Keeping the tile vs. not keeping the tile

Hmmm...That is a lot to think about. Here are my thoughts/pros and cons of each argument.

Keep the peach tile:

• Pros-It is easy, cheap, eco-friendly and leaves you money for other desirable projects: library and desks.
  
• Cons-In addition to the flip-side of the pros, it might be harder to rent the house with that bath. The constant complaint we heard when trying to sell our Monticello house was "pink bathroom".

Lose the peach tile:

If you take out the tile to do a renovation I would consider the following:

It will be a major job to remove that tile. It is set in inches of concrete with chickenwire mesh. Dust everywhere for months.

I would consider rearranging the placement of everything so it gave you more room and better flow. Houses of this era have that notorious long skinny feeling so that all the plumbing could be on one wall. Our current house also had this setup and was rearranged. If you are going to do it, you might as well do it right. The pics have some cute setups.

If you give up the library project and desk project, it wouldn't affect the value of your house. I personally love the large, elegant feel of your lr and it is hard for me to envision the desks there. I'm a purist when it comes to architecture, and I hate changing things unless they really, really need to be changed. 

With that said, if you really, really need desks, put them in.

My same thought applies to the library. If you can make it work without closing off the window, I think it would be better. For resale, taking away a window is a hard sell. 

So, if it were me, and it were my money and all things were equal, I would go with the bath remodel and hold the other projects. But, really it depends on which projects you will enjoy more and get more use from.