About a month ago, I did a little post about Miles Redd’s apartment being featured in New York Social Diary. One of the pictures I showed was of his incredible bathroom. It’s huge and it’s like a hall of mirrors.
Yesterday, my friend Tracey, who’s one of the two owners of Housewerks Salvage, about which I have often written, left a comment about the bathroom. The two owners of Housewerks, are both graced with an excellent eye for amazing pieces, which can be found in their Victorian brick pumphouse building in Baltimore.
Here’s what Tracey said in her comment:
That was us!! Housewerks salvaged Miles’ mirrored bathroom in Chicago AND installed it in his house. It's even more amazing in person. One of the best things we ever salvaged.
So, you’ll have to stay tuned for an interview with Ben about the incredible bathroom which was taken from David Adler’s Armour Estate in Chicago. The entire bathroom was found in a restoration yard and once featured in a Robert Altman movie.
Yowsa. I could not live with seeing myself coming and going in all directions first thing in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be an incredible part of the business to work in. Very behind the scenes-but Oh! the discoveries that await. Then to see it installed-in THE Pages.I bet they were thrilled. I will get up to that shop sometime. Great post. G
ReplyDeleteSTUNNING! Can't wait to read your follow-up piece! :D
ReplyDeleteOh -how cool is THAT! Now I love housing werks even MORE!
ReplyDeleteThis is a jaw-dropping room - way beyond mere bathroom. Can't wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteI love that it was found in a salvage yard, and saved! Can't wait to hear all the details!
ReplyDeleteWe ran into Miles (and Nick Olsen) at a party on Thursday. Great guys! See you soon!
ReplyDeleteEddie + Jaithan
That is SO cool! I feel famous now for just having been to Housewerks.
ReplyDeleteThey deserve amazing projects like this one.
Stunning. And if it were mine, I'd be forced to be in the best shape of my life... So really, is it luxury or a necessity to prod yourself into a healthier lifestyle?
ReplyDeleteMeg, this bathroom is legendary. I'm looking forward to more insights!
ReplyDeletesome amazing bathroom Meg, staying tuned....xv
ReplyDeleteIt's a real Zelig moment! wow!!!
ReplyDeletehis bathroom is amamzing - can't wait to hear all the details.
Joni
what a coincidence - good eyes all around
ReplyDeleteI love Housewerks and the work they do -- a real Baltimore treasure -- but I just cannot get into this bathroom. Agree with the first commenter; can't imagine having to see myself in the altogether every time I stepped into the bathroom. (And what's with the zebra hoof lamp?? Eeek. Gives me the willies.)
ReplyDeleteThe story I heard was that Jim shearon of Bories & Shearon originally found the bathroom at Housewerks in chicago. He recognized it because he had been to the Armour house in Lake Bluff Illinois. He tried very hard to get either the Art Institute or the Historical Society in chicago to consider saving it and installing it like the Lavin bathroom in Paris. He couldn't any of the museums or any patrons in Chicago interested, they wouldn't even go look at it. Miles and jim are old friends so they were discussing the situation and Miles expressed an interest in wanting the bathroom for himself but Jim was determined to get it into a museum because of it perfect architectural provenance. Eventually it was sold to a bar owner but when Jim heard this he put Miles in touch with the purchaser and the rest has became decor history!
ReplyDeleteAnon... That's interesting. I think the Chicago and Baltimore may be connected.
ReplyDeleteI will have to talk to Ben and get the story. He's been very involved in the salvage community in Chicago, as well as in Baltimore and DC.
It's hard to believe that a place like the Art Institute didn't show any interest in this Chicago icon, but then it's hard to believe that they had already packed off to auction two Robert Adam doorcases & the stair hall of the so-called 'Hogarth House' that David Adler sent back from London, which installations in the old basements at the AIC when I was a kid were what first stirred my interest in the historic styles. At least the Armour room is in good hands now, thanks to JS & MR, and maybe the next time it moves, it will end up in a place that hasn't lost interest in period rooms. This dazzler would make a perfect conclusion to the Metroploitan's existing series of American rooms.
ReplyDeleteimagine the savings on candles when having a bath ....just the one would do ....
ReplyDeletecriminal to think of something like this dumped in a scrapyard
I've heard a similar story to what Anon reported. Did anyone else hear that the owner who ripped the bathroom out of the Adler home was Richard Marx, that 1980s singer?? What a crime, but at least it has a good home...a very good home!
ReplyDeleteI've heard a similar story to what Anon reported. Did anyone else hear that the owner who ripped the bathroom out of the Adler home was Richard Marx, that 1980s singer?? What a crime, but at least it has a good home...a very good home!
ReplyDeleteYES! It was Richie Marks who gutted all of the baths and maybe some of the interior and then went on to add a huge ugly wing to an already rather large house. Everything Mr Marks has done to the house its grounds is a crime but he is not totally at fault. The house is in the Village of Lake Bluff Illinois and at the time they had no preservation ordinances which by the way was not that long ago... Lake Bluff has many fine houses that should be and should have in this case been protected! Shame on Lake Bluff.
ReplyDeleteA LINK TO THE HOUSE ON BING:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=r1fx8j7pdcg1&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=11314377&encType=1