Before Christmas, Todd and I finally broke down and bought a replacement sink and console for our downstairs bathroom. The house was renovated right before we moved in, but the previous owners decided to keep all of the original fixtures in the bathroom.
It looked kind of cute, but the sink was such a pain to use. The mirror doubled as a medicine cabinet and was so tiny that you could barely see your whole face in it. The original tile is still on the floor and we absolutely love it. It is very tiny black and white tiles. All of the doors in our house are black and have all of the original hardware, so we wanted to find something that looked like the rest of the house for our bathroom.
This is also the bathroom that we’ll use when we bathe our little boy. Here is a picture of the bathroom before:
The original sink had a spout for hot water and a spout for cold water. The bathroom also had zero storage, so we purchased the basket in the above picture to hold towels and wash cloths for our guests.
And here is a picture of the bathroom after:
The adorable shower curtain that we had made with my mom’s help at Calico Corners in Dallas.
You can see the new sink and mirror on the right. We also reversed the direction of the door swing so that it opens out into the hall instead of into the bathroom. This gives us so much more space and allowed us to get a bigger sink console without having the door hit it when it was opened into the bathroom.
We’ve been very happy with it. I think we still kept a lot of the charm of the bathroom in our 1930s house, but everything functions like it’s brand new!
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It looks great! I love the fabric you chose for the shower curtain.
You new bathroom looks great! I love the choice for the shower curtain and your new sink is gorgeous! Good Job!
Wow! It looks like something out of Southern Living! Good job!
It looks great!!
It looks really nice! I love the shower curtain : )
I love it!!
Love the shower curtain!!
And I have to know where you found the sink because it looks so similar to mine!
I love how changing the door around opened it up so much. Who wouldv’e thought?!
Congrats on finishing the redo.
Wow! What a difference! Great job.
very cute, i adore the tiles, it would be horrible to remove those. i love the charm of old homes.
It turned out great!
Looks great! It was great that you were able to update as needed but keep the original charm of the old home.
Great update! A sink like that is much more functional and attractive! Did you install it yourselves?
What an update! Super cute
You two are so creative.
Maybe I watch HGTV too much so this post got me a little excited to see your ‘after’… it turned out so beautiful! Love it!
Oh my gosh. My husband and I are trying to buy a house, and I was just looking (re-re-re-looking)
at the photos of it, and your “before” bath looks EXACTLY like the one in this house! Uncanny! I love both the before and after, after is obviously more modern and pretty 
Love it! We have a horrid 1950s peaches and cream tiled bathroom and it is in desperate need of a makeover. Reversing the door swing is genius! I hadn’t thought of that!
I love your new bathroom!! NICE WORK!! Our bathroom is tiled in light pink and light blue…it could use a makeover!
WOW!! You guys did great!!
Very nice! I think the idea of reversing the door was great. Sometimes it’s the smallest thing that can make such a difference. Also, aren’t you glad you won’t scald your hands anymore! So good to have the hot and cold come out at the same time! Enjoy!
Erin!!!! it looks awesome, especially with the wainscotting and tile floors! i can’t wait to see it in person!
looks great…. fits the house perfect.
Whoa! That looks so awesome! I love the new sink.
That looks beautiful!!
It looks great!
GREAT work! I love that shower curtain and the little addition to your header!!
you did a lovely job! it looks great!
That looks cute!!!
Love the new vanity! I think it looks great.
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love it. i can’t believe you made the shower curtain. VERY impressive.
It looks FABULOUS!!!!! I just love it!
Looks great. Love that shower curtain!
Love it!
So lovely! Great job!!
that’s so creative – making your own shower curtian! it looks amazing!!
Thank goodness you didn’t buy the rubber duck decor. Everyone I know with kids ends up with the rubber duck bathroom. Love the shower curtain! The dark vanity accents the black!
Good job!
Your guest bathroom looks so cute! Older homes have so much character.
Enjoy your weekend!
It looks so fabulous!
Awesome job!!! The bathroom looks great! You should do a tour of your house. I would LOVE to see it all.. So far what I’ve seen, it is BEAUTIFUL! You have excellent taste!
looks sooo good. nice job. xo.
Very cottage-like! I love it!
Love it! I esp love beadboard. The curtain is great – i had a friend do something simliar to her bathroom and she kept the original tile and had a curtain made to match it – works so well! And I just love the character that original tile brings!
Looks fantastic!
Too cute! Old houses are so charming… I agree- I love the black and white tile.
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We love Kelly too! We were wondering where she went! Great song! I’ll hold my big baby bump and jump around with you!
Looks fantastic!!!
ooh looks great!!
love it! your shower curtain looks great!
That’s very nice. We have been in the midst of a major bathroom remodel for the past couple of weeks. It’s such hard work!
I love it! Your curtain is so great! Where did you get that rod from?
Looks fabulous – great work!!! Feel like coming to the Upstate and working on our house??
It looks GREAT Erin! I love it!! Fabulous!!
Hey do you have those dark blinds all over your house? You like those better than white? I am trying to decide which way to go for our new house!!
So cute!!! I love the new sink and shower curtain!