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95 colors of pink bathroom tile
If you think pink is a *limited* color, think pink again. At World of Tile — a time capsule tile store that we discovered in Springfield, N.J. — but which is now closed — I counted 95 colors of vintage pink bathroom replacement tile. See our Bathroom Help / Tile category on RetroRenovation.com for suggestions…
Pink was not always the color for girls, Blue was not always the color for boys
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 why 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…
Taylor agrees: Save The Pink Bathrooms
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. 2021 Update: After nearly 15 years of blogging about…
Comments now closed — but so much fun over the years!
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.