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Cloudburst2000
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13/04/2011 3:50 pm  

I am curious to see how everyone has decorated their bathrooms. My bathroom is the one room in the apartment with no mid-century modern influence. Keep in mind that I can't do anything major in the bathroom as I rent the place. I cannot change the sink, tub, or toilet which are standard white fair and the sink sits on top of a small oak cabinet. The walls are a type of off-white marbled-tile with small accents of light grey and red. The floor is off-white tile. The bathroom is smallish, but works fine for me. I also have a cat litter box sitting in there too. I plan on getting that top-loader cat box by modcat to replace the current blah grey cat box. Right now I have a nice flowered shower curtain that I got from Pottery Barn years ago, but it is starting to show it's age. Towels and rugs are red as are the trash can, tooth brush holder, cup, and soap dispenser. I am wanting to replace all of this stuff. It is all old and I am getting a bit tired of it. Where should I look for mid-century modernish items for the bathroom? All the 'modern' shower curtains I saw at places like Bed Bath and Beyond were hideous. I only looked at the actual stores (not their online sites). Is there some place that actually sells nice modern stuff for the bathroom?


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HPau
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13/04/2011 5:20 pm  

Unless your elderly aunts...
Unless your elderly aunts visit often turn it into a display for pornography and other entertainments, I have copies of New Scienetist and cooking magazines next to the toilet, ivy rooted in water growing out of what I think is an inflated beer bottle, no shower curtain at all...gets mouldy, just sling a bath mat out of the window to dry is there such a thing as a mid century modern toilet brush?


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jesgord
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13/04/2011 5:31 pm  

MCM Poo-dle toilet brush 😉
MCM Poo-dle toilet brush 😉


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HPau
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13/04/2011 5:51 pm  

Goodness! My ex used to have ...
Goodness! My ex used to have a poodle and they are pretty cool dogs actually, though there were times I would have been happy to drown the little bastard in the toilet.


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Riki
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13/04/2011 5:51 pm  

I feel your pain
with the renting thing. I'm in the same situation, plus the house was built in the 1890's, so it kind of looks like Hodge Podge Lodge.
I changed out the light fixture (you can always put the original back when you move), added a Rya rug, a Thonet chair and a clear, almost invisible shower curtain.
Fair warning--it's VERY minimalist.
(Photobucket just gave me a message that there's something wrong with their website. I'll post some pix later. Sorry!)


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william-holden-...
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13/04/2011 6:19 pm  

The only midcentury item I keep in my bathroom
is this tooth-shade palette, hung from a nail. It reminds me to brush my teeth and occasionally invest in a box of Crest White Strips.


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HPau
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13/04/2011 6:24 pm  

Le teeth anglaise! Reminds...
Le teeth anglaise!
Reminds me of the electro therapy kit I wish I had bought a few years ago for next to nothing, you'd stick these glass bulbs , well inside yourself, and there was a control panel with a chart with various voltages next to various medical problems.
Actually I suppose a doctor would do the business, maybe its not something you'd want to do at home.


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jesgord
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13/04/2011 6:24 pm  

william-holden-caulfield-That!...
william-holden-caulfield-That thing is AWESOME!!!


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jesgord
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13/04/2011 6:35 pm  

We have a just a few MCM...
We have a just a few MCM elements in our master bath
-mosaic
-original exhaust fan
-Jaru Vase
Otherwise, its basically glass, white enamel and limestone.


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william-holden-...
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13/04/2011 6:49 pm  

Jesgord, your photos continually put my 600 sq. ft. digs & housekeeping habits to shame
I can only hope that your photos were taken on a previous occasion when the bathroom happened to be freshly scrubbed, and these pics weren't idly snapped twenty minutes ago.
Your bathroom is bigger than my kitchen, your kitchen is bigger than my living room, and your toilet is cleaner than my teeth.


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bj
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13/04/2011 7:15 pm  

jesgord, are these units...
jesgord, are these units made by KERF?
happy with those?


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jesgord
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13/04/2011 7:55 pm  

Yes, Kerf did my kitchen, bat...
Yes, Kerf did my kitchen, bathrooms and a bookshelf. Couldn't be happier! Great product, great workmanship and excellent customer service.


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tchp
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13/04/2011 9:08 pm  

After five years of living...
After five years of living here I finally gutted and re-did the bathroom in my 1950's ranch over the past couple weeks. The tile I used was all inexpensive - typical white 3x6 tile for the tub surround and wall, and sheet mosaic tile from Hakatai.com for the floor and counter, which is less than $3 a square foot if you buy it on sale (although with shipping it probably comes to around $3). I just need to decide how much I want to spend on a shower/tub door.
http://www.hakatai.com/Classic-series-C5.aspx


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jesgord
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13/04/2011 9:35 pm  

Very nice thcp. I love the...
Very nice thcp. I love the way the tile color and warm wood tones complement each other. As for shower, I'm a proponent fixes glass partition just long enough to keep water from escaping the shower.


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tchp
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13/04/2011 10:01 pm  

Thanks jesgord. I thought...
Thanks jesgord. I thought that looked like a fixed partition in your photo. When I re-do the plumbing in a shower I like to mount the shower head very high, as I am 6'2", and this tends to send a lot of water all the way to the far wall, and my tub in particular seems to shed it onto the floor in what can sometimes be a large puddle if I did not adjust the shower curtain just right. So, I am probably going to have to go with something a bit more water-tight. I love the idea of a fixed partition in a tub/shower though, as it is almost as luxurious as a full walk-in shower that has no door at all.
I probably should not have said I completely gutted the bathroom, as I did retain the tub and the original cabinet base, along with most of the wall plaster. At times it felt like something that was gutted though.


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