Comments on: 18 rare vintage Hall-Mack bathroom accessories http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:50:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BungalowBILL http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44273 BungalowBILL Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:44 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44273 Oh snap. I'm good. lol I contemplated buying a house for the cool bathrooms once, but the fact that the balcony was right at a 6 lane highway overpass and a train ran through the back yard finally deterred me. along with a rampant bamboo problem. I'd keep an eye on your house though. Oh snap. I’m good. lol I contemplated buying a house for the cool bathrooms once, but the fact that the balcony was right at a 6 lane highway overpass and a train ran through the back yard finally deterred me. along with a rampant bamboo problem. I’d keep an eye on your house though.

]]> By: Jeremy http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44264 Jeremy Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:26:09 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44264 The house is in Sacramento CA, Gladding McBean is 20 minutes away so that would make sense. I want the house for the tile alone, but the seller is asking way too much and will probably just hold on to it until the market recovers. The house is in Sacramento CA, Gladding McBean is 20 minutes away so that would make sense. I want the house for the tile alone, but the seller is asking way too much and will probably just hold on to it until the market recovers.

]]> By: Jen http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44253 Jen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:57:32 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44253 Wow! I love that tile! Wow! I love that tile!

]]> By: BungalowBILL http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44249 BungalowBILL Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:56:54 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44249 OOh, nice tile. Those fish look darn familiar. Offhand I want to say Gladding McBean or Pomona, both California companies. Where is the house located, Jeremy? OOh, nice tile. Those fish look darn familiar. Offhand I want to say Gladding McBean or Pomona, both California companies. Where is the house located, Jeremy?

]]> By: Jen http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44248 Jen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:44:06 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44248 Our family vacation home as the concealed vanity shelf (although it is not built-in) and the extendo-bar. Next summer I'll try to snap some pix for you, Pam! Of all of these, I find the ash tray to be most amusing/intriguing. How times have changed! Our family vacation home as the concealed vanity shelf (although it is not built-in) and the extendo-bar. Next summer I’ll try to snap some pix for you, Pam! Of all of these, I find the ash tray to be most amusing/intriguing. How times have changed!

]]> By: pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44247 pam kueber Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:39:30 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44247 Wow, Jeremy, that is some serious bathroom eye candy. Bungalow Bill: If you are ready this, can you ID that most wonderful EVER EVER tile? Thanks, Germay! Wow, Jeremy, that is some serious bathroom eye candy. Bungalow Bill: If you are ready this, can you ID that most wonderful EVER EVER tile? Thanks, Germay!

]]> By: Jeremy http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-44246 Jeremy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:28:40 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-44246 I looked at an open house last weekend that had Hall-Macks galore. Each bathroom (including the powder room) had a fold-down scale. There were Tow'lescopes in the laundry room. Tissue dispensers and extra large TP dispensers with room for extra rolls and a little shelf for an ashtray (no magazine racks though) in all bathrooms. The bathroom vanities had two sinks each and two concealed lavatory units, and there were concealed lavatory units in the bathtubs and showers as well! The kids bathroom had the most amazing fish net tile. I dont see a way to attach a picture, but here is a link http://gallery.me.com/jeremysanford#100051 Jeremy I looked at an open house last weekend that had Hall-Macks galore. Each bathroom (including the powder room) had a fold-down scale. There were Tow’lescopes in the laundry room. Tissue dispensers and extra large TP dispensers with room for extra rolls and a little shelf for an ashtray (no magazine racks though) in all bathrooms. The bathroom vanities had two sinks each and two concealed lavatory units, and there were concealed lavatory units in the bathtubs and showers as well! The kids bathroom had the most amazing fish net tile. I dont see a way to attach a picture, but here is a link http://gallery.me.com/jeremysanford#100051

Jeremy

]]> By: Kathie http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-43485 Kathie Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:26 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-43485 I bought an old, neglected house and it has a Recessed Conceal-A-Roll! I had no idea until it almost fell out of the wall and revealed a tarnished necklace and an old matchbook. Unfortunately I don't think it's salvageable but I'll certainly do my best. I bought an old, neglected house and it has a Recessed Conceal-A-Roll! I had no idea until it almost fell out of the wall and revealed a tarnished necklace and an old matchbook. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s salvageable but I’ll certainly do my best.

]]> By: atomicbowler-dave http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-41390 atomicbowler-dave Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:17:07 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-41390 I do love all this stuff! I gotta admit that on the rare occasions I see it, I buy it and it goes into the "hope chest" for the house we haven't got yet! For some reason scales are a big deal to us and I'd especially love to find a NOS scale enclosure. OK, I lied--I want ALL this junk! This pertains to something Hall-Mack DIDN"T make, but might just as well have! 9-year (as of yesterday)-old Chloe has one little friend who comes over and uses about 1/2 a roll of paper with each visit to the kids' bathroom upstairs. This might prove challenging anyway, but our plumbing is very slow due to not enough slope coming out of the house once the slab settled in the swampland it was built on! Much plunger, sometimes snake, just have 'em ready when this little gal comes a-callin'! Anybody old enough to remember "%^$* Tickets"? Those little single-serving bi-fold squares of sandpaper the gas stations used to have in the little dispensers? You know, those dispensers-and the tickets-are still made? VERY expensive dispensers. Then we found one at the ReStore, Shiny Chrome and cherry as cherry can be for two bucks! Even full of tickets! LOOKS LIKE HALL-MACK! Have not put into effect yet, as the tickets are rather stout (that was the idea as deterrent along with the need to pull them out one by one) and concerned a plumber might be needed! Dave I do love all this stuff! I gotta admit that on the rare occasions I see it, I buy it and it goes into the “hope chest” for the house we haven’t got yet! For some reason scales are a big deal to us and I’d especially love to find a NOS scale enclosure. OK, I lied–I want ALL this junk!
This pertains to something Hall-Mack DIDN”T make, but might just as well have!
9-year (as of yesterday)-old Chloe has one little friend who comes over and uses about 1/2 a roll of paper with each visit to the kids’ bathroom upstairs. This might prove challenging anyway, but our plumbing is very slow due to not enough slope coming out of the house once the slab settled in the swampland it was built on! Much plunger, sometimes snake, just have ‘em ready when this little gal comes a-callin’!
Anybody old enough to remember “%^$* Tickets”? Those little single-serving bi-fold squares of sandpaper the gas stations used to have in the little dispensers? You know, those dispensers-and the tickets-are still made? VERY expensive dispensers. Then we found one at the ReStore, Shiny Chrome and cherry as cherry can be for two bucks! Even full of tickets! LOOKS LIKE HALL-MACK!
Have not put into effect yet, as the tickets are rather stout (that was the idea as deterrent along with the need to pull them out one by one) and concerned a plumber might be needed!
Dave

]]> By: Janet Gore http://retrorenovation.com/2009/07/26/18-rare-1962-vintage-hall-mack-bathroom-accessories/comment-page-1/#comment-41360 Janet Gore Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:13:22 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=15381#comment-41360 Re: The Extendo-Bar Saw this when I first found your site. Noticed a little "dimple" on the side of the towel bar in the downstairs bath. Last night I checked on it, and sure enough it's exactly as pictured ... though only one side can fully extend because of where the bar hangs. I believe that in actuality it isn't quite as functional as it's touted to be ... but "looks" quite nifty! Re: The Extendo-Bar

Saw this when I first found your site. Noticed a little “dimple” on the side of the towel bar in the downstairs bath. Last night I checked on it, and sure enough it’s exactly as pictured … though only one side can fully extend because of where the bar hangs. I believe that in actuality it isn’t quite as functional as it’s touted to be … but “looks” quite nifty!

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