Retro Renovation

I met Midcentury Keith when he pledged to help Save the Pink Bathrooms and posted photos of his own incredible pink jewel box bathroom on the STPB Flickr page. Oh my, it is a beauty!

Here’s Keith’s story… and hey, everybody, remember to make your pledge (a comment) to Save The Pink Bathrooms.

Hi Pam,
Thanks for the [...]

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Hi Pam, Since discovering RetroRenovation.com it has become a “must go to site” each morning! Thanks for all the information and enthusiasm you provide.
I am about to update some aspects of my 1960s bathroom and two of your posts this week caught my eye - I never thought much about my shower base and was [...]

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Alexa was looking to dress up her dad’s 1951 bathroom, and I suggested she play up the black trim with a fancy black toilet seat. Well, here it is - the Black Pearlescent Kathyrn toilet seat from Kohler. Be sure to get the nickel hinges (chrome is also fine if that’s available.) The one caveat [...]

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Look at this gorgeous pink bathroom that Samantha spotted on Design to Inspire!
If you love vintage pink bathrooms - be sure to join our Campaign to Save the Pink Bathrooms. Click here to sign our petition and be sure to include your pink reveries!
Oh…and see how the black toilet seat picks up the black tile [...]

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Long-time readers will recall the fun we had several months ago wringing our hands and beating our chests over the very visible destruction of pink bathrooms on TV renovation shows.
Now, I’ve launched a second site - to serve as a rallying point to call attention to how wonderful pink bathrooms really are.
Click here to take [...]

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We see vintage, mint-in-box Hall-Mack bathroom hardware on ebay every once and a while, and these are great to snap up if you are anticipating a retro renovation or just want shiny new chrome.
I haven’t seen one of these available yet, though: A recessed rack for toilet paper, magazines and “cigarettes, matches and knick knacks”!
You can [...]

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These terrazzo shower bases from Crane look like the real deal. The website says that they truly are marble chips embedded in concrete, then polished to a high gloss. I have shower bases in two of my three bathrooms, and when I renovated about 5 years ago, I went with simple white Swanstone solid surface. [...]

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Angela, a new Flickr friend, sent me the listing link to this house in her Dallas neighborhood of Sparkman Estates. $255,000.

A real time capsule and perfect for another Monday of voyeuristic vintage living.

Oh my gosh, there are so many ideas to take from this house, I’m speechless!

Thanks so much, Angela!

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My very first post about a mudroom - albeit one that is in essence another bathroom. Notice the sink next to the door, and the hand held shower to the left. This is another fabulous design from Armstrong Floors, circa 1954, from my private stash from Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. (insert forefinger into [...]

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Seems like the #1 issue for new retro renovators is: What to do with my pink bathroom? And I say: What a great problem to have! Mamie pink bathrooms — along with vintage steel kitchen cabinets and 9″x9″ vinyl tiles — are arguably my very favorite things about the era. Not that I don’t have [...]

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