Comments on: before & after: victorian sf bathroom http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:47:44 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Raina http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-162162 Raina Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:07:17 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-162162 This is absolutely beautiful. The "before" reminds me of my current bathroom and all I can say is cleaning around a clawfoot tub is a nightmare. This looks so chic and clean. Love love love! This is absolutely beautiful. The “before” reminds me of my current bathroom and all I can say is cleaning around a clawfoot tub is a nightmare. This looks so chic and clean. Love love love!

]]> By: Alissa http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-113951 Alissa Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:25:50 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-113951 I'm in agreement with some folks here--I understand the difficulties of maintaining certain original items (TUB!!), but I think it would have been much nicer to try a contemporary simplistic version of Victorian without ultramodern boxy units (which feel very UNVictorian to me). I think it's always better (even if a gut-job) to do a style that fits with the era of the home/flat. I’m in agreement with some folks here–I understand the difficulties of maintaining certain original items (TUB!!), but I think it would have been much nicer to try a contemporary simplistic version of Victorian without ultramodern boxy units (which feel very UNVictorian to me). I think it’s always better (even if a gut-job) to do a style that fits with the era of the home/flat.

]]> By: Marites http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-104600 Marites Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:32:52 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-104600 Wow! I'm glad that design can spark such heated discussion. Please remember that you are seeing one angle of a whole room, within an entire Victorian flat.We restored all of the original materials and details in the rest of the home, except for in the kitchen and bathroom which were redone in the '70s (leaving only the beadboard and tub). The owners are modernists at heart, but left the original medicine cabinet (back left corner), window, and door as a reminder of the past. When you experience the flat, you have a dynamism between old and new. The original tub was small, and a bear to keep watertight. (Clawfoot tubs are great when there's a separate shower, but there wasn't room. Of course, everything re-usable was taken to salvage yards.) The owners wanted a deep soaking tub (it's the BC02 by Wetstyle), that had to also be a shower. They actually love to squeegee. Bathroom color is discontinued Martha Stewart/Sherwin Williams, but close to Ben Moore AF-495. Design ages gracefully when it's built well, with quality materials. Modernism is a century old! I believe good design relies on an emotional connection for the user. The clients wanted a clean, airy, and serene bathing environment to unwind from a long day. In this we succeeded. Wow! I’m glad that design can spark such heated discussion. Please remember that you are seeing one angle of a whole room, within an entire Victorian flat.We restored all of the original materials and details in the rest of the home, except for in the kitchen and bathroom which were redone in the ’70s (leaving only the beadboard and tub). The owners are modernists at heart, but left the original medicine cabinet (back left corner), window, and door as a reminder of the past. When you experience the flat, you have a dynamism between old and new. The original tub was small, and a bear to keep watertight. (Clawfoot tubs are great when there’s a separate shower, but there wasn’t room. Of course, everything re-usable was taken to salvage yards.) The owners wanted a deep soaking tub (it’s the BC02 by Wetstyle), that had to also be a shower. They actually love to squeegee. Bathroom color is discontinued Martha Stewart/Sherwin Williams, but close to Ben Moore AF-495. Design ages gracefully when it’s built well, with quality materials. Modernism is a century old! I believe good design relies on an emotional connection for the user. The clients wanted a clean, airy, and serene bathing environment to unwind from a long day. In this we succeeded.

]]> By: Leila http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-104161 Leila Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:12:08 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-104161 Beautiful, but I agree with others that it is too sterile and the style will age quickly. I adore the new window - the more light the better. With a better shower curtain set-up, a victorian sink, and some new fixtures, the old bathroom would be just lovely. Beautiful, but I agree with others that it is too sterile and the style will age quickly. I adore the new window – the more light the better. With a better shower curtain set-up, a victorian sink, and some new fixtures, the old bathroom would be just lovely.

]]> By: Lauren x http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-103018 Lauren x Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:51:32 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-103018 I can't believe how rude some people are when viewing such a pretty design blog. "I HATE the after...What person with taste takes a beautiful piece of history and turns it into an anonymous minimalist wasteland" Do you ever think that maybe people's tastes differ to yours? Some people need to grow up. The bathroom is gorgeous and I love that little clock :) I can’t believe how rude some people are when viewing such a pretty design blog. “I HATE the after…What person with taste takes a beautiful piece of history and turns it into an anonymous minimalist wasteland”

Do you ever think that maybe people’s tastes differ to yours? Some people need to grow up.

The bathroom is gorgeous and I love that little clock :)

]]> By: Lissa http://www.designsponge.com/2009/08/before-after-victorian-sf-bathroom.html/comment-page-2#comment-102921 Lissa Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:08:10 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=31052#comment-102921 amazing amazing amazing. Love it---so clean and crisp amazing amazing amazing. Love it—so clean and crisp

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