http://retrorenovation.com/2009/05/28/replacement-parts-for-a-vintage-bathroom-faucet-or-toilet/ Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://retrorenovation.com/2009/05/28/replacement-parts-for-a-vintage-bathroom-faucet-or-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-59000 Michele V.H. Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:50:04 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=9836#comment-59000 We have a 1950 bungalow in Edmonton, Alberta Canada (think North and cold). We bought it in 1990. When we moved in it had been raped and pillaged BIG time. it had been a rental home many times over.There was really no character left. Our upstairs bathroom sucks and we've decided to redo it - finally. I found your website and it is wonderful! Informative and laid out really well. Anyway, I checked out the Habitat for Humanity stores we have here (2), a place called Architectural Clearing House and Value Village...I thought they would be filled with toilets and sinks full of colour...Wrong! Plus, the few they did have (most without faucets, legs etc.) they were asking $60.. or more!)...I did find a fairly nice banana cream coloured sink for $15...sorry, my question is...should I buy it and worry about finding all of the pieces later or should I bite the bullet and buy a new vintage looking sink? Do all of the pieces have to be yellow? Could the shower be white? Can the toilet be white? Arrggh, I new at this and not sure I can pull it off. Thanks. We have a 1950 bungalow in Edmonton, Alberta Canada (think North and cold). We bought it in 1990. When we moved in it had been raped and pillaged BIG time. it had been a rental home many times over.There was really no character left. Our upstairs bathroom sucks and we’ve decided to redo it – finally. I found your website and it is wonderful! Informative and laid out really well. Anyway, I checked out the Habitat for Humanity stores we have here (2), a place called Architectural Clearing House and Value Village…I thought they would be filled with toilets and sinks full of colour…Wrong! Plus, the few they did have (most without faucets, legs etc.) they were asking $60.. or more!)…I did find a fairly nice banana cream coloured sink for $15…sorry, my question is…should I buy it and worry about finding all of the pieces later or should I bite the bullet and buy a new vintage looking sink? Do all of the pieces have to be yellow? Could the shower be white? Can the toilet be white? Arrggh, I new at this and not sure I can pull it off. Thanks.

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/05/28/replacement-parts-for-a-vintage-bathroom-faucet-or-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-43758 Paul E. in Minnesota Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:17:48 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=9836#comment-43758 We did research on Crane fixtures, and found deabath online. They are great! We had them completely restore our wide spread faucet and drain for our Crane Criterion sink - well worth it. Crane was used throughout our house. We have a 1955 ranch that is in nearly complete, original, exc cond., so it is nice to have deabath as a resource and be able to keep these great fixtures in our home. We did research on Crane fixtures, and found deabath online. They are great! We had them completely restore our wide spread faucet and drain for our Crane Criterion sink – well worth it. Crane was used throughout our house. We have a 1955 ranch that is in nearly complete, original, exc cond., so it is nice to have deabath as a resource and be able to keep these great fixtures in our home.

]]> http://retrorenovation.com/2009/05/28/replacement-parts-for-a-vintage-bathroom-faucet-or-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-38585 Kelly Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:28 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=9836#comment-38585 Update! Pam - Deabath helped me soooo much! The bathrooms do have all Crane fixtures.They were great and found me the parts that I needed. Greg- As far as I know the marble is original. The other pink bathroom has the same sink and marble countertop. Thanks Heidi and Sara! It is still a work in progress, but I hope to send some new photos soon! Update!
Pam – Deabath helped me soooo much! The bathrooms do have all Crane fixtures.They were great and found me the parts that I needed.
Greg- As far as I know the marble is original. The other pink bathroom has the same sink and marble countertop.
Thanks Heidi and Sara! It is still a work in progress, but I hope to send some new photos soon!

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