Retro Renovation

Jeff writes:

Hi Pam,
I am selling my 1959 brick townhouse that comes with a nice pink bathroom. The problem is that not everyone loves pink baths. Do you have a link to any articles explaining that pink baths are coming back into style? I would like to print out some copies for potential buyers to take with them. We’ve done what we can with the bath - white walls, gray towels, shower curtain and carpet, chrome shelves and black and white 1950’s vintage photos on the walls.

I attached one photo of the bath from before we bought the house 5 years ago. Thanks for any help.

Jeff

Thank YOU, Jeff, for keeping your bathroom! I can tell you, this blog has some 20,000 readers every month - and we all would give our eye teeth to have your pink bathroom. It looks like a real beauty, the pink is a very pleasing shade, and the sink and tile appear very high quality — you can see it. I don’t know of any articles….but you can point buyers to this blog — we have a Category and many posts on Pink Bathrooms — and I even have another url in the family — SaveThePinkBathrooms.com — that I will gear up some day for a fullscale campaign.

Oh, and you can tell prospective buyers: Pink bathrooms make you look younger. It’s a light reflection thing. Good luck.

2 Responses to “Should I keep my pink bathroom?”

on 23 Jun 2008 at 12:46 pm 1sleepingbee

Jeff - may I suggest a little subtle marketing? On this site you will find several entries and photos regarding pink bathrooms. Pick three, print them on 81/2 x 11 paper, frame them and mount them in the bathroom. Potential home buyers are very snoopy and they will read them…it might help them understand how special your pink bath is and that it’s to be coveted!

Good luck!

on 24 Jun 2008 at 11:46 am 2Retro Renovation » Should I keep my pink bathroom? Laura sends an answer!

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