Following our story about recreating a mint, black and pink bathroom, reader Laura sent us photos of her own minty green bathroom remodel in progress. Yes: Two-tone green tile — that looks like it’s always been there! Laura has a bit more work to go, and we’ll get more photos when the bathroom is complete. Meanwhile, let’s take a sneak peek.
For this bathroom, Laura chose to use two different tones of green tile from our #1 go-to source for authentic retro color pastel tile, B&W Tile:
- 40W Green is the color of the field tile for the bathroom walls and for the hexagon floor tiles. Note: ’40F’ (as in ‘Floor’) is the color for light green tile with a special floor coating; Laura did not know this option existed.
- 46W Green is used for the trim.
She kept the original white tub and toilet and constructed a new wood vanity and found a salvaged white sink to put on the top.
Laura writes:
Hi there! I just wanted to share some pictures as we are nearly finished remodeling our bathroom almost from scratch (our tub and toilet are original to our 1951 house) using B&W tiles. We have some painting and hanging of accessories to do, but the hard part is finished! Thanks for looking, your website was an invaluable resource for us!
The tub is [tiled via a method using] paper, lathe and scratch, our tile installers will only use that method for tub and shower work. I think some of the photos show the ‘oops’ at the top of the shower on the left hand side… the ceiling isn’t square! We thought we’d be smart and tile to the ceiling to avoid drywall repair, but that ended up creating some ugliness. Rather than deal with the construction options presented, we went with the cosmetic fix — just paint the ceiling (as we were planning) and be done with it. We’ve stared at it so much we don’t even notice it.
As you see in the photos the hexes are shiny. When I called B&W about swapping them out for textured hexes, I was told they don’t do that (our salesperson was off that day) and we figured with a bath mat not much will be uncovered, so on with the show. When my husband brought the extras back, our salesperson told him that they do in fact offer floor texture on the tiles at no extra charge, it’s just a couple extra weeks wait time… ^%*&^%*&!!! Oh, well… now we know for the next bathroom.
[Precautionary Pam steps in here: Readers, consult with your own properly licensed professionals to determine and specify the type of bathroom flooring makes sense for you. Here on this blog we don’t have the expertise, but in my personal experience you want to assess — at a minimum — slip-resistance, whether the tile is rated for flooring, and whether your floor joists can take the weight. There may be other factors to considers — so again, consult with your own pros.]
But over all, B&W was really great to work with and we live close enough that we were able to pick up ourselves.
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What a gorgeous bathroom, Laura! We’ll get all the details in the final story, but do we spy…. fixtures from Locke Plumbing and atomic cabinet knobs from Rejuvenation? 😉 Power on — you’re in the home stretch now!
Scott says
Love the greens and what a well done vanity, you’d never know it was not always there. Some really great choices here!
laura says
Thank you so much, Scott!
Cynthia says
Very cool color combo and you are right, with the ceiling painted no one will notice anything about the shower tile…I really can’t notice anything being “off” in the pictures as it is! I would like to know more about the vanity, and the sink…and is the tiled sink counter and backsplash one piece, with the sink set in?
Mary Elizabeth says
Yes, you did a great job with the vanity, and it looks so much nicer than the one that was there!
laura says
Thank you Cynthia and Mary Elizabeth. The counter top was float set and once the counter top was done, the backsplash was installed and then it was all grouted. The sink was set in on top. That bad boy isn’t going anywhere, ha,
I hated that old vanity! It was tiny! The new one is probably a touch large for the space, but storage was a must.
Robin, NV says
Lovely re-do! Beautiful colors and I love the diagonally laid tiles around the sink and the large floor hexes. Very simple and perfect, exactly how it would have been done in the 50s.
laura says
Thank you Robin!
Kathy says
Lovely. Yes, live with the crooked ceiling…you will notice it even less after a shower curtain goes up.
laura says
Thank you, Kathy. I think painting the ceiling will help too. Old house charm for sure!
ModCodAli says
I love the green. It truly looks original…so cool! The mirror and cabinet hardware are spot on and the new sink cabinet looks original too.
I echo Precautionary Pam about checking the slip ratings on floor tile. When my husband and I were first married years ago , we put tile down in our first house without checking the ratings. BAD idea. Every time the tile got wet, it was like an ice rink. We have been obsessed with slip ratings thereafter.
laura says
We will definitely be getting the floor coating for the next bath. There’s a lot more floor space! I’m hoping to find a nice big bath mat to try and combat potential falls. Thank goodness the floor area is tiny,
We are all about floor ratings now 🙂
Sheila says
My mom’s house had a pretty little mint green master bathroom that was converted to shades of avocado in a 70s remodel and I’ve always wanted to bring back the mint – very nice to see that it can be done!
laura says
Go for it! It will look great 🙂
ElectraChime says
Very authentic and not over done! I really like the “vents” below the sink.
laura says
Thank you!
Teri says
Beautiful! It really does look like it’s original. One question though: why does the white toilet have two lids? LOL
Kate says
Good eye Teri — Pam has me “close” any open toilet seats that appear on the blog, so I covered the hole in Photoshop. 🙂
pam kueber says
Yes, it’s very bad feng shui to leave your toilet lid open. “Money energy” flows down and out… And I don’t want to mess with that! Be forewarned: CLOSE YOUR TOILET LIDS, PEOPLES!
laura says
Thank You for covering that toilet! With two little boys, including a newly potty trained one our toilet lids are always up- better than what happens if they are closed though, ha ha.
And it totally explains where all the money goes :-O
Mary Elizabeth says
Love, love, love green tile bathrooms, and you can hardly find them any more because people have chopped them up. Yours is so nicely planned. Aren’t those 1950s tubs a miracle of longevity, though? If we could name our potty porcelain, I would name my pink tub “Methuselah.”
Besides fending off the the money-eating bad chi, we close our toilets so that animals don’t use them for drinking fountains. Before I started doing that, one of my cats actually fell in the toilet. He was fine, but you never saw a kitty move so fast and directly vertical!
I have a suggestion on the little boys and the toilet seats. In both our bathrooms, we have the soft close toilet seats (ours are Bemis), which are very easy for little guys new to early potty etiquette to open and close. Plus, they love to watch the mechanism in action. We know, because we now have six grandsons and only one granddaughter. And they can’t accidentally smash little fingers or curious kitty paws when closing them. An added plus is that if you custom order a colored toilet seat from them (see article on this site) you get a color chart and you can pick a green one similar to the tile that you have in your bath.
laura says
Thank you for the suggestion, Mary Elizabeth. Slamming lids is a major issue here, ha! We have a pink toilet waiting for the master- it’s good to know we can get one in there too!
I love the old tubs and toilets- they’ve really stood the test of time.
Glad you like the green- it’s like floating underwater in there now!
Scott says
Thanks Teri for the best giggle I’m sure I’ll have all day and that’s some mighty fine Photoshoppery Kate.
dkzody says
I love this redo. It is a lovely bathroom that I would be so pleased to have in my own home.
laura says
Thank you!
Vince says
I like it! You don’t see green bathrooms very often.
laura says
Thanks, Vince! This is our boys’ bath, so it seemed like the perfect way to use green. All the males here like it, and I’m wild for jadeite!