Let us know what you find out.

Gloria

In the same way that a Trilobite is a useful index fossil to the Paleozoic Era, and a spa tub is to a 2005 bathroom, so is a pastel toothbrushing sink to an upper-middle class bathroom of the Interwar period. Like the Trilobite & like the spa tub, the toothbrushing sink appeared suddenly and quickly filled a niche, a niche that had previously gone unfilled, if it such an empty niche had, indeed, ever been noticed at all.

And, likewise, both the toothbrushing sink & the Trilobite died out just as suddenly as they arrived: with the entry of our country into WWII & its consequent material shortages in one case, and with the Permian Extinction, the greatest species die-off in geologic history, in the other.

As to how much longer spa tubs will survive, I don't give them long. Too useless. There's a big difference between being the 'must-have' designers & plumbing salesmen make them out to be, and being in any way necessary. And in 90% of the houses I know, after a few obligatory bubble-baths, spa tubs tend to fall quickly into obolescence & disuse, which, historically speaking, is a pretty good indicator of future extinction. Hence the notable lack of toothbrushing sinks in today's spa baths.

Anyway, your toothbrushing sink is the plumbing equivalent of a rare dinosaur egg, with the added advantage that your sink is shiny. And pink. Take good care of it.

Regards,
MAGNAVERDE.

And I must be as rare as a dino agg since we use our tub 4-6 times per week so the hubby and i can soak and talk about our day... it's a wonderful luxury to spend 30+ minutes a day just paying attention to each other!

Maddie

The pink and yellow were in the kitchen.

The bidet that my parents put in was pretty much used for washing feet in the summertime.

I am SOooooo jealous. What a great idea.

BTW, I've always liked a bidet, too, but not for washing feet...LOL

Anyway, I LOVE your little spit sink! What is the rectangular metal box in the wall above it?

We're doing an addition on our old house and we've found all our hardware, all or lighting and a couple of doors on ebay.

After she passed away in the early 90's, the new owners totally tore out everything and replaced it with new... I wonder if they are kicking themselves in the behind yet for doing that LOL

Thanks for bringing back the memories!

And you were thinking about gutting it??? [rose fanned herself quickly]

Pink sink and toilet, gray tile, except inside the shower, where the tile is pink. No tub.

I, too, reflexively thought "you have to rip out a pink bathroom". But that's just stupid. You don't "gotta" do nothin'. I now think it's really funny.

The pink bath stays.

Every morning my DH gets up, clears his throat (at a very loud decible) and HAWKS A LOOGIE right into the bathroom sink. A feeble rinse and splash does not always rinse it down (he doesn't have his glasses on at this point) so I get greeted with the mucus monster.

How much do you want for it?

The upstairs bath is the green and black ( wall tiles - it looks better than it sounds) so the downstairs will be the pink and black.

One place we have had good luck in looking for old stuff is through the Habitat for Humanity stores- they get a lot of stuff from tear downs and often are reasonable in prices.

And it's a great answer, too! :)

Rose