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All our stories about reader bathroom remodels.

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Fun with plastic bathroom tile — Lori’s genius powder room design!

Lori shows us how we can combine different colors of tiles in a bold way that I don't think I've ever featured before. And the tile: It is vintage plastic!

Sigrid’s one-step-at-a-time 1954 house refresh

We love our vintage wallpaper here on Retro Renovation -- and sure enough, it helps put Sigrid's spiffed up bathroom over the top!

Lynne’s Ice Grey Daltile bathroom remodel — lovely!

If you want to design a midcentury bathroom using ceramic tile that's readily available and relatively affordable today, here's a terrific example from Lynne.

Is this Saul Bass Pomona tile in Cody’s 1964 bathroom?

Today, a delicious 1964 bathroom with a mystery. Cody knows that his 1964 bathroom is something special — it has a Cinderella bath tub and..

Mosaic bathroom tiles — 3 unique designs in Kim’s 1962 house

Oh my goodness, Kim has not one — not two — but three of the the most beautiful bathrooms featuring original mosaic bathroom tiles that..

Monica’s retro bathroom remodel built around a blue Crane Oxford tub, sink and toilet

When Monica fell in love with midcentury house design, she fell in head over heels in love with vintage pastel-colored bathroom fixtures. So, when she..

Jean designs a super groovy new bathroom — step #1 in her ‘basement bunker’ transformation

Perhaps the next best thing to a well-maintained time capsule bathroom is a … blank canvas? Setting that annoying issue of money aside, don’t we..

Libby’s — or should we say “Ethel’s” — remuddled 1953 bathroom gets a facelift

Libby calls her house Ethel. Ethel is 65 and has had some … work … over the years. Libby and her husband are helping get..

Drew & Amy’s Daltile Aqua Glow bathroom — a retro remodel that looks like it’s always been there

Just two years after finishing a complete remodel of their 1960 midcentury kitchen, Drew and Amy finished a gut remodel of their bathroom — and..

Liz and Dave’s midcentury modern bathroom remodel: Hello, salt ‘n pepper wall tile!

Hello, adulting: The first 15 years of living in their 1960 home, Liz and Dave had to deal with a litany of maintenance issues: heating..

Choosing wallpaper for Matt’s new blue and gray bathroom designed to look like it’s always been there

Matt has been constructing this blue and gray tiled bathroom in his 1959 home — all from scratch — oh my — it’s fabulous! Now,..

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

Lynn wanted a midcentury home, but her destiny was a new build. She still wanted a Mamie pink bathroom — so she made one of..

That time you buy a 1959 house with three bathrooms built by a plumber and his brother, a tiler

What happens in 1959 when you are building a house, and you are a plumber, and your brother, a tiler. You end up with three..

More fun with atomic starburst decals — Leila keeps family tradition going with her bathroom decorating project

Baby in vintage bathroom on board! I “met” Leila on our Facebook page and was entranced by her bathroom makeover, which was driven by her..

Formica blue Nassau laminate — which color tile — blue or aqua — to go with?

Julie wants our help: Which blue … or aqua … bathroom tile should she choose to go with the vintage Formica Nassau countertop laminate she’s..

Creating a 1936 bathroom from scratch — Graham and Monika tackle another remodel

It’s kind of thrilling to see a “before” photo like the one above, don’t you agree? Because you know: A Retro Renovation reader has been..

Kathi paints and stencils her bathroom walls to look like midcentury wallpaper

So many great reader opinions on our story asking whether to paint or wallpaper Laura’s 1957 bathroom, but here’s an idea I forgot to mention,..

Vintage wallpaper — or paint? — for Laura’s 1957 bathroom

Should Laura paint or wallpaper the walls in her 1957 bathroom? Her bathroom is so densely patterned, I say: Just go with the flow and add more pattern -- add wallpaper. You ain't ever gonna "downplay" that mosaic tile on the wall. Play it UP!

Pattern on pattern on pattern: Laura’s fabulous 1957 bathroom

Glitter laminate cabinets … patterned laminate countertops … tiny metallic random mosaic tile on the walls… and terrazzo-like vinyl on the floor! Laura’s 1957 bathroom..

Pink Gracelyn sink with the hard-to-find vanity take center stage in Amy’s bathroom

A house with a Naughty Pine err Pecky Cedar Lounge downstairs surely has a pink bathroom upstairs, wouldn’t you think? Yes, Amy of newfound Polkaholic..

Which floor tile for the 1963 blue bathroom? Elizabeth wants our help

Elizabeth wants our help: Which tile should she choose for the floor for her 1963 blue bathroom Retro Renovation? And fun: The renowned architects of..