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Mid century blue bathroom sink, toilet and tub – real American beauties

pam kueber - Updated: August 19, 2021

Retro Renovation stopped publishing in 2021; these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes.

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John at deabath.com reports that they remain hard at work on saving the 50’s fixtures.  He recently pulled this vintage blue set of 1956 Standard Sanitary Works fixtures out of a home doing a remodel. Isn’t the blue just luminously lovely? 

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  1. Laura and Brian Stone says

    We recently purchased a home with this blue set…all original, however, our sink faucet is molded as part of the sink, it is not an attached fixture. Does anyone have any info on this model?

  2. Ellen says

    I just bought this sink from a salvage yard and need to find out if it can be wall hung or does it need a cabinet to sit in? Any suggestions?

    • pam kueber says

      That one — with hudee rim (Search the term on this site) — sits in a countertop. It also requires clips, as far as I know. See our Category Bathrooms/Readers’ Bathrooms for lots of photos of this type of installation.

    • pam kueber says

      you can get these today – use our navigation up top in the blue! bathrooms / toilets, two stories

    • Janet says

      I’ve heard that cream of tartar/vinegar sometimes works. You’d have to google to find the recommended amounts of each. Good luck.

  5. Sara says

    We are purchasing a mom with a blue sink, tub and toilet in the master bath. We are going to keep them and clean them up but are looking for ideas to finish the rest of the bathroom. I need help…pictures would be great. Thanks Sara

  8. Jan says

    I would like to find a blue toilet tank in good working order,. I have a blue toilet, lavatory & tub. My tank got cracked and I want another one to replace it. It is a Silhouette toilet and the tank # is 3457. Does anyone know where I can find one of these? Mine looks a lot like the one above.

    Jan

  9. Beki says

    I have been admiring this set since I 1st found this site a few months ago. After wanting one like this for several years now, I just recently became the proud owner of a similar one! The sink is a porcelain/steel with hudee ring in a white w/gold flecks laminate cabinet instead of wall mount, but the tub is the definite star! I love this site and thank you for inspiring me to do the retro renovations that I had before only dreamed of!

  10. Carole says

    I’m in the minority for sure. I have a similar fixture color in my 70s ranch house bathroom and I can’t wait to rip them out! For me, that color does not belong in a bathroom, especially not a small one.

    We’d love to give our tear outs to a refurbishing center, and may do that with the toilet and sink (the tub is only a fiberglass surround style). They could be made ‘new’ again, but for us their time is long past.

    For those looking for retro/vintage fixtures in the Portland area, not only is there Rejuvenation, but also The Rebuilding Center.

    http://rebuildingcenter.org/