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Mid century blue bathroom sink, toilet and tub – real American beauties

John at deabath.com reports that they remain hard at work on saving the 50’s fixtures. He recently pulled this vintage blue set of 1956 Standard..

Bath rugs for your 40s 50s or 60s bathroom

We pause from this week’s 1948 historical retrospective for: A product recommendation! I am letting a little secret out of the bag, readers: J.C.Penney is..

Retro style tub and shower faucet by Delta

Russell the Engineer found a new source for great plumbing parts. I’ll do more on Locke Plumbing soon. But to start, if anyone is gutting..

Nancy completes her yellow 50s bathroom

From Nancy’s yellow 50s bathrooms Maryland Nancy has completed the retro renovation of her 50s bathroom – and it’s spectacular. Nancy gutted two small, worn..

A gorgeous vintage toilet for your retro renovation bathroom

So where else can you come to swoon over beautiful toilets (without a hangover being involved)! Truly, when I was renovating my three bathrooms, I..

A wonderful blue retro bathroom

Here’s a great retro bathroom in Chile, courtesy Nebulaskin/Pilar Castro E on flickr. 70s, I think — but timeless, don’t you agree? And look at..

Palm Springs Stephan finishes his retro bathroom renovation

Palm Springs Stephan finished his bathroom – it looks great! – and sends us this complete report, which includes a couple of new sources that..

Retro bathroom: 1959 green and blue bathroom from American Standard

A yummy 1959 American Standard bathroom today – fabulous, don’t you agree? I LOVE the vanity – which we have seen before in pink (and..

Midcentury Keith’s amazing 1958 pink bathroom

I met Midcentury Keith when he pledged to help Save the Pink Bathrooms and posted photos of his own incredible pink jewel box bathroom on..

A 50s bathroom with dusty gray lilac tile

My dad lives in an apartment building in Brooklyn that opened on April 1, 1951. I assume the bathroom is original. The bathroom floor tile..

Retro bathroom: Crane shower bases in terrazzo — a most noble, retro material!

These terrazzo shower bases from Crane look like the real deal. The website says that they truly are marble chips embedded in concrete, then polished..

By 1961, there were 46 colors of Case toilets (and presumably, sinks and bathtubs, too)

It seems that many readers are trying to find just one or two matching pieces to bring their original bathrooms back to their full glory...

50s bathroom: Vanity made with Formica laminate, very cool from ’52

I’m having kitchen and bathroom withdrawal, so for Friday how about this most excellent bathroom lav – courtesy Formica, 1952. Seems to me this is..

1959 Kohler bathroom sinks

Since we’ve been on a bathroom roll, I thought that spotlighting these 1959 Kohler sinks – “lavatory sinks” with chrome legs and towel bars —..

Sebastian scores a yellow pedestal sink for his Montreal bathroom update

Sebastian of the yellow and black bathroom found a great pedestal sink this weekend, courtesy of the retro decorating gods: Hi Pam, News from Montreal!..

50s flooring: Help Bill find new tile for his 1955 olive green bathroom

We have another 50’s bathroom to help spiff up this Saturday. Here’s what Bill in Lawrence, Kansas, has to say about his awesome 1955 heart-of-the-midwest..

Retro bathroom sinks still available from Kohler

Today, it’s a complete look at Kohler sinks suitable for your 50s bathroom retro reno. Most 2008-design sinks are either very minimalistic (a simple round..

50s bathroom — a great Eljer ad to go with our theme today

These vintage Eljer ads all featured exotic half clad genie women… this one is from 1956. The sparkly blue fixtures are wonderful, too. This is..

Charming green 50s bathroom

I’d have never guessed it, but the #1 viewed Category on RetroRenovation.com is: Bathrooms. I’d have thought, Kitchens. Hmmm. So, more bathrooms it is, starting..

Retro bathroom sinks from today’s American Standard

American-Standard, an absolutely great name in postwar bathroom fixtures, continues to make several porcelain sinks that would look great in a 50s or 60s bathroom...

A pink and brown 50s bathroom – soothing, pretty and retro

With so many readers trying to work with their 50s and 60s pink bathroom tiles, I’ve been on the lookout for photos and illustrations to..

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