Aw, I love the mint tile. :) But yes, tile can be painted. You can colour match your paint to your new tile. FWIW, square tiles are "coming back" but it means more grout lines than rectangular tiles.

The bathroom of my old apartment had painted tile and it looked cheap and bad and felt cheap and bad to the touch.

As for that old mid century colored tile coming back, it definitely is. I know someone in the market for a bunch of square tile in exactly that color, actually. It's a nice color and I'd roll with it because it would be a shame to paint tile in such good condition and cheapen the look and feel of your bathroom.

You could put more mint tiles in the shower if you can find them, or retile in white squares because the tile was two tone already (and contractor is wrong about rectangular tiles - that would be weird and make it obvious the bathroom was piecemeal remodeled).

We had to rip some of the green tile out. :( We didn’t want the metal towel bar they drilled right into it so we have to replace some pieces and figured it would be easier to just go white since that’s readily available.

Someone shared this site recently on the forum. They have vintage replacement tiles. Also, retrorenovation.com is a good source for vintage bathrooms.

I don’t mind this retro style but i do prefer white tile. This is a 1937 house and the bathroom was redone in 76 (we found old newspaper behind the tub surround) so this bathroom doesn’t quite go with the original style. The doors and doorknobs are all original and more Victorian. Thanks for the websites though. I’ll take a look!

For a home of that age, you have a large bathroom...and the archway is pretty typical.

If you're ultimately going for a bit of a redo, then I would tile the tub surround in what you will be going for in the future...then that will be done.....then rip out the rest of the bathroom tile (diy this...it's easy) Sheetrock and paint and you'll be good to go for a while....As long as you like the layout and won't be changing that...

I did subway tile in my bathroom despite it being called "dated" now. The reason is that I don't think it IS dated and I like it and it's inexpensive....But i don't think that square would be out of place in yours if that's what you prefer...

I would keep the tile and paint or replace the vanity. Get a different counter top for the vanity if you paint. The vanity is the odd man out

I'm another one who loves the green tile, and I would actually like to put the color tile back in our bathroom. Love the arch!

Yes, I was watching a show on HGTV where they painted the color tile in the bathroom, so there are products to do it. There are also companies that do bathtub glazing who can also do the tile.

We painted our tile in the bathrom....walls were pink and we wanted white.....lasted ten years with no problems. We just recently took all tile off the walls and painted the wall.

Oh the vanity is going! We are putting a pedestal sink in. I looked on the websites provided above & I have no clue if any of it would match the mint. The bathroom needs done within 2 weeks so I don’t think we will have time to buy and return tile until we find a match. UGH. If we keep the mint, what flooring would go best??

What's down there now?

And, yes, you would have to get samples from the various places for it to be a good match...maybe we can help narrow it down, but I think the best thing to do if you want to go that way is to find the closest pantone color so you can make some calls....the colors are universal, but monitor representations are very much not!

It all depends on how much time you want to devote to it....just know that once it's gone, it's gone.

There is a wood-like laminate down that the previous owners put in. We want to replace it with something that fits the time and character of the house.

Well, it's possible that the laminate is covering up the original floor...given the vanity, they may have been told to "update" to appeal to more buyers (huge mistake, usually).

Some laminates are floating and don't affect what's underneath.

Look at Heritage Tile

Check out their subway mosaics for tile that would be appropriate for the time and character.

We’ve encountered another problem. I’m becoming so frustrated with this house. We can’t put in a pedestal sink with the way the plumbing is configured unless we want to rip out a ton of the tile, change out all of the plumbing, and re-drywall. Any recommendations on a vanity to put in this space? ☹️

Have you thought of a console sink?

Can we see the problem area behind the vanity?

I'm not clear on whether you DID decide to embrace the retro vibe, but if you do, then I would look on Craigslist for an mcm dresser/buffet/server...something like this.

I know you don't have much room, and it can be smaller, but what you could do also is have the sink to the right (where the plumbing is) and have some more space to the left...Also I see you have an existing outlet to the left and I'm wondering if you can do this inside a drawer on the left without too much trouble...

The two valves are too far apart for a pedestal sink (the would hang outside of where they need to be). There definitely isn’t enough room for a larger vanity like that unfortunately. The drawers would go straight into the toilet. The vanity needs to be no larger than the one in the picture (30 inches) because of the placement of the porcelain soap holders and towel rack. The bathroom is spacious but the layout is awkward. The picture makes it seem larger because it’s a wide lens shot.

I would still do the same sort of thing...depending on your diy skills or your budget...

An mcm dresser can be adapted if it's something you like. I think teak (or similar color) would look fantastic next to the green tile...hopefully others will pipe inn with their ideas...

JMHO but I don't think the pedestal sink would be the best choice anyway...

ETA: this is the norm for pedestal sinks, is it worse than this?

I was looking at console sinks earlier! That’s my favorite so far. Trying to convince my husband.

Here is the plumbing.

To me, it's not bad....so it's up to your tolerance level...the holes in the side can be filled with caulk (overfill them) and painted to match (a lot of trial and error with mixing paint...I used model car type paint on a chip on my floor as it's durable and shiny).

You also need the flanges that cover the hole, but get the ones that open and close so you can put them on after the knob-thingy are on.

My preference would still be an mcm dresser, converted. or, more a more modern vanity with some mcm features added...

What do you feel like doing at this point?

Your plumbing setup looks perfect for a pedestal sink. You just need to change the old valves and plastic drain for chrome ones. Larger pedestal sinks (42” or more) are available at places like Vintage Tub and Bath or Signature Hardware online.

Some Barkeeper’s Friend would help you to clean up those tiles.

Have you had a chance to see what is under that flooring yet? You have the opportunity to have a really nice bathroom here. You may be able to find some patterned cement or cement-like tiles with black AND green in them for your shower.

Don’t hurry things unnecessarily, take your time. As long as you have a working toilet in the home, you can get by with showers at a gym. We did that for 6 weeks while our only full bathroom was under construction last summer.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>We are unfortunately painting the green tile white to match what we put in the shower. We were going to keep the mint but it has black specks in it and all I could find online were solid mint green tiles. :(

The flooring in the picture is what we started to install. It’s a dark grey penny tile and it will have a light/medium gray grout. The flooring under the laminate was an older yellow laminate and trashed.

As for the sink, I think we’re going to do a smaller console sink. The plumber said the current valves wouldn’t work with a pedestal sink