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| Handy Husband and Sundae pup take a last nanna-nap on the 'about-to-be-a-bathroom' back porch... |
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| The back porch is walled in and frames built. |
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| Recycled windows and oak panelling and plumbing are installed. Ceiling lined and floor waterproofed. |
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| Sunroom Bathroom finished. |
| We've tried to recreate each Bed and Breakfast guest-room into our idea of a dream bedroom and it's the same with all the en suite bathrooms. A few other guest house operators in the area suggested we put in a spa bath as you can charge handsomely for a spa room (something I've never quite understood), but I've always dreamed of having a clawfoot bath (and preferably a real cast-iron one) and I was pretty sure that our kind of potential guests would feel the same.  However, when we started searching for original clawfoot baths we soon discovered that they only come in one real, old, standard size - slightly too large for the width of the bathroom we were renovating. Instead of opting for a reproduction acrylic bath that we could fit into the room we decided to build a whole new room around the bath - turning the back porch into a spacious, open-plan bathroom. We chose the colour of the bath to go with the rest of the bedroom (another makeover coming soon), and in the end we decided not to paint the Tasmanian Oak panels we had recycled from other parts of the house white, but leave them in all their scruffy, peeling-paint glory. I look forward to occasional days when this room is empty so I can sneak in and have a luxurious bath. It's my favourite place to wallow. |
