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Another Bathroom Bites The Dust |
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Post# 984582   2/27/2018 at 12:32 (2,220 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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This bathroom can't be very old - certainly not old enough to qualify as "vintage" - but it's all for sale, so I guess someone is "upgrading" the bathroom. Really high-end Kohler fixtures, although I'm not fond of the color, but it does look nice with the black tile.
$800
Pensacola, FL
lawrence CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulltostart's LINK on Pensacola Craigslist |
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Post# 984586 , Reply# 1   2/27/2018 at 13:51 (2,220 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 984617 , Reply# 2   2/27/2018 at 19:09 (2,220 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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The color appears to be "Mexican Sand", which is a current offering, but has been available since 1970. I imagine the bathroom is from the 80's. |
Post# 984631 , Reply# 3   2/27/2018 at 23:28 (2,220 days old) by funktionalart (Rison, AR)   |   | |
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I'm one of those who covets Kohler fixtures of the 60s through 80s. Grew up with the stuff. Pricey and always attractive. Now if this set was in Kohler's Tiger Lily glaze (reddish orange), I'd be running after it all!
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Post# 984667 , Reply# 5   2/28/2018 at 09:29 (2,220 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose)   |   | |
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....as the "Mendota" model as we had one (except L.H. drain) in a new home my parents had built in Minnesota in 1969. It was a turquoise color along with the toilet and sink and the counter top and tile was black. Very striking color combination but it was hard keeping the black water spot free - especially with the mineral-laden well water that we had.
Coincidentally, we moved into the new home from a rental in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Sadly, no pictures of the bathroom except in my memory.... |
Post# 984699 , Reply# 6   2/28/2018 at 13:28 (2,219 days old) by funktionalart (Rison, AR)   |   | |
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Bill, In a house I'm looking at buying, is a Kohler Rochelle toilet and matching tub in what might be the same colour you mention. It's called New Orleans Blue...circa 1969-early 80s. Long, long discontinued....
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Post# 984748 , Reply# 9   2/28/2018 at 22:28 (2,219 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Ft. Walton Beach, FL $20
Not Tiger Lily, but definitely a bold color.
lawrence CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulltostart's LINK on Okaloosa Craigslist
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Post# 984797 , Reply# 11   3/1/2018 at 09:59 (2,219 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose)   |   | |
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.....were more like this color. So long ago, I don't remember what it was called. Wish I still had the Kohler catalog that it was selected from.
The other bathroom in that house had avocado green toilet and sink (no tub in that bathroom).
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Post# 984810 , Reply# 12   3/1/2018 at 10:47 (2,219 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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Farmington lav basin or Larkspur. They have a similar shaded color called vapour green today. |
Post# 984864 , Reply# 13   3/1/2018 at 17:47 (2,218 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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The Lady Vanity lav shown is probably in "Pink Champagne", which was in their color selection from '73 -'79. |
Post# 984878 , Reply# 14   3/1/2018 at 19:47 (2,218 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Those Kohler one piece toilets were very pricey. The Orchard Supply Hardware stores had a number of them in stock when California changed the state law...and it was very wise move for the state...where retailers could no longer sell toilets that used more than 1.6 gallons per flush. The Kohler Rialto one-piece did. The tank actually included the hallow part around the bowl. We took markdowns which brought the price to about $20 bucks in order to liquidate them before the law came into effect. I kind of remember at the end most of what was left was black.
And Ralph, I hear you about getting too old to practically sit on the floor to use the toilet. Back when I was a plumbing buyer at OSH, higher toilets weren't very popular, probably because they were universally called "handicapped". Today, "comfort" or "chair-height" sounds more pleasing. |
Post# 984926 , Reply# 15   3/2/2018 at 07:45 (2,218 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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If I'm not mistaken, my sister & what's now my ex-brother-inlaw's house had that toilet as well as the sink and even a shower cabinet in their own private bathroom, right in the bedroom, done in a light gray...
One thing the toilet was not immune to was cracks along the inner-front of the bowl from the top to down where the drain around there begins (prompting us wondering what could have been "dumped" in there?) so a replacement which was a conventional toilet in white (and actually via the Hebrew Free Loan) and later updating the sink & even modernizing the shower, which did away with the tiki design of the vanity & other accents in that bathroom, to a more 21st Century décor... -- Dave |
Post# 985131 , Reply# 16   3/3/2018 at 16:32 (2,216 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast)   |   | |
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