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According to the designer's Bio and history about the Castle, this was done in the early 60's for Elizabeth Arden.

Nice! I'm guessing that the design is a little more contemporary. The Irish have always loved their green of course!

It's a carpeted bathroom with a fern shower curtain and curtains. Am I missing something?

Wow, i really like the double/split curtian... that had never occured to me.

I'm just thinking that taking the curtains down for any reason (like to clean them) would be a big hassle. But I guess if you're living in a castle, you have people to handle that for you.

I like that bench!

One of the first and best interior designer tips I ever got. So glad that this was posted!

where would i find a shower curtain that long?

i'm thinking the two-curtain look, while easy on the eyes, would lead to one very wet bathroom.

"where would i find a shower curtain that long?"

You wouldn't. You would have one made.

I made a floor-to-ceiling shower curtain myself. It's about the easiest DYI project imaginable. Any washable fabric will work, and you can buy an extra-long plastic curtain for about $15 to use as a liner.

I like it, because it has a custom look.

Makes the ceiling look taller, too.

Marimekko shower curtains are longer than normal, but not floor to ceiling like these.

We have a higher than normal shower curtain, and it amazed me just how impossible it was to find ANYTHING that was not 72 inches long. Never have I encountered a shopping challenge quite so extreme!

Would these curtains have to be tucked into the tub any time one showered? Isn't the point of shower curtains to keep water from spraying onto the floor during a shower? With this design, the water would run down the curtain and drip onto the floor and soak the carpet.

This seems like an attractive design, but it'd be troublesome if you actually used the shower. It'd be super though if you only took baths.

I love this bathroom.
Shower curtains are made 84 inches long and 96 inches long.
I have seen them on ebay.

To remove the curtains is a hassle in the castle!

I'm guessing there is a liner curtain behind the fern ones that goes inside the tub to prevent water rushing out.

Cynthia, I thought the same thing. I thought, is it really necessary to note the designer, because it looks pretty average to me.

You could also take a regular sized shower curtain and ad a strip of an accent color to the bottom to lengthen it. It could looks really contemporary and chic.

Also, I think that the 2 panel situation is easy if you have a clear 1-panel liner hiding behind one of the fabric panels and just pulled it out for showers.

I think I might cut my curtain in half and hem it to get two panels.

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Agreed that this design is not exactly cutting edge, but love the ceiling height rod for the shower curtain. We did this with shimmery, extra long blue-green dupioni-looking poly curtains from Ikea--just hung a second rod lower down with the liner. Looks super luxe.

This looks like one of those "help, I need to remodel my bathroom and dont know where to begin" posts.

we have a center-closing shower curtain around our clawfoot. (it was the only solution due to an odd placement of the shower head). You definitely have to be a bit careful about spraying and splashing.

I bet someone could write an entire book about shower curtains...I know I'd buy it.

re the "design" of this bathroom: wonderful given the constraints of 2 windows, 1 over the tub, and a narrow space. The bench is brilliant, and the sink is gorgeous, with the chrome frame...it's subtle, I agree, but the best design usually is...

I have done this in my bathroom and it makes a huge difference.

this is some ugly shit right there.

re all the comments on the ugliness of the bathroom - i am PRETTY sure we'd all agree there! i mean... we all have at least a little taste if we're here! i think Lily was using it strictly to illustrate the shower curtain height point.

"With this design, the water would run down the curtain and drip onto the floor and soak the carpet."

You put a liner behind each of the decorative curtains. The liners are plastic and hang into the tub. Thus no drips, as the decorative fabric never gets wet.

Humm... I must be woefully out of step with a good number of the people here since, with the exception of the carpet, the florescent light fixture over the mirror, and the hanging light, I like the room.

I agree with sniplet. A carpet in the bathroom, not good. It looks like the sixties to me.

I am renovating an old house with a tiny bathroom and when the window over the tub was removed the view of a sloping meadow in the splendor of May was so uplifting to the whole house, I vetoed the new sash replacement window and ordered a full glass awning. Now the challenge is how to deal with the shower curtain or glass enclosure without compromising the window. Last night I used curtains and panels of bubble wrap in the configuration of the above to approximate the finished room. The full length curtain definitely makes the room seem taller and getting maximum light into my little house is a priority. Bubble wrap is fun to play with

Castle in Ireland? That would probably be my dream home.

I did this during a redecorating project for my parents in their bathroom and it looks fantastic. Totally hides ugly tilework that cannot be replaced yet and gives the space more height. I *sewed* an accent strip piece of another shower curtain onto the top of a white spa-style shower curtain. Behind the cloth curtain, I hung a second rod (lower) with a regular-sized clear plastic liner to protect the cloth.

*Actually someone else sewed it for me, but I pinned it together and brought it to someone who does tailoring (in my case, a dry-cleaner who does altering).

Seems I'm outnumbered but not only do I really like this bathroom, I thought it was contemporary. If this image had been in "guess the decade", I would have said current--because of the use of kelly green.

The advantage of having a split in the curtains in this bathroom is that it lets in tons of light. I don't think I could deal with the hassle of trying to align two curtains just right every time I took a shower but I like the idea for a guest bathroom.

I've been doing the "high curtain rod with floor length panels" thing on regular windows for quite a while. It seems to make the ceilings look higher, too.

If you don't have a cornice or valance to cover the wall expanse, you can add a mirror or art over the window which can only be seen when the panels are open.

I have one. And now doing a second.. Easy to do.. Directions:
Buy 2 extra long liners..
Overlap 2 holes for a seamless look on rings
Buy 2 Sheer curtains - 96 length
Sew a double seam down front to join 2 curtains vertically
Make 22 button holes 5 - 6 inches apart starting 1 inch from starting side - matches up with liner holes...
Done

Also Christopher Lowell now makes modern design fabric in 144 inch width I am using that now and skipping the (joining step)..

omg, ive done this in every bathroom ive had since i moved out on my own, its like the first thing i do. and it really does, make the room seem much larger, and cleaner.

"illusion of height to a small room"?

Are you telling me this room is actually 5'x7' with 8' ceilings?