Bathroom Review: The Flash Mahal
By Mitch Berg
As part of my ongoing series of reviews of the great bathrooms of the Twin Cities, I reviewed Flash’s newly-reopened master bathroom, the “Flash Mahal”.
A frequent stop on visits to Flash’s Garage – the social center of the Midway – Flash’s master bathroom was once a fairly undistinguished little cubbyhole – just a toilet, shower and sink.
But with his latest remodel job finished, the Flash Mahal may be perhaps the finest single space of any kind in Saint Paul.
It was a risky job – the all-white motif could have risked comparisons to 2001: A Space Odyssey – but Flash and Mrs. Flash carried it off, somehow. You feel like you could film a commercial, throw a swanky party, even host a rave, in a space like this.
Some might say that, compositionally, the architecture is derivative of 1950’s Spanish Bano Blanco, but let’s be honest, there are worse influences to pilfer!
I give it three and a half stars. Zagat says four, but I don’t like to spoil people…
So kudos to the Flashes – who will be sharing Flash Mahal with one fewer kid next week!
June 17th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
No bidet? What a provincial.
June 17th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Nice job on the tile work!
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June 17th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The Flash flush!
June 17th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Nice loo, Flash!
June 17th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
give it three and a half stars.
No way that’s his work; $10 says he contracted it…..moonbats are not even smart enough to know which side of a hammer is “up”.
June 17th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Nice pedestal.
June 17th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Swiftee,
As he noted in his blog posts on the subject, he contracted some, and he and Mrs. Flash did plenty more themselves.
June 17th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
But no bidet. What a sexist pig.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Wait, there’s a place to urinate *inside* Flash’s house? Angryclown is so embarrassed.
June 18th, 2010 at 2:51 am
So you were standing on the edge of the bathtub to get that last pic?
Where is the stowage for the extra roll?
June 18th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Pics courtesy of Flash’s blog.
June 18th, 2010 at 5:58 am
Clown: I’d always used his siding…
June 18th, 2010 at 8:01 am
All Demo and finishing work done by us. Contracted the Plumbing to code, tile work (but our design) and the Glass Block window that was pre-made off site and installed into the roughin I built and prepared.
“”Where is the stowage for the extra roll?””
The Roll holder flips and you can stack up to three additional rolls on the stand.
Thanks Mitch, we like it !
June 18th, 2010 at 8:15 am
“”Where is the stowage for the extra roll?””
Anyone but me praying the answer wasn’t going to be “we followed Sheryl Crow’s advice?”
June 18th, 2010 at 9:03 am
I’m surprised a progressive dude like Flash goes paper at all.
http://www.howisavemoney.net/save-money/reusable-toilet-wipes-poopy-cloth/