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  • A decorated bathroom 1920

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 19:07:06 2023
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY7QOi9WAAA1cPD.jpg

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Aug 29 21:16:05 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:07:06 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY7QOi9WAAA1cPD.jpg


    Hmm. Cool. Spartan, yes.

    So: wallpaper on the walls obviously, but do they have matching tiles
    on the floor, or did they put the wallpaper on the floor too?

    Second: is that his-and-hers parallel showers, or does one person get
    the water from both? Too bad you can't see how the floor drains, I can
    only imagine that whole entranceway to the bathroom gets slippery as
    hell.

    For some reason, the most 20s thing about the whole picture is that
    gorgeous, large window!

    Is there any chance this is a rendering or a stablediffusion AI
    generated image or something? There's something too perfect about it;
    the lighting and resolution especially.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 21:21:37 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:16:05 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    So: wallpaper on the walls obviously, but do they have matching tiles
    on the floor, or did they put the wallpaper on the floor too?

    Tiles on the floor, and walls.

    Too bad you can't see how the floor drains

    Side note - In older homes with basements, it was not uncommon for the
    basement floor to slope towards a sump-pump's hole.

    With modern techniques, the same design is possible. A German company
    makes a product to do this.
    ====================================

    The floor slopes to allow water from the twin showers to drain away
    under the window, a complex feat to achieve in a period building.
    Clever, design-conscious, and stylish - it's a daring modern statement
    with a nod to the past.

    https://www.homesandgardens.com/news/drummonds-bathroom-green-210713

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 29 21:43:35 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:16:05 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Too bad you can't see how the floor drains

    https://drummonds-uk.com/app/uploads/2020/01/DC4095-018-1350x1836.jpg


    https://drummonds-uk.com/gallery/case-study-art-nouveau-balluta-buildings-malta/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Aug 30 07:22:52 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:43:35 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:16:05 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Too bad you can't see how the floor drains

    https://drummonds-uk.com/app/uploads/2020/01/DC4095-018-1350x1836.jpg


    https://drummonds-uk.com/gallery/case-study-art-nouveau-balluta-buildings-malta/

    So it's a modern bathroom, created in 2023, using design from 100 years earlier. Very interesting. And the sloped bathroom floor explains the drainage. I still think though that after a shower or two, there'd be
    a slippery section (sloped too!) between you and the toilet that might
    cause some hilarity* if you're not careful.

    * Hilarious for others, as they watch you wipe out on the way to the
    toilet

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 30 06:52:59 2023
    On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:16:05 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Hmm. Cool. Spartan, yes.

    The floor was either done by sloping concrete, or using something like
    this Schluter product

    https://www.schluter.com/schluter-us/en_US/showers?language=en_US

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  • From rdh@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Wed Aug 30 10:24:44 2023
    On 8/30/23 06:22, Retrograde wrote:
    Very interesting. And the sloped bathroom floor explains the
    drainage. I still think though that after a shower or two, there'd be
    a slippery section (sloped too!) between you and the toilet that might
    cause some hilarity* if you're not careful.


    Seems like you'd definitely want to keep a squeegee handy.

    --
    ~rdh

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 30 12:43:25 2023
    On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:22:52 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I still think though that after a shower or two, there'd be
    a slippery section (sloped too!) between you and the toilet that might
    cause some hilarity* if you're not careful.

    For those who can afford that place, they will have a maid.

    Years ago, it was said that Henry Kissinger never picked up his
    clothes off the floor, when he placed them there...the maid did.

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