Vintage bathroom flooring

Mosaic tile floors are having a renaissance. Of course, as many of you will point out, they never really left — lots of bathrooms, including the one in my New York studio, have floors like this that have been there for years. So these floors are not so much a trend as a classic that’s getting a (well deserved) moment in the spotlight. The bona fides of this particular kind of floor are many: they’re classic, they’re beautiful, they work with almost any style of bathroom.

So… the bathroom renovation has begun… and I definitely don’t want to start the post with a photo of the chaos that it is right now, so peonies in a pretty garden urn will have to do. The bathroom is looking like nothing but a shell as we speak. As usual, there are always not…

Our home was built in 1929 and we love all the charm older homes have. Unfortunately, ours was extensively remodeled in the 1960s. Some of the original wood win…

From stately claw-foot tubs to sumptuous furnishings, bygone bathroom amenities from decades—or even centuries—past are winning over modern-day homeowners and making a comeback in residential bathrooms around the country.

Mosaic tile floors are having a renaissance. Of course, as many of you will point out, they never really left — lots of bathrooms, including the one in my New York studio, have floors like this that have been there for years. So these floors are not so much a trend as a classic that’s getting a (well deserved) moment in the spotlight. The bona fides of this particular kind of floor are many: they’re classic, they’re beautiful, they work with almost any style of bathroom.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to clean an old tile floor? And which had years of dirt and grout haze build-up, to look like new.

Lonnie and I are currently in the process of driving our car into the ground. Our Buick needs a new transmission, which would cost more than the car is worth. Poor Lonnie will keep driving it until…