Although I'm an architect with a care for historic fabric, the function just didn't work for us. We're tall people, and the sink was so low and had a small leaking issue. The toilet, while amazing in its pink glory, used so much water. And the shower head was at about shoulder height on my husband - not a desirable shower experience.
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a friend about her upcoming bathroom facelift. She mentioned that they were replacing tile and giving the bathroom a fresh look with paint and fixtures, but they weren't going so far as to get rid of the Cinderella tub. Cinderella tub? I asked. I had never heard of such a thing in my life.
"On average, a well-designed bathroom should last up to 25 years, so it pays to invest in high-quality, carefully engineered products that combine durability with timeless style," advises Ronan O'Grady of Flair Showers. So where should you spend? According to O'Grady, the everyday essentials are where you'll notice the difference most. His speciality is showers - one of the most frequently used spots in the home.
Hannah liked the deep windowsill from her house's thick stone walls, but she didn't like how tiny the shower was, how the sliding shower door was about to fall off, and how the bathroom tile was in rough shape with Sharpie-marker stencil designs on it. (The room was last updated in the '80s or '90s.) "It felt really cold and echoey, with wall to wall white," she says. Here's how she gave it a colorful makeover.
From trash to treasure!! Ford captioned a recent Instagram post sharing how she and her designer friend Grace Mitchell opted to install a refurbished steel door in the shower of their Round Top, Texas, farmhouse renovation.
