{"id":47130,"date":"2025-10-11T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=47130"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:00:11","slug":"its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47163\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/ noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47163 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1525-2-resizerd.webp\" alt=\"It's True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful tiled-bath-remodel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For my mid-century house on a hill, I tried to replicate the look of the 1950s tile that still exists elsewhere in our house. Thus, the six-inch square tiles in an offset pattern. Whatever its vintage, it&#8217;s true, my new bathroom is beautiful. We added a second hand-held shower near a bench at the foot of the shower. <em>Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s true. My new bathroom is . . . beautiful. I&#8217;ve been spending a lot of time in there lately, so I should know.<\/p>\n<p>The last doorknob, towel bar and water faucet finally got installed a couple of weeks ago, and I like the results. So much so that I find myself taking a shower at the drop of a hat, whether I need one or not.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s partly because the new shower stall with its grab bars and grippy shower pan is so much safer than the slippery old tub-shower it replaced.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46708\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/ noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46708 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1288-1-resized-and-retouched.webp\" alt=\"It's True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful pratt-and-larson-sonoma-tilemkers-bathroom-tile\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shower in my new bathroom: Walls by Pratt + Larson. Floor tile &#8212; made from glass &#8212; by Sonoma Tilemakers. Unfortunately, my trusty cellphone cast a muddy shadow on the soft, bright colors of these tiles.\u00a0<em>Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But mostly it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s so darned pretty in there.<\/p>\n<h5>It&#8217;s True. My New Bathroom Is Beautiful. Here&#8217;s Why:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The tile is lovely. Pratt + Larsen squares on the walls. Sonoma Tilemakers hexagons on the floor, with soft, but bright, colors that move from yellow to green to aqua. I love standing in my shower surrounded on all sides with all three colors reflecting off each other.<\/li>\n<li>The grab bars make me feel safe. Two are inside the shower. But one is next to the toilet &#8212; in case I need one there some day. Meanwhile, I keep a bath mat hanging on that grab bar so I can pass it off as a towel bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47186\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47186 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tile-colors-true-ish-resized.webp\" alt=\"pratt-larsen-sonoma-tilewords-tile\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I took my tile samples out into the sunlight to take a photo, holping to capture their true color. The result &#8212; close! <em>Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The toilet is tall. The 16-inch high seat makes it easier to get on and off, especially during the night when my creaky knees are at their creakiest.<\/li>\n<li>The niche in the shower is super pretty. But I had it placed out of sight. In the real world, that niche will be jammed with unsightly bottles and jars all screaming for attention.<\/li>\n<li>The medicine cabinet is ginormous &#8212; eight wide shelves. (OK, two of them are out of my reach and useless. But, hey, maybe that&#8217;s the right place for the kids&#8217; old soccer trophies, which are taking up space in the guest rooms.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This bathroom is the last of the ambitious remodel projects that I &#8212; or Jon and I &#8212; have undertaken in the last few years:\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2020\/07\/02\/room-by-room-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">living room and deck.<\/a> The <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2021\/07\/24\/widow-laughs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backyard.<\/a> The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2021\/07\/31\/side-yard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">side yard<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2023\/07\/15\/my-front-yard-its-a-happening-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">front yard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that all these big projects are done, I&#8217;ll have more time for friends, family and the next book project &#8212; thoughts on grief.<\/p>\n<p><em>More on friendship at <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2020\/04\/19\/hugging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Post-Corona Virus &#8212; What Will Happen to All That Hugging We&#8217;ve Been Doing?&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0And here&#8217;s one on holing up with your best friend during the pandemic, <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2020\/03\/23\/cabin-fever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Oh-Oh. Is Cabin Fever Setting In?&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47148\" style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47148 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Finish-Photo-3-by-Barry-Reite-b.webp\" alt=\"It's True. My New Bathroom Is . . . Beautiful grab-gar-disguised-as-towel-bar\" width=\"744\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A grab bar disguised as towel bar. I don&#8217;t need this grab bar &#8212; yet. Meanwhile, I&#8217;m passing it off as a towel bar. The carpenter added a windowsill so I can grow small plants in the window. Notice the variation in the colors of the handmade Pratt + Larson tile. <em>Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47157\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47157 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1281-straightened-resized.webp\" alt=\"bath remodel pratt-and-larsen-tile-niche\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The niche in two shades of Pratt + Larsen tile is tucked away at one end of the shower stall so that when it&#8217;s filled with shampoo bottles and body scrub the clutter will be out of sight. I found grab bars in a color that blends with the tile. <em>Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47157 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1281-straightened-resized.jpg\" alt=\"It's True. My New Bathroom Is Beautiful pratt-and-larsen-tile-niche\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true. My new bathroom is beautiful. I&#8217;ve been taking a lot of showers in there lately, so I should know.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/2025\/10\/11\/its-true-my-new-bathroom-is-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[2857,34,1188,2860,3058,2862],"class_list":["post-47130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-house-and-garden","tag-bath-remodel","tag-dont-miss","tag-house","tag-pratt-larson","tag-sonoma-tileworks","tag-tile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48455,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47130\/revisions\/48455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}