Retro Renovation

So where else can you come to swoon over beautiful toilets (without a hangover being involved)!
Truly, when I was renovating my three bathrooms, I searched and searched for a retro style toilet. Most everything out there was “Victorian on steroids.” I swear - I could name ANY and EVERY toilet made in America by make [...]

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Here’s a great retro bathroom in Chile, courtesy Nebulaskin/Pilar Castro E on flickr. 70s, I think — but timeless, don’t you agree? And look at the cute teeny tub!

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for this truly INTENSE decorative remnant from the 50s - in Evansville, Indiana. OMG.

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Take care of your pink bathrooms - or else. Thanks to Evaxebra for the photos, her flickr photostream is the best. Click either photo to transfer straight to spookyland. Oh, and notice the course of white field tiles right above the tub before the tiles launch into pink - nice touch, I like it!

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This past weekend I made my long-awaited pilgrimage to S.J. Masters Tile in Canaan, New York. Salesperson Debbie was as wonderful and helpful as can be. She tells me they do A LOT of business with New Yorkers who own 2nd homes in the area and are updating them in retro style consistent with their [...]

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Little fishies searching for treasure in his time capsule pink bathroom. My new desktop wallpaper!

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What a sweetheart — art teacher Laurel wants to see if she can find a good midcentury home for a BOATLOAD of pink mosaic tiles demo’d from her bathroom a while ago. Any takers out there in Iowa? Putting them all back together - Retro Renovation Therapy 
Have boxes of 1″ pink tiles (plus [...]

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Palm Springs Stephan finished his bathroom - it looks great! - and sends us this complete report, which includes a couple of new sources that I for one need to check out

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