Down and Out in Beacon Hill

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April 23

www.savethepinkbathrooms.com

Someone just stabbed me in the heart with an icicle of joy! There’s an entire website dedicated to pink bathrooms. For those who are unfamiliar, kajillions of post-war homes were built with pink-tiled walls with black trim. Basically, some sort of variation on this:

As someone who grew up with one of these bathrooms (and bitched about it frequently as a teenager), it’s humorous that I look back on this fondly. Probably because I’m a junkie for historical shit, but whatever.

Follow the link to read more about it. There’s a lot of history behind this strange craze.

Thanks to my college friend Elena for linking to the site on her own restoration blog, Project Ranchalow.

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