lime green kitchens and puke pink bathrooms

There's a new kitchen in the community centre where I work, and they painted it this horrifically bright green colour. They got told off by management and it's now being painted an acceptable light green. But the people who chose the paint said "But it's retro! It's cool now! You can even get your cabinets in bright green plastic!"

My gran's kitchen was awful 60s, red and white plastic. My parents' bathrooms, fitted in the 70s (before we got new ones in 2001), one was an awful light brown and the other, turquoise.

Are these gaudy kitchens and bathrooms back in fashion?

Bearhunter

God I hope they're not coming back. I vividly remember our kitchen back in the 70s; it was eye-wateringly bright orange, with dayglo yellow lino. It made the Brady Bunch house look like a model of restraint and understated taste.

L1011

My mother, on being told by the builders that the suites hadn't been installed and being offered a choice of colours in 1985, chose avocado, pink and turquoise for the main, downstairs and en-suite bathrooms.

She's been regretting it ever since. Almost flipped and bought a full new suite when we had trouble finding an avocado toilet seat, although she decided to get wood instead.

The Princess Bride

I rented a house which had a dark brown bathroom
suite-am sure you can imagine what it looked like.

sh1tty

Hematocyte

I really dislike "colourful" interiors & furniture. My idea of perfection is the exact opposite. Nothing but black and white with stainless steel. Basically Patrick Bateman's apartment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SybIT-eeTY

L1011

msthe80s wrote: »

I rented a house which had a dark brown bathroom
suite-am sure you can imagine what it looked like.

sh1tty

That's actually the only colour I've seen bathroom suites on sale any time recently other than white. Why I've no idea.

The first place I lived in had a green bathroom, and then later rented a house built in the 50s that had a pink suite, pink walls and pink carpet. Remember when bathrooms had carpet?

Queen-Mise

Deleted User wrote: »

The first place I lived in had a green bathroom, and then later rented a house built in the 50s that had a pink suite, pink walls and pink carpet. Remember when bathrooms had carpet?

Carpets in bathrooms is just wrong.

Thank god, my mother had sense when picking colours for these things. We had a green toilet suite, it was a light colour, not too nauseating.

I don't mind some retro stuff, but small, couldn't be dealing with walls or kitchen units being woeful colours.

Aglomerado

Queen-Mise wrote: »

Carpets in bathrooms is just wrong.

Yes, they reek of p!ss in no time. Gank.

Hematocyte wrote: »

Basically Patrick Bateman's apartment.

PB could add a splash of colour too when he set about his guests with an axe. :pac:

the purple tin

This sums it up well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoWHzq21tA

filbert the fox

Yeh Colours that come to mind in the toilet bowl dept:

Chocolate brown
Avocado
Baby blue
Baby pink
burgundy
yellow/primrose
Royal (flush) blue Ha Ha ...sorry:mad:
grey
mustard?

gobnaitolunacy

MYOB wrote: »

That's actually the only colour I've seen bathroom suites on sale any time recently other than white. Why I've no idea.

Hides the sh!te?