We purchased a 200 year old house, sight unseen (but inspected). Upon arrival, we decided right away to make everything open concept rather than 9 tiny rooms. This journey started mid-April 2016. During the renovation, we are also living in the house. Today we finished our first room. This used to be the side entrance and a small pantry.

After gutting, the room size was 8'6" x 11' - enough for a guest bath and relaxation area. Before that could be started, the walls had to be shimmed to accommodate R24 insulation. The window also needed to be replaced. We decided to go with all standard size windows to keep long term costs down, which meant re-framing - we found out that this is easier said than done in a house this old.

After vapor barrier inspection, we proceeded to install all new plumbing and electrical for this bathroom, and the future overnight guest bathroom upstairs which will be right above it. We also prepped for a new forced air heating system that needs to be installed soon as temps are already dipping. While I prepped the electrical, actual installation had to be done by an electrician by law.

Starting from the basement, the joists were reinforced because they were infested by the moron bug at some point. This bug generally appears with a reciprocating saw and cuts joists in half, leaving the joists halves floating in thin air. Other than that, only two other joists have suffered woodrot damage over the past 200 years. Some of the ceiling joists were sistered because we will be installing a washer and dryer in the overnight guest bathroom. Mold resistant drywall and reinforced subfloor were installed.
Flooring is porcelain tile - 24x12 with a 1/16 white groutline - found on-sale at a box store.
Fun fact - when working with new materials such as epoxy grout for the first time, read instructions prior to installing and not after spreading grout for 30 minutes then reading it needs to be wiped off within 2-4 minutes.

For water supply which is coming from a well, I built a new purification system and installed a new water heater. While the installation of the PEX manifold took a bit of time, running new lines to where-ever they may be needed in the future is much faster compared to copper.

Now for the AFTER pictures:

(the floor tiles are white, it's just a crappy camera)
Stand-alone two person, deep soaker tub from a local store. The pedestal faucet was ordered overseas.

All the molding from the baseboard to the crown molding was custom made from wood and MDF all with double coats of paint, primer and urethane sealer. After looking at thousands of photos on Houzz, we decided on a craftsman style for the whole house, but with certain rounded corners to soften things up. Each area will have its individual details. In the bathroom we added a glass tile border. The finials on the crown molding may also be unique to this room. While they turned out great here, they may not give the desired effect in the larger open concept section of the house.

The right and upper bulkhead are there to hide the mechanicals for the future upstairs bathroom. The left bulkhead is decorative to frame in the sink area. Behind the mirror are some really old barn boards we found in the barn. The cabinet was something we owned and refinished. It is permanently built-in. The glass vessel sink and tap came from overseas. The beveled mirror was a clearance item in a big box store. The light fixture was on sale at a box store.

The high efficiency toilet may look a little boring, but its position provides optimal privacy from the door and offers a magnificent view out the window overlooking the back yard.

While the cost of the mechanicals is hard to pin down because we had to prep for other areas of the house, all in all, the cost for this bathroom was just under CAD $5,000. It did take us almost 10 days to custom make all the moldings but the end result is worth it. When these photos were taken the bathroom was not yet staged. My wife will be adding paintings, candles, towels, etc.