Old Houses Are Weird (And We Love Them)
Quote from kit on 2 February 2026, 06:12If you own an old house, you know the drill. Nothing is square, nothing is level, and there is a ghost in the attic who keeps hiding your 10mm socket. Renovating a bathroom in one of these charming money-pits is an adventure in creative problem-solving. Kitchen Traditions knows that when you peel back the layers of a vintage home, you are going to find some... interesting choices made by the previous owners. Like three layers of linoleum, or a newspaper from 1952 used as insulation.
The "charm" of an old bathroom usually includes features like a bathtub designed for a person no taller than four feet, and a sink that is mounted so low it hurts your back just to brush your teeth. Our job is to fix these historical "quirks" without making the room look like a spaceship landed in your colonial. Modernizing is basically the art of sneaking 21st-century luxury into a 19th-century shell. It is like putting a Ferrari engine in a vintage Mustang. It looks classic, but it runs like a dream.
When we tackle bathroom remodeling in Newtown CT, we play a game called "What's in the Wall?" Is it a cast iron pipe that weighs as much as a small car? Probably. Is it a support beam that someone cut through in the 70s to install a medicine cabinet? Maybe. We deal with it all so you don't have to. We level the floors so your new tile doesn't crack, and we square the walls so your shower door actually closes.
And let's talk about storage. Old houses apparently didn't believe in it. People back then must have owned one towel and a bar of soap. Today, we need places for lotions, potions, hairdryers, and that bulk pack of toilet paper. We are experts at finding space where none exists, carving niches into walls and building custom cabinets that fit into those weird, angled corners.
So, embrace the weirdness. Love the squeaky floors (we can fix those too, mostly). But get yourself a bathroom that doesn't require a master's degree in plumbing to operate. You deserve a toilet that flushes on the first try and a shower that doesn't fluctuate between ice and lava.
Upgrade your classic home at https://kitchentraditions.net/ .
If you own an old house, you know the drill. Nothing is square, nothing is level, and there is a ghost in the attic who keeps hiding your 10mm socket. Renovating a bathroom in one of these charming money-pits is an adventure in creative problem-solving. Kitchen Traditions knows that when you peel back the layers of a vintage home, you are going to find some... interesting choices made by the previous owners. Like three layers of linoleum, or a newspaper from 1952 used as insulation.
The "charm" of an old bathroom usually includes features like a bathtub designed for a person no taller than four feet, and a sink that is mounted so low it hurts your back just to brush your teeth. Our job is to fix these historical "quirks" without making the room look like a spaceship landed in your colonial. Modernizing is basically the art of sneaking 21st-century luxury into a 19th-century shell. It is like putting a Ferrari engine in a vintage Mustang. It looks classic, but it runs like a dream.
When we tackle bathroom remodeling in Newtown CT, we play a game called "What's in the Wall?" Is it a cast iron pipe that weighs as much as a small car? Probably. Is it a support beam that someone cut through in the 70s to install a medicine cabinet? Maybe. We deal with it all so you don't have to. We level the floors so your new tile doesn't crack, and we square the walls so your shower door actually closes.
And let's talk about storage. Old houses apparently didn't believe in it. People back then must have owned one towel and a bar of soap. Today, we need places for lotions, potions, hairdryers, and that bulk pack of toilet paper. We are experts at finding space where none exists, carving niches into walls and building custom cabinets that fit into those weird, angled corners.
So, embrace the weirdness. Love the squeaky floors (we can fix those too, mostly). But get yourself a bathroom that doesn't require a master's degree in plumbing to operate. You deserve a toilet that flushes on the first try and a shower that doesn't fluctuate between ice and lava.
Upgrade your classic home at https://kitchentraditions.net/ .