Those fixtures are basically nice looking. Before you pull them out, look into porcelain refinishing - this is not a do-it-yourself project unless you're a professional, but a good refinisher can do wonders. Check out this website:

http://www.intouchrefinishing.com/FAQs.html

Love it! Definitely keep :)

Keep it! And don't paint over anything tile or porcelain. It looks awful. It's income property so it doesn't have to be your taste.

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@KShoa, there's a HUGE difference between painting and having porcelain professionally resurfaced - HUGE!

I love the green!!! Spray paint the cabinet inside & out to match the tiles so it doesn't stand out so much! Get an updated shower curtain to match the green.

get rid of the curtain and the mirror replace it with glass door for the tub and simple plain large mirror ,paint the walls dark colour and put a dark rug on the floor

Yes

Feeny, I agree with you. Clearly latest posters have not read original posters comments. He is working thru his plan now & comments following his post are unnecessary.

Retro is in I am a house painter I say leave it or have them painted.

If you ever decide to get rid of the fixtures, look for a salvage yard to take them. There are plenty out there who hunt for this sort of thing. If they are vintage 60's you may even get takers on Craigslist or eBay.

I would put a nice quality white fabric curtain liner on your new shower curtain rod. (About $15.00 at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.) That will be a good foundation for the renter. S/he can use the fabric shower curtain liner only, or add the shower curtain of his or her choice.
I agree that the floor tile does not match the era. Perhaps tou can find some matching green washable "bathroom" carpeting that you can cut to size??
I think the toilet seat should either match the green or be a shiny black.

I absolutely love the retro bathroom add white

That tub is awesome and so is the sink! It would be even better if they were white!

If you come home from vacation and find your bath pieces GONE...that'll be my sin! They are Gorgeous. Just go gloriously nuts with the style and enjoy your treasures.

Actually console sinks like that were introduced in the late 20s to 30s and were common in the 40s and 50s. I think they were out by the early 60s. The style definitely has come back and Kohler makes some pretty high priced ones just like it. The color looks to be of that period too. Here are some pics from a circa 1949 Crane flyer. Retro Renovation is a great site and may help you find any period replacement parts you might need.

http://retrorenovation.com/2013/01/14/24-pages-of-vintage-bathroom-design-ideas-from-crane-1949-catalog/

Hope your plans go well. I would go with a more simple and more 50s style light fixture though, but that is a small thing.

Love the retro look. Your fittings work so well because in excellent condition. Change floor tiles, paint walls white, new shower curtain, new toilet seat, and new slimline light above mirror. Maybe change cabinet and mirror if cabinet doors don't slide smoothly or too small for good storage. Add some colour with Art Deco feature tiles or wall art with keeping of era, vintage travel posters or similar. Your space will be cool, modern and unique!

Goes to show: one can create such beauty and feelings of welcome by "uncomplicated" design. This kitchen attracts you like a magnet, in beauty and simplicity but obviously an ingenious mind behind the design. A REAL winner!

I love it... please tell me is the kitchen similar? If this is a rental you should not worry about the style as much as functionality unless this is a high end neighborhood, but that being said if there is a chance down the road you may sell the property a clean white update would be a good investment. Btw, to add a border some of the old tile is going to need to be removed it looks like you have bull nose at the top edge.

Hi all, here is the update with the bathroom. I have paint all three side white, left the wall opposite with the original paint to be used as a accent wall. I did not do any stencil because the walls does not have a smooth surface, and there are not enough wide space to lay down the stencil due to the fixtures. The light, mirror and shower rod have been replaced. For the mirror, I ordered a custom made beveled edged mirror for a more updated look. We waited two weeks for the mirror. Just installed it yesterday, my renter loved it.

Took some photos in a hurry, the handyman put on some painter tape to secure the mirror. He told the renter not to take tape down for at least 2 days.

My renter bought the red shower curtain and green towels to go with the retro bathroom.

I love the light fixture you chose but what did you do with the color of the tube, sink and toilet?

I did not replace them. Just having them cleaned. It is still a green bathroom.

Yes me thinks the 60's need a total reboot. Depending on your budget - I am into commenter Feeny. The 3rd design titled "bathroom" would encourage me to by that house.

I just did two new overhauls on my 70s bathroom and they look great even more terrific with their existing bayberry and blue sinks. In the process I figured out that what the old fixtures need is wallpaper that is stonger in color and pattern than the color of the fixtures. In new contemporary bathrooms, all the fixtures are white and all of the other surfaces are plain and everything has to be hidden (toothbrushes included). In an older bathroom, even when the tinted fixtures are intact, when you paint the wall plain colors all you see are the fixtures and the overall decoration not longer works. You need wallpaper with strong patterns and dramatic designs! You can kind of see what I mean in the original picture, the old shower curtains drapes look ok even though they certainly need replacing due to age, etc. But think of this, wouldn't a wallpaper print like the print of the shower curtains be terrific! Or better wallpaper with zebras, geometric op art like prints, etc. etc. Then the vintage bathroom makes a great statement!! I was lucky in having saved extra wallpaper for my two bathrooms so we just rehung the damaged wallpaper. And for the couple of months before we hing the new wallpaper, the wall were off white and the bathrooms looked terrible. With the wallpaper the fixtures look great. I must admit that we did change out the faucets, and added off the floor custom cabinets that are solid bird's eye maple, no handles or pulls, and put in new countertops..

Our previous house had a green bathroom, and hubby and I REALLY miss it. It was so soothing and comfortable. We has a combo of white walls and a small printed almost solid looking cottage style wallpaper. We received so many compliments on it. Keep the green, add white and include some wallpaper.good luck

LOVE the green! I have a house that was built in 63, and the floor tile in one bath is hexagonal w/ (in my case) light blue squares. The other bath has 1 x 1 and 1 x 2 tiles interspersed in no particular pattern ( they are shades of brown...yellow wall tile). I took OUT the shower doors and put up a shower curtain. (they were the original wavy glass w/chrome....hideous and the chrome was bent, moldy, etc.) plus added some pizzaz. Tied it to the side, as in the ad above. We also recessed a cabinet...built it ourselves. We cut out the wallboard, took out a stud, mounted a board to the wallboard behind it, and build a frame and shelves. As it was recessed three or four inches in the wall, we only built it out about 6 inches and built a door. Ours is above the toilet, but it looks like you could build one over the towel rack. not big enough for towels, but can put LOTS in it (goes almost to the ceiling. You could also mount open shelves above the towel rack and put in baskets for storage if you wanted....not sure renters would keep them nice?

This is another old post from 2013.

If you're new to Houzz, there's a key word generator that pulls up old threads based on what you're currently reading. Be sure and check the date of the original post before responding.

Decide whether or not to keep "as is" or gut it. If u do gut, pls salvage the historical, green fixtures and sell or use somewhere else. They have great value to some.

Haleydaniels I AM new...thanks for the tip!!!

I rent an apartment with a refinished tub and sink. It is horrible! I would never rent an appartment with refinished tub. The owners stated, a refinish is needed everytime a new renter moves-in and is only guranteed for one year.

My favorite rental bathroom was mint green and chocolate brown - think Andes creme de menthe thins - a great little inspiration for you.

My only advice is DO NOT CONFUSE CONTEMPORARY WITH MODERN. They are different styles. Some of the comments have advised you to go with contemporary styles. Educate yourself in the modern sensibility and renovate the bathroom from that point of view. Otherwise, there are already too many comments for me to add more!

When we bought our 1959 built tri-level we had almost this same style only everything was pink/salmon color toilet, tub, and sinks. We ended up with a total redo.. simple and clean for resale purposes. Not everyone appreciates the 60's styles and color scheme.

I have the identical question that Michael Kong raised in 2013 (beginning of this thread). I live fulltime in a 1966 house (on Florida island) with 2 baths - one pale yellow (all original Crane fixtures) and one mint green (only tub remains). Dilemma to redo update both or keep them retro which means finding a mint green sink and toilet. All these comments are extremely helpful. Still deliberating...watching way too many HGTV renovation shows where everything is automatically demolished, often with little regard for architectural integrity. So, does anyone have a mint green Crane toilet and circular set-in sink?

Dea Bath in California specializes in restoring Crane fixtures and ships to all over the US. Mint green was a very popular color, so check the local salvage joints, even the specialty plumbing shops in your area. Dea Bath advertises with Retro Renovation.com, which is a great site for all things mid-century. Their bathroom section is a great resource!

http://retrorenovation.com/category/bathroom-categories/

I think you could match the tub with tile, or accent tile, and use plain white fixtures effectively. You can find tile-in soap dishes, toothbrush holders, cup holders, TP holders, etc. online too, in just about any color imaginable. I saw an interesting 1930s kitchen done in dark maroon and mint green and sort of ivory, and it looked terrific. They weren't afraid of color back then. This 1930 Standard brochure has some pretty great color combinations as well:

http://www.apti.org/clientuploads/pdf/standardplumbingfixtures-for-the-home1930.pdf

Signature Hardware has some nice and pretty reasonably priced console sinks in white and in black. Black was commonly paired with mint 1930-1960 or so, but homes in the 1960s tended to go a little more pastel and did not use black as an accent. Think platinum (white mixed with burnt umber thinned wash and clear topcoat) or blond or fruitwood finished wood, Formica, standard fixtures and chrome fittings. Light fixtures in particular went kind of modernized traditional in the 1960s. Lighting in a bathroom remained utilitarian with chrome fittings, but sometimes funky touches, like pendant lighting over a countertop, was added. 65 was a transitional period to darker finishes and brighter, warmer colors.

So with some imagination, I think it can be done pretty easily. Retro Renovation bath section also has sources for the 4" square tiles (with hairline joints and unsanded or epoxy grout) and the built-in soap dishes and whatnot.

To Barbara Hill. My master bath has a Crane toilet just like the one posted in 2013. Also have a bathtub and sink to match. I am replacing the toilet with a white one and a green toilet seat. I am ditching the sink and putting a chrome sink in instead, white vanity, and glass vanity top painted white on the bottom. Bought a lucite chair to fit under the vanity. Having trouble finding a shower curtain I like and don't know what color to paint the walls. Will post pictures when all is done in about a month.

To: Karla - looking forward to seeing your posted pics. In midst of my reno and its looking great so far. Will post pics when completed. Did an under mount white sink with a quartz countertop which matches my newly refinished terrazzo floors which are throughout the house. Lighting recommendations above were very helpful. On my way now to select wall lights to be installed in built in mirror. Chrome accents throughout. I decided to keep dropped ceiling with flourescent lighting. Everyone pressured me to do double sinks, but decided to do just one sink in center of cabinetry. Anyone know when double sinks became popular?

I had those same green fixtures when I moved into this house in 1970, though the finish was not as well preserved as yours. Still, I rather regret getting rid of them; they were big, sturdy, authentic. Whatever you decide, please sell or donate the fixtures if you don't want them; people are constantly hunting for those for restorations. Good luck!

Keep it, it looks very cool!!

~bumping this~ HOLY MOLEY. YOUR BATHROOM IS AMAZING.

Please tell me you kept all of these pieces?! That hideous shower curtain is not helping the situation - make it white. Put in some minimalist tiles (white) to contrast the vintage pieces and I think it will give it a much fresher look.

I'm currently on the hunt for some MCM bathroom pieces to restore the damage my father did in ~modernising~ our families MCM house. If you are really not feeling the retro vibe, you should sell them online.

I recommend you keep it like the retro look and it looks like it doesn't need but a few repairs. My bathroom is just like that but I have to remodel as it is falling apart. I wanted to keep it but could not. That 1950.s vintage look really takes you back to a time when women were slender and beautiful men were honorable and when there were still only two genders and things were simpler. That bathroom is so cool.

Sorry I disagree flint. I would never buy that house without a concession for that bathroom. I recommend a major upgrade.

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We had the exact same layout except ours was pink. We kept it for a while because we liked the retro look, but ultimately we did upgrade to something completely new.

I have a real dilemma. I have 3 60's bathrooms that are pink, green and beige. I am running out of money to renovate as in hiring a pro, and need help desperately.

I would like to know if I should pain over that pink or put up wainscoting or demo and replace which I don't have the money for?

Help!

Aurora Riley, please create your own design dilemma. There is lots of great help here, but you will likely get more input if you start you own post. This posting is originally from 2013.

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I would not do that, the tile is not pretty there. I would buy new 4x4 light green or black Daltile and I would re-tile the entire bathroom keeping the original fixtures. That bathtub is HIGH quality and is not comparable to the crap you buy for thousands of dollars nowadays.

I am looking for a replacement for that same green 1964 toilet. I will buy it if you want to sell. Or from any one else who has the same American Standard model ( seafoam green or ming green. Model 4029.

Just curious if that vintage green bathroom is still standing. Stumbled upon a house with exact same vintage tub - green! Floors - solid beige honeycomb tile, but green-tile walls must go - water damage around the tub. Looking for ideas how to make it work and keep the tub - agree with comments above regarding quality in those days.

Did anyone ever try removing tile around the tub half way up and replacing with "vintage" square tile in a different color? Afraid that seems will not match exactly. Otherwise all walls will have to go and replacement tile would be installed only around the tub. White subway with light green paint?

HU-35830984648 - If you are still looking for that original toilet, I may have it...