OUTDATED Bathroom Features... YOU'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Bathrooms, especially those in old historic homes, have some of the most unique touches, with many features that might even remind you of your own childhood bathroom. Bathrooms just seemed to have more character back then, including some crazy colors and sometimes some very unusual choices. So, let’s take a look back at all the things that used to be standard in bathrooms, but are now gone!
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What other bathroom features do you miss seeing?
High flush tank toilets. We had them in our Victorian home. And I miss the 6 foot cast iron claw foot bath tub. It held the heat in so I could soak forever in the tub before the water turned cold.
Why have you chosen to speak so oddly now? When you first started doing your own voiceover work starting with "saddle up at Roy Rogers" on April 4, 2021 you speak absolutely differently than you do now. You sound robotic, to the point it sounds AI now, and I cannot understand why you'd have chosen this inflection you are utilizing now. I like your content, but it's to the point I cannot listen to you speak, because it doesn't sound human, as in a normal conversation you'd be having with me, or anyone else, standing in front of you. Please go have a listen to your older work, and you might notice what's changed.
@@dbeaumontresident847 I disagree.
Just went back and listened to a few older videos and his voice, inflection and diction are all consistent.
@@dbeaumontresident847 You're right, I hadn't noticed, but if you listen to, for instance, the Chef Boy-ar-dee video, the phrasing was a lot more natural sounding. Great information nonetheless!
@@gulfgypsy No, how he speaks today, is not in any way shape or form the same as he spoke in the video I have mentioned in my prior comment. If you watch the video I stated, and still come back saying it's consistent, I cannot help you hear what you cannot hear. But no, his voice inflection and diction are not the same at all. And seeing as I have another person agreeing with me, again, I cannot help you hear what you can't hear.
1:23 Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but I _LOVE_ the glass blocks ! Lets light in but still "obscures" vision. What's not to like?
Well, scoot over in the old fashioned club because I'm going to have to join you. Those glass blocks are wonderful. I can't imagine why they'd go out of style. Only thing I can think of that might be a drawback is the weight.
My wife and I bought our first and only house in 1996, the house was built in 1963, it was in great shape, however, it hadn’t been updated much. The hall bathroom had a pink toilet, pink double sinks in a Formica countertop, pink tub and tile around the tub. This bathroom got updated to an all natural color, however we still have the pink tub, the plan was to refinish it, now we are at the point of a total remodel of this bathroom. The master bathroom was blue, it was gutted and redone in white when we first moved in. Great video, love seeing the old forgotten items I grew up with.
i kind of miss the old claw foot tub we had as a kid lol.
They were bigger and held more water than modern tubs.
The downstairs bathroom at the old family home was pink and black and the upstairs bathroom was green and yellow. Oh, those were the days! 😊
I bet they were pretty!
They were. And the old family home. I miss it!
My grandparent's house had pink tile that went up half the wall with black tile trim, and the floor had small square of both pink and black. I loved that bathroom, with matching toilet!
@lisalynnmarie2448 that sounds exactly like my bathroom. Pink tile, black trim tile and the little pink and black square floor tiles!☺️
Are you a Hart?
8:48 Sconces adjacent to the bathroom mirror ... seems like a GREAT idea. I want them!
My house I grew up in had that Florentine glass in the bathroom window. Still had it when I sold the house 10 years ago.
0:24 I remember those rubber stoppers. My grandma had those in her house, I believe built in the early 1900s.
Loved this sweet look back, thank you!!
Love the carpet. Specially when wet around the toilet 😅
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In addition to the crochet doll toilet paper cover, we had crocheted hand towel rings, complete with a babies face looking at you.
My parents built our first house in 1955. It was a small 2 bedroom, 1 bath. The bathroom had pink/black tiles around the tub. No shower. Our next house had white bath/kitchen fixtures and appliances. Our next door neighbors had pink appliances in their kitchen and fixtures in the bathroom. A friend of mine had teal blue appliances in their kitchen. I had never seen kitchen appliances those colors before. We had carpeting in our kitchen/dinette and hallways in the 70’s.
Funny our house is from the 1950’s and we have restored most of it. We have 4 bathrooms with all original tile, sinks, fixtures, and tubs. My kitchen had purple carpet in it but it had to go. I only WISH we had a claw foot tub! I found some really old vintage wallpaper under three layers of wallpaper, I wish I could’ve kept it, it was like comics. I love your channel!❤
Who could forget the pink, green, and blue colored toilet paper that used to be sold to match the decor of the bathrooms of the same color? While I don't exactly miss it per se, it was definitely a fun novelty to add.
The pink tub and wall tile looks like you took the photo in my late parent's bathroom!
I always enjoy your videos, going back to memory lane 💕 so nostalgic!!! Thank you!!😊
In the late 60's when I was born, my dad's parents house had a half bath on the ground floor that was blue (everything was blue)
The family bath on the second floor was green, (everything was green). Everyone it seemed, had fully carpeted bathrooms, in the different shades of the times.
Whenever I see a pink or green bathroom, I think of my grandparent's house. 😊❤️
Love my midcentury modern gray and pink bathroom! Never updating it!
Ditto! ❤
A chuck of my childhood right here
Love your videos. You are keeping alive memories of our past.
I remember as a kid the dentist we used had glass blocks as his storefront. I thought it was cool to watch cars go by and change shapes as they moved past the glass blocks. Kinda like the trick mirrors at the circus midway.
Blue ours was blue tile to the ceiling. I miss the separate hot & cold taps in the bathrooms.
A great collection of vintage bathrooms, thanks!
I remember the pink sink, toilet, and tub at Gma Petersons. But what I remember most were the crocheted doll TP roll covers & the crocheted tissue box covers. You DID miss the colored TP from back then. Gma Peterson had pink TP, but Gma Brain had blue. I remember there was also green TP, but it didn't match anyone's bathroom.
so old school Miami/ Miami beach !!!! still many apartments have these bathrooms in Miami
My kingdom for a pink garden tub! Also, people have started to request crocheted bathroom accessories again. They're kind of a retro niche, and they're fun to make.
2:43 My parents house had one of those "garden tubs," and I though it was a NUTS waste of space.
Mom raised puppies, and the puppies loved that tub, so many places to climb and play.
(still, not me though)
Personally, I like a classic-looking bathroom like the ones shown. I'd be tempted to redo an entire bathroom like this.
I live in an old building that has plumbing from around the 1960s, so I'm familiar with a couple of things mentioned. The sink is a wall mount with two individual faucets! The fixtures in the tub shower are old Price Pfister kinds with hot, cold and the lever above them to switch from shower to running tub water!
I had a little house built in 1940 that had black and white tile with black and white penny tiles on the floor. There were two art deco sconces on each side of the mirror.
I love those black and white penny tiles.
We had a pink bath tub, toilet and sink in our 50’s Orange County California home lol
First time I have seen the penny tile. I've seen the square mini tile floors.
Some years ago I remodeled my Sis-in-law's CARPETED bathroom in a home she'd just bought,. It was BEYOND disgusting! Carpet SOAKED with pee and spilled water over YEARS DESTROYED the subfloor, even rotted the FLOOR BEAMS!
I guarantee you there was more than pee and spilled water in that carpet. Feces, puke, blood.
@@atlantic_love I've been TRYING to FORGET, dammit! !!!
I remember when we bought our house and the previous occupants had a carpet in the bathroom. The floors were so rotted that once the toilet tipped over because of the damage to the floor.
@@jasonrodgers9063 I remember back in the 1990's I lived in South Dakota and rented an apartment. It had carpet in the bathroom. One day I picked something up off the floor and saw some kind of fuzzy worm / caterpillar in the carpet. Yuck.
I miss the Sears catalog that you could browse through, while doing your business in the wooden outhouse.
Scrolling on the phone just isn't the same thing.
Ode to The Little Brown Shack Outback by Billy Edd Wheeler. A funny song that you should hear elsewhere on UA-cam. 😂
@@glennso47
I searched for it.
I found it.
I listened to it.
And I enjoyed it!
I heard a live solo version...
but I prefer the toe-tapping original with the cool backing choir.
It even mentions the Sears catalog.
Thanks for the recommendation.
5:45 As a user of single blade razors, I *_*WISH*_* I had a blade slot in the bathroom! So practical!
I think I mean "double edge" razor blades. Formerly known as "safety blades."
Consider making a correctly sized slot..lol.
Our Bathroom tiles, sink and Tub were pink. And our house was built in 1949 and we moved in when I was a small kid in 1960.
The house I grew up in was brand new in 1964. Mom refused to have any carpet things in any bathroom, except bathroom rugs. The neighbors had carpeted bathrooms and the carpet was often…crunchy.
You missed wall mounted toothbrush holders that held 6 toothbrushes and you hoped you grabbed the right one.
"an eye for beauty" ??? Lol👍✌️
I Remember
I want my pastel colored and
scented toilet paper back!! 😭🧻❤ Lol!
Me too!✌️
I had totally forgotten that existed until recently
I don't know _why_ we don't have colored toilet paper any more. That seemed like such a natural way to blend with your bathroom decor.
In the '70, my parents and grandparents _always_ had colored toilet paper.
6:20 I've had carpeted bathrooms ... they're _not_ a good idea. They can get wet, and they can stink. TILE is the only way to go in a bathroom (IMHO).
my house was built in 1890...my kitchen sink is lg, dbl and pink! I wouldn't change it for anything
i have penny tile in my 1920s bathroom, white with a random black tile. Sometimes, when I stare at it for a few minutes, and there's a piece of dust or something on the tile, it will appear to be moving. More than once I've thought it was a bug. I've had plenty of claw foot tubs during my life and they are the nicest to bathe in. Alas, now that I'm too old and creaky to climb in and out, I must resort to showers.
Thank you.
The house I grew up in was built in the 50s - pretty sure the main bathroom had pink tile, sink, toilet and bathtub. My parents had that bathroom remodeled in the 80s to replace everything - the new tile, sink, toilet and tub were all a light shade of brown.
One thing you forgot to mention is the noisy exhaust fans that were in MCM bathrooms, especially the brand Emerson/Pryne.
Bathroom carpet must have been so disgusting!
You forgot the high mounted toilet tank. with the flush chain
i love this!
This was fun. 😊
One thing in the photos that is missing are ladies mules or wedge slippers. High heels for slippers added a sophistication not found in today's warm, soft scuffs. I found these mules or wedge slippers in Eastern Europe where the feminine is still respected. They are surprisingly comfortable by shifting your weight to the ball of the foot as opposed to the heel.
Yeah, but this was about bathrooms not high heel slippers. We also don't live in Eastern Europe, and what exactly are you trying to imply by stating "wearing high heel slippers added "sophistication.....in Eastern Europe where the feminine is still respected?" Personally I wouldn't want to walk around the house at bedtime in heels, sorry.
My brothers house had vintage vertical fluorescent sconces with some kind of odd spring loaded tubes. I had never seen them before.
Some of us with 100 year-old houses see those fixtures everytime we go to the bathroom...including a 1928 American Standard toilet with a blonde oak tank above my head! And if YOU think I'm STOOPID enough to pay $32 with S&H for ONE TEE-SHIRT, I've got some Ocean Front land in Osage County Okra-Homer to sell you!
We lived in an apartment where the bathroom had a tank near the ceiling with a pull chain to flush the toilet. 😂
My Grandparents had a Flourentine glass window on the bathroom door. my grandfather built his own house from a Montgomery Wards kit in 1930.
I loved the clothes wringer (or mangle) positioned proudly at the end of the bathtub (2:55)! I presume this was the householder's idea of interior decoration. BTW, who on earth thought crochet lavatory roll covers were (a) hygienic and (b) more aesthetically pleasing than a roll of pure white tissue?
my godmother bathroom is still pink and well maintained.
Claw foot tubs were a colossal PAIN IN THE BUTT to clean around!
Why would you ever, EVER have carpet in a bathroom? It's incredibly GROSS and UNHYGIENIC :(
Truth be told, back then many bathrooms were smaller. Most of that fuzzy carpet was washable and rubber backed/cut . It could be bought in a number of sizes to minimize waste with trimming. My mom washed hers in washer & dryer a couple times a week. Seemed to work. She bought a new one every year or do.
We moved into our home in 1993, second owners, home built in 1958. The original owners had indoor/outdoor carpet in the half-bath, with a pink toilet bowl and black seat. We quickly changed to more contemporary fixtures and got rid of the carpet. Nothing traps moisture and unpleasant smells like carpet in the bathroom.
Right, that bathroom tub tile looks like calamine lotion pink.
😂
Poison Ivy ... you're gonna need an ocean, of calamine lotion ...
@@josephgaviota Right, that stuff never did anything for me I had better luck with Benadryl capsules with hot shower followed by a cold rinse. Poison Ivy never sleeps.
I used to work for a plant that made sinks, tubs, toilets, etc. They shut down in CA almost thirty years ago. But in their warehouse they had tons of old product from the fifties. Apparently the plant was around back in the 1930s. How I wish I could lay my hands on those things now.
Go to south St. Louis.. you’ll see plenty of blue, pink, green, and peach bathrooms…
Turquoise blue
I miss the color coordinated facial tissues and toilet paper.
How about colored TP to match the bathroom?
I remember having to fidget with the different knobs in the bathtub getting the right temperature for the water until I had it down to a science.
One that will probably *always* be a bathroom constant among the generations of families is the lack of bathroom privacy! 😂
Dixie cups and a water pic.
Useful, but not really vintage.
I'm one of those who bought a place that, unfortunately, has or had sickly avocado green features on fixtures in the bathroom and kitchen. Even the carpets are a pale green color. The kitchen sink, dishwasher, cook stove and refrigerator were avocado green, as were/are the bathroom sink, toilet and tub/shower. The kitchen sink was replaced with a stainless steel sink, and the refrigerator went on the fritz and has been replaced with a white one. There's something a bit unsettling about pale avocado green.
Eww razor blade slots are disgusting. I think I saw one in an old apartment long ago. Didn't know what it was for
I'm just trying to figure out or wondering how to empty that little area for the razor blades?
Simply pull out the medicine cabinet. But why would you want to?
Great.. I can smell a polyester from here.
Thank you, I'm not sure how common it was in the US, but sometimes toilet tanks were mounted up high. Any idea why?
Just a guess, but water falling from higher moved faster. Maybe it did a better job of cleaning the bowl.
You missed the wall mounted gas heater.
We had an electric heater built into the side of the vanity-next to the hanging towels. Had some scorching incidents but no fires. What were they thinking??
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No, much of old fixtures are of a lower standard of living. Descended from basics when plumbing moved indoors and it was great for working people and lower classes to have a basin and running water.
Sure, pedestals and wide luxe sink on legs can look fine in a large bathroom,.
I miss the floor to above waist height urinals
Those were really good, but I've never seen one in a home, only in public buildings.
@@jasonrodgers9063 My dad lived above a bar and the only bathroom was down in the bar.
I say this with NO judgement.
Why did you like those?
@@josephgaviota When you are drunk, it is easy to hit.
my elementary school had those, I believe they were American-Standard
#savethepinkbathrooms
They created the era of women decorating.
Pink and black bathroom here. Yuck.
Don't give me a thumbnail pic of her and think I can perform better!!!
Awesome video and great memories as always
Avacodo everything