Bob wrote yesterday to ask for a “No. 622 Soap Holder with Crystal Tray…Over the years the Crystal Tray got broken and the plating in the soap dish is pitted and in bad shape….” This question comes up a lot. Here are some ideas. Heck yeah there is more →

My catalog from The Container Store came the other day, and I thought they had a lot of nice possible  solutions for adding storage to a small bathroom. This is always one of our big topics… one of the headaches we must endure living with small, mid-century bathrooms. These glass shelves and brackets look like they are nice quality, and the chrome hardware and lovely green edge of the glass will look sleek in virtually any of our bathrooms, I bet. Heck yeah there is more →

Third up in 3-for-Wednesday Reader Shout-Out: Kristin hunts down toothbrushes to fit old-time porcelain toothbrush holders. Heck yeah there is more →

I was at the big mall yesterday and scooted into the Restoration Hardware. I don’t get into this store very often, and I think they nixed me from their mailing list for the catalog. I guess I never bought anything. I noticed that they had some really nice pink towels on sale. Back at home I went online and saw that they have a large collection of bath towels, rugs and shower curtains.  In fact — I really really think there are a lot of shower curtains here to help out retro renovators — at left, are their choices in “blush” — there also are a number of other nice, mid-century appropriate pastels. Restoration Hardware is not cheap, but they have a good selection,  nice quality — and right now their bath linens are 20% off. Link to Restoration Hardware here.

THANKS GO OUT TO JOAN (I *think*) for finding this new resource (other one here) for recessed porcelain ceramic bathroom soap dishes, shelves, towel bars and toilet paper holders. The manufacturer is HCP Industries, and they make these pieces in 33 colors, many of them great for a midcentury bathroom retro renovation. Click through for some tips on installing recessed shelves… a slide show and the link to HCP… Heck yeah there is more →