Save The Pink Bathroom

I'm sending out an urgent SOS to all my pink sisters today but first I'll have to backtrack. I was at an estate sale last Saturday when I spotted a completely fabulous Pink ceramic piece straight out of the 50's of three little pink fish. For my store, of course so I began looking for information on it, and came across a website after our own heart. Here's an exerpt of 50's Pam's information of why pink was so popular for bathrooms in the 50's. “Mamie Pink.” The iconic decorating color of the 50s, arguably. Ubiquitous in fashion as well as 50s bathrooms and kitchens, of course!
The mid-century trend to pink seems to have come directly and irrefutably from Mamie Eisenhower, first lady from 1953 to 1961. Pink was Mamie’s favorite color. She wore a pink gown with 2,000 pink rhinestones to Ike’s inauguration. Ike sent her pink flowers every morning. Her bathroom in Gettysburg was pink down to the cotton balls. She re-decorated the private quarters in the White House in pink. So much so that reporters called it the “Pink Palace.” The color also seems to have been known as “First Lady Pink.” As a result of all this pink-think, there was probably no question that American women (and marketers) would pick up on it. It also was a color trend right in line with the exuberance of the time — and even supportive of the return of women to the home after WWII and their complete remaking of the American domestic landscape."
(Don't you know that Mamie would be all over PINK Saturday???)

But people are DESTROYING these treasures and oh my goodness those "makeover your entire house and your neighbors in one hour for under $50 on HGTV" - well they're just the worst offenders. So 50's Pam is asking for your help to take the pledge to:

Save the Pink Bathrooms Our goal: A gazillion people pledged to preserve vintage pink bathrooms. Maybe you have a pink bathroom. Or you just love them. Do your part and pledge to never destroy a pink bathroom. I promise...and just in case I ever get a 50's pink bathroom...I'm keepin' those fishies! And yes, there they are in my store...just so my husband believes I'm trying to sell them...as long as he doesn't look at the ridiculous price - they're mine!

Want to know WHY we love pink so much??? There's a scientific explanation over at 50's Pam's Save the Pink Bathroom.

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