Looking for a little design help, a
friend and his wife recently sent
me photos, a plan, a section, and a
written program for a new bathroom
in their mid-19th-century
New England house. The room, on
the second floor of a one-and-ahalf-
story Cape, was 7 feet wide by
12 feet deep, with a window facing
east at the short end opposite the
door and a 4x5-foot alcove to the
left of the window. The alcove
ceiling followed the sloping roof
down to a 4-foot-high knee wall.
To the right of the entry door was
a natural plumbing chase adjacent
to the chimney. The budget was in
the cellar.
Their design had a tiled
tub/shower in the alcove, the
toilet