Rehabbing a 90 Year old House --Jack & Jill Baths

One of the things we loved about this house was the Jack & Jill bath with the original porcelain tub.  We still have to get the tub re-glazed, but this room turned out fantastic.  This room was the main bathroom being used in the house.  We found peeling original bead board ceilings, a 1970s Hollywood Markup mirror medicine cabinet, and 1982 Dusty Rose and Cream linoleum along with the glass shower enclosure.

We found that the shower enclosure was really too small for us to comfortably use.  That is now a  mop storage/clothes hamper closet hidden behind a curtain that brings a pop of color and pattern to the room.

We painted this a "custom" sea green.  I call it custom because we had partial gallons of different shades of green Sherwin Williams Flat SuperPaint including SeaSalt and Waterscape.  I mixed them all together and got this oh so beautiful color that reminds of sea glass and paired that with Ice Cube semi gloss trim & ceiling paint. 

Unfortunately, we found that due to past settling of the house, the lineolum was covering up a HUGE crack in the original penny tile that had been patched with grout.  (insert crying sad face emoji here!)  It proved to be too big a job for what we need to do now.  Thankfully a bit of research led us to find a wonderful sheet vinyl product from Mannington that mimics the tile patterns from the 20s and 30s.  Lee picked on the tile pattern of Penny Lane Gray on Gray.  It turned out fabulous.  We used the same sheet vinyl in the kitchen, breakfast, and laundry rooms.  

We replaced the Hollyweird mirror and lights with a recessed medicine cabinet and a more appropriate to the period style vanity light. 

The bathtub had a WHOLE lot of stuff going on--multiple curtain rods, window shades & curtains at the windows, multiple hooks and towel rods, peeling paint on the wood trimmed cubby, hand rails, and no shower.

Since Lee was too tall to fit in either of the existing shower stalls we added an exposed pipe rainshower head to this tub and paired that with a D-ring shower curtain rod to allow a big ole boy to comfortably shower.  We took down the hooks and hangers in the tub area.  We did leave 1 glass shelf to hold shampoo and soap.  Even though it isn't exactly a period component--it's handy. 

The shades, sheers, and curtains in a wet area that will be used daily had to go, but we had to do something to ensure privacy since that window faces the street.  Amazon Prime to the rescue with this wonderful Craftsman patterned stain glass window film.  It was easy to apply and looks amazing.  The little blue-green squares appear almost the exact shade of green as the walls.

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Rehabbing a 90 year old house--Bedroom 2

Things are progressing slowly but surely on our son's house.  I've come to realize that TV shows don't exactly accurately represent how much time it truly takes.    We finished the second bedroom, which Lee is currently using as his Master bed room.  This room was decorated in the same mint green as the front bedroom and once again it had the mint green shag carpet.

Before view toward the bathroom.

Original full length beveled mirror on bathroom door.

View toward den.

"Fireplace" is non functioning but looks great.

Closet behind Den door.

View toward the living room.

View toward the living room.

Glass knobs on bathroom doors

Egg & Dart Hardware!

OH JOY!!!!! Egg and Dart door hardware was uncovered when I cooked all the layers of paint off!  These are stunningly beautiful!

Window ledge is Tallie approved for viewing traffic!

This is truly a labor of love and although it is slow going, it is very satisfying to see the changes that hard work and a little know how can bring about.

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Rehabbing a 90 year old house . . .

My last blog post as a LLLLLOOOONNNNGGGG while ago.  At that time, I mentioned something about becoming an empty nester.  Our son recently purchased a wonderful Craftsman style home built in 1925.  The house is in great shape, but hasn't been updated since 1970.

Thus began our newest adventures which will take a few months to get complete.  We have graciously agreed to help him with the few renovations that need to be done.

It is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom craftsman that was originally 2 bedrooms and 1 bath that was added on to at some time in the 50s.

First order of business was removing all of the Shag Carpet.  It was MINT GREEN!!  It was, however, protecting the hardwood floors underneath.    The windows still have the original poured glass, the original door hardware and transom windows are still in place.  It is a restorer's dream.  The first room complete is the guest room--or as our grandmother's would have called it--the Front Bedroom.   It was a lovely elderly lady shade of mint green with yards and yards of shear drapes, and of course the deep shag carpet. (OH THE STAPLES!  OWWW!).  We did find small treasures throughout, including the porcelain knob on the closet and the wonderful beveled full length mirror on the bathroom door.

It's is now calm Sherwin Williams Oyster Bay on the walls with Sherwin Williams Ice Cube trim.   Beautiful Hardwood floors, and crisp white curtains.  We've learned to scour local sale groups for gently used furniture,  and flea markets for quilts.  We also checked with friends and family that were also re-decorating and were able to get great deals on items like the new 5 blade ceiling fan.   The details are what makes this house.

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