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!
Kristin says
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
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/
Cissy Foster says
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.
Lynne Shelton says
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!
Fran W says
I agree with everyone. Love the whole room
Evan Degenfelder says
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!
DJ Sparkles says
I love it! It is so cute! And when do we get to see the Blue Big Chill kitchen?
Debbie Peterson Jenson says
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!
Tracy Elmore says
Absolutely love this, and you are inspiring me to really and truly midcenturyize my 90’s home.
Marilyn says
Too cute…I really like your poodle them…