Lincoln Square Bathroom Renovation

We have the opportunity to work on a classic Chicago to flat home that was converted into a single family home. The bathroom on the 2nd floor was completely untouched, with all original original finishes and fixtures.

This project was a lot of work! We took all the plaster down on the plumbing walls and the electrical walis the electrical walls. In the other areas like the ceiling we put quarter inch drywall on top on top instead of taking it down the plaster and putting back new drywall. And then we also replaced the glass block window with the functioning frosted glass double hung.

Originally there was a linen closet accessible in the hallway in the hallway but the client thought it would be better suited for inside of the bathroom so we closed up the door in the hallway and created open shelf nooks in the bathroom for storage.

Just a side note, a lot of old bathrooms didn't have exhaust fans usually there's either a vent in the glass block or the window is supposed to be just open to get that ventilation for the bathroom. The only problem with this in Chicago is 4 months out of the year opening the window while taking a shower is not feasible. So we run into this a lot where we add an exhaust fan and usually we can neither vent it through the side of the house or the roof. In this instance it was very easy to run the vent to the side of the brick.