighting for changing the look of the room, in the bath (so the water looks illuminated), in the mirror cabinet and in the custom light panel going into that internal window. When lit, the room is also designed to give the back of the house a lift from outside, as that plate glass window will act as a giant lightbox – the bath and shower, sunken and lacking enclosure respectively, won’t be visible from the garden. You’ll just see the tiles and walls, glowing in whatever colour you have the lights showing. I hope it will be really different, bringing something unique to this lovely old house…
I have to say, I am really looking forward to the lift shaft bathroom. Perhaps more thought has gone into it than any other room in the house, apart from the kitchen. It is effectively a newly built room as it is a conversion of a 2014-built lift shaft, so has a totally different feel and style to the other bathrooms, which are adaptations of rooms dating back to 1898. Those are heritage themed, with skirting boards, wood floors, freestanding baths and sash windows, and a 2.5m ceiling height as the big 3m ceilings are on the ground floor of the house, where there are no full bathrooms. Whilst they have modern fittings like digital bath fillers, heated/lit mirrors and thermostatic showers, they have a period feel, with strong, but more traditional, colour schemes. Encaustic cement tiles sit in shower enclosures and are the only tiles in the rooms
This bathroom is completely different. It has a huge 3.2m ceiling with a big skylight over the shower. It has a washbasin, shower attachments and thermostatic shower mixer controls in a period style, as a nod to the rest of the house, but that is it. The bath is a thoroughly modern double sized whirlpool, sunken into the floor and moulded for comfort. The encaustic cement tiles are bordered by grey limestone to modernise the look, and the remaining walls will be painted a dark, moody grey. It has a wall that is almost entirely seamless glass.
It has coloured LED lighting for changing the look of the room, in the bath (so the water looks illuminated), in the mirror cabinet and in the custom light panel going into that internal window. When lit, the room is also designed to give the back of the house a lift from outside, as that plate glass window will act as a giant lightbox – the bath and shower, sunken and lacking enclosure respectively, won’t be visible from the garden. You’ll just see the tiles and walls, glowing in whatever colour you have the lights showing. I hope it will be really different, bringing something unique to this lovely old house…
Nursery (hopefully!) floor with first coat of oil down on the sanded original wood floor. It looks absolutely great - warm, and a little bit battered and informal. These floors will look good with second-hand Kilim rugs down on them. And oiling over the years should give them a lovely patina, deeper and more characterful than varnish or lacquer.
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Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrEdited by Harry Flashman on Wednesday 25th October 23:06
paralla said:
I put in a double sized bath last year and have always thought it strange that cast iron baths never seem to be insulated.
The floor below mine already had rockwool, I was tempted to buy a can of spray foam and coat the underside of the bath but didn't really know if it was OK to do that or not in terms of moisture retention and potential rust, while I was pondering doing it or not it was all boxed in so I didn't need to decide anything. In practice it holds so much water it seems to take an age to cool down anyway, it also off gasses masses of steam due to the large water surface area.
Just want to say that that looks like a very well thought out room. Love the steps to the bath which make a feature of it as well as making access easy, and the recessed heated towel rail.The floor below mine already had rockwool, I was tempted to buy a can of spray foam and coat the underside of the bath but didn't really know if it was OK to do that or not in terms of moisture retention and potential rust, while I was pondering doing it or not it was all boxed in so I didn't need to decide anything. In practice it holds so much water it seems to take an age to cool down anyway, it also off gasses masses of steam due to the large water surface area.
I also like some of the detailing. The logo on the basins is good - Old London, which describes the house itself pretty well!
We are trying for quite a hard to achieve look: period but sleek where it matters. So you have battered old wood floors in places and a country style kitchen, but with plumbing hidden in the walls and bang up to date gadgets like digital fillers etc. I basically want it to feel like a luxury hotel (bathrooms especially) but really homely at the same time. Tricky to balance the two aims: we'll see how it goes...
All whilst trying to find quality fittings at the best price possible. I spend a lot of time on the internet and contacting suppliers.
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We are trying for quite a hard to achieve look: period but sleek where it matters. So you have battered old wood floors in places and a country style kitchen, but with plumbing hidden in the walls and bang up to date gadgets like digital fillers etc. I basically want it to feel like a luxury hotel (bathrooms especially) but really homely at the same time. Tricky to balance the two aims: we'll see how it goes...
All whilst trying to find quality fittings at the best price possible. I spend a lot of time on the internet and contacting suppliers.
Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrEdited by Harry Flashman on Thursday 26th October 08:08
Pheo said:
Looking great Harry!
Used your loft conversion from the old place in a meeting with some architects earlier as an example of the kind of thing we would like to achieve!
Keep us updated on your project!Used your loft conversion from the old place in a meeting with some architects earlier as an example of the kind of thing we would like to achieve!
If your in/near Kent I'd happily look over it and give some rough figures. I of course am assuming you are not a developer yourself.
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