Retro Renovation» spartan http://retrorenovation.com Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gina’s 1960s mosaic splatter tile bathroom http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/30/where-to-find-vintage-style-splatter-mosaic-tile/ http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/30/where-to-find-vintage-style-splatter-mosaic-tile/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:35 +0000 pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14937
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    • ]]>     60s bathroom tileWELCOME TO GinaUSA’s 1960s bathroom. I am really quite in love with this style of mosaic tile — 3/4″ or 1″ squares — and in this case, with little porcelain splatters. I generically call this “Romany Spartan” tile because that’s the company that seems to be in all my vintage magazines. I know of at least one source for tile pretty close to this, still (continue after the jump.) Ooooh, peek at GinaUSA’s door handle, too — crystal. Yes, you can add this bit of sweetness to your house, if you prefer it rather than mod metal.

    vintage mosaic tile

    Here is a close-up of Gina’s bathroom tile. Those splatters also provide a bit of slip-resistance, I bet.

    vintage bathroom mosaic tileGina has nice built-in, too.

    Want to replicate the look? I found this wide selection, real 60s-70s-80s colors, at S.J. Masters:

    splatter-mosaic-white-light-gray-gold-grey

    splatter-mosaic-white-black

    splatter-mosaic-green

    splatter-mosaic-brown-beige

    splatter-mosaic-blue

    splatter-mosaic-brown

    And of course, there’s pink!

    splatter-mosaic-pink

    Thank you, GinaUSA, for sharing your bathroom! I am so happy you love it and are not changing it. It looks to be in great shape. What a treasure. :)

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    ]]>     http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/30/where-to-find-vintage-style-splatter-mosaic-tile/feed/ 8     1964 Romany Spartan tile – classic stuff for retro 60s bathrooms and kitchens http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/01/1964-romany-spartan-tile-classic-stuff-for-retro-60s-bathrooms-and-kitchens/ http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/01/1964-romany-spartan-tile-classic-stuff-for-retro-60s-bathrooms-and-kitchens/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:14 +0000 pam kueber http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3265
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    There definitely seemed to be this whole Roman thing going on in the early 60s. When did Spartacus come out? Vegas had Caesar’s Palace. Was everyone traveling to Italy?

    Today I am traveling over to Cindy’s in Holyoke to see her house, then we are going to the Restore. To heck with Bergdorf’s and Nieman Marcus — we want to wade through used hardware and tile!

    Cindy’s 1963 bathroom has Romany Spartan tile very similar to the 1964 stuff. It’s wrecked in places, and she has been doing a lot of research and footwork. I think that has found us all some new options. Full report to come! Oh gosh, and I have her report from S.J. Masters to post, argh, I forgot!

    Other Cindy posts so far:

    Cindy, soon you’ll need a category just like Palm Springs Stephan

    From reader emails – seems like lots of you 60s retro renovators have this speckled roman-style tile. In terms of replacing or replicating it – Cindy and I are on the case!

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