Subtle and sophisticated, Beautyware Sandstone calls on the beauty of nature for its versatility. This color affords limitless combinations of companion colors. Rich browns, yellows, orange, wood tones and olive greens, create a wonderful feeling of richness and charm. Combined with blues, cool greens and white in various mixtures and hues, this color will become gay and bright-lending to an atmosphere of casual living.
NEW SEAM-FREE, one-piece construction is a feature of Briggs new bathtubs in both seat and straight-front models. Square edges at base and top simplify installation. Slip resistant bottom gives maximum safety and comfort to the bather.
THE WHITTIER-a handsome shelf-back lavatory which may be installed with or without legs and towel bars. It has a deep, large capacity bowl plus a generous shelf to provide top utility for functional items.
Soft and subtle, radiating the beauty of timeless tropical reefs, this color will add warmth to your bathroom. It blends beautifully with warm grays and shades of brown for a glowing warm effect. For a more startling effect, it may be used with tints of pink and deeper shades of coral. Whatever your choice of companion colors may be, they should be warm to properly harmonize with this most popular compatible color.
THE CHAUCER-a distinguished departure from ordinary design. This contemporary lavatory features an off-center bowl and fittings, and an extra wide ledge which is both functional and beautiful. It can be installed with legs as shown above, or in a vanity counter top as shown below.
Kohler fixtures will add to your home the value of recognized first quality at no extra cost. Made in a wide range of styles and sizes, they are practical for any space or budget.
The Cosmopolitan bath - of enameled non-flexing iron cast for rigid strength - affords comfort and safety with a flat, roomy bottom, slope end, bench rim. The Gramercy lavatory is of vitreous china with an ample basin, built-in soap dishes, handy shelf. Glass-like surfaces are easy to keep clean. Chromium-plated brass fittings match the fixtures in style and quality.
We have become a nation of shower lovers, and it is generally understood that when a tub is installed, a shower will be included as part of the tub installation. If you are remodeling, and want to squeeze additional bathing facilities as well as toilet and lavatory into a small space, a shower stall can be the solution. Good lighting is important in the bathroom. If milady has a built-in vanity with a mirror over the basin or makeup counter, there is nothing better than vertical fluorescent lights on either side of the mirror. The same is true of the shaving mirror for the man of the house. Usually some general illumination is required in addition, which can be flush ceiling lamp or a fixture. Some bathrooms have been built with the entire ceiling lighted, frosted glass serving as the ceiling surface, with several fluorescents above.
If you need two bathrooms but are cramped for space, it may be possible to work out a compact arrangement that will give you two baths in an area equal or only slightly larger than is usually required for a single. Three plans are shown below whereby fixtures and storage space are so arranged that every square inch is in use. The small square tub (shown in the photo above), designed especially for bathroom areas where space is at a premium, is used in two of the rooms. Back-to-back piping cuts costs.
The Formica Vanitory can turn a bathroom of any size into one of the most colorful and exciting rooms in your home.
The beautiful colors and patterns of Formica are unharmed by alcohol, boiling water, non-bleaching cosmetics, mild acids and cleaning alkalies. The super-smooth surface of Formica wipes clean with only a damp cloth.
Step into the electric laundry of tomorrow a room designed for outstanding con-venience and hospital-like cleanliness. Hotpoint Automatie Washer, Table-top Ironer and Electric Clothes Dryer are arranged to eliminate unnecessary steps and motions.
IF EVER a room was designed to fulfill a housewife's dream of a modern laundry, it's the new Laundry Center! Major inconveniences as well as minor irritations that once gave "Blue Monday" its bad domestic reputation have been done away with! A built-in ironing board folds into a wall cabinet -when not in use, and the ironing cord has a coil spring to prevent curling. There's a special sorting and sprinkling table right next to the automatic clothes washer. Starch-making facilities are also available. Clothes baskets are portable and laundry sink has deep bowls. The electric dryer gives a soft, long-lasting fluffiness to everything from diapers to bed spreads. A cabinet-type ironer, at which you may sit down while you iron in cool comfort, is also provided. These are only a few typical advantages of the new Laundry Center you'll want to have in your plans for tomorrow's home ... With modern laundry appliances, washing is not the damp, dripping job of former years so the laundry need not be relegated to the basement. A first floor Laundry Center can be step-saving, light and airy. The room can be planned as one of many uses — a sewing and mending center, a study spot for youngsters, a play place for children on rainy days.
Hilco decorator-designed bathrooms blend or contrast the rich shades of genuine ceramic tile with those of American-Standard's famed vitreous-enamel fixtures. Matching custom-built formica-top vanettes come with huge plate glass mirrors and big, base-cabinet linen-chests and hampers. Glistening chrome towel bars and accessories echo the elegance of rustfree polished aluminum frames on the shower door or bath enclosure.
Hilco will custom-plan your bathrooms free. See fixtures in a wide choice of models and sizes, at substantially discounted prices. All decorator colors available! Bathtub and stall shower enclosures, too! Displays and sample walls with ceramic tile, plastic tile, and a great variety of floor coverings! Color themes are carried through in tile or vinyl floor.
Pabco Products Inc. was a linoleum manufacturer. The company was based in San Francisco, with regional offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. The factory was at , 475 Brannan Street, San Francisco, the building is still there, now converted into lofts, while the office hq was on 1355 Market Street, San Francisco. Here ar 4 kitchen designs by Pabco from 1956.
The in-line bathroom was designed to be integrated into a bedroom. There are separate sections for each bathroom fixture that allow three people to use the bathroom at the same time.
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Double doors harmonize with wallpaper, conceal lavatory and make it almost unnoticeable. Light inside lavatory is switched on autmatically when doors are opened.
Fully open, doors act as splash guards for walls. Shelf under basin holds boxes of soap, bottles. Foot pedals control water. Oblong slot inc enter mirror is shaving light.
Towels are hung on right-hand door. When the doors are closed the lavatory is ventilated and towels are dried by a current of air flowing under door and out vent in ceiling.
Triple mirrors are hinged and can be swung back and forth so as to show the back and sides of the head. Shelves for medicines and glasses are recessed behind the mirrors.
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The 3-passenber bathroom shown here is a concept created by LIFE Magazine in 1945.
During the morning rush, the 3-passenger bathroom can take on almost the whole family at once, as the full-scale model shows. It is 11 feet square and divided into three compartments which can be used simultaneously but with privacy for each user.
The biggest compartment, into which bath and toilet comaprtments open, containes the washstand. Over it is a double-doored medicine cabinet with mirrors on the outside and another inside to use when the doors are open. Shelves are on the inside of cabinet doors. Opposite the washstand is a wall of mirrors mounted on sliding panels. Behind them is a closet filled with shelves.
The 3-passenger bathrooms does not need a window. Is artificially ventilated by a small automated exhaust fan. Brilliant light is spread evenly through all three comaprtments by a luminous ceiling made of plastic backed by rows of fluorescent bulbs. Natural wood and warm, cheerful colors are used in place of the dead white walls of the usual bathroom.
Bath compartment in 3-passenger bathroom is a room 5x5 1/2 feet. The big square tub has a seat in one corner. It is so large that it catches all the spray from the shower and does not need a curtain. Plenty of space is left beside the tub for dressing. Light is provided by same luminous ceiling which extends over rest of bathroom.
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The Armstrong Cork Company was a cork and linoleum manufacturer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nowadays the beautiful former factory, designed in 1901 by architect Frederick J. Osterling hosts apartments.
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