Now here is some serous vintage bathroom porn: Satin Glide bathroom vanities, medicine cabinets, shelving — and even a Relaxion Unit to compete with Hall-Mack — all from a 1963 brochure. We see these metal vanities occasionally — I do not know if they really held up well to the humidity in a bathroom. We also see slanted wood vanities like this — like in Chris and Angela’s 1964 bathroom.
Catalogs and images like this: Great for design tips to recreate a 1960s bathroom. For example, I think it would be relatively easy — if you had a good cabinetmaker — to replicate this vanity in a lightweight MDF. And, you could trim it in metal kitchen countertop edging. I’ve even think those legs are getting easier to find now that the rest of the world has gone mid mod mad — finally catching on to us. Hey, I even think you could replicated the Relaxion Unit pretty easily.
Tip for slide show: Click on first image, it will enlarge, use arrows below each photo to move forward or back. You can start anywhere.
Plastic bathroom tile: 20 pages of images from 3 catalogs 
13 pages of Youngstown metal kitchen cabinets 
Decorating a 1960s kitchen — 21 photos with even more ideas from 1962 kitchens 
Moe honeycomb lighting: The full line, from a 1968 catalog, plus 4 hilarious room shots 
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Jason says
Wow, this is the only other place i’ve ever seen the “relaxation unit!” I had an apartment once that had one of these. The place was built in 1962 by engineers and had all kinds of retro charm. Not being a smoker, it never occoured to me that the little shelf next to the TP was for an ash tray. I think I had a glade candle in there!
vickie barrow says
I love my vanity & slide mirrors but they need to be replaced is there any where i can buy a ” new” old one ? the satin glide ?
jerry says
I have a satin-glide 24 inches wide wit 22 inches high.I need a light cover diffuser ,can you or any direct me to the correct place to order it was built 1966 you show picture of the sma cabinet its yellow in color or your web site .HELP.
pam kueber says
Try this company, otherwise, I don’t know where to point you — https://retrorenovation.com/2014/04/29/curved-light-bar-replacement-shades-vintage/
Good luck
Mark says
I manage 36 apartment units that have these cabinets. Have held up very well. The only thing I am looking for are the plastic tracks that the doors ride on, or something similar that would work in their place. if anyone has any information it would be appreciated. Thanks
pam kueber says
Try IFSCO http://ifscoind.com/
Neil says
The whole ensemble of shapes and hues adds up to something very curious…and curiously satisfying; shades of what came before and hints of what might yet come; but Right Now isn’t quite present. The color pallete…
Purple
Lavender
Pink
Tan
Beige
Brown
Odd how it teeters on the razor’s edge between awful and fabulous. It doesn’t seem to ever settle on an esthetic certainty, almost like it intends to keep you moving along; getting your business taken care of and sending you out the door having never gotten a grasp on a definite vibe.
In fact, that era had the same effect on us “moderns” who were transiting through it.