Are these tiles suitable for a mid-century bathroom?
Margie Bell
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Comments (5)This looks great. Our bathroom had the same layout, but we managed to fit a much longer bath and a toilet in by moving the vanity from under the window to the left hand wall, putting the longer bath under the window, putting a toilet where the bath was previously and leaving the shower in the same position. We also changed the door to a cavity sliding door to take up less space in the room. We had a similarly awful 80s renovation in ours too, and used the same sort of wall tile...See MoreLooking for cheap/quick DIY bathroom update ideas
Comments (5)How big is your budget, and how handy are you? Some options: - 1. Yes, you can repaint a vanity, and you can also replace the taps and handles (Handles are very, very, easy). Cost can be kept easily under $100. Definitely repaint the exposed wall! 2. Replace the taps throughout and the vanity. Shop around and you will be surprised at the bargains! 3. You can also paint tiles and the bath, or have them professionally recoated. I had one bathroom professionally recoated. It was about 20% of the cost of ripping off and replacing the tiles, but best of all the bathroom was out of action for just 24 hours. (Yup, time mattered. A one bathroom place and we needed to live there!) Still looked good 8 years later when we sold it. 4. That shower screen CAN be replaced with a fixed clear pane for a contemporary look. The ready-made models are affordable. 5. I love Me Me's white colour scheme, but if you wanted to be funky you could go other ways. Is that a slightly pinky - grey fleck in the tile? You could take just the border tile a dove to mid-grey (a deeper tone but same value as the fleck) and paint the window surround to match. Paint the exposed wall with a coordinating tone from the same grey "family". Then play with the vanity. Eg. Silver taps, grey body, but funky handles, or pick out (say) the middle draw with a shade to match the dominant white in the tiles....See MoreI live in a Mid-Century Modern house that requires some new flooring.
Comments (8)Nathan - they are great tiles. From my own experience with tiles like this I would be keeping them as they are of good quality and will last forever. There are various qualities of engineered floorboards, ranging from the cheap and nasty to the beautiful and expensive. However all of them will be thicker than your tiles, especially if you need a floor-levelling compound for the old slab. Larger format tiles tend to be thicker, so if you are going to use tiles then look at small format tiles. Don't try to match, but find something small and thin that complements. Have a look at these which are thinner than your existing tiles, and a good tiler will be able to lay them level with your existing tiles: https://www.oldeenglishtiles.com.au/collections/contemporary-tessellated-patterns/products/hexagon-150mm?variant=8202164142196 There are other shapes and colours available that won't detract from what you currently have, and will complement the rest of your mid-century modern home without the change in level. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls...See MoreQuestion to Dr Retro - Houzz AUST. MID CENTURY HOME GURU
Comments (5)Hey Creativelychallenged - I just stumbled across your question, and your bathroom is probably finished by now. Sorry but Houzz doesn't seem to flag pros if you include their name in your question. But back to your question. Mid-century covers a lot of decades (depending on who you ask) and there are lots of flavours. A really good resource I have set up for mid-century bathroom inspiration is my Pinterest board with a collection of photos of unrenovated mid-century bathrooms. https://www.pinterest.com.au/secretdesign/bathrooms-original-mid-century-modern/ A lot of those bathrooms from the 1950's and 1960's use the classic gloss Johnsons ceramic tile in a stack bond pattern. Mostly in a square tile measuring 152 x 152 mm. Later bathrooms used a rectangular format tile in a stack bond pattern. I don't think I have ever seen a herringbone pattern mosaic used in an original mid-century bathroom on the wall. The tiny patterned mosaic tiles were generally used on the floor, often in a random looking pattern. In the later decades they did use mosaics on bathroom walls, but in a stack bond pattern, never herringbone. Sorry about the delay to your question, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls/Dr Retro Virtual Visits...See MoreK s
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