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SAVE THE PINK BATHROOMS: My other little blog got its own retro renovation this summer, with new tile and wallpaper and content, too. This week we celebrate with a deep dive into this iconic mid-century color and why it’s really okay, America, to save your vintage pink bathrooms. Do you want help? (1) Click here to make a comment and “take the pledge” today. And (2) spread the word. Thanks!
Over at her blog The Home Project, reader Linn and her husband continue to chronicle the remodel of their adorable bungalow kitchen. Recently, they rolled up their sleeves and installed a stainless steel countertop right over the old, existing laminate countertops. The headline: When first considering the stainless steel countertop option, Linn contacted a big [...]
This week I heard from Jeff, who uses vintage speckled laminate for his banjo finger boards. I just think that is so cool… you know I am part Kentuckian. P.S. Can someone tell me how to get the accent mark over the ‘e’, as in lame’ … as I am dying to write lame’ laminate? [...]
Where to find speckled gold laminate? Also called “lame” (with an accent on the “e”, as in “lam-ae.”) A typical reader question, like this one: Hello – I really hope you can help me. I have been searching for weeks with no luck. I have an old trailer from the 50′s and need to replace [...]
For either kitchen or, especially, bathroom countertops, I believe that Carrara marble laminates are an authentic vintage choice. I blinded myself searching for them among the 8 retailers of laminate in the U.S. today. The number-one choice, I think, is going to be from Wilsonart — their White Carrara, shown above. Read on for some [...]
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I Just posted about my pink bathroom on my blog. I’m going to re-pink it to the best of my ability
Any advice would be very welcome!
Thanks, Leah – and I’ll add you to my blogroll. Tell everyone you know – it’s pink bathroom week here!
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Barb
It’s been a fun week of pink bathrooms. So many different tile combinations and decorating styles. It shows that everyone can find a way to live with and love their pink bathrooms.
I love this blog! And the Flickr pix too.
I grew up in a 1935 Art Deco house in Hinsdale, Illinois (now long demolished of course, for a tacky structure) and I was lucky enough to have multiple ‘all-color’ bathrooms.
A pink one, a blue one, a sea-foam green one, and even a black one, complete with black tub and toilet. I wish I had pictures
I have 2 tractor trailers of American made in the 1950s and 1960 bathroom tile located in southern WV/southwest VA. I have accessory tile (bullnose, quarter round, cove, etc.) + fixtures (soap dishes, towel bars, toilet paper holders) to match almost every color + wall tile of almost every color. Please see WatersWV on ebay for listings in pink. Never used tile in pristine condition. These are NOT reproduction tiles.