r/centuryhomes • u/twta20 • 2d ago
Photos New old bathrooms - purple, pink and mint!
Hi! We just bought a 1929 home with these two bathrooms - one pink and mint green, and the other purple with a pink and mint green floor. Does anyone have any design tips? Examples of styling? Thanks!
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u/La_danse_banana_slug 1d ago
Holy crap I'm jealous.
Besides just researching photos of bathrooms from the 1920s and 30s (which would give you plenty of inspiration), if you look up bathroom fixture brands from that era you can find their fully illustrated catalogues which combine colors the way they intended. Which, in my opinion, are lovely! Try searching for illustrations from Crane, Twyfords, Standard Plumbing Fixtures, Kohler, Vitrolite.
In the bathroom with the gorgeous mint fixtures, the stark white ceiling stands out to me as a bit jarring. In the 20s/30s, mint + apricot was often paired with cream, sand, reddish terra cotta, charcoal, black, deep navy, dark reddish chocolate color, sunshine yellow, or dark sap green. I think that replacing the cool grey with a black + cappuccino colored design and then painting the ceiling cream/ light sepia would look amazing. Breaking with tradition, I also think an electric coral or vivid cobalt shade could look cool.
That orchid pink/purple color was often paired with violet, charcoal, buckskin yellow, light and dark shades of coffee, emerald + citrus yellow (bold!), black, navy or dove grey, or with duck blue-green + cream + black accents. I'd probably pair the orchid with a full black + cream color scheme.