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Category: Sinks & Vanities

All our stories about bathroom sink are archived here, in reverse chronological order.

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Cybele’s rare vintage bathroom sink find: Two pink Universal Rundle sinks with 10 pieces of Versa Tile countertops

So proud of Cybele, daring adventurer who bought these two pink sinks with 10 odd countertop pieces not quite knowing what she had, but knowing..

Lavender sinks, tubs and toilets in bathrooms from 1927-1949

Pam here. Since Jan. 1, I’ve been tenaciously focused on doing a lot of technical clean up of the blog. This has included going through..

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..

Kitchen and bathroom sinks in 30 colors — made new

UPDATE: This company seems to be no longer operational. The links to its website are broken…. I will leave this story up for historical purposes...

13 colors from Kohler in 1972 — gimme Tiger Lily, Antique Red, and Fresh Green, please!

“Tiger Lily” kitchen sinks, “Antique Red” bathtubs, “Fresh Green” toilets — and new for Kohler in 1972, “Black Black”, too. The late 1960s heading into..

How vintage towel bars fit on to vintage bathroom sinks — chunky china-sink version

After asking for help in finding towel bars to fit a vintage china bathroom sink, Melita saw the photos I posted and realized she had..

Where to find towel bars that attach to bathroom sink legs

Where to find towel bars that attach to the chrome legs on vintage bathroom sinks? The question came up twice last week, so here’s the..

Crane vintage bathrooms sinks, tubs and toilets — catalog from 1954

My stacks of vintage kitchen and bathroom brochures have been taunting me lately, so Ms. Scan I Am. This 1954 brochure from Crane is a..

Apron-front bathroom sinks — with metal hudee rings or to tile in

When these rare(ish) vintage bathroom sinks show up in old advertisements or actual bathrooms, I often get questions about them. What are they, exactly, and..

12 vintage bathroom sinks from American Standard in 1955

Do you have a vintage American Standard sink? If it’s from around 1955, this story might help you identify the name of your design. It’s..

Where to find a vintage bathroom sink with chrome legs and towel bars?

Landing on our story about a house with six – yes, 6 — colorful vintage bathrooms, Staci wrote to ask: Q: Where can we buy..

Timeless bathroom vanity design for bathrooms built in midcentury and later

Do you want a relatively timeless bathroom vanity design? I did. So, in two of my bathrooms with vanities, I chose bathroom vanities like the..

Versa-Tile by Universal Rundle — vitreous china counter top and sink combination — 7 colors

Just when I thought I’d seen everything: Stephanie discovers a stash of 1958 Universal Rundle Versa-Tiles — in seven delicious midcentury colors — in her..

15 midcentury modern and retro style bathroom vanities — built new — great ideas!

Does your midcentury bathroom need a new vanity — but one that looks like it’s always been there? Christine’s all-new “1962” bathroom got me to..

Crane 1937 Neuvogue sink by Henry Dreyfuss: The holy grail of pedestal sinks

My friends at DEA Bathroom Machineries aka deabath.com, longtime advertisers of the blog, let me know about this very rare find: A 1937 Crane Neuvogue..

A bathroom vanity made with Wilsonart’s patterned “Betty” laminate

We’ve seen bathroom vanities from the 1950s and 1960s that were covered in patterned laminates, but today, most designers and other folk shy from making..

Get the look of mother of pearl / cracked ice laminate with Wilsonart Crystalized White

If you love the look of old mother of pearl aka cracked ice or crackle ice laminate, I found a new version — Wilsonart’s Crystalized..

Small bathroom sinks from Bates and Bates — in 15 colors

Are you looking for a very small bathroom sink? Sometimes this is necessary in a tiny bathroom or in bathrooms where the vanity countertop depth..

Decorating a yellow bathroom: Color history and ideas from five manufacturers from 1927 to 1962

There’s no doubt about it — yellow is just one of those happy, sunny colors that can instantly brighten a space. It is no surprise..

Chris uses Wilsonart Endora laminate in her retro pink bathroom — looks great!

Fresh off our story — 40 favorite laminates for a midcentury bathroom — we heard from reader Chris, who has recently completed a retro refresh..

Our 15+ favorite new sinks for a midcentury or prewar bathroom

Planning on remodeling, repairing or building your own vintage or midcentury style bathroom? Then you’ll likely need at least one sink for your space. While..