Old Style Bathrooms

We have never opted for much updating for the bathrooms in this house.  Old style bathrooms aren't to all people's taste, but they go well with this house and we just couldn't see how built-ins and acrylic tubs/surrounds would work. Gary had put in a tall vanity with an old sink which he had salvaged.  We loved that thing.  For one, it was tall so if you  had a bad back, you didn't have to bend over to wash your face. 

Alas, the plumbing under it wore out after a while and the drain was not a standard size and we could not find the right size fittings no matter what we did.  We replaced it with a simple vanity but didn't go with anything fancy  because this house is not fancy.

Here is the old tub.  Even for a claw foot, this one is bigger and deeper than most.  There's another downstairs but it is smaller.  This one is a real good soaker.  Tall men have lived in this house, so the shower is set up high.

A big stall with a tile surround would be nice -- but it just doesn't seem right.  Maybe some day another owner will want to do that.  The bathroom is very big as it is, but there is a closet that is two feet deep and runs the length of most of the room -- so there is ample space to knock that down and put in a deep stall.  There would probably still be room for a tub... but I'm not sure it would be big enough to keep this one.

There is only so much modernization you can do that will look right in a house this style and I admit we could have been more "decorative" with what we've done.  However, there may be a fine  line between old style and historic kitsch.  We've opted to stick more to "old style" by keeping it simple.