Retro Pink Bathroom
America was obsessed with pink bathrooms in the 1950s. Of the 20 million new homes built between 1946 and 1966, approximately 5 million had at least one Pepto-hued lavatory, according to Pam Kueber of Retro Renovation and Save the Pink Bathrooms.
The country was already in love with cheerful shades like seafoam green, chartreuse and candy apple red—colors that fell in line with the nation's post-war optimism and often showed up on kitchen appliances—when pink-mania hit. After Eisenhower became president in 1953, the First Lady redecorated the White House's private quarters in the feminine hue and the public took notice. (Mamie Eisenhower loved pink so much she even remodeled the lavatory of a New Jersey farmhouse where she and Dwight frequently stayed the color.) Brands capitalized on the trend; one paint company even sold a shade called "First Lady Pink."
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Today's homebuyers, the people scooping up the 1950s and 60s ranches and split-levels left behind by the greatest generation, on the other hand, have taken a while to warm up to the girly look.
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Even those who generally love midcentury design are likely to balk at the site of a bathroom fit for Barbie. Lots of pink tile has been sledgehammered in the name of home improvement, much to Pam Kueber's chagrin.
"If people could get their heads around pink bathrooms, they'd understand why something that looks so shocking today is actually a very appealing and wonderful thing," Kueber told the Detroit Free Press in 2015.
"A new homebuyer today will make an offer on a midcentury modest house and immediately get online and search 'what to do with a pink bathroom,' thinking she has to gut it or downplay it," Kueber tells CountryLiving.com.
"If you have a pristine pink bathroom that is well maintained and still functioning it's incredibly difficult to replicate. I startedSave the Pink Bathrooms hoping people might see how others have embraced them and might say actually say, I have one, I'm going to play it up not play it down," says Kueber
"Our grandparents were not wrong, they were just part of a different era that was into different fashion. It's all about fashion," she adds.
Kueber is one of a growing number of homeowners who are embracing pink bathrooms, choosing to stick with their older home's aesthetic and even remodeling washrooms to look retro. Yes, people are paying money to have pink tile installed in their personal bathing sanctuaries.
There's Kate, who installed a custom vanity with starburst hardware, a vintage mirror with a cosmetics box, and a toilet that blends in with the tile.
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Mike and Lindsey built on their existing tile for a thoroughly midcentury makeover.
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Jim and Nanette's "Mamie Pink" bathroom looks like a 1950s original in every way.
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You'd never guess that Jane's pink-and-green tile job was an addition to her 1939 Colonial.
Could these makeovers convince you to preserve the integrity of a pink powder room in your own home?
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