Stuck on bathroom hardware--where to find 1930s/Art Deco style?
Coming up totally empty after weeks of trying to figure this out. We have a new bath that leans (or is trying to lean...) Art Deco/late 20s-early 30s style. I had originally planned to use a black porcelain towel bar and toilet paper holder to match the shower tilework and backsplash, but my husband would really prefer metal. Having trouble finding anything that fits! We need a 24" towel rod, toilet paper holder, and hand towel ring. Inspiration photo is attached, though we won't have tiled walls and will have black porcelain sconces (but tile is the same mint green with black trim shown). Any suggestions? Ideally looking for either polished chrome or polished nickel. (Fixtures are all polished chrome; sconces are black ceramic with polished nickel accents. We will have a medicine cabinet that is similar in look to the mirror in the green tile photo. )
Sconces (except ours will be black, and sadly the rest of this line--and also now the sconces!--has been discontinued):
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last yearThis is what I put in my bathroom and was going for the same feel.
https://www.deltafaucet.com/bathroom/product/3551-MPU-DST.html
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last yearlast modified: last yearAlso should clarify--we have the faucet already--using this one:
Newport Brass 910 Astor 1.2 GPM Widespread Bathroom Faucet - - Polished Chrome · More Info
So just need the towel bar/towel ring/toilet paper holder (and maybe some hooks) to go along with it. (The faucet collection unfortunately doesn't have those items as part of it.)artemis78
last yearThanks @Circus Peanut--that's actually where we got our shelves (and the recessed soap dish that I ultimately chickened out on using...) The owner is great. The challenge is that my husband really, really doesn't want ceramic fixtures. So while I think they would fit the look best, I'm conceding that one since I got to make almost all of the other design decisions.
I did also stumble on this one from Kingston Brass that I somehow missed initially (despite looking at their faucets extensively), which is growing on me--similar aesthetic to the Mississippi line but a lot less expensive.
Metropolitan Toilet Paper Holder · More InfoI will try one more sell of ceramic with chrome bars instead of plastic, but I think this or the Hall Mack Coronado line would be a good alternate plan.
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