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Starting here. Starting now.
This little website grew out of concern that pink bathrooms are being ripped out of 40s 50s and 60s homes way too hastily. The reality is: Pink bathrooms are a wonderful part of our home design heritage. And there is no doubt in our minds whatsoever that they are poised for a comeback -- starting here, starting now. Read more.The post that started it all
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More Pink Patriots
Michael, pink procrastinator
Taylor agrees: Save The Pink Bathrooms
March 8, 2010 by 50s Pam
Taylor was among the two dozen or so RetroRenovation.com readers who attended my first-ever talk on Save The Pink Bathrooms, at the Southern Spring Home & Garden Show in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 5, 2010. It’s readers like this who make it all worth while.
Pink was not always the color for girls, Blue was not always the color for boys
July 4, 2009 by 50s Pam
Real men DO have pink bathrooms. You see, a university professor, Jo Paoletti of the University of Maryland, actually has done extensive academic research studying how it is that the color pink today has come to be associated with girls and the color blue, with boys. Seems like the shift did not begin until the beginning of the 20th century and even then, it took until after World War II for this yet-another gender distinction to become entrenched. Before that, parents used a variety of colors for their children’s clothing and rooms. So, in the 1930s, when pink bathrooms started to appear, I am surmising that pink did NOT mean girlie or effeminate — it just meant “lovely.” The University of Utah Press will publish Jo Paoletti’s monograph, Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America, in 2010. Ad: Kohler, 1954.
1,000+ images in our flickr group
July 4, 2009 by 50s Pam
Evaxebra is a talented, spirited photographer who loves pink bathrooms to live with — and to photograph in. You see, there’s something special about the light as it bounces off all that pink tile. It makes you look really good — glowing. Unless you are immersed in a tub of faux blood, of course. We now have 900+ photos in our Save the Pink Bathrooms group. You can see them all here. Seems like amateur and professional photographers alike love to take photos in pink bathrooms. The tile. Toilets. Tubs. Vanities. Cats in pink bathrooms. Dogs, too. There’s plenty of mirror blogging. Nothing kinky allowed in this group, although I assure you I screen plenty of those out. Special thanks to Evaxebra for giving me permission to post this photo. You can see all her photographs on flickr here. Fellow bloggers/websites, please play nice and ask her permission if you’d like to feature this image as well. Thank you.
Click right HERE to take the pledge today
March 25, 2009 by 50s Pam
Save the Pink Bathrooms
Our goal:
A gazillion people pledged to preserve vintage pink bathrooms.
Maybe you have a pink bathroom. Or you just love them.
All are welcome.
Your Comment is your Pledge…
and while you’re there, share your pink reveries.
And, be sure to visit my main site: RetroRenovation.com
Build a pink bathroom
You can still get Mamie pink tile from this place in California -- tell 'em we sent you
Decorative liner tiles custom glazed to match
A Carrera marble laminate would be nice
Or, try local suppliers for retro stuff still made
For fixtures, we love Re-Store, Re-Build and Habitat for Humanity resale yards
Deabath is a good resource, too
We like terrazzo shower pans, still available today
Wicked expensive but Lefroy Brooks can do you an entire Vespa Pink bathroom suite
Vintage wallpapers can be a lot of fun
So can Bradbury & Bradbury 50s papers
And their 60s papers will wake you up in the a.m.
J.C. Penney has sweet vintage-style rugs
