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Hello all! This is Amy from Life On Hill Street and I'm super excited to be guest blogging for Meredith today! She asked me to write a short post about a bathroom renovation I did on my last house. I honestly didn't write enough about it at the time so I'm thrilled to have the opportunity now!
A few years ago, my husband and I bought a 150-year-old Dutch Colonial and decided to do a DIY renovation/restoration of the whole thing. One of the coolest projects we did (and the only one we outsourced to the pros) was our half bathroom.
Like most old houses, ours didn't come with a bathroom on the first floor. It was pretty much a no-brainer that we would add one, there was just the problem of where to put it. Although we didn't have adjoining neighbors, our house was essentially a tiny, three-story row house and space on the first floor was at a premium. After much consideration and an, "are you sure about that?" comment from our realtor, we decided to rip out the entry hall closet and make it a bathroom.
Easier said than done.
The finishing touches included black and white penny tile on the floor, glossy black bead board half way up the walls and fun Scalamandre zebra wallpaper in Serengeti green.
I knew the bathroom would make a statement simply because it was so small, so I thought I would add to the fun by including some memorable paper. I'm always finding wallpapers, patterned tile or dramatic paint colors that I love, but simply couldn't commit to having everywhere. So when I have a small, relatively confined, space I tend to take bigger risks with the design.
...ok, and we liked the wallpaper too!
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thank you again amy, i love what you did with this closet and the design choices!
4 comments:
Thank you so much for having me guest post - it was an honor and a ton of fun! I'm glad you liked the tiny half bath! Enjoy Cali :)
I adore this and in our built in 1920 house, we're having the same problem with no first floor bathroom! I have been toying with the front hall closet idea and am thrilled to see someone else was brave enough to go first. Question though... without a closet in the hall, what do you do with all the jackets we need to have here in New England 11 months out of the year?! Did you add a closet elsewhere or just use other closets upstairs? Maybe we just need to cut down on the amount of jackets we have, but taking the closet away would create another issue. On a more fun note- I ADORE the glossy black and zebras! SO great.
Loved having you Amy!!
Lacy -
Thanks so much for the kind words! We also live in a chilly climate with harsh winters so I understand your hesitation. I will be honest, it was a definite sacrifice to lose our hall closet. If you can't tell from the pictures, our entry hall was TINY so the decision to turn our closet into a bathroom was not one we took lightly. On the other side of the front door (not pictured) we installed coat racks for our jackets. We also had a bench in our entry hall (shown in the lower right hand corner of the last picture) where I put four straw baskets to house our gloves, hats, boots, dog leash/baggies, etc. At the end of the day we were very happy with our decision! I hope that helps - let me know what you decide to do!
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