I bought a home when I was 19. I liked vintage but didn’t love it yet. We gutted the blue bathroom and made modern. But my biggest regret was the 40s or 50s kitchen. We took down beautiful wallpaper, removed original lighting, painted beautiful wood cabinets and changed hardware, and worst of all laid granite tile over the original countertops. Looking back I would die for the that home in original condition:( I just didn’t know better and was young and wanted modern style.
Emily, it happens. My parents destroyed a pink and black tile bathroom in my childhood home. At the time, I was happy to see it go because I was embarrassed by how old it was and it compounded the feeling of bring poor and living in a tiny old house. Hindsight, I can appreciate and mourn the beauty of that old bathroom but it just didn't serve at the time. It was hard for my mom to keep clean and I'm pretty sure I remember that the tile was starting to crack in places. You did the best you could with the knowledge and resources you had! Your current bathroom looks cute and functional. Nice job!
You did what you thought was best at the time. You still managed to give your bathroom a vintage feel which fits the rest of your house. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. 😁😁😁
I love that you saved the vanity and hardware. We’re in a very similar situation, pink and blue tile bathroom with no shower. The tub is square and near the door, not in a spot where we could just add a shower head. It’s not functional for humans, but makes a good dog bath!
Everyone makes mistakes in their youth that aren't happy memories years later. It's totally understandable that you did what you thought was right at the time, and besides, what young girl buys a house at that age! You deserve worlds of credit for all that you've accomplished. You have a good eye for just the right collectibles for your new/old bathroom - it's beautiful! Your shower is almost maintenance free - a big plus. Your mint green was also popular in the 60's, and it all looks so fresh and clean. God bless you!! You've done a wonderful job, and I have a very critical eye. 😉
Emily. I'm telling you to let go. There are so many lessons we have to learn. I love your choices. Americans are so good at doing thier own work and up cycling. It's honestly so cool how much you upcycle. You are also so lovely. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I grew up in a mint green and brown Formica bathroom. I loved ❤ everything about it and the entire beautiful home, since my late Parents built it by themselves. Unfortunately, I was forced to sale it, after my Father passed away. My siblings didn’t share the same love about it. The new owners tore it down to build a mansion. 💔😭 It will always be one of mine life’s major heartaches. 😔 I have the happy memories to look back upon.
“Put on glasses of understanding”. Oh my gosh - hysterical. I think your devotion to the vintage rescue and revival far outweighs your pink purge. Love, enjoy and embrace. You, like your bathroom, are darling (I love the ledge ☺️).
I purchased my first home, a 1960s home, at 21 y.o. My husband and I tore out our bathtub for a remodel and instantly regretted it. Like your tub, it was extremely heavy. We did use it for a time as it was a 'soaker' size and retained heat, and I mistakenly thought all modern tubs were like that. If we could do it over, we would have had it 'refinished,' but we did not know there were businesses out there that refinished the old heavy tubs.
I think you did a great job. Don't worry about what anyone thinks or says. You like it, and that's all that matters. I grew up with a pink and green tiled bathroom. Of course, I didn't appreciate it, then. How could I have known? I wish I had it now, though.
I feel your pain, pink bathrooms are very hard to put in now, plus they add tens of thousands to the house value as many of us know you can't get them anymore. I did a number of things when I was young and didn't know more about the consequences, wish I could take them back; but what I do is try to save as much from milk-paint and landfills as I can, even if I can't use it I know where to find people who will treasure old things, and maybe someday someone will gift you with a lovely colored bathroom trio and you can have that vintage bathroom ; ) Your channel is always a delight, and I am sure this video will save many pink/blue/green/yellow bathrooms. It was good and brave of you to share your mistake.
Omg thank you so much 😭😭😭 I hope it saves even one person from my mistake!!! I agree, everything kept out of the landfill is a huge win. Keep up the good work!!! 🥳
Emily ! Seriously, who could be upset with you !!! I am a vintage lover too. But I would have done the same thing. Note, I am 66 and have made a lot of mistakes. But that is how we learn and sometimes you have to be practical. It is what it is.....and I LOVE YOUR BATHROOM TODAY💚💚💚💚💚it is perfect!!!! Actually I love your whole house and think you have a sweet personality. Especially love how you honor your grandparent, as I am a grandma to 5❤. Anyway. No pitch forks here😊
Awwww thank you SO much, Linda!!! 🥹💕 You’re the sweetest and I agree, I’ve definitely learned from my mistake but plan on making many more 🤣 Congrats on being a grandma to 5 🥲
Emily, your entire house is adorable. I would’ve ripped out the pink fixtures as well, and I LOVE pink. If it’s stained or broken, it may cost a heck of a lot more to restore it. We had a metal claw foot tub growing up and my Mom replaced it. That for me, was a HUGE mistake. Oh well.
I totally like the replacements and for the reasons you have given. I agree with someone else that said to use that same pink color somewhere in the bathroom...if you ever get tired of the green, I think that woodwork would be adorable in that pink color.
or paint the walls above the beadboard the actual pink that the tub and toilet were...then make curtains and shower curtain out of sheets in the the mint and pink colors.
I was in your old bathroom before you renovated and this is so much better! Just because something is vintage, doesn't mean it's always great - especially when you're talking cracked sinks and old toilets (hooray that you didn't make a planter out of your pink toilet in the back yard - haha!). I absolutely love your renovation - it's fresh and has plenty of vintage vibes! - Love you, Mom
Aww love that your Mom has your back.❤ Honestly I probably would have done the same thing in my very early 20's. Even if you had known what your future style would be it would have cost more to preserve that look then what you could afford at the time. At the age of 20 my greatgrandma gave me her Japanese stoneware dishes with orange and yellow flowers. At the time I thought it was hideous and only used it for a short time until I could afford something new. I didn't think about how I wouldn't have my sweet grandma forever and I never would have known that yellow and orange would evolve into my two most favorite colors to decorate with. Lesson learned.
First if all..why would anyone be rude??? Can't wrap my head around it!!! Had a similar situation...1935 house...bathtub...no shower...no tile or backsplash around tub...also, it was original tub...kept tub, added new plumbing and tile backsplash...it had to be done...it was just a messy, mushy, sad looking bathtub area. Sometimes it is just necessary!!! Oh, and by the way...your new/old bathroom is adorable!!! 🚽🚿🛀🛁💚🏡
I would do the same, you have to do what’s best for you and your house. It’s a bummer and to lose the tub to pieces, but I understand. Linoleum is the best!! Eco friendly and doesn’t off gas.
We do what we need to do. I sold my late 60's home to a friend. My kid's Jack & Jill Bathroom was lime green and bright yellow. I asked my friend to allow me to have the fixtures if they redid the bathroom. The lamps were yellow daisy globes! The first thing they renovated, the bathroom! She saved nothing. I could not even bear to visit.
I think you did GREAT!!! I love the mint bead board and wonder if you could pick up more of that color in a few places to make the color more purposeful…maybe in a sheet shower curtain (as someone suggested) with some flowers of that color…this will probably be unpopular, but I think the mirrors painted that color could make the whole sink area look like a 50’s bathroom design magazine ad 🤷
Bathrooms need to be fresh and water resistant. Toilets need to be efficient. If tile is cracked and the backing spongy etc then you can only do so much. Dirty old fixtures sometimes just have to go. You can buy a pink tub again or just paint it all pink sometime. It's cute as it is now.
Emily, I love your bathroom! I love the mint bead board and the ledge you made and the lazy Susan. I especially like the planter on the lazy Susan for your toothpaste, so cute! In our first house, we too destroyed a white cast iron tub. We had three small children we bathed all the time in it and it was old, scratched and stained so it looked gross and felt unclean for our babes. My dad came over after the fact and just made us feel like crap for destroying it and I felt worse when my friend told me they had theirs painted to look new. Oh well you live and learn. At the time we just wanted something new and clean looking and I didn’t even think of painting it.
Well that’s not cool they made you feel like crap!! Especially with kids I get why you would feel like you need something safer. Plus kids could hit their heads on it and that’s not as forgiving as plastic 🤣
Now you've told the whole story I understand. A vintage bath and sink without the tiles and matching toilet. Make no sense. Ok you could have donated to a shop?? Really, with the weight of that thing? How would you have done that? Pay the plummers more money and transport?? Its not realistic. You kept what was beautiful, the vanity. And the rest was really nothing worth breaking your head over. Forget it let it go, and rest in peace. ❤🕊
Aww, I hope you don’t well on it too much!! And it’s not really irreversible entirely. If you really want to one day, you can remodel and bring back the pink. It may not be a conventional project but I believe it can be done.
Not everything old is good! I love your current bathroom; it has so much character. Given the number of homes in this country, I am convinced that hundreds of thousands of them probably still have vintage colored bathrooms. You haven't made them extinct! :)
Your new bath is charming. But, I’ll have to say the original bath was way cuter!! I get you have to match functionality and design. But ugh can’t believe that pink tub went for the plastic shower. Sucks you could have upgraded the plumbing then done some pink tile and been done!! But maybe you can throw some retro charm back in when you’re ready to upgrade from the plastic!!
I definitely won’t waste my shower surround by replacing it because that’s a whole other waste. But I will keep this lesson in mind for the next home I buy!
I love those mirrors!! I remember those towels years ago. I love pink sink, tub, and toilet but you're right about the toilet it took a lot of water. Your bathroom is still very nice!❤
My mom still has the original pink tile bathroom in her home. It’s adorable! I love what you have done, it’s so cheerful and nostalgic! Also, I’m totally putting a brick in my toilets..I never thought of that but I sure have noticed how much water is wasted. Brilliant! Thanks for the tip. ❤
I love your Bathroom! Love the colors! My house was built in the early 60’s! I have a white cast iron tub original to the house! I would really love to have it taken out and have a shower put in! Vintage is always not the best all the time! We had our toilet changed out also and love it! It sits taller so it helps as we age! Lol I think you done the right thing! Love your bathroom!❤️🥰👍
Just because the tub was pink doesn’t mean it should be saved if it was impractical or in really bad shape. I grew up in an old house and love them and we had a black and white tile bathroom but hated scrubbing the grout around all that tile.
I think you did an amazing job making it functional and cute and adding touches that help it go with the rest of your vintage house! I love that you showed some less expensive ways to make a bathroom cute it feels so real and not sterile and unattainable like some bathroom renos I see! I think the less expensive options for flooring and counters make so much sense and look so good as well! I'm so glad you shared. I've also seen that some companies are making new colored sinks/toilets! Would love to hear what ideas you have to make a house built in the 90's with oak trim go with vintage decor if you have any!
Hi Jamie! I’m so glad you found it inspiring!!! 🥳 90s oak trim and cabinets were in my parents house and they painted it all white. You could always paint a fun color too. I sat with my wood doors, trim, and closets for a long time and once I incorporated vintage pieces the wood look actually grew on me (and maybe it would for you with the right styling). But if you hate wood definitely give it a paint ☺️
@@emilyretro I love the look of white but I don't think I'm ready to commit to painting it all! I have owned this house for 16 years! I'm more looking at ways to keep the wood and have it flow well with the rest of the decor. I also don't like when parts of a house have painted trim and parts have wood - another reason i want to keep the wood! Thanks for all your ideas!
I am nostalgic for my Grammy’s pink bathroom… she even had pink toilet paper😂 You did great with your reno Emily! I love the vintage towels and all of your treasures too🥰 Also, could everyone please get a pair of “Glasses of Understanding”. 😁
Love your channel and blog. You asked what I would have done. I love the Vintage pink and would probably have kept it. They say hindsight is 20/20 though. Don’t beat yourself up over it, it’s cute. I love the vintage pond jar on display 😊
Hahaha the ponds aren’t vintage they’re new from the store. I use them daily 😂😂😂 But I agree they’re vintage inspired! And so true, hindsight is 20/20 ☺️💕
I like your upgrades. It's much more functional, cleaner, and yet still conveys a vintage vibe. Some things just need to be upgraded. 22 year old Emily was a smart woman. 🙂
I bought a home when I was 19. I liked vintage but didn’t love it yet. We gutted the blue bathroom and made modern. But my biggest regret was the 40s or 50s kitchen. We took down beautiful wallpaper, removed original lighting, painted beautiful wood cabinets and changed hardware, and worst of all laid granite tile over the original countertops. Looking back I would die for the that home in original condition:( I just didn’t know better and was young and wanted modern style.
Emily, it happens. My parents destroyed a pink and black tile bathroom in my childhood home. At the time, I was happy to see it go because I was embarrassed by how old it was and it compounded the feeling of bring poor and living in a tiny old house. Hindsight, I can appreciate and mourn the beauty of that old bathroom but it just didn't serve at the time. It was hard for my mom to keep clean and I'm pretty sure I remember that the tile was starting to crack in places. You did the best you could with the knowledge and resources you had! Your current bathroom looks cute and functional. Nice job!
Aw thank you so much for sharing about your childhood bathroom, it sounds lovely! Your words are very wise and I appreciate your insight ☺️💕
You did what you thought was best at the time. You still managed to give your bathroom a vintage feel which fits the rest of your house. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. 😁😁😁
Sometimes you have to be practical over nostalgic. I wouldn’t have kept stained things either. And the wall around the tub sounded really gross.
Yeah it definitely was gross. Thank you for understanding 😂💕
I love that you saved the vanity and hardware. We’re in a very similar situation, pink and blue tile bathroom with no shower. The tub is square and near the door, not in a spot where we could just add a shower head. It’s not functional for humans, but makes a good dog bath!
You made the right decisions. Sadly not everything can be saved.
Very true 🥲
Everyone makes mistakes in their youth that aren't happy memories years later. It's totally understandable that you did what you thought was right at the time, and besides, what young girl buys a house at that age! You deserve worlds of credit for all that you've accomplished. You have a good eye for just the right collectibles for your new/old bathroom - it's beautiful! Your shower is almost maintenance free - a big plus. Your mint green was also popular in the 60's, and it all looks so fresh and clean. God bless you!! You've done a wonderful job, and I have a very critical eye. 😉
We all have renovation regrets. Time to let go- you have a pretty, functional bathroom.
Emily. I'm telling you to let go. There are so many lessons we have to learn. I love your choices. Americans are so good at doing thier own work and up cycling. It's honestly so cool how much you upcycle. You are also so lovely. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awwww thanks so much, Sam! I love Upcycling it’s one of my favorite things 🥲 this video is definitely helping me let it go 🤣
I grew up in a mint green and brown Formica bathroom. I loved ❤ everything about it and the entire beautiful home, since my late Parents built it by themselves. Unfortunately, I was forced to sale it, after my Father passed away. My siblings didn’t share the same love about it. The new owners tore it down to build a mansion. 💔😭 It will always be one of mine life’s major heartaches. 😔 I have the happy memories to look back upon.
“Put on glasses of understanding”. Oh my gosh - hysterical. I think your devotion to the vintage rescue and revival far outweighs your pink purge. Love, enjoy and embrace. You, like your bathroom, are darling (I love the ledge ☺️).
Awwww thank you SOOO much!!! Yeah everyone needs glasses of understanding 🤣
I love both. The way it was and the way it is now. It is unique to your style, and it's perfect. You did a great job. 👍 💐
So many cute items, and a cheerful color scheme! I love the yellow tackle box. Thanks for sharing the tip about the brick!
I purchased my first home, a 1960s home, at 21 y.o. My husband and I tore out our bathtub for a remodel and instantly regretted it. Like your tub, it was extremely heavy. We did use it for a time as it was a 'soaker' size and retained heat, and I mistakenly thought all modern tubs were like that. If we could do it over, we would have had it 'refinished,' but we did not know there were businesses out there that refinished the old heavy tubs.
And MAJOR props to you for buying a house at 22!!!!!!!!! I was like 30 when I bought my condo!
Thank you so much!!! It was my only goal as a kid 🤣🤣🤣 no career dreams just buy a house haha
Cute bathroom! Liked the ledge you installed. Do not blame you for changing out the tub and toilet…still looks vintage.
I think you did a great job. Don't worry about what anyone thinks or says. You like it, and that's all that matters. I grew up with a pink and green tiled bathroom. Of course, I didn't appreciate it, then. How could I have known? I wish I had it now, though.
So true it’s hard to appreciate old things when you have no idea how special they are. A pink and green bathroom sounds lovely 🤩
Sometimes as much as our heart wants to keep something, we have to be practical ❤
So true 🥲💕
I probably would have gotten rid of the old stuff. There are some things where function is more important than keeping vintage in my opinion
I totally agree I feel that way in a kitchen too like a fridge and dishwasher. Thanks for sharing ☺️💕
I love your bathroom! Especially the mint green :)
Thanks so much, Beth ☺️💕
It’s great! Don’t worry about rude people!
Thanks, Helen! ☺️
Love my 1969 pink bathroom, probably same big cast iron tub! Thanks for sharing your appreciation of things past ;)
I feel your pain, pink bathrooms are very hard to put in now, plus they add tens of thousands to the house value as many of us know you can't get them anymore. I did a number of things when I was young and didn't know more about the consequences, wish I could take them back; but what I do is try to save as much from milk-paint and landfills as I can, even if I can't use it I know where to find people who will treasure old things, and maybe someday someone will gift you with a lovely colored bathroom trio and you can have that vintage bathroom ; ) Your channel is always a delight, and I am sure this video will save many pink/blue/green/yellow bathrooms. It was good and brave of you to share your mistake.
Omg thank you so much 😭😭😭 I hope it saves even one person from my mistake!!! I agree, everything kept out of the landfill is a huge win. Keep up the good work!!! 🥳
Emily ! Seriously, who could be upset with you !!! I am a vintage lover too. But I would have done the same thing. Note, I am 66 and have made a lot of mistakes. But that is how we learn and sometimes you have to be practical. It is what it is.....and I LOVE YOUR BATHROOM TODAY💚💚💚💚💚it is perfect!!!! Actually I love your whole house and think you have a sweet personality. Especially love how you honor your grandparent, as I am a grandma to 5❤. Anyway. No pitch forks here😊
Awwww thank you SO much, Linda!!! 🥹💕 You’re the sweetest and I agree, I’ve definitely learned from my mistake but plan on making many more 🤣 Congrats on being a grandma to 5 🥲
Emily, your entire house is adorable. I would’ve ripped out the pink fixtures as well, and I LOVE pink. If it’s stained or broken, it may cost a heck of a lot more to restore it. We had a metal claw foot tub growing up and my Mom replaced it. That for me, was a HUGE mistake. Oh well.
I love vintage. But some things are better new. Bathrooms are one of those things!
Thanks for sharing 💕
It looks great and you brought in some fun vintage design. Luv it!
I totally like the replacements and for the reasons you have given. I agree with someone else that said to use that same pink color somewhere in the bathroom...if you ever get tired of the green, I think that woodwork would be adorable in that pink color.
or paint the walls above the beadboard the actual pink that the tub and toilet were...then make curtains and shower curtain out of sheets in the the mint and pink colors.
Great idea, I agree the beadboard would look so cute in pink 🥹
I was in your old bathroom before you renovated and this is so much better! Just because something is vintage, doesn't mean it's always great - especially when you're talking cracked sinks and old toilets (hooray that you didn't make a planter out of your pink toilet in the back yard - haha!). I absolutely love your renovation - it's fresh and has plenty of vintage vibes! - Love you, Mom
HAHAHAHAHA Now I have to have a vintage toilet as a planter. Just for you, Mom! 🤣🤣🤣
Aww love that your Mom has your back.❤ Honestly I probably would have done the same thing in my very early 20's. Even if you had known what your future style would be it would have cost more to preserve that look then what you could afford at the time. At the age of 20 my greatgrandma gave me her Japanese stoneware dishes with orange and yellow flowers. At the time I thought it was hideous and only used it for a short time until I could afford something new. I didn't think about how I wouldn't have my sweet grandma forever and I never would have known that yellow and orange would evolve into my two most favorite colors to decorate with. Lesson learned.
First if all..why would anyone be rude??? Can't wrap my head around it!!! Had a similar situation...1935 house...bathtub...no shower...no tile or backsplash around tub...also, it was original tub...kept tub, added new plumbing and tile backsplash...it had to be done...it was just a messy, mushy, sad looking bathtub area. Sometimes it is just necessary!!! Oh, and by the way...your new/old bathroom is adorable!!! 🚽🚿🛀🛁💚🏡
Thank you so much and I agree with your decision too! Nothing feels better than a fresh and new bathroom ☺️
I would do the same, you have to do what’s best for you and your house. It’s a bummer and to lose the tub to pieces, but I understand. Linoleum is the best!! Eco friendly and doesn’t off gas.
YES I’m so glad someone else appreciates linoleum 😂😂😂 and thanks for the support ☺️💕
Your bathroom is darling!
I love the way it looks now! Even though it’s not the original fixtures it makes a lot of sense why you chose to update them. ❤
Thank you so much for understanding 🥹🥲💕
We do what we need to do. I sold my late 60's home to a friend. My kid's Jack & Jill Bathroom was lime green and bright yellow. I asked my friend to allow me to have the fixtures if they redid the bathroom. The lamps were yellow daisy globes! The first thing they renovated, the bathroom! She saved nothing. I could not even bear to visit.
AW HOW SAD 😭😭😭😭😭 Now I have to look up daisy globes online those sound incredible 🥹🥹🥹
I think you did GREAT!!! I love the mint bead board and wonder if you could pick up more of that color in a few places to make the color more purposeful…maybe in a sheet shower curtain (as someone suggested) with some flowers of that color…this will probably be unpopular, but I think the mirrors painted that color could make the whole sink area look like a 50’s bathroom design magazine ad 🤷
We have the exact same bathroom flooring!! 🤩 love it!
YAYYYYYY ITS THE BEST 👏👏👏
I love the bathroom!! Good choices Emily!!
Aw thanks, Alicia! 🥲💕
Bathrooms need to be fresh and water resistant. Toilets need to be efficient. If tile is cracked and the backing spongy etc then you can only do so much. Dirty old fixtures sometimes just have to go. You can buy a pink tub again or just paint it all pink sometime. It's cute as it is now.
Thanks so much for your wise words!! ☺️
Emily, I love your bathroom! I love the mint bead board and the ledge you made and the lazy Susan. I especially like the planter on the lazy Susan for your toothpaste, so cute! In our first house, we too destroyed a white cast iron tub. We had three small children we bathed all the time in it and it was old, scratched and stained so it looked gross and felt unclean for our babes. My dad came over after the fact and just made us feel like crap for destroying it and I felt worse when my friend told me they had theirs painted to look new. Oh well you live and learn. At the time we just wanted something new and clean looking and I didn’t even think of painting it.
Well that’s not cool they made you feel like crap!! Especially with kids I get why you would feel like you need something safer. Plus kids could hit their heads on it and that’s not as forgiving as plastic 🤣
Also, every thing looks awesome ❤
Thanks, Jennifer 💕
By the way I love how you matched your dress with your bathroom 🟢💚
Aw I’m so glad someone noticed! ☺️💕
Now you've told the whole story I understand. A vintage bath and sink without the tiles and matching toilet. Make no sense. Ok you could have donated to a shop?? Really, with the weight of that thing? How would you have done that? Pay the plummers more money and transport?? Its not realistic. You kept what was beautiful, the vanity. And the rest was really nothing worth breaking your head over. Forget it let it go, and rest in peace. ❤🕊
Very true. The sink could definitely have been donated at the least. The video has helped me find peace ☺️💕
Aww, I hope you don’t well on it too much!! And it’s not really irreversible entirely. If you really want to one day, you can remodel and bring back the pink. It may not be a conventional project but I believe it can be done.
It definitely could but I don’t want to waste what I put into the bathroom now. But maybe moving forward whenever I buy my next house ☺️
I love the mint color!❤❤
Thanks, Joanna ☺️💕
Not everything old is good! I love your current bathroom; it has so much character. Given the number of homes in this country, I am convinced that hundreds of thousands of them probably still have vintage colored bathrooms. You haven't made them extinct! :)
Yes this is soooo true!!!!!!
Aw that’s so true and a great perspective, thank you! 🥹💕
It's great 👍 👌
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I love your bathroom! Thanks for the brick tip and the reusable “paper” towel idea!!
You’re so welcome!!! If you want to look them up, the technical name is “unpaper towels” that’s how I found a tutorial on Pinterest ☺️
Your new bath is charming. But, I’ll have to say the original bath was way cuter!! I get you have to match functionality and design. But ugh can’t believe that pink tub went for the plastic shower. Sucks you could have upgraded the plumbing then done some pink tile and been done!! But maybe you can throw some retro charm back in when you’re ready to upgrade from the plastic!!
I definitely won’t waste my shower surround by replacing it because that’s a whole other waste. But I will keep this lesson in mind for the next home I buy!
I love those mirrors!! I remember those towels years ago. I love pink sink, tub, and toilet but you're right about the toilet it took a lot of water. Your bathroom is still very nice!❤
Thanks so much, Janie! Appreciate you ☺️💕
You could always paint the walls the same pink to pay homage to the orig bathroom. Would go really cute with the aqua.
That’s a great idea ☺️💕
Great colors and looks very clean.
Thanks I just cleaned it before the video 🤣💕
My mom still has the original pink tile bathroom in her home. It’s adorable! I love what you have done, it’s so cheerful and nostalgic! Also, I’m totally putting a brick in my toilets..I never thought of that but I sure have noticed how much water is wasted. Brilliant! Thanks for the tip. ❤
It still a beautiful vintage bathroom Emily. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Aw thank you, Sergio! ☺️
I love your Bathroom! Love the colors! My house was built in the early 60’s! I have a white cast iron tub original to the house! I would really love to have it taken out and have a shower put in! Vintage is always not the best all the time! We had our toilet changed out also and love it! It sits taller so it helps as we age! Lol I think you done the right thing! Love your bathroom!❤️🥰👍
Omg we have such a similar house!!! Thanks for sharing how you are/plan to change it! I agree with the taller toilet thing 🤣🤣🤣
I love your bathroom, I was just imagining a vintage sheet for a shower curtain, you’d need a liner as well.
I really should do that!! Great idea ☺️💕
Just because the tub was pink doesn’t mean it should be saved if it was impractical or in really bad shape. I grew up in an old house and love them and we had a black and white tile bathroom but hated scrubbing the grout around all that tile.
What is the brand and color you used for the boards
I think you did an amazing job making it functional and cute and adding touches that help it go with the rest of your vintage house! I love that you showed some less expensive ways to make a bathroom cute it feels so real and not sterile and unattainable like some bathroom renos I see! I think the less expensive options for flooring and counters make so much sense and look so good as well! I'm so glad you shared. I've also seen that some companies are making new colored sinks/toilets! Would love to hear what ideas you have to make a house built in the 90's with oak trim go with vintage decor if you have any!
Hi Jamie! I’m so glad you found it inspiring!!! 🥳 90s oak trim and cabinets were in my parents house and they painted it all white. You could always paint a fun color too. I sat with my wood doors, trim, and closets for a long time and once I incorporated vintage pieces the wood look actually grew on me (and maybe it would for you with the right styling). But if you hate wood definitely give it a paint ☺️
@@emilyretro I love the look of white but I don't think I'm ready to commit to painting it all! I have owned this house for 16 years! I'm more looking at ways to keep the wood and have it flow well with the rest of the decor. I also don't like when parts of a house have painted trim and parts have wood - another reason i want to keep the wood! Thanks for all your ideas!
I am nostalgic for my Grammy’s pink bathroom… she even had pink toilet paper😂 You did great with your reno Emily! I love the vintage towels and all of your treasures too🥰
Also, could everyone please get a pair of “Glasses of Understanding”. 😁
Hahahaha yes please!!! 🤣 your Grammy’s bathroom sounds amazing. Did you see IKEA just came out with pink toilet paper?! I want some so bad 😭😂
I love your bathroom. Sure it would be great to save the pink stuff but in my opinion- you had good reason for the changes
OKAY THANK YOU 😭😭😭 it feels good thank you feel that way 😂 thanks for sharing haha
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We all have regrets about stuff. Just accept you are human and move on!! It looks great!!
Very true!!! 😂💕
I just feel sorry for you that must hurt in hindsight, you don't need to apologize to your viewers. The internet is ridiculous sometimes
Very true 🙄
Love your channel and blog. You asked what I would have done. I love the Vintage pink and would probably have kept it. They say hindsight is 20/20 though. Don’t beat yourself up over it, it’s cute. I love the vintage pond jar on display 😊
Hahaha the ponds aren’t vintage they’re new from the store. I use them daily 😂😂😂 But I agree they’re vintage inspired! And so true, hindsight is 20/20 ☺️💕
@@emilyretro I thought maybe they were new after I had already made the comment lol wasn’t sure how to edit. Still they look cute ;-)
I like your upgrades. It's much more functional, cleaner, and yet still conveys a vintage vibe. Some things just need to be upgraded. 22 year old Emily was a smart woman. 🙂
THANK YOU 🥹🥲😭 you’re so kind 😭😭😭💕
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Your bathroom is great! How did I miss that lazy Susan, I think we shop a lot of the same stores
I actually found the lazy Susan at a goodwill in south haven when I went down there for the day ☺️ It’s a cutie!
@@emilyretro oh I love that goodwill
People make way worse decisions as young adults. Please sleep easy about this one💖
Hahahaha so true 🤣🤣🤣
I’m just going to bite my tongue on this one.