Yup. My family home, which was originally built in 1908, had pink fixtures in the main bathroom.

I wasn't bothered by the pink, except for the fact that it was difficult to find accessories (towels, rugs, etc.) that coordinated with it when I took over the house as an adult.

My paternal grandparent's house was built sometime in the 40s or 50s, and I know it was remodeled sometime in the 50s. The bathroom is entirely pink. Pink tiles, pink bathtub, pink toilet, pink sink.... it's a very, very, very pink room. And as I was the little girl who hated pink, I always remember hating that bathroom. Now I don't mind it as much.

Missing the pink bathroom I had in my first apartment, back when I was a single guy.
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(It was built in the 60's, I guess. Maybe early 70's.)

The house I grew up in was built in the '50s, and we had a pink and gray bathroom. I seem to remember my little brother refusing to use it for a while because it was "for girls." I was always confused about why it was pink if it wasn't only for girls.

We also had a minty green bathroom, though, (literally, every fixture was that shade of green, along with the tile, and even the ceiling) which overshadowed the pink bathroom by sheer loudness alone. I think we all liked the pink bathroom more than we would have because of it.

Yup, pink, black and olive green bathroom in my parents house from the 1950s. I will be sad if they ever renovate it.

In the flat my great-grandmother lived in, she had a pink bathroom complete with little decals of roses and pansys. I must say that pink light is flattering, gives you a nice rosy, healthy glow.

Our home, built in the late 40s, has two very pink bathrooms.

I would happily take a sledgehammer to the pink porcelain in my 1987 bathrooms -- but I suppose that's "dusty rose."

I sure don't look good in pink-tinged light. But then, I have acne.

Not only my bathrooms are pink, but my kitchen is also pink. It is the same shade of the pink that's shown in the photo. I can't wait till we finish building our own house, I am glad we are only renting this pink place!

The house I grew up in had a pink bathroom, despite being built in the 1920's. I think it was a 50's remodel or add-on. And it's now gone. When they had to replace the (pink) toilet, they figured they might as well replace all of it.

I think it's still coded as feminine because the home was considered such a female space at the time.

The upstairs bathroom at the (1920s) family home, which was lived in by my two maiden aunts when I was growing up, was a beautiful pink fixture bath with stunning black and white tile work on the floor and the walls. When they had the second bath put in on the first floor in the early 60s, they went with a mint green for the fixtures and cream colored tile work.
Our house is a 1961 build and has blue bathroom fixtures with grey and white tiles. I had to custom-order a toilet seat that would match the toilet but it was totally worth it.

"... because we all look excellent in pink-tinted light."

Compare with your comment a few posts later, regarding the widespread tendency to view pale skin as 'normal' or 'default' or 'we all'.

One of the bathrooms in my grandparent's house (which would have been put in originally in the 50s) was entirely done in bright pink. Now I know why!

I am reminded of Lynn Peril's book "Pink Think", which had at least one chapter devoted to the pink bathroom phenomenon. A very loud, proud, and vocal feminist am I, but quieter about my love of the color pink (in the right shade, of course. Barbie pink and Pepto are only two of the shades I hate) because of the "doing gender" issue. I often wonder if I like pink because I like the color, or if I only like it because I'm "supposed" to. But then I remember that my childhood bedroom was yellow and it was only after putting a second story on our 1952 house that I picked pink as the color for my room.

I digress. I have to say that some of the tile work and fixtures in those pink bathrooms is absolutely lovely. It makes me very sad to see some of those lovely bathrooms gutted to renovate them.

More info here on Jo Paoletti's research looking at when/why pink became "the color for girls". It wasn't always so: http://retrorenovation.com/2010/02/15/pink-was-not-always-the-color-for-girls/

this color scheme is the worst thing ive ever seen, think ill go kill myself now.

Is that dog begging for soap?

Oh, making the renovation in a house is actually a challenge, and I can tell you that for me, it was highly problematic. Well, eventually, I managed to discover bto flat renovation, I decided that working with such a company would be the best decision for me, and I was right because I didn't have any problems with that.

Pink is so strongly associated with women now that it hardly seems appropriate for a family bathroom. Kueber bemoans that home owners are taking sledge hammers to pink tiles and encourages us to preserve the bathrooms because we all look excellent in pink-tinted light. 247

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So true! This resonated with me on a personal level.

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Katherine
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