What bathroom renos done today will stand the style test of time? How about mine?

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Anonymous wrote:I think this one looks kind of timeless:

Agree.

But where do you put and hide all the STUFF??

And that shade is awful.

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Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

Nothing screams terrible like baseboard heaters and you will be cursing the wainscoting when it gets all dinged up and wet. Put tile up on the walls of a bathroom like the rest of the normal people.

[Anonymous]

I'm renovating a master bathroom and not putting tile up on the walls. When I do the kids' bathroom though, I will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

PP said close but not exact. I would imagine she meant they have honeycomb instead of hardwoods on the floor.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

PP said close but not exact. I would imagine she meant they have honeycomb instead of hardwoods on the floor.

Exactly -- small honeycomb floor tiles.

The wainscoting is totally fine, not banged up and ruined. It's been up for almost 10 years. I'm not surprised that it's in good shape since I used to live in a Victorian house that had original wainscoting in the bathroom that was also just fine. Painted wainscoting is very sturdy!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

PP said close but not exact. I would imagine she meant they have honeycomb instead of hardwoods on the floor.

Exactly -- small honeycomb floor tiles.

The wainscoting is totally fine, not banged up and ruined. It's been up for almost 10 years. I'm not surprised that it's in good shape since I used to live in a Victorian house that had original wainscoting in the bathroom that was also just fine. Painted wainscoting is very sturdy!

^^ me again

Floor tile like

And I don't have baseboard heat, actually. Steam convectors, which I LOVE. Best heat ever.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, OP, but everything you described is super trendy right now and not at all what I would consider classic.

[Anonymous]

I think subway tiles in showers are ugly and look dirty I would prefer large tiles.

[Anonymous]

Subway tile is everywhere right now and will definitely look dated. Wood floors in a bathroom is a very bad idea. You could do those tiles that look like hardwoods, but they are expensive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Subway tile is really lovely and fresh when done well:

Hey, that's my bathroom! Well, not really. But very close. Wainscoting + subway + honeycomb -- but it's an old house so that seemed right to me. 6 years past reno and I still lovvvvvvvvve it.

What honeycomb?

PP said close but not exact. I would imagine she meant they have honeycomb instead of hardwoods on the floor.

Exactly -- small honeycomb floor tiles.

The wainscoting is totally fine, not banged up and ruined. It's been up for almost 10 years. I'm not surprised that it's in good shape since I used to live in a Victorian house that had original wainscoting in the bathroom that was also just fine. Painted wainscoting is very sturdy!

^^ me again

Floor tile like

And I don't have baseboard heat, actually. Steam convectors, which I LOVE. Best heat ever.

Honey comb floors, super trendy . . Thus, will look dated.

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Unless you're selling this year, don't pick something you dislike because of what DCUM thinks. I love our white subway tile (4x8") in the bath, and would hate the giant marble or earth-tone ceramic tiles I see in a lot of design showcases right now - feels like every mid-level hotel bathroom I've encountered on business travel. It's your bathroom, make it appealing to you.

[Anonymous]

OP, what you're describing sounds like something of a period bathroom--vintage, early 20th century--which will always be stylish for houses of that era.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, OP, but everything you described is super trendy right now and not at all what I would consider classic.

Do tell. Don't keep it a secret. What do you consider a classic bathroom design?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think subway tiles in showers are ugly and look dirty I would prefer large tiles.

For some reason, large tiles look dated to me. Very 10 years ago.