Pink and maroon 1950s bathroom
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Help! Need advice on 1950's bathroom tile & tub/shower
Comments (21)Thank you everyone for all of your replies! Sorry for the absence...I have no internet here at the house yet. In response to questions/comments: kudzu9: There are areas of the grout that are missing, and the remainder has turned yellow. I would like to replace the missing grout and whiten the yellowed. We hope to rent out the home, so I don't trust tenants to wipe down painted walls. I'm hoping to find a complementary alternative. benjesbride: Unfortunately, the reason I have little budget now is that most of the original plumbing has to be redone. The drains are all old cast iron, and have degraded...there are lead pipes too. So, since they are replacing them, I figure that now would be the time to relocate. Thank you for your advice on "embracing the retro" and your link! nosoccermom: I cant really remove the shower head, as its the only bath in the home. I LOVE your idea of glass, and will research it. Have to figure out how to seal it from moisture and how to make area where it meets tile waterproof. Fori is not pleased: LOL!!!! I'm not pleased either! Thanks for the laugh and suggestion. I will def head over there once I have internet at the house, and am ready to make all the decorating decisions.polly929: I had considered having a company reglaze the tub & tile white, but the many opinions of keeping the original intact have made me reconsider. I am keeping the home, but am trying to fix it up to rent out for now. bpathome: Thanks for sharing your experience. I was considering adding 4x4 tile above the existing, but someone else said it wouldn't look good and hearing your experience too really gives me pause. I agree that the glass sounds like a cool possibility, but I need to research the installation issues. Would wallpaper hold up in a shower??? Yes, I absolutely need to redo the floor. Its a pier and beam home, so I am avoiding any real tile. However, I have looked at black & white LVT alternatives in both the hex and penny. jesshs: That is amazing! I cannot believe someone on here has actually had this tile! And its funny you mentioned grey....that is exactly the color I was thinking of going with on the walls! As far as paint on the shower walls, as I said above to kudzu9, we are planning to rent the home out and I worry about tenants taking the time to do that sort of maintenance. I want to go with something I don't have to worry about them taking care of. cpartist: Another retro vote! I'm coming around :) The grout is yellowed, and missing in a few areas. I'm hoping there is a way to bring it back to white. I agree with you, and everyone else, about the grab bars, as well as the shower head. And so glad to get another grey vote! I am absolutely redoing the floor. Just haven't decided what would go best. Again, THANK YOU everyone for your opinions and suggestions. Please, keep the ideas coming!...See MoreWhat should I do with this 1950's bathroom
Comments (46)Oh goodness Susan.. If I had to choose between the monkey paper and that stuff that was under it... I can understand why the folks papered monkeys over the old stuff. The old paper is a bit prettier, and I could see it maybe in a different bathroom or other... . but wow that must have been rather harsh with the brown tile edging the white tiles. Even when new. I bet once you get the glass door out and those cleaned up walls primered in white again and can breathe for a minute.. you still might think twice about those brown tiles amongst the much fresher and open palette. Have some fun for a week or few with putting up a new window treatment and shower curtain, trying out some paint samples. And out of curiosity.. on the right side of your OP it looks like a section of mirror extends from the medicine cabinet to the corner... have you started cleaning off the walls there yet? Does the wallpaper continue on behind the mirror or not? All of the color replacements folks have so kindly provided eliminate the mirror there....See More1950s Vintage Bathroom Design
Comments (16)Oops, I ‘m sorry. I just read your post again and realized the bathroom has yellow and blue, not green. But green works with blue, too! :) You get the idea. And actually I think bringing in green in that bathroom might be better than blue. Although blue is possible, too. In fact, a Tiffany blue in accessories and/or paint or wallpaper, etc. might be fabulous in there....See MoreSo confused!! Powder Blue 1950’s Bathroom.
Comments (46)I'm actually also renovating a dated bathroom myself, although mine is a mauve pink and I have no choice but to remove the bath and the sink because of the tininess of the way they were built back then and because I need a walk-in shower for health reasons. So I've been doing my research. Keep in mind with my advice, I'm using a contractor. Does the floor need to be removed or do you just not like it? Because if you don't need to remove it you can just put a new floor over it which will save a ton of time and money, especially since this is one of those jobs that unless you have experience doing you're much better off going with a professional because you could damage the floor underneath. Also, if the floor is already damaged underneath it won't be an issue if you don't remove the current flooring and a professional will be able to recognize it. I'm managing to not remove my floor and it's saving me about $3000. I haven't decided whether or not to put a new floor over the old one, but if I do it will probably be with removable tiles because they are just that, removable. They are cheap, and easy to install and remove, so if I ever decide I want to mix things up in my bathroom I can always just pull them up and redo the floor. Also, they won't damage the original tile, which is in good condition, so if I ever want to sell I can pull them up then as well. If you need to replace the floor, or don't want to go with the removable tiles then there are tons of options you can go with that are inexpensive, some of which are also easy to self-install. I really liked the idea above of the black and white checkerboard floor; you're not going to get your bathroom to not have a vintage vibe, you should embrace it and play it up. I'd keep the tile as is. I don't love the blue line, but it's too difficult to remove and replace just that line and too expensive to replace all of it just for that. Live with it with the rest of the changes and see how you feel, you can always redo the tile later. I'd also keep the vanity, but I'd sand and repaint the bottom. Keep it white, but go with one with a warmer undertone, like Clare's Whipped or Timeless. I'd paint the trim and the windowsills black to go with the floor, put in some wainscotting in the same white to about 4 feet and above that I'd go with removable wallpaper with a matching blue background with a floral or nature-based pattern(removable for the same reason as the floor, but if you find one you really like you can have it done permanently). Have it be something that pays homage to the 50s and 60s. See if you can get samples of a few different ones and stick them on the walls before you renovate to see what you like. IF YOU TAKE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TAKE THIS ONE: Change your medicine cabinets (ditch them for mirror if you have enough space), change your faucets, change your cabinet hardware, change your window dressings (or get frosted glass windows and ditch the window dressings), change your light fixtures (and check to make sure they shine on your face properly to shave and put on makeup). I cannot impress upon you how much of a difference these little things make. Do these things first and then see what you can live with....See Morewritersblock (9b/10a)
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