A modern bath with period charm

摘要

When we bought our house in Maplewood, N.J., my wife and I wanted to renovate the main bathroom prior to moving in. To put it plainly, the previously remodeled bathroom had a poor layout and was generally ugly. But our son was only a year old, and we did not have the time or the funds to get the project off the ground. In some ways, I think this was a blessing. Living with the shoddy bathroom for a few years allowed us to think a lot about the specific problems it had and what features and functions we wanted from a renovation. It also gave us time to learn about our house and to get ideas for the design.