Original Victorian Bathrooms

An original turn of the century craftsman home had lost it original charm in the kitchen and bathroom both renovated in the 1980s.

Original victorian bathrooms.

The bathroom contains a small glass shelf just above the sink and a cute round mirror. So many intact victorian bathrooms have stained glass windows often really beautiful and intricate ones for privacy. Browse victorian bathroom designs and decorating ideas. You ll find victorian pedestal sinks in round and square styles both as reproductions and in their original state secondhand.

I m going to dream a lot. As i said in part one creating. The original baths sell for thousands of pounds and are as popular now as when they were first developed between 1850 1900. Discover inspiration for your victorian bathroom remodel including colors storage layouts and organization.

Part two of my love affair with bathrooms in the victorian house book by robert guild he starts the chapter on bathrooms by saying to create a modern version of the victorian bathroom we have to dream a little or a lot. The clients desired to restore the original. Hardware in victorian bathrooms tends to be brass or gilt metal. The ceiling was plastered as well.

Cast iron roll top bath edges could be anything between four and seven inches wide and all old baths of whatever style were made of cast iron and vitreous enamelled at a temperature of more than 800 degrees centigrade. The flooring is made of tile and a mixture of other types. If the bathroom did not have tile from ceiling to floor the walls were usually painted or wallpapered above the chair rail. This is a small white victorian bathroom that features an original claw foot tub and kohler sinks.