Comments on: Alice’s picture perfect yellow Geneva kitchen… pink bathroom…and blue bathroom — a festival of 50s cheer

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:42:58 +0000

Love your bathroom sinks& faucets & your cook top stove!!

By: Mooski

Mooski — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:05:25 +0000

Oh, Alice, it’s beautiful. You are one lucky lady. Good for you!

Quick question, What is the kitchen floor like?

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:21:57 +0000

Good luck to you Stephan! I really appreciate the inquiry because I had not even noticed the floor of the bathroom until you requested more details…

By: Palm Springs Stephan

Palm Springs Stephan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:35:51 +0000

Thanks very much, Alice! Pam forwarded the photos as well. Odd sized tile, though. The small ones are not made in those dimensions today, so it will be a challenge to replicate the pattern with tile of a slightly different size! Getting the geometry to work as the tile is laid out from a center point may require a lot of tile cutting …. tedious, labor-intensive, and costly. I will send along photos when it is completed.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:33:32 +0000

For Stephan – tile measurements in blue bathroom. Stephan, I’ve emailed additional photos to Pam because I don’t know how to post them here. The measurements, much to my surprise, are:
Large tiles: 4 3/16 x 4 1/8
Small Tiles: 1 5/16 x 1 5/16
Hope this is helpful. Tell us how your project works out!

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:28 +0000

Stephan – give me a day or two to get those measurements to you…happy to do it!

By: Palm Springs Stephan

Palm Springs Stephan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:18:41 +0000

May I ask a question of Alice? What are the exact sizes, inluding fractions of inches, of the tiles on the floor of that blue bathroom? Thanks.

By: Palm Springs Stephan

Palm Springs Stephan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:00:54 +0000

These photos are going to cost me a fortune, at least the ones of the blue bathroom! My own blue bathroom renovation has become seriously stalled thanks to a tile company (DalTile) that cannot seem to get its act together. But I was not really happy with the tile pattern I had ordered from them anyway. It was too contemporary and not an authentic ca. 1958 pattern. On seeing the fantastic pattern of your floor, however, I’ve decided to re-order new tile (even though the first batch … that has not arrived after 9 weeks … is non-refundable) and “copy” the pattern of your floor. But I am making an adaptation. Since my walls are white tile, I’m going to lay the floor with 3×3 unglazed white tile and 1×1 unglazed blue and black (in the same 3:1 ratio). It’s only money, right? How can I not spend a little more after seeing your wonderful floor?

Regarding the nicotine on the wallpaper, I have used Formula 409 spray cleaner on fiberglass lampshades with amazing success. Not sure that it will work on wallpaper, but it might be worth a small test patch.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:33:08 +0000

Wow – thanks for everyone’s comments…this is fun! I’ll try to figure out Flikr as suggested and post other pictures. The aqua bath is tiny, and my photo skills are poor, so the shots didn’t come out very well…I’ll try again soon.

Regarding the wallpaper in kitchen. Yes, I figured it was very ’60’s. Other than I’m just not a groovie orange person, it is terribly discolored with years and years of nicotine that just won’t come off. (Any tips?)

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:09:31 +0000

My grandmother had a square tub exactly like that (only in white). It eventually became the abode of our ancient chihuahua, Diamond, who went to live with my grandmother after we couldn’t stand him anymore (sad, I know). Seriously. The dog lived in the bathtub.

I can see why Alice and her husband fell in love with that house. It’s perfect…and the bathrooms look like they’re in pristine condition. I love the narrow accent tiles. Also, that pink sink is amazing.