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Remodeling a Small Bathroom in a Log Home Part II: Building a Copper Bathtub

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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log bathroom demolitionThe shower attached to the small bathroom, as discussed in the previous installment, has been removed and the space opened up to its original 6 by 6 space.

The narrow door as seen in this photo is only 19 inches wide and leads to the bathroom. The walls have been stripped of the cheesy press-board paneling.

This room originally served as a bathroom for the tavern and is situated in a corner of the veranda game room. As layers of paneling were stripped away one could see on the floor where the toilet and sink once set. The ceiling of the small room has been removed to expose the game room ceiling which slopes from 12 foot down to 10 foot.

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Remodeling a Small Bathroom in a Log Home Part I

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

rustic bathroomThe bathroom remodeling has begun.

The original bathroom had lovely salmon floor tiles. The walls were covered to a height of 48 inches with cute white 4×4 tiles with delicate little blue and pink flowers. A built-in Medicine cabinet with fluorescent tube lights helped to illuminate the brilliant sunflower-yellow sink and tiny white toilet. The cabinet on which the sink set was shiny white with small applied filigree baroque carvings enameled with gold paint. The handles were little lacy brass pulls. Above the tile, elegant white wall paper with blue and white pinstripes and little blue and pink flowers graced the walls. A graceful lime green vine connected the flowers bunching them into little bouquets of sheer delight which somehow seemed to complement the colonial blue painted woodwork.

All of this wonderment and charm of the previous owner was jammed into a small 3 feet by 9 feet space of a rustic and rugged log lodge setting. Lovely.

To keep myself from vomiting something had to be done quickly even if it was only a temporary fix. The images here show only the temporary fix.

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Tags: Small Bathroom Remodeling · Workbench