It is actually quite amazing to see the diversity of pink bathrooms. Case in point today: Christine’s pink bathroom — which features light pink on the wall tile, carnation pink for the bullnose and tub/shower surround, and look close (after the jump), the field tile has little salt ‘n pepper flecks. I love those. The granny smith apple green paint that Christine chose to set off her pink is wonderful. Why — this bathroom is so Lilly Pulitzer (Fall ‘09 dress, left) — so TODAY. One more thing happy thing, her comment: “When we first looked at the house I told my husband that we’d only have to live with it for a couple years. Well, after finding your websites and hearing stories of other who love their pink bathrooms, I’ve come to love it.”

Christine writes:

Hi,

Last fall, actually 4 o’clock the day before Thanksgiving, my husband and I bought our first home, a 1925 bungalow-style house in Worcester, Mass. Well, the people who owned this house in the 1950s did a major renovation… turning it into a true 1950s style home.

The room that still has most of its 50’s charm is the pink bathroom. When we first looked at the house I told my husband that we’d only have to live with it for a couple years. Well, after finding your websites and hearing stories of other who love their pink bathrooms, I’ve come to love it.

The bathroom has all of the 50s features, minus a cheap faucet that we will replace at some point. As you can see in the pictures, there is no wallpaper on the walls. There was a really large, floral pattern that looked like it was out of the Golden Girls house! So I peeled it and painted the walls green, since I absolutely love pink and green anything!

I made the shower curtain and window curtains from a tablecloth from William Sonoma, and used a pink bath rug over the linoleum sheet flooring (which will need to be replaced, as it’s starting to come up in some corners.)

Even though I’d love a 1920s style bathroom in my 1920s home, I love my pink bathroom even more!

Christine

Christine, your use of a tablecloth – very ingenious. Your color balance – terrific. The bathroom – delightful. Thank you so much for sharing!

One thing I will say, though, is that while I think the pink tile is from the postwar era — I think that your sink, tub, toilet and mirror could well be original.

Yourr style of sink was very common earlier in the century. It is classic Deco, and it is still made (in porcelain) – I featured it here.

I also love this 4″ lavatory faucet for you (in chrome). I recently learned that the faucet is made by Sign of the Crab – the full catalog can be found here – if you decide what you want, you can shop for the best value.

So, Christine, I think you may well have your 1925 bathroom – married to 1950s tile.

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Reader Nathan ordered three of these Gerber 4″ lavatory faucets, which I spotted for their simple retro style. He has installed them – and says they are great with quality that is “superb….better than most.” Thanks, Nathan, for the report from the front lines of retro renovation!

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1946 American brand kitchen

Can you believe it? You can still get the exact faucet required for a vintage American-Brand kitchen drainboard sink. It’s available here from Locke Plumbing. The owners tell me they still sell quite a few of them, including to lots of folks in Europe. Click on the thumbnail of the faucet for sale – you can see it’s designed to nestle right into the backsplash of the sink top. I am told it does not fit other sinks, so no need to go there. Cool, huh? I just love having found this – thanks again go to Russell for turning us on to Locke Plumbing. Remember folks, they are also great if you want to fix a particular brand of vintage toilet.

The also are good go-to’s for:

• Hard to find toilet seats
• Bathroom lavatory faucet with pull-out shampoo sprayer
• Retro-style Delta tub and shower faucet set-up
• And remember, Russell raves about their system to connect you with hard-to-find toilet parts.

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Wanna buy a Dishmaster? Go straight to the manufacturer at dishmaster-faucet.com. They also list other retailers on their site.

Yes,  after selling Dishmaster online here for a while, I’ve decided to stop so that I continue to pour all my time into researching, writing and growing the blog. Online selling has a lot of moving parts, I discovered.  I love this product as much as ever – along with the great folks at manufacturer SilverStream LLC. For sure, I’ll continue to follow the progress of this great little Indiana company as it continues Dishmaster sales into the 60th year.

The photo above: Comes from readers Ken & Kelly. Kelly got a Dishmaster for Christmas. Isn’t it – and their window vignette – pretty? See – dishwashing can be fun!

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Do you need a new faucet for your vintage bathroom sink? TodayI happily add a third alternative to my short list of recommendations. It’s this simple Gerber 4″ lav. Nice lines, nice faucet handles. Also a nice one here with fluted handles.  Hurray.

Update: Nathan went looking for this and Gerber eliminated the image from their catalog. However, it IS still available. Here is what Nathan reports – MANY THANKS, Nathan!

Hey Pam,

I was able to track down that particular faucet that you had on your site.  I contacted Gerber, and they gave me the part number.  I then tried to find it locally here in Abq, but that was a dead end.  So, I then resorted to shopping on the internets (d’oh), and found it here:

http://www.newtondistributing.com/product/Gerber-2-Handle-Faucet-121.html

I ordered 3 of them

Thanks again, and I’ve bookmarked your site

Hasta,

Nathan

Other faucet choices:

One of my very favorites - great deco style

• Deco style from deabath.com

• Single-lever from American-Standard (other companies make this style, too)
• The complete page of bathroom product recommendations

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