Windows, Tubs, and Doors : Remodeling Progress

People always say that if you want your dreams to come true, you have to get out there and make them happen.

So that’s what I did.

I’ve dreamed of having a bathtub since the day I went to college and realized showers were the only option. Well technically one dorm I lived in had bathtubs but… eww.

This loft we’re building in the back of the airplane hangar might be small, but so what. I’d like to have a bathtub. If it means I’m installing one myself, so be it!

First I decided to mark where to put the window. The future bathroom already has a window. However, the slope of the roofline makes that window impossible to keep. (We need the shower in the tallest corner of the room, not a window.) That window will eventually be sealed.

Our new window will go above the future bathtub.

The steel beams that run along the length of the hangar pre-determine the height of my window. (I’m actually using a window identical to the one in the bedroom, which gives everything a nice, balanced feel, especially from the exterior.)

Here’s what I’m envisioning:

And when I say “I’m envisioning this,” all I’m really thinking about is the cold and snow outside and the wonderful warm water inside. That marble and expensive tub are not in our budget. If they were, I’m not sure if we’d want them. In fact, we’re not sure what we’d want AT ALL.

Martin and I haven’t really thought about decor. We’re taking things one step at a time. One window at a time. One copper elbow (a basic pipe fitting) at a time. It keeps us grounded.

When you don’t get specific in your dreams early on, it makes you more tuned in to opportunity when it’s knocking. That’s how we managed to snatch these doors (there’s one stacked in front of another):

As Martin was loading the windows onto the trailer a few weeks ago, the owner of the little glass shop came out. They got to chatting. Turns out those doors were ordered by someone with a whole lot more remodeling cash than us. Then that person changed his mind.

So you know us! We’re nowhere near ready for doors. But we got ‘em! We think they’ll be awesome for the bedroom. The glass will need to be bead-blasted or get some lacy vinyl decals. That’s research for another day.

Right now? We’re installing a bathroom window.

What about you? Do you have a bathtub? Love it? Secretly crave one? As long as we’re dreaming: would you take the fancy one above?

Tub photo compliments of here.