Blue 1950s bathroom

Matt has been constructing this blue and gray tiled bathroom in his 1959 home — all from scratch — oh my — it’s fabulous! Now, it’s time to choose wallpaper. He’s found a contender but sends in this question: Does his wallpaper choice have an authentic midcentury look? I opine. Matt writes: I’ve been recreating…

Old Hickory Village Renovation — ELLEN CLARK INTERIORS

New Orleans designer Shaun Smith gives a 1950s ranch a farmhouse persona with a few key updates.

Everyone knows at least one person who has pulled out beautiful mid-twentieth century porcelain bathroom tiles or painted brick whose color they thought was passé! Why? To replace it with cheap ceramic tiles found at a big box home improvement store or, finding themselves having to pay to repaint t

Easy and affordable DIY projects to update our 1960's retro master bathroom without a major renovation overhaul.

After looking at hundreds of different properties over the course of ten months (and losing bids on eight other places), Allison and Jovito finally found their dream home: a 100-year-old brick row house in Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway neighborhood. They loved the house’s character and classic feel, but going into the purchase, they knew the home was in need of some serious TLC.

Ellen Mallernee is the founder and principal of Ellen Clark Interiors, a full-service interior design firm based in Nashville.

Here is part 2 of 3 of our blue bathroom re-do. Please do read the other parts here: Save The Blue Bathroom Part 1 - Part 3 So the hunt was on to replace the sink, toilet, and tub with a blue one. We went to the ReUse stores and estate sales... Amazingly we ended up finding a matching toilet and sink, and sliding shower doors on Craigslist locally only a few blocks away! The Tub Next was the tub, but it was so SOLID – I think our 1950s era house was built around it. We had the idea to have…

Our tired, outdated retro bathroom has had a major refresh after the budget-friendly makeover where I highlighted the fun, vintage blue tiles.