Wow. This company — Miscellanea Discontinued Bathroomware — claims to have more than 50,000 pieces of discontinued “sanitaryware” — toilets, sinks, bathtubs — making it the largest such salvage place in the world. “Over 100 Retro bathroom colours in stock including,” they say: “Coral Pink, Sky Blue, Champagne, Turquoise, Sunking, Primrose, Flamingo Pink, Pampas, Indian Ivory, Linden Green, Bali Brown, Misty Blue, Harvest Gold, Oyster, Whiskey, Wild Sage, Bone, 2-tone including Lilas Jaspe and of course Avocado, Avacado or if you prefer Avacardo…”
As you may be able to tell by the spellings of Avocado, sadly for us Americans, MDB is in Surrey, England, far far away. To be sure, a trip to London is now on my to-do list. But the heck with Big Ben — I’m going for the bogs! Oh, did I mention their website, brokenbog.com? I am taking it that bog = toilet?
Miscellanea says it has collected all these pieces by buying about-to-be discontinued stock direct from manufacturers. They add, “Whether you’ve got a smashed Sepia cistern or a broken Bermuda Blue bidet we can help, rather than going to the expense, disruption and downright mundanity of having a complete new White suite fitted.”
“The downright mundanity of white…” — These are my kind of people – and they now go into our Top Ten Bathroom posts.
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Wow! Just . . . Wow!
WOW! Where are they located?
Pam, does your contact page work? I have messaged you twice and neither time could I tell if it went through or not. No confirmation page, anyway. The more recent thing I tried to tell you was of a Rejuvenation coupon code they mailed me, APR09, good through 5/17/2009, good for $50 off a purchase of $250 or more or a WHOPPING $125 off a purchase of $500 or more! It’s a good one. Can you post it somewhere? Maybe you already have.
Hi Maria, there was some sort of glitch on my site the past few days. Everything should be working now. Sorry for the inconvenience – and thanks for the info! Pam
Oh! Ohhhhhhhhhh! Vintage heaven….
I echo tailfin: just…Wow!
Oh…wow. Just wow!
OMG! What a bonanza!
This is slightly weird but It makes me very happy to see that someone is saving all those cheery colours suites! Especially that pretty aqua – and the pink of course! t.x
That aerial shot is freaking me out – so amazing!
Wow….that gives a whole new meaning to the term “throne room”,…(*rimshot*)
Maybe we can get a group buy put together. Fill a cargo container and ship it to me here on the East Coast and distribute from there.
OK, that is really cool and all….for the BRITS…but uh, for real…that just raises a little ire in me. Seems like all the bathroom salvage places here in the states (at least near me) don’t do Baths! I already have the sink and toilet…I Need A Bath!!! A Perfect Blue American Standard Bath! Bahhh.
Anybody ever had a bath resprayed? I have an imperfect blue one that I don’t want to go to all the trouble to install…then find a perfect one on C-list the next day! I just don’t know what it costs and if it as durable as the original porcelain.
Chris.
St. Christopher, you know the answer to this one: Patience.
Personally, I have not heard positive things about epoxy coating of bathtubs….but my knowledge is only anecdotal….
Hey St. Christopher! On Monday, 10/10/11, I will be removing a vintage alcove style 5′ blue bathtub. I cannot find any marking, so am unsure of manufacturer; however, I’d be happy to send you images. My home was built in the 1880s and did not have any plumbing originally. I’m guessing the age of the bathtub is between 1955 & 1975. About 8 years ago, we removed the matching blue toilet and blue drop-in sink. I’m a saver–my spouse isn’t, sadly, I lost that battle. If memory serves, the toilet & sink were either Crane or American Standard. I look forward to helping you (or someone else) find the missing blue bathtub.
PS. My contractor thinks I may get $15 for metal scrap–I thinks he’s nuts & will hold onto it as long as I can for those in need!
I find it interesting that the Brits seem to use more saturated colors in their baths. Look at that blue! And that deep aqua. I’ve never seen anything like it in an American bath.
Chris (and Pam) – The bath in our house was recoated sometime before we bought the home two years ago (between 6-10 years ago is my guess.) The coating is now beginning to come off on the inside of the bath. I didn’t even realize what was happening at first, and may have made it worse trying to scrub out the “marks”. I’m being very careful with it now. But as a result, I wouldn’t recommend this treatment and definitely wouldn’t repeat it.
Jane and Chris – Somewhere in my travels I heard that the epoxy coating process has “improved.” But I’ve never talked to anyone who has had more recent experience.
Chris,
We too used to have a home with a sprayed bathtub. The first time we put in one of those slip mats with the suction on the bottom, POP!, up came the bubbles. Next the corners where the shampoo sat went. The cool thing was, under that nasty white, was PINK!!! I just hadn’t found my love yet and was uber happy to sell the house and newly uncovered pink and white bathtub! Me, I say hold out for the good stuff, baby! We have the rest of our lives to brag about “the hunt” when it is finally found!
That is amazing…
Al Bundy would think he’d gone to Bog Heaven!
Heavenly.
OMG such pretty toilets! It’s a shame they are so far away!
Looking for retro Am. Standard pink bathroom sink.
Sandra – Re-Store, salvage yards, craigslist, deabath.com, our forum http://retrorenovation.com/forum/ — work it.
I am re-re-storing our 1952 pink and cranberry hall bath. I am looking for a light pink sink, toilet, maybe a tub. They must be in good enough condition that they don’t need to be re-sprayed. I also would like a small unusually shaped sink for that bathroom. I actually found a heart the other day in light pink. Of course now for the life of me I can’t find it! Any info. out there? Thanks, GinnyP
Ginny, watch our forum: http://retrorenovation.com/ and see our faq’s for where we like to find stuff: http://retrorenovation.com/tag/faq/
I do believe their buildings might be an old greenhouse site, if you look close in the aerial shot. At least they look like greenhouses. Well, now they are officially sinkhouses, tubhouses, and apparently boghouses
What great colors and soooo much of it! I just counted: 20 narrow greenhouses, the 1 really big one, and then at least 7 solid buildings, that’s at least 28 big buildings full of bathware!
OMG!
Gives me hope for our 1952 toilets/bogs. Well, we only need the lid to one of them that my son dropped.
Is it legal to sell those old 50′s full-flush (~4gpf) toilets?
Do you have any cast-iron clawfoot tubs? How much? And how much for a white 4-inch-center-faucet pedestal lavatory? Or, if you don’t have 4″, wide-spread (12″)?
Bruce, I don’t sell here – I just spotlight products available all over the place. Regarding legality of old toilets… ? I believe that today companies in the U.S. can only make low flow toilets. I tend not to believe it’s an issue for renovators. However: Check your local building inspector. I have heard of one community (metro Atlanta) that would not let a homeowner take possession of an existing home without changing out the toilets to low flow.
Just wanted to THANK YOU for the recommendation about where to buy matching “vintage color” potty seats. Thanks to you we have new “pink” seats to match our classic commodes.
That’s great to hear, Heather!
That turquoise! WOW!
So today (Sept. 7), I’m getting lots of visitors to this post. If I may ask: How is it you are landing here????
Re: ‘Bog’ in the ‘blog’ (!) Two Nations divided by a common language?
It certainly does mean Toilet or ‘restroom’. I’m 65 and used the term all my life, I’m from South London and I can’t actually remember it being used outside London. It’s not ‘Cockney rhyming Slang’ anyway. It’s only regarded as very mildly vulgar.
It may have come from the fact that most houses would have had an ‘earth toilet’ at the end of the garden (Netty, in the North east) and used by adding earth each use. Not for the squeamish to think why it was called a ‘bog’! This was emptied at night, from the rear, by a man with a horse and cart!
Oh, and ashamedly, I have to admit I never knew this yard existed. And it’s only 20 miles from where I was born!
My friend with British roots uses the term “bog roll” for toilet paper. I always wondered how he came up with this …