Bathroom Fixtures!

[bunnymendelbaum]

While I know I b*tch a lot about my slow DH, when he does finally pick stuff, he makes good choices!

His fixture choices:

(prob won't use subway tile, but it will be white)

And we just ordered this towel warmer/radiator. It's a little traditional compared to the rest of the stuff, but we think it will add a good "punch" so the bathroom doesn't seem too stark.

[bunnymendelbaum]

I don't know why but this pic from the radiator website cracks me up.
Yes, because I often lounge on the floor of my bathroom...

[TBM]

Maybe you will start lounging on the floor of your bathroom, because your new towel warmer/radiator will be that amazing. ;p

I love all of the choices.

[munkii]

Love the choices! It's going to be fantastic.

[wawa]

Random wawa fact: My mom's bathroom growing up had heat lamps next to the giant jetted tub. I used to crank the heat lamps and lay down on the floor below just basking in the warmth like a lizard. So maybe you will start lounging on the floor. Or at least catch your DD doing it.

[bunnymendelbaum]

I LOVE heat lamps in bathrooms!
So bad for my skin, but I used to do the same thing anywhere I stayed that had them. (except motels. I would just sit on the edge of the tub for a while...)

[heyrebekah]

I love that radiator!

[emoflamingo]

That's all great stuff! It'll look awesome.

[FoxInFiji]

Yay for new bathroom fixtures! LOL is it bad that I can recognize each of these pieces without the legend? I love the Hansgrohe hand shower and the Talis faucet is another fave of mine when it comes to clean modern pieces. The towel warmer is really awesome too and will look like it's been part of your house for forever with that style. This bathroom is going to look sweet when it's all done!

Any idea what you're doing for tile? White everything or a mix?

[pumpkin]

That towel warmer looks awesome. And I really like the other choices too. Looking forward to seeing it all come together.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Fox - DH said last night for the wall tile he had the idea to do larger pieces but in different finishes. One glossy, one matte, one with a slight color difference, but all generally white.

He's not sure about floor tile yet. He wants to do something small int he shower to ease the draining slope issue, but something larger in the bathroom as a whole?

Any suggestions on sources for that stuff?

For lighting he's looking for a really basic (well, his idea of basic) waterproof fixture for the shower and a "bar" vanity fixture.


www.ylighting.com/vibia-millennium-wall-light.html

I saw him looking at something like this last night, but he's not sure he wants fluorescent. (ugh, y lighting is so expensive! I'll kill him if he spends even 1/3 of this!)

[FoxInFiji]

Well it's usually the cheapest to find a deal on tile at a local tile shop. Just stick with a porcelain for the field tile and you'll be fine. For shower floors nothing bigger than a 4x4 size should be used. Ideally smaller at 2x2 so you have minimal cutting around your 4x4 drain. We are using 3x3 and DH had to take the sheet to work and cut it on the waterjet because the angle grinder was not making a nice enough cut...because that is one of the few areas you can't hide the cut!

I would also avoid glossy on the floor especially with a large format tile or it will be too slippery. Glossy on the walls is fine. Have you seen House*Tweaking's bathroom from a while back? She used this large format textured tile from the Tile Shop that I'm starting to see a few bloggers use. It's a pretty looking tile. Not sure how hard it is to keep clean though. So have you laid large format tiles on the floor before? You'll want to go out of your way to make the floor as level as possible or laying the tile with no lippage will be next to impossible. We used leveled the plywood underlayment with shims as we attached it to the floor joists, then we used self leveling concrete on top of the in floor heat mat and we are still having a bear of a time laying 18x18 tiles with no lippage. 2 tiles (plus the smaller tiles around them in our floor pattern) take about 2 hours to lay to give you an idea. Then we move to the other side of the room so we're not accidentally pushing on tiles. So what I'm saying is smaller is better when it comes to old uneven floors and you can still make it look modern. And tiling the shower with large format isn't easy either but there lippage looks bad but doesn't serve as a tripping hazard. Hopefully your shower is fairly basic so you don't have too many layers of kerdi to tile over because that just makes a more uneven surface to tile over with big cupped large format tiles. Here's a nice Kerdi how to: ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bath/msg1212222427219.html

When you figure out a tile pattern you'll have to do at most a 1/3 offset or 33% instead of a true running bond pattern (subway pattern) at 50% offset because the center will be cupped out or in from the edges. It's just the nature of the beast.

I think you can find a nice modern bathroom fixture for less than that. Note it isn't required per code to be UL listed for a damp space unless it's over a shower or tub. Over a vanity it's recommended but not required. Here's some damp listed sconces I found when I was searching for our two bathrooms but they are mostly a more traditional design:
threeacres.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/damp-listed-lighting-for-the-bathroom/

HTH

[heliocentric]

Nov 7, 2012 9:07:39 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

I don't know why but this pic from the radiator website cracks me up.
Yes, because I often lounge on the floor of my bathroom...

I do this when I'm hungover.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I would lounge next to the radiator if I was sick. I've been known to just hang out in the bathroom for hours when I've got a stomach virus. That position, plus a good book on my nook, plus the warmth coming out of there would just be heaven - as long as there was a lovely cushion on the floor for me to sit on. Or at least a folded towel.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Thanks Fox - we are laying new sub-flooring and sistering on new wall studs to make it easier. The sloping and unevenness in our house is ridiculous and not even due to settling.
But I guess it makes sense when they just made up the wall unevenness with plaster.

With my DH being such a damn perfectionist I'm expecting this tiling to take FOREVER. I'm going to have to make him set the toilet and then remove it when he goes to tile the main floor otherwise I still won't have a toilet for 6 months.

[FoxInFiji]

LOL well a toilet is good at least. Have fun with that. I know you are planning to sell is that anytime soon or is that a ways away?

[bunnymendelbaum]

Listing March 1st come hell or high water! That's why I'm trying to get him to relax and not antagonize over the choices. Hopefully we will only be using this bathroom for 4 months!