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Lynn’s pink poodle bathroom — including genius use of wallpaper fragments

Pam Kueber - June 19, 2018, Updated: August 17, 2020

Lynn wanted a midcentury home, but her destiny was a new build. She still wanted a Mamie pink bathroom — so she made one of her own from scratch — with sassy pink poodles as her muse. And: I think her design idea for making use of precious wallpaper fragments is genius!

Lynn writes:

Hi Pam,

I would love to let you show my bathroom. I have been following you for 5 or 6 years. And you inspired me to midcenturyize our new-build home. I got so much help from your blog; I don’t think I could have done it without you!

I wanted a mid century home but we ended up buying a new build that looks like a turn of the century Florida home. I did not want to give up my mid century furniture so we decided it could be an old home in the 60’s that would have been updated over time.

I used your website to find tile, cabinet hardware, lighting, pink toilet and sink, and so many 0ther things. I spent months online looking for sources and ordering things. As a result, I have my pink poodle half bath and a blue Big Chill kitchen. Some rooms are a work in progress. Next I need to get rid of much of the off white paint and add more mid century color.

I forgot about the wall paper panels. I found the vintage poodle paper but there was not enough to do anything with 10-ft. high ceilings, so I put it in panels on each wall. 

Thank you for your interest in my pink bathroom. It is a very happy room!

Thank you, Lynn! This makes me so very happy!

How to get the look: 

  • Pink sink and toilet from Peerless
  • Wilsonart Endora countertop
  • Merola University mosaic floor tile in pink

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  1. Kristin says

    July 7, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    I love this bathroom for many reasons, but mostly because I have been wondering how to decorate my 1952 bathroom (that sadly has no wall tile, like in most of the vintage & time capsule examples I’ve seen, plus just a plain white bathtub/sink/toilet). This gives me great ideas for how to use paint & molding creatively.

    Now: how to convince DH that we need a Mamie Pink bathroom… 🙂

    • pam kueber says

      July 8, 2020 at 9:08 am

      Glad you found inspiration from Lynn’s bathroom. In case you haven’t found it yet, I have an entire subcategory on pink bathrooms: https://retrorenovation.com/category/bathroom-categories/pink-pink-bathrooms/

  2. Cissy Foster says

    July 2, 2018 at 10:50 am

    The Poodle wallpaper panels are ingenious!! Excellent use and showcase of a limited product! Hope you end up showing us the rest of your home as you progress throughout it.

  3. Lynne Shelton says

    June 25, 2018 at 1:16 pm

    We are in the process of making our basement a tiki lounge and the bathroom will be Mamie Eisenhour pink, complete with poodles and a framed photo of Mamie, herself! Love her bathroom and fantastic use of vintage wallpaper!

  4. Fran W says

    June 25, 2018 at 12:46 am

    I agree with everyone. Love the whole room

  5. Evan Degenfelder says

    June 24, 2018 at 5:11 pm

    I totally love this bathroom. The fact that I love poodles and had a standard poodle (until he passed away a few years ago) make this room really special for me. Ginchy!

  6. DJ Sparkles says

    June 24, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    I love it! It is so cute! And when do we get to see the Blue Big Chill kitchen?

  7. Debbie Peterson Jenson says

    June 24, 2018 at 2:25 pm

    I love it so much~ I have a Labradoodle and a miniature Poodle and we do have a vintage poodle guest room in our basement! Awesome bathroom!

  8. Tracy Elmore says

    June 24, 2018 at 11:02 am

    Absolutely love this, and you are inspiring me to really and truly midcenturyize my 90’s home.

  9. Marilyn says

    June 24, 2018 at 11:02 am

    Too cute…I really like your poodle them…

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