Today, designers tell us how to fluff a couch, karate chop a throw pillow, stack coffee table books, and make a room look “curated.”
But somehow, we lost designer toilet paper.
Back in the 60s and 70s, bathrooms had personality. Pink sinks, blue tubs, avocado tile, fuzzy toilet lid covers, and yes, toilet paper that matched. You could buy pastel rolls and even printed patterns to go with the bathroom decor.
Nobody needed a TV designer to explain it. Mom knew. Grandma knew. The toilet paper matched the room.
Then colored toilet paper faded away. Concerns over dyes, perfumes, septic systems, the environment, and cost helped make plain white the standard.
Now everything in the house can be designer, except the one thing that used to quietly tie the whole bathroom together.
Maybe the 70s had it right after all.
