There must be a lot of pink bathrooms still hanging around. A 10 second Flickr search hit almost 3,000 and that was specifically typing only “pink toilet”.
Pink, blue and green porcelain was enormously popular in the 50s and 60s. It’s pretty shocking how many still remain and are in mint (lol) condition.
Brightly coloring the place you poop seems like the oddest trend. I wonder how it gained such popularity. It is so amazing that America bought this trend with such exuberance. Especially in light of today, where homeowners are paralyzed with fear even considering any home addition that isn’t beige. This is not hyperbole, folks. My clients LITERALLY clutch their hearts when I suggest carpet that is not tan, or tile that isn’t vanilla.
Pink toilets are frightening. I understand that. But so are plain, boring houses devoid of personality. There are millions of other options out there. Try one. No need to fear, because unlike the durable and well constructed toilet of the 50s, today’s products need to be replaced in 10 years anyway.
Well whatayaknow. In researching this post I found a whole website dedicated to pink bathrooms!
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The bathroom in the house where my husband grew up was pink.. Guess which color he picked for our second bathroom? Not only that, he chose the exact same color for the bathroom in his shop! I know it’s unusual, but we don’t have a speck of beige in our house.
OMG CYNDY!!! He chose PINK!! That is so hilarious. I am really really hoping I get an invite to this house when it is finished.
Thanks for commenting here so often. I am adding you to my blog roll as a friend.
Thank you Denise. I’m for the most part choosing colors by the seat of my pants but I’m pretty pleased with how it has evolved for the most part. I hope my (and my husband’s) sometimes weird color choices don’t complicate the future furniture selection process too much – if and when I ever have money for that! BTW, I found a groovy darkish blue to frame the doorway to his pink shop bathroom. It’s kind of wild!