If you feel like you’ve seen this pebble mosaic bathroom floor tile before, it could be because you read the story — 1,000’s of square feet of vintage mosaic tile — great prices that we featured over the course of several days back in March. Reader Tex saw that stockpile of NOS tile mosaic as the perfect catalyst to start their retro modern bath remodel — and I don’t blame ’em. Look at that gorgeous floor!
Tex writes:
Good morning, Pam!
A couple of notes about this project:
This is the master bathroom in our 1950’s home in Tulsa, Ok. It was previously remodeled, I’m guessing in the 1980’s, with white tile. White tile floor, white tile shower, white vanity, white, white, white! The medicine cabinet was a monstrous three-door mirrored disaster, with built-in Hollywood lights. I re-purposed a vintage chest of drawers for the vanity and of course, you know where I bought the tile. The seller cut me a break on the price because I bought 40 SF of it. It was quite a job for such a tiny room, with lots of OMG WHY DID THEY *DO THAT??*
I love your site- learn new things all the time! I’ve been collecting MCM since 1982.
Have a great day!
Great job Tex! Those NOS mosaic tiles are the focal point of the whole bathroom. I love how you pulled the orange out and used that in the vanity and the accents — it makes the vintage tile feel very modern. I’m also digging that you used grey grout — which works well with the tiles and must be much easier to keep looking clean.
I bet Tex smiles every time they walk into their new bathroom. Instead of white, white, white the bathroom is filled with a confetti of color.
See our other stories with readers who bought this NOS mosaic tile:
- Pam’s bizarro twin used the NOS tile as a kitchen backsplash
- Julia made a decorative table top with the NOS mosaic tile
Wendy M. says
Fantastic! I love the combination of bold color and clean lines.
Your color combo is very popular here in Corvallis…orange and black are Oregon State’s colors (go Beavs!)
duki says
Takes my breath away! The way the modern orange accessories/pieces have been incorporated with that gorgeous mosaic tile…just spectacular!
Suzanne says
One word: Gorgeous.
Sarah V @ Crafty Waffles says
Love it, fun and retro but still contemporary feeling. Great use of the dresser/sink it maximizes the counter space and somehow makes it feel less “bathroom-y” somehow.
Eartha Kitsch says
Absolutely gorgeous! I also missed the sink. Wonderful space planning and the tile and the colors are just spot-on.
And I’d *love* to know what that color of gray on the walls is. Thanks!
Amy F. says
Absolutely beautiful! Love, love, love the tile, and all the touches of orange (which just so happens to be my favorite color). Great job!
RetroSandie says
It’s quite a different color combo, but it all works beautifully! So cool!! I know, Elaine, I missed the sink at first, too, and when I went back and looked I thought-WOW!! Nice job, Tex!! 🙂
Janet in CT says
I too missed the sink and had to go back to figure that out! Brilliant idea and absolutely stunning!
Katie B. says
Wow! Great job. I don’t even like orange that much, but I like this bathroom. The floor is awesome.
Elaine says
I love that! I had a hard time making up my mind which of the tile selections to choose.
I am sending some pix of my new kitchen backsplash with the ones I did pick.
Elaine says
I’m back, re-inspecting this beautiful place, and I am just now realizing that the orange dresser is the vanity with the sink on top! Awesome looking it is, and that towel looks like it was made to match the tile!
Sharon Potts says
I am so jealous! LOVE it!