Retro Renovation

Reader Thrilled Pink Emily sends us this great recommendation on vintage style bathroom towels:
I was reading about how you were trying to find the right bathroom towels. Go to anthropologie.com — they have the exact style made in the 50s chenille look….the Sculpture Garden sculpted bath towels. They are so much fun. I would like [...]

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An excellent pair of sconces from our favorite ebay source. The glass shade-on-chrome base look is usually perfect for the retro bathroom!

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Since we’ve been on a bathroom roll, I thought that spotlighting these 1959 Kohler sinks - “lavatory sinks” with chrome legs and towel bars — would be fun. Aren’t the colors and designs just beautiful?

Here’s an entire suite (below). For those of you trepidatious about going too colorful with the fixtures and tile, this [...]

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I’m away all week on business, and it’s turning out to be very full days, so my ability to watch ebay looks like it will be stressed. So — I’m very thankful for reader Superstar Sara for sending this item from the Victoria, British Columbia, classified. A beautiful, classic green wallmount sink with chrome legs, [...]

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Sebastian of the yellow and black bathroom found a great pedestal sink this weekend, courtesy of the retro decorating gods:

Hi Pam,
News from Montreal! I found this fabulous sink today at Ecoreno store
(http://www.ecoreno.com), with the original faucets. It’s the same yellow of
my toilet and tub. I hope I’ll be able to fix the faucets so I [...]

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Today’s ebay pick is particularly yummy. This excellent vanity was spotted by regular reader Retroppo — who is from Australia. Our Australian correspondent! …Who also teaches all us non-Aussies a new word: “the tip”! Read on:
Hi Pam,
I happened to find the exact vanity unity that I grieve
over, on ebay! (the one we pulled out when [...]

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We have another 50’s bathroom to help spiff up this Saturday. Here’s what Bill in Lawrence, Kansas, has to say about his awesome 1955 heart-of-the-midwest college town Split Level and its olive green bathroom:

Pam,
Love your site, it’s a great resource. My wife and I recently bought a mid century home (1955) that is quite fabulous [...]

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This vanity and mirror are great. Bill in Kansas City: Maybe next you want to put some cool vintage style laminate over your white vanity? Seriously, I think it would be great - maybe in a 50s wood tone to match some of the adjacent woods in the house?

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Several retro reno girls are looking for bubble fish for their bathrooms. How about these pink ‘n gold beauties?

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