Demolish original bathroom?? Help!!
I live in a 1930 Spanish Colonial Revival home--many beautiful period touches throughout---and a beautiful, original, Art Deco bath which I absolutely love. The bath has lilac subway tiles on the walls, a lilac tub set behind an arch and a very small separate shower. To accommodate my family, I plan to do an addition to the back of the house to add a small master suite.
The designer I hired told me that I need to demolish the original bath and relocate it. He insists that I can buy new lilac tiles and re-create the bath, but I know that the new tiles won't have the same old look of the original bath. Also, friends have suggested that if I rebuild the bath, I may want to consider something more neutral than lilac--like white subway tiles---for resale reasons.
If I don't relocate the bath, I will have to close off the window and the bathroom will be windowless (because the add-on master will be behind the window). If so, I plan to add a large skylight in the original bath. The designer's point is that the whole addition will be governed by keeping the original bath---whereas if he has the freedom to move the bath, he can design a better master add-on.
Advice??? Is this bathroom worth saving? I love the lilac and am so attached to it---but is that just me?? If I move the bath, should I try to reproduce the original lilac tile look or do a period-looking white bath? Will the add on be funky by bumping out the back and making the original bath windowless with a skylight? (Obviously, I will make it so there was no sign of the original window.) Help!!
The designer I hired told me that I need to demolish the original bath and relocate it. He insists that I can buy new lilac tiles and re-create the bath, but I know that the new tiles won't have the same old look of the original bath. Also, friends have suggested that if I rebuild the bath, I may want to consider something more neutral than lilac--like white subway tiles---for resale reasons.
If I don't relocate the bath, I will have to close off the window and the bathroom will be windowless (because the add-on master will be behind the window). If so, I plan to add a large skylight in the original bath. The designer's point is that the whole addition will be governed by keeping the original bath---whereas if he has the freedom to move the bath, he can design a better master add-on.
Advice??? Is this bathroom worth saving? I love the lilac and am so attached to it---but is that just me?? If I move the bath, should I try to reproduce the original lilac tile look or do a period-looking white bath? Will the add on be funky by bumping out the back and making the original bath windowless with a skylight? (Obviously, I will make it so there was no sign of the original window.) Help!!
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bathrooms with beige or white, bathrooms like yours have become more rare, and that just might
get you more money in the long run.
Ann Sacks and custom, could be pricey...another thought.
You are paying your designer to make something work, that you will be pleased with in the end, maybe he or she should be reminded if that! Otherwise good comments here.