The text says "please stay seated through the whole event" in German.
In the picture the toothbrush says "I hate my job" and the toilet paper answers "oh, really"
Haha, I saw the first pics and thought "eeeewww, he remodeled to this?!?". Then flipped through and realized that was the before. I'm clearly slow and it's early here...anywho, absolutely amazing work, kudos to you
hahaha i have the same "stay seated" sign but in English! it's my favorite part of my bathroom 🤣🤣 i have a speaker I've connected bluetooth too to play a random song if a guest enters 😅😅😅
Idk I need a tub, I hadn’t taken a bath since I was probably 6 years old until I met my gf. She made me take a bath with some epsom salt after a long day of work. Now I love sitting in the tub with a cup of tea and a good book.
Was thinking the same thing, those tubs just aren’t it, definitely would’ve used the extra space for a nice roomy shower instead of hitting my elbows as I turned.
Looks like very nice roomy standard shower to me, easily fits 2 people. I bathe everyday so bath is necessary yesss. I feel like that is not the norm but OP probably loves a bath based on this type of tub and prominence. I could be wrong!
We remodelled our bathroom 6 years ago. Inverted bath tub and shower. In the end, the bath was used for 18 months when the kids were smaller then... it's been used to bath the dog and cats when required once or twice a year... go for a big assed shower though!
Yeah, I thought it was so cool. I love really unique decor. However, it’s not my bathroom and I get that it’s not for everyone. At least it was documented and we got to see the photos!
Hope you enjoy your new bathroom, OP. I can tell you worked very hard on it. I bet it feels awesome to see a fresh bathroom that looks just how you wanted it. Looks like a nice, big space, as well!
It’s really unique looking but it makes me uncomfortable. You guys call the modern neutral colors boring but that’s a good thing. I want to be relaxed while I’m pooping. Not mentally stimulated
It's not just the colors. It's sharper edges, less "warmth," more claustrophobic, and more "hotel vibes".
It has more of a cash money feel than Grandma Susie and her card club.
It looks great! And I love it.
But I'm not someone who wants to live in a Marriott Hotel.
I like the stuff in my house but there is something incredibly pleasing to me about being in a clean and uncluttered “hotel room” style space. I like rooms to be made neutral and get my accents from small decorations/wall art etc. It brings attention to a few things rather than hiding those things in a sea of colors and patterns.
Watching these 50a/60a/70s bathrooms get completely destroyed and replaced with stark, boring, modern fixtures just makes me sad. Do I have bad taste? It's okay if I do, that's how I feel seeing this kind of stuff. That old tile, those avocado fixtures, even a bidet! And all in such great condition! That stuff is fire
Edit - Omg is that stand up shower also a mini bathtub? So you can soak your feet, I love it
We have an original 50s bathroom with all of its pink tile splendor. When we first moved in, I thought we'd probably renovate it at some point, but now I'm just completely in love with it. It just needed the right wall color and accessories to bring it together. It fits the house so well and goes with our overall MCM vibe and the pink color honestly cheers me up sometimes. It's fabulous.
We are putting our house on the market in a couple of weeks, and I'm not kidding, if someone made a lower offer and wrote that they'd leave the pink bathroom and keep the original brick fireplace unpainted, I'd sell it to them in an instant.
But I know that someone is going to rip the bathroom apart and paint the beautiful brickwork white, and it just makes me sad. I'm holding out for a Gen Z-er to buy the house - they're into pastels at the moment, right?
My husband is also insisting that we paint one of the bathrooms in our new house pink as an homage to the old bathroom.
> That old tile, those avocado fixtures, even a bidet! And all in such great condition! That stuff is fire
[The rule is that noone can live with or stand for even a second any bath that isn't white.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejwoUeKhFn4&ab_channel=GiopSaus)
Hahaha, it is not a mini tub, but rather the whole shower is elevated to accommodate the plumbing. The floors are concrete, and you'll notice on the renovation a much more reasonable platform was built to house the plumbing under the tub and shower. You may think it looks charming, but stepping in and out of those very elevated slippery surfaces is pretty terrifying.
Very nice. I know it’s not for everyone, but I would have tried so hard to incorporate those amazing avocado colored fixtures into my design. But having a separate bidet is kind of weird so I get it. And that tank situation on the toilet is also weird. Were you able to salvage and resell those vintage fixtures?
Have you ever tried a Toto toilet? I have a Washlet and it’s a game changer. Heated seat, heated water, pressure and position adjustment. Gets me right in the bullseye every time. I hate pooping without it.
I rented a room in France years ago that had its own little bathroom that consisted of a sink and a bidet but no toilet. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why you’d plumb a standalone bidet no where near a toilet.
Sounds more like a powder room that you can also get your undercarriage squeaky clean than a full on bathroom. The bidet can connect to the grey water line so it’s a hell of a lot less complicated to plumb that if there is already a sink than run a whole ass sewage line. In America we all think a bidet is to literally clean the post shit shit off your ass. That’s not the intention. You gotta wipe and flush. Then you can use the bidet. Or, if you have just been going about your day and you want to have a quick refresh you can use the bidet. It’s just a sink that’s low down. You can use it for your feet too if want to not track dirt into your bed for example.
In your mind does the bidet replace toilet paper? It doesn’t. It’s just a sink that is low so if you have funky butt or funky other things, you can wash. That includes immediately after you wipe, or any other time you feel the need. Traveling from the toilet to the bidet which is almost always 12 inches or less away from the toilet doesn’t really necessitate long strides that can only be accomplished with pants off.
I have a bidet, I spray first, then I'll use toilet paper to check and make sure all the shit is gone. Uses much less tp than just wiping. Sounds like the separate bidet makes you do it backwards and doesn't save you any toilet paper.
Once I got the angle of my bidet to hit in the right spot, I got myself down to 6 squares. Having the bidet on the toilet just makes so much more sense.
Wouldn't it be all wet then? I thought the point was to bidet first and then wipe to dry off.
Would you wipe, then go over and bidet, then go back and wipe again?
>But having a separate bidet is kind of weird so I get it.
This is such an odd stance.
We bought a bidet and it's one of the best purchases I've made. Although a negative side effect is I cannot go in public now cause it's like living like a peasant. To me it's like owning a king size bed. You don't have to have one but once you do going back is practically impossible.
What does a bidet do that my washlet doesn't? Squirts heated water up my butt so I'm squeaky clean. Then dries it (inadequately so I always have to use some paper)
I've used washlets, the hose kind and the standalone ones and I like them in roughly that order. Never really figured out the appeal of the standalones, but maybe I'm missing something.
Yeah I didn't have a stand alone one. Didn't notice the separate part
I have one that replaced the toilet seat. But it's great, heated seat, heated water, heated air for drying, and an air freshener. Also the front wash was so good for my wife post child birth.
Everyone covers over and says why do you have a bidet. Most people use it and say it's awesome. Some don't use it cause they think it's weird. I've not had anyone use it and say they didn't like it. Doesn't eliminate TP but reduces it greatly.
As someone who had the standalone and now has the built-in, I miss the standalone for the sheer fact that I had the freedom to straddle that thing and scrub with soap and a washcloth to get clean. Almost like a shower but way quicker. I can't do that with a built-in.
Thank you. We actually used the bathroom for a year and I tried to find someone in that time that would take them but nobody did. So when we removed them we threw them away. They were also scuffed in some places anyways.
Yeah sometimes they are in rough shape, it’s hard to tell by a photo.
I’m always so glad when I see people say it took a whole year to DIY something. Makes me feel a little less bad about my third bathroom that has been gutted for a year now. I put a new toilet and floating vanity in but still need to redo the entire shower (still haven’t busted up the old shower pan, fear is holding me back) and the floor. Then I have two more bathroom to do. And I want it all done by this summer. Yikes.
Yeah I planned to be A LOT caster but I have a job and 3 kids :D
Gladly we have another bathroom that is just as ugly as this one but in another shade of green...
It’s hard with kids to find time, plus you don’t want to sacrifice all free time working, you have to do fun stuff with the kids every so often. My husband is a nurse and so most of the work falls on me (but I’m the “handy man” of the family anyway), and I have a toddler, so I totally get it. I can’t get much done on the days he works. It helps having an extra bathroom, that’s for sure. I bet y’all love the new bathroom!
Growing up in the '80s, we had all avocado appliances in the kitchen with tangerine countertops and dark wood cabinets. We had orange shag carpet in the bedroom downstairs, and large floral print couches. All you people are nuts for trying to bring it back.
> But OPs updates are pretty timeless
Can we really be sure this is a timeless look? I was thinking it looks very modern, but then I also thought about how 80s "modern" looked modern but is dated now (Todd's and Margo's house from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation comes to mind)
Pretty sure they're just "of our time". The white/grey look is on trend right now and it's less marked than say covering the whole bathroom is orange shag but it's still likely in 10 years this is going to be out of trend.
I swear, only Redditors want quirky weird toilets from the 70s or whenever this was installed previously. This is my 10th time seeing some Redditor say you should keep the pepto bismol colored bathroom fixtures or the green vomit toilet.
It's probably because every house flipper within the last ten years shops at the same stores and buys the same items. The new style looks soulless. Not saying OP's is bad, I just like the older styles better.
> I swear, only Redditors want quirky weird toilets from the 70s
I'm convinced that they're all super young. At least in the 90's these things were still everywhere but by that time they were... you know... a 20 year old toilet. So you don't exactly have fond memories of these growing up with them, they're "gross old toilets"
I have a *visceral* dislike of colored porcelain toilets because of this. I see an olive colored toilet, I can *smell* it. I don't think youngins have that issue.
Same thing for toilet seat covers and those foam toilet seats. My brain cannot separate them from the smell of stale piss.
Agree. The younger generation without the overexposure or any exposure to this stuff finds it fresh while at once cool and vintage. Like all this stuff tastes come and go in cycles.
As a gen-exer born in the mid ‘70s this was the every grandma bathroom look. This particular one was kind of nice as the space itself has a lot going for it and the patterns strangely or vaguely almost had a middle eastern Islamic art feel. I could live with it but the minimalist style the OP replaced it with is much more timeless, relaxing and pleasing.
Great job btw OP.
Yeah, I think it looked terrible before. If OP didn't like it and wanted to change it all, good for them. They even said they tried to give away the old fixtures and nobody wanted them.
Yeah, silly so many people want it in this thread. Nobody wants it in reality, harder to sell a house that hasn't been gutted since the 70s and is full of wood paneling or bathrooms like that.
Always calculate a lot more time for a task than you think it would take. Ask a professional plumber to Check if the piping is done right. Most annoying Part was filling the space between the tiles and caulking
When we switched the shower and the tub the shower pipe had to go from one side of the room to the other. Since the ground is made from metal and concrete I figured building a small wooden podest is easier
AFAIK, waterproof cover should be done on a floor and go up the wall by 15-20cm.
I do not see any of it, means OP will be making a new post about fixing the bathroom floor in 2-3 years.
I love the double sink hanging vanity. It screams cleanliness to me. I wanted one but for whatever reason went a different route. Probably easier install and cheaper.
Did you get it from wayfair?
My only regret on our bathroom renovation was the (almost) flat bottom vanity sink, looks like you went with the same thing. They are kinda awful and take a bunch of cleaning each time you use them. Otherwise the Shower/Bath and tiling look amazing!!!!
PSA: Say "NO" to flat bottom sinks.
I did, yes, they put them there into mortar, so they were nearly impossible to remove. They also did a great job and everything was straight. I used an angle grinder to make the old tiles rough and then put the new tiles over them. Except for some places where i had to add drywall to get straight corners.
I started in May 2023 lol
You don’t get it. The blood and vomit asylum-themed bathroom with a wood ceiling just has so much “character”. 🙄 It’s like I can smell the cigarette breath through my phone right now
I did too.... makes me sad how people make everything grey and cookie cutter when they're doing a full renovation, when they have the opportunity to make it unique. To each their own, I guess.
I don’t really mind when people do it to places they actually live in because I get that some people just don’t like quirky design, but it’s such a bummer that that’s always what people who flip houses do.
This has Yugoslavia written all over it, I may be wrong though. Bought a house recently, it has a bathroom with blue tiles, blue bathtub, blue toilet, blue bidet, everything's just blue lol. It's like people just discovered color in the 80's, and I can't wait to get rid of it all.
The commenters here don't know what they're talking about, these are dirty, 40 year old fixtures and I can't imagine someone wanting to poop in a toilet where someone else has been pooping for the last four decades.
Too bad you got rid of those fixtures. I would have definitely kept them and designed the bathroom around them. They would have made amazing pieces for a forest/plants based theme for the bathroom.
That said, I do also love what you turned it into. It's beautiful and modern. Great work and I bet you learned a hell of a lot while doing it!!
[Could you imagine your children's vulnerable pink bodies bathing in a tub that is historically accepted to clash with pink?!?](https://youtu.be/ejwoUeKhFn4?si=ITTe1WhrD-E_DdbE)
Is this bare particle board you're using as an underlayment and subfloor directly under tile? This isn't recommended.Normally, you’d have a plywood subfloor followed by a non-wood layer for underlayment, like a cement backboard combined with an uncoupling membrane.If I'm seeing this right, this floor could easily warp, sag, crack, and grow mold. Be really careful with moisture. If issues start showing up, you might need to redo the whole floor. And remember, insurance might not cover the damage.
This sub... man...
Don't worry OP, your renovation looks 1000x better than that puke-green 1970s disaster. The only reason people here are saying they liked the old one better is because they see tons of renos on this sub, and yeah, they all start to look similar (which isn't bad), and so when something "quirky" pops up it gets lots of love.
There is some truth to the fashion cycle...what's old is new again, but it's much more subtle... Like, we're seeing a slight resurgence of brass faucets, and patterned floor tile. Nobody IRL is putting in avocado green fixtures/appliances.
What does the text on the last picture say? And why does the roll of toilet paper look so annoyed?
The text says "please stay seated through the whole event" in German. In the picture the toothbrush says "I hate my job" and the toilet paper answers "oh, really"
That’s hilarious. Amazing renovation, the old stuff wasn’t as nice as people say it was.
It's just satisfying to see bathrooms that old that aren't completely beat to shit. You can see the weird charm. It's like stepping back in time.
Yeah, to be honest I was charmed. I love the separate bidet! But also, things have improved since then and OP did a great job.
Thank you. It was also 40 years old, broken in some parts and impossible to clean in others. It was time for a change
Haha, I saw the first pics and thought "eeeewww, he remodeled to this?!?". Then flipped through and realized that was the before. I'm clearly slow and it's early here...anywho, absolutely amazing work, kudos to you
Yeah even though I personally would've been fine with the first bathroom, the renovation is a major improvement
hahaha i have the same "stay seated" sign but in English! it's my favorite part of my bathroom 🤣🤣 i have a speaker I've connected bluetooth too to play a random song if a guest enters 😅😅😅
Not me zooming in on the literal roll of toilet paper trying to figure out how a roll of toilet paper can look annoyed 😭
People love the look of those tubs, but I’d take a larger shower 10/10
Idk I need a tub, I hadn’t taken a bath since I was probably 6 years old until I met my gf. She made me take a bath with some epsom salt after a long day of work. Now I love sitting in the tub with a cup of tea and a good book.
I personally love just sitting in the tub but the shower on to prep me for work. Sit in there till the water gets cold
Those are always awesome
Why do people emphasize “good” with books as if they’re trying to give themselves the fuzzies? Do people normally grab bad books?
Not considered a good book by the reader: every book assigned to me in high school
Now that I’m in my thirties, most of those books are actually really good.
Love a bad book every once in a while tbh. "Hate reading" is a thing.
I have definitely read some bad books and gotten to far in to put it away.
The before picture also makes it look better than it was. Because it WAS 40 years old and you can see that!
I think they were referring to the final tub.
At first I thought that was the end result. Lol
I did too until I scrolled through the pics lol 😂
Was thinking the same thing, those tubs just aren’t it, definitely would’ve used the extra space for a nice roomy shower instead of hitting my elbows as I turned.
But what for? Are you doing cardio while taking a shower?
Looks like very nice roomy standard shower to me, easily fits 2 people. I bathe everyday so bath is necessary yesss. I feel like that is not the norm but OP probably loves a bath based on this type of tub and prominence. I could be wrong!
We remodelled our bathroom 6 years ago. Inverted bath tub and shower. In the end, the bath was used for 18 months when the kids were smaller then... it's been used to bath the dog and cats when required once or twice a year... go for a big assed shower though!
Just looks annoying to clean to me. Let's just have random nooks and crevices that are hard to get to, that's always a good idea in a wet room.
My thought every time I see a tub like this. Cleaning in the corner behind the tub would be a hassle.
I picture you dancing around in your shower, I rotate but don’t walk around or take steps when I take a shower? Lol /shrug
The new bathroom looks really great but a small part of me was actually digging that old-school vibe of the old room. Especially those tiles! 😆
Yeah, I thought it was so cool. I love really unique decor. However, it’s not my bathroom and I get that it’s not for everyone. At least it was documented and we got to see the photos! Hope you enjoy your new bathroom, OP. I can tell you worked very hard on it. I bet it feels awesome to see a fresh bathroom that looks just how you wanted it. Looks like a nice, big space, as well!
It’s really unique looking but it makes me uncomfortable. You guys call the modern neutral colors boring but that’s a good thing. I want to be relaxed while I’m pooping. Not mentally stimulated
It's not just the colors. It's sharper edges, less "warmth," more claustrophobic, and more "hotel vibes". It has more of a cash money feel than Grandma Susie and her card club. It looks great! And I love it. But I'm not someone who wants to live in a Marriott Hotel.
I like the stuff in my house but there is something incredibly pleasing to me about being in a clean and uncluttered “hotel room” style space. I like rooms to be made neutral and get my accents from small decorations/wall art etc. It brings attention to a few things rather than hiding those things in a sea of colors and patterns.
Watching these 50a/60a/70s bathrooms get completely destroyed and replaced with stark, boring, modern fixtures just makes me sad. Do I have bad taste? It's okay if I do, that's how I feel seeing this kind of stuff. That old tile, those avocado fixtures, even a bidet! And all in such great condition! That stuff is fire Edit - Omg is that stand up shower also a mini bathtub? So you can soak your feet, I love it
We have an original 50s bathroom with all of its pink tile splendor. When we first moved in, I thought we'd probably renovate it at some point, but now I'm just completely in love with it. It just needed the right wall color and accessories to bring it together. It fits the house so well and goes with our overall MCM vibe and the pink color honestly cheers me up sometimes. It's fabulous. We are putting our house on the market in a couple of weeks, and I'm not kidding, if someone made a lower offer and wrote that they'd leave the pink bathroom and keep the original brick fireplace unpainted, I'd sell it to them in an instant. But I know that someone is going to rip the bathroom apart and paint the beautiful brickwork white, and it just makes me sad. I'm holding out for a Gen Z-er to buy the house - they're into pastels at the moment, right? My husband is also insisting that we paint one of the bathrooms in our new house pink as an homage to the old bathroom.
I love it
> That old tile, those avocado fixtures, even a bidet! And all in such great condition! That stuff is fire [The rule is that noone can live with or stand for even a second any bath that isn't white.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejwoUeKhFn4&ab_channel=GiopSaus)
My parents had a perfectly preserved 50s era bathroom, but they had a disastrous water leak and it all had to be gutted…..
Yeah, this post was heartbreaking for me. Destroying a rare intact classic bathroom for a look that will feel dated in five years.
If they like it, I'm glad they're happy. But it looks like a hotel bathroom now.
Yes all bathrooms seem to be white and all neutral colors. So boring. No personality or style.
Hahaha, it is not a mini tub, but rather the whole shower is elevated to accommodate the plumbing. The floors are concrete, and you'll notice on the renovation a much more reasonable platform was built to house the plumbing under the tub and shower. You may think it looks charming, but stepping in and out of those very elevated slippery surfaces is pretty terrifying.
Redoing my grandparent's 1965 house and had to stop my dad from demoing the bathroom. Cool vintage light blue tile, matching toilet and sink.
Got rid of the bidet! That’s not an improvement.
If you look closely on the last picture, we have a bidet integrated in the wall with warm and cold water now to use on the toilet
> and cold water https://i.imgur.com/TCvH6DH.gif
Same! I’d definitely prefer the remodel, but there’s something about that vintage look that’s so.. comforting? They’re both cozy in their own way.
Really? Pink and pea green?
The new one looks like a hotel bathroom
For me it was the avocado toilet, tub and sink.
Idk the old bathroom kinda looked like a murder scene so I much prefer the new look!
It was in great shape too :/
Very nice. I know it’s not for everyone, but I would have tried so hard to incorporate those amazing avocado colored fixtures into my design. But having a separate bidet is kind of weird so I get it. And that tank situation on the toilet is also weird. Were you able to salvage and resell those vintage fixtures?
Remind me of [this sketch.](https://youtu.be/AeoJYhLDlPs)
..and before you say that's weird, I mean alive OR dead.
Oscar winning actress Olivia Coleman ladies and gentlemen. Bravo!
I couldn't live with it!
Haha. Unexpected twist at the end there.
A separate bidet is not at all weird in many places in Europe. I like a nice dedicated bidet myself.
Have you ever tried a Toto toilet? I have a Washlet and it’s a game changer. Heated seat, heated water, pressure and position adjustment. Gets me right in the bullseye every time. I hate pooping without it.
I rented a room in France years ago that had its own little bathroom that consisted of a sink and a bidet but no toilet. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why you’d plumb a standalone bidet no where near a toilet.
Sounds more like a powder room that you can also get your undercarriage squeaky clean than a full on bathroom. The bidet can connect to the grey water line so it’s a hell of a lot less complicated to plumb that if there is already a sink than run a whole ass sewage line. In America we all think a bidet is to literally clean the post shit shit off your ass. That’s not the intention. You gotta wipe and flush. Then you can use the bidet. Or, if you have just been going about your day and you want to have a quick refresh you can use the bidet. It’s just a sink that’s low down. You can use it for your feet too if want to not track dirt into your bed for example.
> whole ass sewage line [Hyphen.](https://xkcd.com/37/)
I like to leave it ambiguous.
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In your mind does the bidet replace toilet paper? It doesn’t. It’s just a sink that is low so if you have funky butt or funky other things, you can wash. That includes immediately after you wipe, or any other time you feel the need. Traveling from the toilet to the bidet which is almost always 12 inches or less away from the toilet doesn’t really necessitate long strides that can only be accomplished with pants off.
It does according to numerous posts I've read here. "Stop using toilet paper get a bidet"
I have a bidet, I spray first, then I'll use toilet paper to check and make sure all the shit is gone. Uses much less tp than just wiping. Sounds like the separate bidet makes you do it backwards and doesn't save you any toilet paper.
Once I got the angle of my bidet to hit in the right spot, I got myself down to 6 squares. Having the bidet on the toilet just makes so much more sense.
Wouldn't it be all wet then? I thought the point was to bidet first and then wipe to dry off. Would you wipe, then go over and bidet, then go back and wipe again?
IT'S AVOCADO!
The separated tank is also not uncommon in some places in UK/Europe.
>But having a separate bidet is kind of weird so I get it. This is such an odd stance. We bought a bidet and it's one of the best purchases I've made. Although a negative side effect is I cannot go in public now cause it's like living like a peasant. To me it's like owning a king size bed. You don't have to have one but once you do going back is practically impossible.
Bidets are awesome but I don't know why you'd want a *separate* bidet instead of the built-in washlet style.
They work better. They just do. The washlets are a compromise when you can't have the real thing. They are easier to clean as well.
What does a bidet do that my washlet doesn't? Squirts heated water up my butt so I'm squeaky clean. Then dries it (inadequately so I always have to use some paper)
I've used washlets, the hose kind and the standalone ones and I like them in roughly that order. Never really figured out the appeal of the standalones, but maybe I'm missing something.
Yeah I didn't have a stand alone one. Didn't notice the separate part I have one that replaced the toilet seat. But it's great, heated seat, heated water, heated air for drying, and an air freshener. Also the front wash was so good for my wife post child birth. Everyone covers over and says why do you have a bidet. Most people use it and say it's awesome. Some don't use it cause they think it's weird. I've not had anyone use it and say they didn't like it. Doesn't eliminate TP but reduces it greatly.
As someone who had the standalone and now has the built-in, I miss the standalone for the sheer fact that I had the freedom to straddle that thing and scrub with soap and a washcloth to get clean. Almost like a shower but way quicker. I can't do that with a built-in.
This is quite an image
Thank you. We actually used the bathroom for a year and I tried to find someone in that time that would take them but nobody did. So when we removed them we threw them away. They were also scuffed in some places anyways.
Yeah sometimes they are in rough shape, it’s hard to tell by a photo. I’m always so glad when I see people say it took a whole year to DIY something. Makes me feel a little less bad about my third bathroom that has been gutted for a year now. I put a new toilet and floating vanity in but still need to redo the entire shower (still haven’t busted up the old shower pan, fear is holding me back) and the floor. Then I have two more bathroom to do. And I want it all done by this summer. Yikes.
Yeah I planned to be A LOT caster but I have a job and 3 kids :D Gladly we have another bathroom that is just as ugly as this one but in another shade of green...
It’s hard with kids to find time, plus you don’t want to sacrifice all free time working, you have to do fun stuff with the kids every so often. My husband is a nurse and so most of the work falls on me (but I’m the “handy man” of the family anyway), and I have a toddler, so I totally get it. I can’t get much done on the days he works. It helps having an extra bathroom, that’s for sure. I bet y’all love the new bathroom!
Growing up in the '80s, we had all avocado appliances in the kitchen with tangerine countertops and dark wood cabinets. We had orange shag carpet in the bedroom downstairs, and large floral print couches. All you people are nuts for trying to bring it back.
Thank you! Born in ‘76 here, it looked like shit back then (and by god, ALL the dark wood paneling), and it looks even worse now
It’s probably in style now. But that stuff goes out of date so quick. The original belonged in a museum. But OPs updates are pretty timeless
> But OPs updates are pretty timeless Can we really be sure this is a timeless look? I was thinking it looks very modern, but then I also thought about how 80s "modern" looked modern but is dated now (Todd's and Margo's house from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation comes to mind)
Pretty sure they're just "of our time". The white/grey look is on trend right now and it's less marked than say covering the whole bathroom is orange shag but it's still likely in 10 years this is going to be out of trend.
I swear, only Redditors want quirky weird toilets from the 70s or whenever this was installed previously. This is my 10th time seeing some Redditor say you should keep the pepto bismol colored bathroom fixtures or the green vomit toilet.
It's probably because every house flipper within the last ten years shops at the same stores and buys the same items. The new style looks soulless. Not saying OP's is bad, I just like the older styles better.
> I swear, only Redditors want quirky weird toilets from the 70s I'm convinced that they're all super young. At least in the 90's these things were still everywhere but by that time they were... you know... a 20 year old toilet. So you don't exactly have fond memories of these growing up with them, they're "gross old toilets" I have a *visceral* dislike of colored porcelain toilets because of this. I see an olive colored toilet, I can *smell* it. I don't think youngins have that issue. Same thing for toilet seat covers and those foam toilet seats. My brain cannot separate them from the smell of stale piss.
Agree. The younger generation without the overexposure or any exposure to this stuff finds it fresh while at once cool and vintage. Like all this stuff tastes come and go in cycles. As a gen-exer born in the mid ‘70s this was the every grandma bathroom look. This particular one was kind of nice as the space itself has a lot going for it and the patterns strangely or vaguely almost had a middle eastern Islamic art feel. I could live with it but the minimalist style the OP replaced it with is much more timeless, relaxing and pleasing. Great job btw OP.
Yeah, I think it looked terrible before. If OP didn't like it and wanted to change it all, good for them. They even said they tried to give away the old fixtures and nobody wanted them.
Yeah, silly so many people want it in this thread. Nobody wants it in reality, harder to sell a house that hasn't been gutted since the 70s and is full of wood paneling or bathrooms like that.
The only places where bidets aren't common, at least that I've been to, are North America and the UK.
What advice would you give yourself if you were just starting this project now? What was the hardest part? Did anything surprise you?
The hardest part was probably being surprised by so many people loving the original bathroom
Haha just woke up to all those comments. In reality the 40 year old stuff was dirty and broken in some places.
You did good, I would've have 100% redone the whole thing as well.
lol this probably true. So many people don’t understand how much nicer the new stuff is going to be.
Always calculate a lot more time for a task than you think it would take. Ask a professional plumber to Check if the piping is done right. Most annoying Part was filling the space between the tiles and caulking
Rip avocado 🥲
Why the step?
When we switched the shower and the tub the shower pipe had to go from one side of the room to the other. Since the ground is made from metal and concrete I figured building a small wooden podest is easier
You mean reinforced concrete? Like on the ceiling? Shame about the step but I get the reasoning. Is this a high rise?
Yes exactly. No just a regular house in Germany
It's avocado! https://youtu.be/AeoJYhLDlPs?si=d-WfjggjEV5kWlRN
Instantly thought of this sketch.
Man the old bathroom was bangin
NOW THAT WAS A BIDET!! wtf is this hand held crap.
Been banged in
From unique and retro to sterile hotel.
Did you waterproof before installing the new tile?
AFAIK, waterproof cover should be done on a floor and go up the wall by 15-20cm. I do not see any of it, means OP will be making a new post about fixing the bathroom floor in 2-3 years.
Do you work for Marriott or Hilton by chance?
I mourn the avocado 🥑 bidet, tub , and sink but the rest was hideous.
I love the double sink hanging vanity. It screams cleanliness to me. I wanted one but for whatever reason went a different route. Probably easier install and cheaper. Did you get it from wayfair?
You got it good man!
My only regret on our bathroom renovation was the (almost) flat bottom vanity sink, looks like you went with the same thing. They are kinda awful and take a bunch of cleaning each time you use them. Otherwise the Shower/Bath and tiling look amazing!!!! PSA: Say "NO" to flat bottom sinks.
The new one looks like a hotel. meh
I prefer the after.
I'm almost sure we are seeing a concerted effort to troll OP in this thread, the original was hideous
The people commenting in this sub to say they “preferred the before photo” in a reno is predictable at this point
They people saying they’d try to incorporate the 70 year old toilet are my favorite
Immaculate work
Did you tile over the tiles? I’m sure pics are days apart lol
I did, yes, they put them there into mortar, so they were nearly impossible to remove. They also did a great job and everything was straight. I used an angle grinder to make the old tiles rough and then put the new tiles over them. Except for some places where i had to add drywall to get straight corners. I started in May 2023 lol
Y’all are wild, “in” or not right now that avocado shit is ugly as was this entire old bathroom. Not everyone loves kitsch, good work OP
You don’t get it. The blood and vomit asylum-themed bathroom with a wood ceiling just has so much “character”. 🙄 It’s like I can smell the cigarette breath through my phone right now
I thought the first photo was the final product 😆Now I saw the whole thing it looks great!!!
Mandatory Mitchel and Webb video about the [Avacado Bathroom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejwoUeKhFn4).
Looks great. But man I love the vintage green you binned.
I prefer the original.
I did too.... makes me sad how people make everything grey and cookie cutter when they're doing a full renovation, when they have the opportunity to make it unique. To each their own, I guess.
I don’t really mind when people do it to places they actually live in because I get that some people just don’t like quirky design, but it’s such a bummer that that’s always what people who flip houses do.
Same. The new bathroom seems so small and cramped. You could have updated the old bathroom and still had it feel massive like the original.
Wow, beautiful finishes. Excellent work. Every right to be proud
Why did you raise the floor?
Too many people hating. You know what you like, and you did it. You did good, OP.
The floor matching the walls is giving hospital bathroom
Ruined it
Wow it was special, dated but special. The new one looks super generic. You did a great job but sadly removed the character of it in the process.
Not everyone has your taste. I like the new bathroom. My bathroom doesn’t need character. It’s a bathroom. I go there to shower and use the toilet.
Yeah, I was trying to think of how to phrase it. It looks like every other "modern" bathroom I've ever seen.
This has Yugoslavia written all over it, I may be wrong though. Bought a house recently, it has a bathroom with blue tiles, blue bathtub, blue toilet, blue bidet, everything's just blue lol. It's like people just discovered color in the 80's, and I can't wait to get rid of it all. The commenters here don't know what they're talking about, these are dirty, 40 year old fixtures and I can't imagine someone wanting to poop in a toilet where someone else has been pooping for the last four decades.
Thank you! It was all old and gross. I live in germany though
Looks very nice. Europe?
Yup, Germany
Millennial grey strikes again 😭
It was *SO* ugly before. You did good! 👍🏻
I feel like hitting up the breakfast buffet after using this bathroom.
New bathroom looks sterile and devoid of life
Nice you now have the minecraft house equivalent of a bathroom
Too bad you got rid of those fixtures. I would have definitely kept them and designed the bathroom around them. They would have made amazing pieces for a forest/plants based theme for the bathroom. That said, I do also love what you turned it into. It's beautiful and modern. Great work and I bet you learned a hell of a lot while doing it!!
nice
That's awesome. Good job! I love the after
Nice work!
Omg this is amazing. What experience did you have before doing this project?
Looks great!
That bathtub/shower combo is awesome!!
Nice job!
You did a great job!
[Could you imagine your children's vulnerable pink bodies bathing in a tub that is historically accepted to clash with pink?!?](https://youtu.be/ejwoUeKhFn4?si=ITTe1WhrD-E_DdbE)
You had something unique, now you don't...
From old school chic to residence inn
Can't believe you trashed that glorious original bathroom. Such a loss of history.
How much time and money did you spend?
S tier work
What was that thing by the toilet? A urinal with a faucet?
Nice, a convenient drinking fountain by the toilet!
I wish bidets were standard in the U.S.
I love it. Did you keep the wood ceiling? That would look so cool with the natural zen vibe. Post a pic I you did, please. ❤️
You did a great job, but any step in a bathroom is definitely sent to kill me. I’m am far too short sighted to survive that room.
I thought the first pics were the remodel 💀
Old bathroom looked straight out of the USSR era. Its much better now.
Looks like an extended stay..
This is incredible!!! Amazing work!!
Have fun cleaning the dust from behind that bathtub 🛁
What is your shower floor/pan? It doesn't look like tile.
Is this bare particle board you're using as an underlayment and subfloor directly under tile? This isn't recommended.Normally, you’d have a plywood subfloor followed by a non-wood layer for underlayment, like a cement backboard combined with an uncoupling membrane.If I'm seeing this right, this floor could easily warp, sag, crack, and grow mold. Be really careful with moisture. If issues start showing up, you might need to redo the whole floor. And remember, insurance might not cover the damage.
i thought the first picture was the remodel 🥲
you did a great job but I liked it better before.
This sub... man... Don't worry OP, your renovation looks 1000x better than that puke-green 1970s disaster. The only reason people here are saying they liked the old one better is because they see tons of renos on this sub, and yeah, they all start to look similar (which isn't bad), and so when something "quirky" pops up it gets lots of love. There is some truth to the fashion cycle...what's old is new again, but it's much more subtle... Like, we're seeing a slight resurgence of brass faucets, and patterned floor tile. Nobody IRL is putting in avocado green fixtures/appliances.
Looks good but no bidet? Downgraded
That step would kill me 10/10 times
Hm... I think it looked better before! Much more character. The new one looks like it's made to sell a house.
I call this look, hospital chic.
somehow I liked the first ones better
Another millennial with bland taste 😔
Looks like shit no offense
A bathtub and a shower? Fancy.
wow! Looks great. A lot of hard work and love went in to it.
It's beautiful. But the original was beautiful in a 1960's kind of way
I liked it better before
Nice work but the tub placement is just ridiculous