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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.

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If you’re lucky to have a 60s bathroom: You’re lucky you can have this toilet

There is nothing that makes a true retro renovator happier, than finding the perfect toilet. I have a 50s house, so I must have a..

Franklin Brass — Chrome fixtures for your retro bathroom available today

Adding the sparkle of chrome to your vintage bathroom can be inexpensive and easy- and it really adds to a 50s style bathroom’s overall charm...

Retro bathroom sinks, toilets — and a new choice for a current day faucet — from American Standard

The bathroom fixtures above are from 1955 — deep in the heart of the postwar boom. From Homart — a Sears brand. I have more..

Flamingo’s and hula girls for your perky retro bathroom – from Thibaut

When my kitchen was on the historic home tour this summer, visitors were so enthralled with the aquamarine steel kitchen, that that started to joke..

Toilets for a 50s retro bathroom

I could name every toilet at 100 yards, when I was in the market a few years ago. As with everything, I searched endlessly to..

Bathtubs fit for a 50s style bathroom

After what seems like a couple of days of more lighthearted posts, I turn to that most serious of subjects: Bathtubs! Every house needs at..

50s style bathroom towel bars – Hyde Park series by Delta

When I renovated our three bathrooms, every single detail became an obsession. At one point, I wanted to re-chrome the original, rusty towel bars. But..

Lands End towels and rugs – in 25 colors and complete sets — great for your retro 50s or 60s bathroom

When we retro-renovated our three 50s bathrooms a couple of years ago, I searched high and low – obsessed! — for towels and matching rugs..

Luxury Waterworks sink, wall mount with chrome legs and towel bars, for luxe retro style

Finishing up my recent series on bathroom sinks matched with chrome legs, I wanted to spotlight this Waterworks model. No doubt, it is GORGEOUS. But,..

Crane wall-mount sinks – great for small, mid-century bathrooms

Yesterday, I wrote about a new source for chrome legs to go with wall-mount, aka wall-hung sinks. Now that we have that problem solved (thank..

Big find: Great chrome legs for your retro wall-mounted sink, from Franklin Brass

This is one of two sets of chrome legs possible to match up with your wall hung sink. The other is at deabath.com – see..

Tile for your 50s style kitchen or bath

It was very difficult to find tile in the correct 50s shades. My best source: A Canadian-based company, Olympia Tile, had a selection of 4.25..

My two favorite bathroom faucets: Mississippi line

These are my two favorite lavatory faucets for 1950s bathroom remodeles or renovations. The shape of the faucet escutcheons (the bases of the handles, yes..

Kohler Tahoe with metal rim — My #1 choice for a bathroom sink for a midcentury bathroom

I completed gutted and renovated three bathrooms and in the process did tons of research. To replicate the 50s look, I think there are three..

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