I've always said that I was born in the wrong time era I love the old sturdy furniture when it was built to last. I will take old & antiques over modern any day of the week.
The beauty of the contemporary age, you can still enjoy those things, you may have to hunt them down, but you would still be able to procure items for your house.
I much prefer having a stand-up shower, but I do miss a deeper tub. The ones after 1970 tend to be very shallow. The best one had was from 1930. It was much deeper and bigger than a claw foot, which really aren't that big, and, though we did not have one, was positioned so that a shower could be used with it.
My Grandmother had a beautiful mint green bathroom. The sun used to come directly thru the bathroom window and light it up. Whenever I see those tiles, I always think of her and staying at her house sometimes on weekends. Precious memories, still miss her.
Our bathroom was that mint green too! I grew up in the 60’s & for a long time we didn’t have air conditioning either so the sparkling clean bathroom had a pretty smell then that people miss out on today! ✌️
My mom's parents' bathroom was mint green and there was a blade slot in their medicine cabinet. I remember the bladed safety razors my grandpa used, along with the cup he had for mixing his shave cream in that he applied with a brush. I used to like the smell for some reason but then we loved Grandpa a lot because though he wasn't touchy, he was kind, compassionate and fun to be around.
My Grandma Zilk had the exact pink bathroom at 1:07. She even had pink toilet paper and a doll with a pink and white knitted dress to cover the extra TP.
Some of the bathroom features mentioned are still commonplace in other parts of the world, they're super practical especially in small spaces after all.
When I recently renovated my bathroom, I filled a quart container with old razor blades that were in the wall. After replacing the wall, i reinstalled the old medicine cabinet with the razor slot, which i actually use.
Modern bathtubs only hold like a couple of inches of water before they drain so it's no wonder these tubs are coming back in style. People are tired of a shallow tiny bathtub
We have baseboard heat. It's much better than the old radiators we used to have. Hot air is good just to take the chill off, but it blows cold at first, and the second it goes off, it's cold instantly. I was just thinking, though, I'm surprised none of us hit our heads against the radiator. Our beds were right next to them and we rough housed a lot. A girl I went to school with got a black eye from one.
My mom had a modern-ish pull chain toilet. It was made in the 80’s. She loved that toilet and was so sad when she had to sell her home due to declining health.
I remember the razor blade slot in my grandfather's house. My other grandparents had a claw-foot tub. Only our European relatives had chain-pull toilets. Our 1960s bathroom was blue porcelain. Our very modern home has medicine cabinets in every bathroom. I miss soap dish inserts! (But I do appreciate liquid soap.)
My mother’s bathroom, built in 61, has the soap and cup mounted holders in a pinkish tan. We use the soap holder for the scrub brush and the cup and tooth brush holder is for her toothbrushes and cup. I’ll check the medicine cabinet for the razor slot, I think it’s there. As a home health aide I’ve seen a lot of 50’s bathrooms with the mint green and pink. Even seen well working pull chain toilets in some of the older farmhouses of clients. They work well.
Yeah... I've never seen a house without a wall mounted medicine cabinet, so I don't know what this video is referencing. Maybe heavily minimalistic modern designs?
I have a pink steel tub and pink toilet, which I love. Unfortunately, my pink sink was removed before I moved in, and replaced with a new vanity. I used to work in the plumbing and heating industry. You’d be surprised by how many things on this list are still sold every single day. I also used to work at Restoration Hardware, and many people bought all the matching bathroom pieces, including soap dishes and cup holders. Except for a few things on this list, most are still around.
My father was a carpenter contractor that built many of the homes we lived in. My mother insisted on putting carpet in the bathroom during the 1970's. It got moldy and had to be torn out within a year. My father told her that was going to happen, but she wouldn't listen. It got replaced with vinyl flooring.
Never store medications in the bathroom, it damages the medications due to the heat and dampness so they don't work properly or at all. Store them away from heat and moisture. Unless they require refrigeration, don't put them in the fridge either.
I grew up in old houses with porcelain tile floors in the bathrooms and kitchens. We also had claw foot tubs, pedestal sinks and either built-in linen closets or linen closets in the hallway. I sure do miss all that. A friend of mine also renovated his 4 story main bathroom by putting hot water pipes under the floor that he then retiled as it had been with penny tiles.
I am as well my kids thought it was hysterically funny, me moaning the doddering old people . Who would go out in the car never going over thirty you would die. All down to the air rushing past you couldn’t breathe. I think mum and dreaded her coming. Five children the youngsters being six
The eldest being 18 not many understood his sense of humour. A bit like mine it’s now in fact for a long time just the one line. My mouth says it before giving the brain time to catch up.
I still have the lime green tile in the bathroom of my 1960s Florida house. I had to replace the fixtures, but I love my green tile with its black trim. It still has its original black mounted cup holder and soap dish.
My bathroom has two medicine cabinets and a clawfoot 'slipper' tub. The house was built in 2007 and the bathroom remodeled about six years ago (the 'garden' tub was removed and a cast-iron clawfoot tub was installed).
x Love that claw foot tub! x Those penny floor tiles are fascinating! x I really like laundry shoots! x That's the first time I have ever seen retractable clotheslines, they look awesome!
In our house in the late 50's and early 60's they had electric heaters built into the wall next to the bathtub! Once I got cold bathing as a kid, stood up in a tub of water and reached to turn on the heater. Somehow I got out alive. Who thought up that great idea?
8:13 - My main bathroom is directly above my laundry room and I think about a laundry chute every time I shower there. But my home was built in the early 90's so the chute was long gone. That's the feature I miss the most. My grandmother's house had one and it was perfect.
We had carpet in the master bathroom in the house I grew up in, but it was only laid down, not tacked or otherwise anchored, and specifically designed for the purpose, using mold and mildew proof materials and a waterproof rubber backing.
At 1:38 ..oh god...I remember when we had carpeting in the bathroom and kitchen in the 70's when I was a teen...water would cause mold and stench..it was terrible...
My parents bought their first home when Dad got out of the army. Bathroom had carpet for a whole day. Mom had the stinky mess pulled out first day. 1968.
The house I grew up in had a razor blade slot, laundry chute into the basement, and a milk carton receptacle for milk deliveries! We did regularly use the laundry chute
I loved this video! From pastel colors to small details like wall-mounted cup holders - it really showed the beauty and practicality of old designs. Hope you make more videos on vintage interior features!
I enjoyed the video. Historically accurate. We are actually starting a complete bathroom remodel in a week or two with an estimated 6-8 week completion. We have updated the master bathroom but this is a complete demolition and rebuild. It prompted my interest in this video.
I grew up in a house built in 1920. I hated the claw tub, sink with separate hot and water faucets, gas space heater, wire soap dish that hung on the tub side, linoleum, no showers, wood floors. House was too old for a medicine cabinet. My uncle’s toilet leaked and floor under the linoleum rotted. He was sitting on the toilet when it fell through the floor!
@@Laura-bi5dc Except for the humiliation, he was fine. He then rebuilt his entire house from the ground up, and added a garage and garage apartment, with the reluctant help of 2 teenaged sons. He was a great woodworker. He just should have started his remodeling several years sooner. It was one of our best family stories.
I have four of these things in the bathroom of my 1920s home. Some are beloved quarks of our home and others... well, they won't last through the next remodel
I have a claw foot tub which has been fitted with a shower head, some time in it's 100 year service. It works fine, but the original porcelain glaze has been eroded away on the bottom by the feet of my predecessors, the building is celebrating its 100th birthday.
I'm pretty sure that the real reason why medicine cabinets are no longer used in bathrooms is because you shouldn't be storing medicine in humid, hot environments, like a bathroom. Most labels read to store in cool, dry environments. Therefore a medicine cabinet should be located in a place that has consistent temperature control. Which is why I believe that many people started to store their medicine in the kitchen cabinets. I would still be some temperature fluctuation, but at least it's not humid
A lot of older Seattle apartments still have radiators as the only source of heat. They do a great job, keep the air moist in winter and best of all, the steam heat they produce is CHEAP. When I had radiators (in the early 2000s), my friends were paying through the nose for gas or electric heating, but I only paid around $11 a month! It's probably more, now.
I much prefer baseboard heat. Do you get your steam from city pipes? Is that's why it's cheap? Because our oil bill was always high because of the heat. It was about the same at the time for gas/hot air.
Why are the majority of your images modern designs rather than the vintage things you are discussing? I thought that is what I would be seeing coming to a video about old bathroom features. I was disappointed not to see more of the older items.
What are you guys complaining about? When they said something, I saw a picture it. Were you looking for a what bathrooms looked like in Victorian houses or something? I’m sure there’s a video for that. Complainers gotta complain about something🙄. Man. Get a life. Seriously. Make your own video.
When we retiled around our bathtub, we eliminated the built in soap dish. I have a retractable clothesline outside. I hang out laundry whenever possible; it smell so nice. I never knew anyone who had a built in radio. Tank top shelves, we have a cabinet we bought at a second hand store
I never even heard of the medicine cabinet radio. I know a lot of people who have redone their bathrooms, or bought new houses, and they all have soap dishes.
Carpets in kitchen areas as well. My bathroom is pink, brown and pastel blue.. the house was built in 1948. Yes the razor slot is there as well. Pedestal sink as well.. cedar lined small closets. Sculptued all wool carpets (had to be moth treated every Six months. In the south ,knotty pine kitchens and dens. Glass door knobs. Central attick fans. The soap dishes are chrome in my home. But this is the last week of these features.. 3 thousand sq feet in 1948 was massive. In 2024 it's cozy.. I am adding a 3 car garage with a apartment above it if I could I would keep the 2 original bathrooms. The red laminate and aluminum trim are going to be no more. Sadly the house 22:26 is on 4 acres and has to be renovated. Not because I don't like the house.I can no longer deal with the 30 calls a day asking to buy it . renovated it will be a million dollars. The land is what the corporate interest want. I really don't want a Mc masion. But I am being forced to. . Sadly the house bought in 1968 for 35,000.00 without renovations would be torn down and multiple houses built on it.
My mother insisted on keeping a carpet in her bathroom and toilet right until she moved into a care home. When we bought our first house in 1976 there was a clawfoot tub in there as the original bathroom was still there. We had it taken out and an avocado green (ugh) bathroom put in as it was the height of fashion at the time.
I think that whole carpeted bathroom trend was a planned fail on the designers part. They knew that it would get yucky in short order and then you would have to pay a ton of money to the same people to fix it.
I have a modern cast iron claw foot tub I had installed when I built my home. Although the builder told me it took two men and a mule to move it to the second floor, I'm not sorry. I love soaking in it.
Avocado green and Harvest Gold. I had bought a Harvest Gold side by side fridge when my husband and I rented a house when I was 22. Thought I was all fancy-schmancy in 1980!!
I don’t understand your reasoning behind things though. I don’t have a soap dish in my shower to make it look more vintage I have one in my shower because when we redid our shower my boyfriends uncle who owned the house wanted somewhere to put his bar of soap. Same with my boyfriend now. I don’t have a “stand alone medicine cabinet” or above the toilet take shelf to be vintage I have them due to the small space in my bathroom and needing storage
My 1/2 bath was pink and tiled. The full bath was also pink and had carpet. Both had tiled walls. We had the laundry chute. Had the chain light too. We had the built in soap dish (I broke mine, I got in deep 💩 for that as my sister and I were chasing each other). Had the fabric covers, they would smell due to the mold that would grow on them. I still have the shelf above the toilet. Countertops were laminate as well. Damn I’m old! We also had an attic fan (I miss that one).
I like a lot of vintage stuff but I don’t miss most of these. Cleaning all that tile…. 😢 I do have a pedestal sink in my early 2000s house though. I also added a tension bar in my shower for hanging clothes to dry.
When my wife and I bought a house in ths late 1990's , I had a strange dream in which there was a TV mounted in the wall of our bathroom . It used a remote control for all of its functions and the way it was mounted posed no threat to possible electrocution and you could watch TV safely while taking a bath or shower . Here is the strangest thing about this : I went to HOME DEPOT one day and they had a "bathroom" made exactly as in my dream !!! STRANGE !!! I never saw their "bathroom" until after I had my dream ! By the way my bathroom NEVER had a TV mounted in the bathroom !
My bathroom was redone 2 months ago HA house up. I have a brand spanking new light pull, pedestal basin, medicine cabinet but my retractable clothes line is in the kitchen. 😆
I suddenly feel really old mostly I’ve used these items and thought that were fabulous. In Of most of my friends. To go the bathroom it was actually a mission to the unknown. They all bathed in the scullery me in front of the fire. I still like some of the things. A big brown teapot fully filled which never run out of tea, but it could be topped up. Horrible tea leaves and globules from the top of the milk. The milk used to be in standing in a big bowl or bucket with cold water . This used to taken a way if he started pulling it apart? This time of year was cake and pudding time not forgetting jams and bottled a lot all standing in rows. Plus pickled, onions red cabbage my grandmother did. To me it was an acquired taste one I never got. Later years big bottles of these on the bar. A int of Double Diamond and an egg . Going on a picnic have you got the pickled eggs. Bags of crisps with a salt in blue twisted at the top. A lady used to come haven’t a clue who she was. I did ask not long before mum died. She was a cousin of Betty my aunt but didn’t go there. She would decide who was the lucky this year. She never missed a funeral . There would be food but only a little as my constituents couldn’t take it. Then if you could spare a bit for my supper. Two rounds of turkey sandwiches made and wrapped in grease proof paper held together with an elastic band. But she couldn’t go until she had seen the Queen. The television was put on to warm up. All she did that I remember is tell us kids off. She even would tell our parents “ they get any more excited someone will be sick or hurt. When the National Anthem played she would immediately stand up. Just her no one else. Everyone had a tongue lashing. After discussing I think she looked tired. Well there a lot for her to do. All the pressure on making cakes and puddings. By then us kids understood she had servants. Now just a bit older than all of us. My brother said things must be tough going for her. Of course if was all those rooms to be cleaned. Clean towels with the coat of arms on them. All the towels folded in a particular way she didn’t do that. My aunt said most days she was an ordinary female. She had to obey the Phillip. She used to get really angry over it all . She is why we went war our menfolk fighting. Our response being now truly fed up the would start of with if we let them have her no war. We all got a telling off. She said it was intelligent people who understood it. My uncle wanted to know why did the men have huge lumps in their tights. She replied that it was something she had no knowledge off.
Dental sinks. I was waiting for those in the video. They were a smaller sink with a smaller mirror on the wall and were usually kept a further distance from the toilet for sanitary reasons. They had toothbrush holders, toothpaste storage and also would feature a container of disposable cups.
😂😅Am in the middle of 2 bathroom renovations . . . probably why this video was recommended . . . getting rid of pink and green bathrooms (avocado, not mint) with pedestal sinks, razor blade disposals, pull chain lights, and built-in soap holders. Yay. But adding marble penny tile to one! Something I didn't realize is that apparently TP holders that are recessed into the wall isn't a thing any more.
@bigred9428 Just on the wall or vanity. Not recessed. 💁♂️💁♀️💁 Took me a week to get used to it, but now it's okay. I was just floored it wasn't "normal" any more. 😀😃😄
I am aware that, especially with trash bags coming along way since the beginning, it was easier to dispose of old razors into the walls rather than to try to put them in a bag that will just cut through. Frankly, I wouldn’t mind the razor slot in a modern sense reworked if it went down into a specialty chute.
What about faux marble or cultured marble? When you tear them out, the chemical smell is still strong. Those guys who made them in factories must be having serious health problems now.
In Germany - and I think almost all over Europe - the free-standing cabinets never vanished, they are part of the usual bathroom furniture, nothing special. Probably partly because many people live as tenants, not owners.
It breaks my heart when people tear out the old tile work and pretty colored tubs, toilets , and sinks.😢
I just bought a house that was built in 1959. One of the selling points for me was the original pink tile in the bathroom. So cute!
I've always said that I was born in the wrong time era I love the old sturdy furniture when it was built to last. I will take old & antiques over modern any day of the week.
The beauty of the contemporary age, you can still enjoy those things, you may have to hunt them down, but you would still be able to procure items for your house.
I grew up with the razor slots. Now I have an original claw foot tub and laundry shoot! Love them! House built in 1900
I much prefer having a stand-up shower, but I do miss a deeper tub. The ones after 1970 tend to be very shallow. The best one had was from 1930. It was much deeper and bigger than a claw foot, which really aren't that big, and, though we did not have one, was positioned so that a shower could be used with it.
My Grandmother had a beautiful mint green bathroom. The sun used to come directly thru the bathroom window and light it up. Whenever I see those tiles, I always think of her and staying at her house sometimes on weekends. Precious memories, still miss her.
Our bathroom was that mint green too! I grew up in the 60’s & for a long time we didn’t have air conditioning either so the sparkling clean bathroom had a pretty smell then that people miss out on today! ✌️
@@blossom1643 MY bedroom was mint green! LOL
IM SO JEALOUS😭
Ours was green too.
My mom's parents' bathroom was mint green and there was a blade slot in their medicine cabinet. I remember the bladed safety razors my grandpa used, along with the cup he had for mixing his shave cream in that he applied with a brush. I used to like the smell for some reason but then we loved Grandpa a lot because though he wasn't touchy, he was kind, compassionate and fun to be around.
My Grandma Zilk had the exact pink bathroom at 1:07. She even had pink toilet paper and a doll with a pink and white knitted dress to cover the extra TP.
My grandma had the pink crocheted dolls that covered the TP too!
@@kitcat1278 😁 That's awesome 💕
I’m 59. I remember the colored t.p. And those crocheted southern belles
@violetvonpumpernickel1796 Grandma made her own TP doll. But now, I am wondering if everyone did or if they were sold at stores.
@@marandazilk3175 I’m pretty sure they were all home made
I still have an over the tank shelving unit and half of these antiquated amenities in my bathroom.
Some of the bathroom features mentioned are still commonplace in other parts of the world, they're super practical especially in small spaces after all.
They're commonplace here too. All these videos are like that. I wonder if they do it so people will comment on it.
When I recently renovated my bathroom, I filled a quart container with old razor blades that were in the wall. After replacing the wall, i reinstalled the old medicine cabinet with the razor slot, which i actually use.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Why fix somethin that ain’t broke! ✌️
What is the appeal of permanently storing trash in your wall? To each their own, but it would bother me personally.
When my father replaced his blades, they would automatically be ejected into a slot in the box the new ones came in. They don't have that anymore?
Wonderful! I stepped back in time with you! Thank you for this journey… I’m 71…so I remember these…
Clawfoot tubs are iconic.
They are creepy. Always where the murders happen in movies 😱
Modern bathtubs only hold like a couple of inches of water before they drain so it's no wonder these tubs are coming back in style. People are tired of a shallow tiny bathtub
@@albtcklI see them and always think that same thing. 😂
Pedestal sinks have never gone out of fashion in the U.K. - lots of people have them - even in huge bathrooms !
Still have them in France, too.
I have have one… love it!!! ….in America!!
They're still here in the U.S, too. I was just looking for a vanity in Home Depot, and they had about 3.
My college dorm room in 1972 had a radiator heater. It was great!
I remember most of these! Raised in the 70's but brought up like we lived in the 50's 😂
That’s because we grew up with stuff “made to last”😂. A bit of a double edged sword, eh? Lol
I remember cast iron radiators
They’re still in use in many old buildings.
We have baseboard heat. It's much better than the old radiators we used to have. Hot air is good just to take the chill off, but it blows cold at first, and the second it goes off, it's cold instantly.
I was just thinking, though, I'm surprised none of us hit our heads against the radiator. Our beds were right next to them and we rough housed a lot. A girl I went to school with got a black eye from one.
There's still some pull chain toilets in English pubs.
I had an original claw footed bathtub in my bathroom, it was fabulous for a deep soak.
My mom had a modern-ish pull chain toilet. It was made in the 80’s. She loved that toilet and was so sad when she had to sell her home due to declining health.
When the Victorian stuff was hot in the 1980s, quite a few people in the U.S. installed them.
I remember the razor blade slot in my grandfather's house. My other grandparents had a claw-foot tub. Only our European relatives had chain-pull toilets. Our 1960s bathroom was blue porcelain. Our very modern home has medicine cabinets in every bathroom. I miss soap dish inserts! (But I do appreciate liquid soap.)
I wish the blue/pink/turquoise porcelain would make a comeback.
My mother’s bathroom, built in 61, has the soap and cup mounted holders in a pinkish tan. We use the soap holder for the scrub brush and the cup and tooth brush holder is for her toothbrushes and cup. I’ll check the medicine cabinet for the razor slot, I think it’s there.
As a home health aide I’ve seen a lot of 50’s bathrooms with the mint green and pink.
Even seen well working pull chain toilets in some of the older farmhouses of clients. They work well.
I lived in a house built around 1900 which had a chain-pull toilet.
Yeah... I've never seen a house without a wall mounted medicine cabinet, so I don't know what this video is referencing. Maybe heavily minimalistic modern designs?
It drove me carzy when he called them inserts. They're soap dishes. Are they not in new bathrooms?
Okay but I still have a shelving unit over my toilet in 2024!! I’ve been vintage for about 12 years LOL
My exact response. 😂
In the early 2000s, they called them etageres.
I NEED that pink cat themed bathroom cup holder!!!
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I have a pink steel tub and pink toilet, which I love. Unfortunately, my pink sink was removed before I moved in, and replaced with a new vanity.
I used to work in the plumbing and heating industry. You’d be surprised by how many things on this list are still sold every single day. I also used to work at Restoration Hardware, and many people bought all the matching bathroom pieces, including soap dishes and cup holders. Except for a few things on this list, most are still around.
My father was a carpenter contractor that built many of the homes we lived in. My mother insisted on putting carpet in the bathroom during the 1970's. It got moldy and had to be torn out within a year. My father told her that was going to happen, but she wouldn't listen. It got replaced with vinyl flooring.
Using real coins in flooring is illegal, as it is defacing money and you can get fines and go to jail/prison for it. Don't do it.
Never store medications in the bathroom, it damages the medications due to the heat and dampness so they don't work properly or at all. Store them away from heat and moisture. Unless they require refrigeration, don't put them in the fridge either.
@PhantomQueenOne Um, her comment is talking about the 70's. I think we're well past prnny flooring.
@@mangos2888 Yeah, that's when my dad was in business in the '60's and '70's. He built what are now million dollar homes.
@@PhantomQueenOne ,
What were they at the time?
I grew up in old houses with porcelain tile floors in the bathrooms and kitchens. We also had claw foot tubs, pedestal sinks and either built-in linen closets or linen closets in the hallway. I sure do miss all that. A friend of mine also renovated his 4 story main bathroom by putting hot water pipes under the floor that he then retiled as it had been with penny tiles.
Oh no, the 1980s are vintage! I must be officially old. 😂
No, you're ✨️vintage✨️
I am as well my kids thought it was hysterically funny, me moaning the doddering old people . Who would go out in the car never going over thirty you would die. All down to the air rushing past you couldn’t breathe. I think mum and dreaded her coming. Five children the youngsters being six
The eldest being 18 not many understood his sense of humour. A bit like mine it’s now in fact for a long time just the one line. My mouth says it before giving the brain time to catch up.
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In order to relate when my kids call it the old days, I have to count back from say, 1974, when 1924 was OLD.
I still have the lime green tile in the bathroom of my 1960s Florida house. I had to replace the fixtures, but I love my green tile with its black trim. It still has its original black mounted cup holder and soap dish.
I just bought a house that was built in 1959. It still has the original pink tile in the bathroom! I love it
My bathroom has two medicine cabinets and a clawfoot 'slipper' tub. The house was built in 2007 and the bathroom remodeled about six years ago (the 'garden' tub was removed and a cast-iron clawfoot tub was installed).
I still use retractable clothes lines from that era, but theey are set up in my basement. Wonderfully useful. Diane, using Joe's Tablet.
I live in St. Louis which is a really old city. A lot of the homes here still have most of these features
x Love that claw foot tub!
x Those penny floor tiles are fascinating!
x I really like laundry shoots!
x That's the first time I have ever seen retractable clotheslines, they look awesome!
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Claw foot tubs still rock!
Laundry shoots? What kind of ammo are you using?
@@FigaroHey Hahaha, nice catch!
They still sell them. I've seen them in Florida homes.
I had pink boots called " maimie yoakums " had no idea they were historic
I have demolished old houses and found piles of old razor blades in the wall cavity three foot plus high.
In our house in the late 50's and early 60's they had electric heaters built into the wall next to the bathtub! Once I got cold bathing as a kid, stood up in a tub of water and reached to turn on the heater. Somehow I got out alive. Who thought up that great idea?
8:13 - My main bathroom is directly above my laundry room and I think about a laundry chute every time I shower there. But my home was built in the early 90's so the chute was long gone. That's the feature I miss the most. My grandmother's house had one and it was perfect.
I'm sure you could work one in!
My cats LOVE radiant heaters!!!
Really?
I luv radiant heat...doesn't create dust like forced air...doesn't burn dust like the coil types that use to be in bathrooms.
my grandparents up stairs half bath still has carpet in it.
We had carpet in the master bathroom in the house I grew up in, but it was only laid down, not tacked or otherwise anchored, and specifically designed for the purpose, using mold and mildew proof materials and a waterproof rubber backing.
At 1:38 ..oh god...I remember when we had carpeting in the bathroom and kitchen in the 70's when I was a teen...water would cause mold and stench..it was terrible...
My parents bought their first home when Dad got out of the army. Bathroom had carpet for a whole day. Mom had the stinky mess pulled out first day. 1968.
This video brought me back to quite a few items. What I didn't know about was the razor slot disposal.I never knew what it was for.😊
Soap inserts and tank top shelves are still very common. We need to bring back the retractable clotheslines because the racks take up too much space.
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Awesome bathroom features!
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The house I grew up in had a razor blade slot, laundry chute into the basement, and a milk carton receptacle for milk deliveries! We did regularly use the laundry chute
I loved this video! From pastel colors to small details like wall-mounted cup holders - it really showed the beauty and practicality of old designs. Hope you make more videos on vintage interior features!
Yes I'm going to do so keep following me
For the cast iron heater, I remember those because it left its mark on my cheek. Cut my cheek on one when I was very young
I enjoyed the video. Historically accurate. We are actually starting a complete bathroom remodel in a week or two with an estimated 6-8 week completion. We have updated the master bathroom but this is a complete demolition and rebuild. It prompted my interest in this video.
Good luck!
I grew up in a house built in 1920. I hated the claw tub, sink with separate hot and water faucets, gas space heater, wire soap dish that hung on the tub side, linoleum, no showers, wood floors. House was too old for a medicine cabinet.
My uncle’s toilet leaked and floor under the linoleum rotted. He was sitting on the toilet when it fell through the floor!
OMG! Hope he was okay.
@@Laura-bi5dc Except for the humiliation, he was fine. He then rebuilt his entire house from the ground up, and added a garage and garage apartment, with the reluctant help of 2 teenaged sons. He was a great woodworker. He just should have started his remodeling several years sooner. It was one of our best family stories.
Omg I have a razor blade disposal slot in my military housing and just realized it.
Before i even start this, i had an antique clawfoot bathtub and it was amazing to read in and have super long baths in. (From 1996-2003)
My mom just covered their penny tiles in their arts and craft bungalow. It made me so sad.
cosmo and Wanda was everywhere lol
laundry chutes and dumb waiters are still useful built ins.
My childhood home had a powder blue bathroom…
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My grandmother had a purple tub and toilet. I think the people who moved in after she passed ripped it out
I have four of these things in the bathroom of my 1920s home. Some are beloved quarks of our home and others... well, they won't last through the next remodel
I have a claw foot tub which has been fitted with a shower head, some time in it's 100 year service. It works fine, but the original porcelain glaze has been eroded away on the bottom by the feet of my predecessors, the building is celebrating its 100th birthday.
Can you get it reglazed?
The furry bathmat is a good replacement for the bathroom shag carpet, as you can toss that bathmat in the wash every two weeks.
Thanks Captain Obvious
I love the pink tub.
I love the pink.. I waas just telling my daughter about this just yesterday about the shoots
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I'm pretty sure that the real reason why medicine cabinets are no longer used in bathrooms is because you shouldn't be storing medicine in humid, hot environments, like a bathroom. Most labels read to store in cool, dry environments. Therefore a medicine cabinet should be located in a place that has consistent temperature control. Which is why I believe that many people started to store their medicine in the kitchen cabinets. I would still be some temperature fluctuation, but at least it's not humid
We never kept medicine in it, just toiletries....maybe aspirin and Pepto Bismal. Plus, they still have them for bathrooms.
At 0:58 ...in the 2010's light blue and brown became popular for bathrooms...
A lot of older Seattle apartments still have radiators as the only source of heat. They do a great job, keep the air moist in winter and best of all, the steam heat they produce is CHEAP. When I had radiators (in the early 2000s), my friends were paying through the nose for gas or electric heating, but I only paid around $11 a month! It's probably more, now.
I've lived in several houses with radiators. I love them.
I much prefer baseboard heat. Do you get your steam from city pipes? Is that's why it's cheap? Because our oil bill was always high because of the heat. It was about the same at the time for gas/hot air.
It’s the fact that things from the 80’s is now considered vintage for me 😭😂
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Things from the 40s were considred vintage in the 80s.
Why are the majority of your images modern designs rather than the vintage things you are discussing? I thought that is what I would be seeing coming to a video about old bathroom features. I was disappointed not to see more of the older items.
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The pictures of actual penny floors while talking about penny tiles was disappointing.
What are you guys complaining about? When they said something, I saw a picture it. Were you looking for a what bathrooms looked like in Victorian houses or something? I’m sure there’s a video for that. Complainers gotta complain about something🙄. Man. Get a life. Seriously. Make your own video.
@@tanyaredfieldI can see why!🙄 what a disappointment! You must have been crushed. Even though they showed Penny tiles.
When we retiled around our bathtub, we eliminated the built in soap dish.
I have a retractable clothesline outside. I hang out laundry whenever possible; it smell so nice.
I never knew anyone who had a built in radio.
Tank top shelves, we have a cabinet we bought at a second hand store
I never even heard of the medicine cabinet radio. I know a lot of people who have redone their bathrooms, or bought new houses, and they all have soap dishes.
I love those tubs ! I hated when we got the regular shower tub
I had a pink bathroom in my house built in the 80s. That sunken pink tub was at least a zillion lbs to get out in pieces!
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I called it sanitarium pink, but it was in sold shape, we lived there for 12 years and sold it that way.
Carpets in kitchen areas as well. My bathroom is pink, brown and pastel blue.. the house was built in 1948. Yes the razor slot is there as well. Pedestal sink as well.. cedar lined small closets. Sculptued all wool carpets (had to be moth treated every Six months. In the south ,knotty pine kitchens and dens. Glass door knobs. Central attick fans. The soap dishes are chrome in my home. But this is the last week of these features.. 3 thousand sq feet in 1948 was massive. In 2024 it's cozy.. I am adding a 3 car garage with a apartment above it if I could I would keep the 2 original bathrooms. The red laminate and aluminum trim are going to be no more. Sadly the house 22:26 is on 4 acres and has to be renovated. Not because I don't like the house.I can no longer deal with the 30 calls a day asking to buy it . renovated it will be a million dollars. The land is what the corporate interest want. I really don't want a Mc masion. But I am being forced to. . Sadly the house bought in 1968 for 35,000.00 without renovations would be torn down and multiple houses built on it.
My mother insisted on keeping a carpet in her bathroom and toilet right until she moved into a care home. When we bought our first house in 1976 there was a clawfoot tub in there as the original bathroom was still there. We had it taken out and an avocado green (ugh) bathroom put in as it was the height of fashion at the time.
I think that whole carpeted bathroom trend was a planned fail on the designers part. They knew that it would get yucky in short order and then you would have to pay a ton of money to the same people to fix it.
I have a modern cast iron claw foot tub I had installed when I built my home. Although the builder told me it took two men and a mule to move it to the second floor, I'm not sorry. I love soaking in it.
I had one put in when I remodeled, too -- very heavy, but at least we have a one-floor house.
@karengrohs4942 now that I've been in my house for some time, I wish it was one story.
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I wish ours was 2 stories.
You haven't mentioned a BIG, popular fashion colour in the Uk in the 1970s: avocado!
Big in USA too
We had avocado carpet in our foyer and living room as well as sofa, recliner, chair and ottoman.
Eww yes😂
Avocado green and Harvest Gold. I had bought a Harvest Gold side by side fridge when my husband and I rented a house when I was 22. Thought I was all fancy-schmancy in 1980!!
I don’t understand your reasoning behind things though. I don’t have a soap dish in my shower to make it look more vintage I have one in my shower because when we redid our shower my boyfriends uncle who owned the house wanted somewhere to put his bar of soap. Same with my boyfriend now. I don’t have a “stand alone medicine cabinet” or above the toilet take shelf to be vintage I have them due to the small space in my bathroom and needing storage
the way pedestal sinks have just never left in south america. like yes there are other sinks but i risk saying pedestal sinks are more normal here
My parents out a laundry chute in our basement and we played bungee jumping with our Barbies in it 😂
"More modern materials, like granite." LOL
Growing up in the early 2000s I had a pink and white bathroom.
Laminate countertops came with our home bought in 2002. Idk about them being done away with or used in vintage inspired homes...
I'm looking for a new vanity. They are MDF, without the protection of laminate, so one step backward in design.
My 1/2 bath was pink and tiled. The full bath was also pink and had carpet. Both had tiled walls. We had the laundry chute. Had the chain light too. We had the built in soap dish (I broke mine, I got in deep 💩 for that as my sister and I were chasing each other). Had the fabric covers, they would smell due to the mold that would grow on them. I still have the shelf above the toilet. Countertops were laminate as well. Damn I’m old! We also had an attic fan (I miss that one).
I like a lot of vintage stuff but I don’t miss most of these. Cleaning all that tile…. 😢
I do have a pedestal sink in my early 2000s house though. I also added a tension bar in my shower for hanging clothes to dry.
Such a great idea! Especially during pool season to drop dry the bathing suits! 🤩
I bought a 1963 house and it had pink fixtures in one bathroom and a sunken tub in the other.
Why did they have to get rid of coloured appliances; think they look lovely.....
When my wife and I bought a house in ths late 1990's , I had a strange dream in which there was a TV mounted
in the wall of our bathroom . It used a remote control for all of its functions and the way it was mounted posed
no threat to possible electrocution and you could watch TV safely while taking a bath or shower .
Here is the strangest thing about this : I went to HOME DEPOT one day and they had a "bathroom" made exactly
as in my dream !!!
STRANGE !!! I never saw their "bathroom" until after I had my dream !
By the way my bathroom NEVER had a TV mounted in the bathroom !
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My bathroom was redone 2 months ago HA house up. I have a brand spanking new light pull, pedestal basin, medicine cabinet but my retractable clothes line is in the kitchen. 😆
A lot of these things are still very common in British homes. Mainly pedestal sinks, radiators, pull chains on both the lights and toilets
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I suddenly feel really old mostly I’ve used these items and thought that were fabulous. In Of most of my friends. To go the bathroom it was actually a mission to the unknown. They all bathed in the scullery me in front of the fire.
I still like some of the things. A big brown teapot fully filled which never run out of tea, but it could be topped up. Horrible tea leaves and globules from the top of the milk. The milk used to be in standing in a big bowl or bucket with cold water . This used to taken a way if he started pulling it apart? This time of year was cake and pudding time not forgetting jams and bottled a lot all standing in rows. Plus pickled, onions red cabbage my grandmother did. To me it was an acquired taste one I never got. Later years big bottles of these on the bar. A int of Double Diamond and an egg . Going on a picnic have you got the pickled eggs. Bags of crisps with a salt in blue twisted at the top. A lady used to come haven’t a clue who she was. I did ask not long before mum died. She was a cousin of Betty my aunt but didn’t go there. She would decide who was the lucky this year. She never missed a funeral . There would be food but only a little as my constituents couldn’t take it. Then if you could spare a bit for my supper. Two rounds of turkey sandwiches made and wrapped in grease proof paper held together with an elastic band. But she couldn’t go until she had seen the Queen. The television was put on to warm up. All she did that I remember is tell us kids off. She even would tell our parents “ they get any more excited someone will be sick or hurt.
When the National Anthem played she would immediately stand up. Just her no one else. Everyone had a tongue lashing. After discussing I think she looked tired. Well there a lot for her to do. All the pressure on making cakes and puddings. By then us kids understood she had servants. Now just a bit older than all of us. My brother said things must be tough going for her. Of course if was all those rooms to be cleaned. Clean towels with the coat of arms on them. All the towels folded in a particular way she didn’t do that. My aunt said most days she was an ordinary female. She had to obey the Phillip.
She used to get really angry over it all . She is why we went war our menfolk fighting. Our response being now truly fed up the would start of with if we let them have her no war. We all got a telling off. She said it was intelligent people who understood it. My uncle wanted to know why did the men have huge lumps in their tights. She replied that it was something she had no knowledge off.
Dental sinks. I was waiting for those in the video. They were a smaller sink with a smaller mirror on the wall and were usually kept a further distance from the toilet for sanitary reasons. They had toothbrush holders, toothpaste storage and also would feature a container of disposable cups.
😂😅Am in the middle of 2 bathroom renovations . . . probably why this video was recommended . . . getting rid of pink and green bathrooms (avocado, not mint) with pedestal sinks, razor blade disposals, pull chain lights, and built-in soap holders. Yay. But adding marble penny tile to one!
Something I didn't realize is that apparently TP holders that are recessed into the wall isn't a thing any more.
Really? Where do they put the TP?
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Just on the wall or vanity. Not recessed. 💁♂️💁♀️💁 Took me a week to get used to it, but now it's okay. I was just floored it wasn't "normal" any more. 😀😃😄
My building must be old! The cup and soap holders are still in the bathroom.
Radiant heat truly is the best!
I recently bought a house that had carpeted bathrooms 🤢 changed it out before we moved in
We have a laundry shoot in our house and love
We had a claw foot tub in the house I grew up in.
I still have pull chain ligjts in my closets and pantry
I have a pedestal sink in my half bath. 😂😂😂😂 Didn't know it was a relic.
I am aware that, especially with trash bags coming along way since the beginning, it was easier to dispose of old razors into the walls rather than to try to put them in a bag that will just cut through. Frankly, I wouldn’t mind the razor slot in a modern sense reworked if it went down into a specialty chute.
Chain pull lights are a safety thing so no one touches a wall mounted light switch with wet hands and get an electric shock
What about faux marble or cultured marble? When you tear them out, the chemical smell is still strong. Those guys who made them in factories must be having serious health problems now.
We had a mint green tub with beautifulmint green tiles . The actual color was closer to chrysoprase green.
I have a chain pull light in my bathroom. I would say the ratio of charming vintage vs ugly old there is like 10/90 😂😂
I like using a soap dish because it saves money over liquid soap.
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I keep both in my bathroom. I usually use bar soap and liquid soap is for guests.
In Germany - and I think almost all over Europe - the free-standing cabinets never vanished, they are part of the usual bathroom furniture, nothing special. Probably partly because many people live as tenants, not owners.
All this stuff is still around in the U.S..
I really will watch anything huh