I like your thinking about seeking fixture colors that are paler versions of some of the truly period mid century colors. As the owner of a pink bathroom, I've polled people for years, and I think some retro colors are a little hard-core for most modern homebuyers...except for a brave sliver of the population who love them dearly. I wondered about pale gray fixtures, coupled with a pastel tile in one of the colors you described (perhaps tile accents/borders in a pale gray, to tie in the fixtures?) Are any nice fixtures available in soft grays? I read an article not too long ago about how popular gray was, as a wall paint color, in the 50's-60's. Maybe a creative (over the top?) approach with pastel colored tile would prevent you from having bathrooms that felt boring to you. It's no fun to spend lots of money and not be excited with the results, so I sympathize. No wonder you are frustrated.

I need 2 or 3 boxes of American Olean "Earthscapes Rainforest" tile-18"x18" in the "green family". kandee2blake@gmail.com Thanks!!!!

:-( One devoted dame, I asked for help not for snarky comments. I promise, I have read and reread my comments, and I can't figure out how I'm being snarky. :-( I only asked the other questions so that I could get an idea of how the entire bathroom looks, in order to make suggestions. I really am SO sorry it came across as snark. As many folks here can tell you, Snark totally isn't my style! :-( Again, so sorry I ended up offending you. TOTALLY unexpected and NOT what I wanted to do! :-( (Was it the bright blue/navy idea? I have that combo in my kids' bath [not tile, but still...] and love it, so I thought I'd pass the idea on, in case it appealed to you, lol. The white potty with blue lid idea came to me because a poster here on GardenWeb has a white potty with a black lid and I thought it was cute. Again, so sorry!!!!!)

I have tried multiple applications in an attmpt to get rid of the haze. So far the most success I have had is with Mapei ultracare epoxy grout haze remover. It takes a lot of time and scrubbing. I applied the solution to a small area. Let it sit 20 - 30 minutes and then scrubbed with a sponge scrubber. Rinse thououghly afterwrds. It takes a great deal of time and effort to do a small space. My entire kitchen has grout haze. I have finally hired a floor company to come and strip the floor - I don't know if it will work any better but I don't have the time to spend one hour scrubbing a square foot of kitchen tile.The tile and grout is lovely - I just wish my contractor had known the grout was not like ordinary grout.