This Bathroom’s Nostalgic Makeover Leans into Its Original 1950s Tile - Yahoo Life

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The too-small vanity with a cabinet door that opened on the wrong side and the the heating cabinet were two things that needed to go, according to the homeowners. Credit: April Salazar Credit: April Salazar

Their bathroom makeover was a years-long project, and they started by installing new lighting from Schoolhouse. Credit: April Salazar Credit: April Salazar

“I was stumped by the bold color palette,” the homeowner says of her bathroom’s existing tile. “I learned pretty quickly that the key wasn’t to fight it with neutrals, but to lean into it.” Credit: April Salazar Credit: April Salazar

It was the first time the homeowner installed tile completely on her own, and now she’s itching to do it in other rooms in her home. Credit: April Salazar Credit: April Salazar

“I smile every time I walk into the room now,” the homeowner says of the cheery “after.” Credit: April Salazar Credit: April Salazar

The 1950s saw lots of bold, colorful bathroom tile choices — and there are lots of 2020s bathrooms that make the retro tile shine with a more contemporary design style (see: this blue-tiled (and blue-toileted and blue-sinked) beauty, this bathroom that makes its pink tile work, and, now, this $1,000 bathroom makeover by homeowner April Salazar).

The hue of her bathroom’s original 1950s tile was a spearmint green, and it’s just about the only thing she liked in the 40-square-foot space. “The good: The wall tiles were in great shape, and the original medicine cabinet with etched flowers was left unscathed,” April says. The bad? “The walls were painted an unbecoming pale yellow, and there was a light fixture and cabinet added circa 2000, that both looked … bleh.”

April says there were practical considerations that went into remodeling the bathroom, too; it’s a high-trafficked room on the main level for her family and guests, and she desperately wanted a larger vanity with a door that opened on the correct side, unlike what was there before. “But really?” she says, “I was in love with the green and black tiles … I wanted to spotlight them and honor the incredible craft that went into building our bathroom.”

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