In this sequel to the best-selling Bungalow Kitchens, Jane Powell and Linda Svendsen turn to the second most complex room in the house. While utilitarian in nature, the bathroom doesn't have to emphasize usage. As reflected in this book, the bathroom can--and should--be a beautiful extension of the home style--and what better examples than those from the Arts & Crafts era.

Though it may seem self-evident feature of the Arts & Crafts style, bungalow bathrooms are truly artistic endeavors. They go beyond the traditional pedestal sink and claw-foot tub to some of the most beautiful tile work, woodwork, fixtures, and decorative elements available.

Bungalow Bathrooms is a guide to restoring or designing a period-style bathroom for a bungalow or other nineteenth- and early- twentieth century house. It provides a wealth of information about flooring, cabinets, countertops, fixtures, faucets, and all the other elements that make up a bungalow bathroom, as well as advice on how to integrate modern technology whil maintining the bungalow look.

From the inside flap
In this sequel to the bestselling Bungalow Kitchens, Jane Powell and Linda Svendsen turn to the second most complex room in the house. While utilitarian by nature, the bathroom doesn't have to emphasize usage. As reflected in these pages, the bathroom can--and should--be a beautiful extension of the home style--and what better examples than those from the Arts & Crafts era.

Though it may seem a self-evident feature of the Arts & Crafts style, bungalow bathrooms are truly artistic endeavors. They go beyond the traditional pedestal sink and claw-foot tub to some of the most beautiful tile work, woodwork, fixtures, and decorative elements available.

Bungalow Bathrooms is a guide to restoring or designing a period-style bathroom for a bungalow or other nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century house. It provides a wealth of information about flooring, cabinets, countertops, fixtures, faucets, and all the other elements that make up a bungalow bathroom, as well as advice on how to integrate modern technology while maintaining the bungalow look.

About the Author
Jane Powell is the proprietor of House Dressing, a business dedicated to renovating and preserving old homes, particularly bungalows. She first developed a passion for restoration work and bungalows when she bought her first minor fixer-upper bungalow in 1987. Since then, she has restored more than ten different authentic bungalows. Her books Bungalow Details: Exterior, Bungalow Kitchens, Bungalow Bathrooms, and Linoleum, are a result of her bungalow restoration obsession. Powell is a frequent lecturer and consultant and served as former president of the Oakland Heritage Alliance, a historic preservation organization in her hometown of Oakland, California. She is currently (always) renovating another bungalow.

World-renowned architectural interior and exterior photographer Linda Svendsen is a graduate of Music and Art High School and Parson Design School in New York. She’s worked with Jane Powell on a number of projects in addition to Bungalow Details: Exterior, including Bungalow Kitchens, Bungalow Bathrooms and Linoleum. Her photography has also been featured in Camps and Cottages, Old House Journal, Old House Interiors, Victorian Decorating and Lifestyles Magazine. Svendsen is the author of Bicycle: Around the World, a nostalgic, international collection of bicycles and various cultures. She lives in Concord, California.

Bungalow Bathrooms is BOSS!, November 19, 2001

If you are even thinking about restoring the bathroom(s) in a pre-1940 house, this book is a "must have" for you. Jane Powell put everything you would ever want to know in there. This lady knows so much about antique bathroom fixtures it's SCARY! Written with a touch of humor reflecting this most personal of rooms. Just a hint of sexual innuendo mixed in with illustrated and narrative factual detail. Everything is included from hundreds of great photographs of period fittings and fixtures, floors and walls, to detailed text describing the nuances and subtleties of such things as tile, windows and doors, lighting, Fuller-ball faucets, bathtub restoration, angle stops, plumbing code issues, wash-down, wash-out and syphon-jet toilets featuring lions and dolphins, and much, much more. There is the most complete listing of resources for everything you need for a period bathroom restoration at the back of the book as well. As in Bungalow Kitchens, the camera work was handled by Linda Svendsen and it is Super too! In summary.......GET THIS BOOK!!