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Where to buy mid century style medicine cabinets made new today

Where to find mid century style medicine cabinets made new today? Over time, we’ve heard from more readers with tips, and some old suppliers exited the..

8 nifty cubbies designed to stash your smokes in mid century bathrooms

There was a lot of cigarette smoking in the 1950s and 1960s, so much so that bathroom fixture designers were on a competitive rampage to..

Starburst bathroom hardware — full line now available

Readers responded so positively my recent story about Vintage Revival Art Co’s new starburst towel bars that owner Jason quickly worked on getting his additional designs produced..

Gorgeous 1930s style bathroom hardware from Lefroy Brooks at Restoration Hardware

Many readers want to see more options for 1930s bathrooms, kitchens and interiors — and with that in mind, this set of 1930s-style Lefroy Brooks..

Starburst towel bars — with matching towel rings and toilet paper holders to come — now available again

Many readers rushed to buy atomic starburst towel bars, towel rings and toilet paper holders the day in 2014 that Kate discovered and we announced..

Plastic soap tray — 4 designs for recessed metal soap holders

I often get asked where to get a new replacement plastic soap tray aka soap holder for those vintage, recessed metal soap holders, like the..

Suzy uses Liquid Stainless Steel to repaint her vintage Nutone bathroom scale — it looks great!

Good news: Suzy’s midcentury house included a bathroom with a Nutone recessed fold-down bathroom scale. Bad news: It was all pitted and icky from exposure..

Nutone Concealed Bathroom Scale — this New Old Stock beauty recesses right into your wall

We love New Old Stock. We love woddities. We love vintage Nutone. We love things that are recessed into the bathroom walls. Voila: Get all four..

My favorite tension rod shower caddy

Story #3 about best buys for weebit’s rental apartment: I continue to be a #1 fan of the Simple Human Shower Caddy (affiliate link). Weebit needed..

Atomic starburst cabinet pulls — solid brass — from Schaub

I have a story coming up (Liz and Dave’s gut-remodel bathroom) and they used these wonderful atomic starburst cabinet knobs (affiliate link). There are three colorways,..

Vintage revolving concealed toilet paper holder — with ash tray inside!

New Old Stock revolving, concealed toilet paper holder — with Ferris wheel design ashtray inside — found at the late great World of Tile liquidation..

New Old Stock hardware store — full of kitchen and bathroom faucets, Hall-Mack bathroom accessories, and more

New Old Stock bathroom faucets >> See the ENTIRE STASH right here with just one click <<Sink drains (maybe 5.5s?) >> For vintage NOS Crane stock click..

Toothbrush holders — chrome metal, wall mount — for midcentury homes and where to to find them

Where to find retro metal toothbrush holders? I have two sources for Hall-Mack designs that were everywhere Kimberly wrote this week to ask: CategoriesBathroom Help..

Five different brands — six designs — of “relaxation units” — places next to the toilet for your toilet paper, magazines — and smokes

Longtime readers surely know about “Relaxation Units” — recessed caddies for the bathroom situated next to the toilet to hold all your necessary supplies — toilet..

Perma-Bilt Relaxation Unit

Super props to reader Helen, who spotted our fourth brand of “Relaxation Unit” — the metal racks recessed next to the bathroom toilet with spaces designed to..

Ellen’s light-up fish panels from World of Tile, now restored and in place

My good friend Ellen lives very close to the now-closed World of Tile, and during the liquidation sale two years ago, she was able to..

Satin Glide Relaxation Unit — a second brand, joining Hall-Mack

I’ve written about Hall-Mack Relaxation Units before — but looking back at some old stories on the blog, I was reminded that Satin Glide —..

Fabulous Charley Harper shower curtain and more from Land of Nod

Tip: Remember to shop at children’s stores, too — quite often they have colorful, “less serious” decor that is great for our midcentury modern and..

Vintage Hall-Mack Extendo-bar towel bar woddity spotted at the NOS hardware store

More wonderful woddities this week from seller nomoredrama4me, who has been slowly unpacking their father-in-law’s warehouse of new old stock items and listing them for..

Flamingo bathroom towels at West Elm

Flamingo beat: Reader Ryan spotted these flamingo bath towels from West Elm — just the thing to inject a bit of summer sunshine into your everyday routine. The..

VOLA bath and kitchen faucets — designed by Arne Jacobsen in the 1960s — still available in 19 colorful finishes

An impressive lineup of VOLA bathroom and kitchen sink faucets designed in the 1960s by Arne Jacobsen — still available today in a rainbow of colors, with lots of coordinating..