Comments on: Let’s help Sebastian save his yellow bathroom!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:50:40 +0000

I am so happy sebastien wrote in, because I have the SAME thing going on in my bathroom. Except…wait for it….I have a black tub, toilet and sink on top of it! Before I saw this post I had no idea what to do with the walls, but now, I have been healed! Pale pink wallpaper, just like what is above! I also live in nyc, so this shouldn’t be too hard.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:26:46 +0000

Hi Pam!

I can’t seem to get my pictures through to you…so I put them under a flicker account (CAOscape) and put you on as a contact (I think that is you…) so that you could look at them and, hopefully, give me some suggestions/opinions on the decorative tile area I need to install above my sink. I just put the tile sample pictures together quickly so…don’t judge my ppt skills PLEASE! Oh, and since I looked up that Winco Ventilator window I’ve been looking around at the homes around here and they are all over the place. Garages, bathrooms, various sizes and block styles, etc…

Thanks!!! And SableMable, if you see this I would love you to weigh in on the tile too!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:45:32 +0000

For those of us with circa 1950 bathrooms with USQTCO Romany 44-121-5 yellow tile I have bad news…neither of the yellow B&W sample tiles match. (Thank you to B&W Tile though. They were very helpful and quick to respond). I did find some pieces of yellow tile (not flat field tiles though) at my local Restore, in a box stamped Monarch Tile and the yellow was very close to matching. (Most people would probably find the Monarch yellow a close enough match.)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:04:50 +0000

Hi Pam! Well, I couldn’t seem to get the pictures to go through to you (files must have been too big), so I did make a Flickr account so that you could see them. They are under CAOscape, but like I said before I’m not trying to do a restoration…I am, however, trying to preseve and add (I hope I’m adding and not taking away…) to the character that is there. I love the chandelier (although I really need to dust that!!!), the magic eye in the front door, and my Winco window. The original bones of this house are great and I knew I wanted to live here the moment I walked in. To me it is simple and classy, home. A work in progress like me.

By: Pam Kueber

Pam Kueber — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:48:21 +0000

Colleen, I don’t think I have them yet. Sorry, yes the proper address is retrorenovation at….

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:53:52 +0000

Pam, did my email/photos make it to you? I tried the address you gave “retronovation at gmail dot com” but it got kicked back for a nonexistant address so I tried “retrorenovation at gmail dot com” thinking it is like the website.

By: Pam Kueber

Pam Kueber — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:50:45 +0000

Send me photos sister! retronovation at gmail dot com

By: Pam Kueber

Pam Kueber — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:50:17 +0000

Colleen, Sebastian has not sent a finished photo. He also wrote in to say that the yellow sink he found was too big – too wide – for the space. This is certainly something to watch for – take your measurements (as well as your color chips) with you when you shop!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:48:06 +0000

Oh, and if Sebastien is still listening…and it is probably way too late…but my window sill IS tiled. It has a very deep ledge covered in the same original yellow Romany tile that the walls and arched shower enclosure have on them. The window is glass block surrounding a tilt in vent window that I am sure is also original.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:38:01 +0000

I’m so happy Sebastien scored the yellow sink. My toilet and sink were black and it was AWFUL. You couldn’t tell when the toilet was dirty or clean and you’d brush your teeth and the sink looked dirty. I found myself cleaning them ALL the TIME. I will admit the old toilet was an American Standard classic though. The front of the stool was pointed like the bow of a ship. (alas, it only got one good flush in five even after replacing all the guts in the tank so it had to go…needs to be functional) The sink and vanity weren’t original, but when I tore them out I found the holes in the tile where the original wall mount sink was. I bet it was black too.

My walls were originally painted gray (I think I like that better than the dark pinky-beige he mentioned he had, but the gray had to have closed in the small room 4ft X 10ft), and I chipped two pieces of the “drunken tile” the former owner put over the original tile to find out what it was. It was all yellow in a pattern, matt with the color all the way through. His floors are AWESOME. (I hate that they tiled over mine.)

Pam, did Sebastien ever send a photo of his finished masterpiece?

Amy, Depending on the yellow…I like it with blue and green. My bathroom yellow has an olive green tinge so I may pair it with that and a light italian Orvieto terra cotta (has a yellow-honey-orange instead of the usual terra cotta red). If you have a piece, take it to the store and put it up next to the other colors (tile and paint) and see what looks good to you. If you don’t have any you can take with you, bring home a couple sample tiles and bigger paint chips to get an idea what colors look good with it.