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    Polka-dot octagon-and-dot tile floor — in pink, of course

    Posted by: • March 21, 2012
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    How in the world did I miss this wonderful throwback? Russell’s Seabee house… Pink bathroom… It was early days of the blog… so I guess, I just didn’t seeeeee. That floor. Octagons in two shades of pink, with dots a slightly darker, muter pink. A pink polka-dot octagon-and-dot bathroom tile floor. This is the greatest [...]

    Does the color pink really even exist? *Brain explodes* at controversy

    Posted by: • March 19, 2012

    There seems to be a small tempest in a pink teapot going on in the scientific community, about whether the color pink really truly exists. Thanks to reader Heidi who tuned me into this pink panic. The controversy seems to involve a lot of talk about wavelengths and frequencies and gamma rays, etc. I got [...]

    Wilma Flintstone’s 1960 bathroom vanity

    Posted by: • March 13, 2012
    bathroom vanity with wild laminate pattern

    1960, I love you. I recently heard from reader Lynn, who has just bought a 1960 brick ranch house that includes some great original features — like this amazing laminate-covered vanity. She call it a “giraffe” or “leopard” pattern. I’ll call it “Wilma Flintstone’s”. Luv. Read on for Lynn’s story and 6 more photos of [...]

    Crazy sexy bathroom tiles — 43 vintage designs now online — affordable, too!

    Posted by: • March 8, 2012
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    Mark has unpacked more 1960s vintage tile and put it onto ebay. He says there may be fewer sheets of these style available. $11.99 a sheet, free shipping. People, short of finding tile like this in a basement or Re-Store yourself, I defy you to find a better deal. Even Chippy at time-capsule World of [...]

    Mamie pink 4″x6″ bathroom tiles, Monument Mountain High School, Great Barrington, Mass.

    Posted by: • March 7, 2012
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    Vintage pink bathroom tile. We see it all the time. But….this is 4″ x 6″ pink bathroom tile, run vertically. So it qualifies as a wonderful oddity — a woddity. Lookie that nice Hallmack glass shelf with chrome bracket too. A perfectly beautiful shade of Mamie Eisenhower pink. This story goes under the “Hmmmm, Let’s [...]

    NOS mosaic bathroom tiles — 15 additional incredible designs from the 1960s

    Posted by: • March 6, 2012
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    Ebay seller Mark is loving the publicity from my recent post about all his New Old Stock 1960s bathroom tile on ebay — so he has unpacked, photgraphed and uploaded for sale another 15 designs. Oh beauteous orange and slamon and black and white speckle Flintstones mosaic, I love you and want to marry you! [...]

    1,000s of square feet of vintage mosaic tile — great prices

    Posted by: • March 4, 2012
    mosaic tile leaf design

    Really truly, I don’t just post things for sale on ebay on this blog! It’s just that when I see AMAZING treasure troves, I post them as soon as I can like they are “breaking news.” BREAKING NEWS: This seller has uncovered thousands of square feet of New Old Stock ceramic mosaic tiles, the listing [...]

    Octagon and dot tile creates scalloped edges — a terrific bathroom design idea

    Posted by: • February 23, 2012
    octagon and dot bathroom tile with pleasing wall edge

    I have never seen this floor tile pattern idea before, and I love it: In Laura’s 1947 midcentury modest house includes this original bathroom with 4″ octagon-and-dot floor tiles that are also used as the bottom row of wall tiles to create a very pleasing “scalloped” edge look. How very clever — and back in [...]

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