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Welcome to all our stories about retro style bathroom products. We are always on the lookout for bathroom products that may have good potential for your bathroom remodel. This archive section shows all my bathroom resources in reverse chronological order. If you are looking for something specific, you can make your job easier by going through the SUB-CATEGORY pages shown in ORANGE navigation, above.

Very importantly: Always remember to Be Safe / Renovate Safe!

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..

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..

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..

Christina’s rare pink bathroom — with 4 x 8.5 inch pink tiles

“I think the deciding factor for actually buying it may have been to save this bathroom. That’s normal, right?” – Christina So many years into..

36 places to find 4″ x 4″ ceramic bathroom wall tile in vintage colors

Here's a big update on where to find 4 x 4 inch (or approximately) ceramic field tile in real colors, typically for your bathroom renovation.

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..

Make a resolution to: Be Safe and Renovate Safe!

Lead — in lots of places Asbestos — in lots of places Electrical and Other Fire Safety Glass Safety Window Treatment Cord Safety Latches Radon..

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...

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..

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..

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..

The original tile tattoos: Vintage Con-Tact self-adhesive tile appliques

I am cleaning out my basement “museum” and came across these lovelies: Vintage vinyl decals by Con-Tact designed to turn blah tile into flower power..

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..

Custom shower door etching — Liz had it done!

One of the brilliant features of Liz and Dave’s midcentury bathroom remodel: They had their shower door etched in a design to match their vintage..

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..

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,..

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..

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,..