Petit Tresor's Art Deco Bathroom

You've seen bits of the bathroom along the way but I am going to bore you with it all finished.

Recall that I sent this photo of a real bathroom (that I found on the internet) to Rita and Horst Kruger of Tiny Ceramics and asked them to help me reproduce it in miniature.  After some emails back and forth, we had the design down.  Take a look at their amazing work here:  http://www.tiny-ceramics.com/.  They will also be at the Chicago International.

So here it is...a little different, but very much the same feel.  Horst handpainted the tiles for the border.  They are absolutely identical and perfect.  They sent me the tiles and I laid the floor and and made the walls myself using their templates. 

I already had the porcelain fixtures.   I had bought them from Anne Funnell at Lenham Pottery Models in the UK -- one at a time since they were very dear--another of those things that I saw and loved and bought because I figured I would find a place for them some day.  I love the octagonal tub with its hand held shower! You can see more of Anne's work here:
http://www.lenham-pottery-models.co.uk/LPMhome/dollfirst.html

So when I started Petit Tresor I had the perfect fixtures for an Art Deco bathroom. Notice the European-style toilet and of course, the bidet.  Anyway, it made sense to me that the bathroom in this house didn't have to be totally updated and modern, especially one this elegant.


I bought the chandelier and sconces a long time ago from Lighting Bug.  I had no idea where I would put them but they are perfect for the room.

The door on the left was not in the original plan, but it seemed weird not to have a way to get to the bathroom from the bedroom so that was a last minute change (which required knocking the wall out and cutting the opening for the door, which I had in my stash).

This is the sink side...  

  The towel bars and tp holder were made by Elizabeth LePla at ELF Miniatures.  There's even a stainless steel toilet brush hidden back there.  She does amazing bathrooms in addition to her kitchens.  http://www.elfminiatures.co.uk/.   I made the towels out of baby washcloths.  Don't ask.  I also filled the jars on the tub with tiny "soaps," (really aroma beads) and bath beads (no hole beads) and added the toothbrush and razor.    The mirror was the final piece to fall into place.  I had seen one like this in a photo of another miniaturist's house but had no idea how to get in touch with that person.  Fortunately, I sent the photo to Elizabeth and she just happened to know whose house it was.  Which meant we were able to track down who made it--Robert Longstaff, again of the UK.  Not his usual thing but oh, so perfect!!!!   So that's the bathroom.    Only one more room to go.