Look, nothing else you're doing is at all period, so why worry about the lights? The ones in your pic are 60s-early 70s, I would say. In the 20s bathroom lights were usually single bulb sconces and schoolhousey overheads. But they didn't use vanities or prefab showers, so I'd just do what you think will look best with what you've got.

ETA Some 20s bathroom sconces:

I guess I was trying for something like this which comes up in "1920's bathroom" searches.

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A pedestal sink would be more appropriate but I would think the tenants would hate it as I know I would. Pedestal sinks are pretty but not practical.

Why not take the glass off (temporarily) and spray paint with one of the Rustoleum metallic colors - whether chrome or nickel finish to go with your plumbing fixtures, or a dark bronze or metallic black to pick up color in tiles. Then put glass back on. It would add a note of whimsy - why not?

One school of thought re: renovation is that it doesnt have to be a slavish imitation of what it might have looked like the exact year the house was built - it could have elements taken from different eras - like a house would as its been lived in over the years. Thats as long as all the elements fit together in a visually pleasing kind of way.

Where are these lights located though? You should think about function - how is the lighting in there with the old lights? It is nice to have sconces so the lighting is more flattering when you look in the mirror If the lighting is bad and makes you look like Night of the LIving Dead, then you would definitely want to rethink the lighting.

As we had two houses when we put in our bathroom lights, they came from Home Depot or Lowe's -- I think they have the feel of the 20s and they were certainly cheap!

Yes, it shouldn't be at all hard to find sconces like those to fit any budget.

We have been avoiding wall sconces as that will mean digging into the old walls, running wire etc. The lighting works fine in the bathroom. Of course the best would be over head plus each side of the mirror lighting. If we did do that then I am sure I could find sconces. Just trying to not let this project get out of control with time and cost.

The lighting works fine in the bathroom

Then I'd just go ahead and reuse it, if there's enough space.

Use what you have and if the time comes that you are ready to completely redo the bath, then make a change. With a prefab shower in there, that's all anyone is going to see anyway.

Can you show us a photo of the room? I can't be brilliant without a pic :-/

Yes, I see those you have being sold as MCM...to me no...I remember them from the 60-70's and they weren't good then and they're not good now.

Try to sell them....People really love this stuff now.

My thought was that no one will see the shower because it will be behind the curtain. We choose not the cheapest and not the most expensive prefab but a middle of the road. My main criteria of the shower is easy to clean, easy to clean, easy to clean! Hubby can always remove it and do tile in the future if needed. The floor will be the hexagon tile and what we would consider permanent (meaning we will never redo the floor again).

This is actually the 2nd remodel of this bathroom but the 1st one 10 years ago didn't include the tub/shower and the floor we put down was laminate. The toilet and vanity were cheapo and we will spend more this time around.

Discussing with hubby the lighting just now, he would rather not dig into the walls to do sconces as it will add lots of time and cost to the project. I'm going to look for some 1920's pendants if there is such a thing.

I'd take them down, spray paint the metal chrome and get something simple to replace the glass. The fitters are standard so most 4" fitter glass would work.

These are 35 and there's a coupon code that would help with shipping...

https://www.lightingdirect.com/sea-gull-lighting-65436ble-academy-1-light-energy-star-mini-pendant/p2665811?source=gg-gba-pla_2665811!c1050506288!a52682589038!dc!ng&cvosrc=pla.google.2665811&cvo_cid=1050506288&cvo_crid248628201331&=&cvo_adgroup=52682589038&cvo_uniqueid=2665811&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_Lrqiv6X2gIVE8ZkCh2cBAQoEAkYASABEgK7QvD_BwE

Pennydesign, thank you! That's a great price and the lights look like they would fit nicely.

Pennydesign, I just ordered the lights!

We decided we might keep the current floor as it connects to the kitchen and hallway (all the same) in a few years we will replace all of it at one time. Now I need to find a 33" vanity.

I like this...I think it's somewhat period appropriate...I like that the sink covers all of the top...no marks from soap or burns from curling irons, etc...

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S19246974/#/S09246979

More budget friendly?

Not bad looking but 31 1/2 wide. Right now we have a 30" but it leaves about a 2 inch gap between the vanity and the wall which becomes a dust and dirt collector. For years I have wanted to shift a new vanity over to close that gap. Due to the plumbing we can only shift over 1" so DH said to find a 33" vanity. I'm going to go to Lowes and see what they can offer in semi custom.

Well, if you can't find exactly that, you could get the closest possible and have a piece of granite for the countertop...it would close the gap because they cut them larger than the cabinet. Then trim down the right side with a 1 inch strip of wood...

Is that the only towel rail for the tub/shower?

I suggest attaching your TP holder to the vanity on the side and getting something a bit longer for the towels (plus center it under the window).

To be truthful, I'm not crazy about your over the toilet cabinet...(sorry!). However, since it's for a rental, I understand practicality...

ETA: Maybe your darling hubs could replace the inside bits of the doors with glass?? I've used that fake leading (in a squeeze bottle) on a window before and it's quite effective...

Never heard of that code (distance from toilet to vanity) but what we are proposing is actually giving more room. We are moving the vanity away from the toilet about 1 inch. That is the most we can due to the plumbing. It's not a tight space around the toilet. I've used it myself many times.

The wall cabinet was put up and left by a tenant and we will probably just leave it. We took out the medicine cabinet and will put up a large mirror.

We will fill any little gaps with the cabinet with trim and extend the counter.