Help with working with pink bath.

18 years ago

Hi, I'm pretty new here. I've been reading these boards for a year now -- when I decided to buy my parents home from the estate because my fiance said we could make it the house I wanted which means a complete home update. So, I will probably become more involved here as our next project is the kitchen and then the rest. He has just returned to his past career of being a kitchen designer - to my delight! So that is very cool. And he's been practicing his computer program by spending hours and hours planning our new kitchen. I'm so lucky.

The house is a 60's split level. If it was 6-8 feet deeper, it would be perfect, but it's not teeny. It does has a nice flow and pretty open floorplan. In the last 42 years, my parents always fixed what was wrong and kept it in good shape and clean, but no updates, except the cabinet refacing with white laminate they did 15 years ago.

My 60's bathroom has a pink/rose bathtub, toilet, floor and tiles that encompass the walls tub area (beind shower curtain), but for the rest of room, there is just one row along the perimeter of the floor. We are renovating the house, but we are not doing the tile in bathrooms now. Won't get to that for a few years.

We have replaced the vanity and hardware. The master bath was was tiled in beige, so that's a little easier to work with now and not such an eyesore.

In the hall bath (pink one), we have a Yorktown white beadboard vanity with a carerra marble top and a matching wall cabinet over the toilet and a white shower curtin and the hardware is chrome. The walls are now painted white. It's too much white. And I still haven't found a mirror I like.

My DH and I think painting the walls gray would be a good idea because we can't think of any other color that work with the pink (unless you guys have any ideas). I'm on my way to look at BM colors. Wondering if you you have any input as to whether I should go for a light or dark gray or if you have any suggestions for any other color that might work with the rose/pink, let me know.

Suggestions for finding mirrors are welcome too. I can't find what I want. I'm looking for dimensions of around 33/34 high and 35-40 wide.

I have pictures in my "new" digital Canon camera of the room, but I don't know how to get them from my camera to the computer to this site. So, maybe I can work on that tomorrow night if I have time. I am open to tips or pointing me in the right direction to figure this out too.

Leenie

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pbrisjar
18 years ago
Well, I love pink so I may not be the best critic here, but I've seena couple of pink bathrooms that have just used white, silver and black for accents. They look lovely. The key was to use a true, deep, shiny black.
ilovejah
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks pbrisjar, that gives me something to think about. When you say "true, deep, shiney black," can you give me any examples of what kind of accents are you referring to?
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teacats
18 years ago
Working with pink:

Deep rich chocolate brown?
Silvery-gray (perhaps an eggshell or slightly-shiny finish)
Gray-greenish-sage

Some Paint Suggestions:

Benjamin Moore's "Bittersweet Chocolate" (#2114-10)

Or: BM's "Plymouth Brown" (#HC-73)

For silver: BM's "Silver Fox" (#2108-50)

Or perhaps: BM's "Nantucket Gray" (#HC-111) -- more a gray-greenish-sage.

Also: BM's "Gray Wisp" (#CC-1570)

Hope this helps!

Also check out the Paint Palettes at Ralph Lauren at polo.com -- might be some shades there too.
teacats
18 years ago
Here's a mirror that might work ......

Check shops like Target; T.J. Maxx; Marshalls; Linen n Things for mirrors too ....

Here is a link that might be useful: Mirror -- Lamps Plus
pbrisjar
18 years ago
In one bathroom, they actually had black accent/border tiles. In another bathroom, they had some black enamel accent pieces.
robin_g
18 years ago
I would upload photos but I'm moving to a new state right now and everything is someplace else!

I had pink tile walls in the shower, 3/4 up on 3 walls, and the floor. POs had painted it peach but it looked pink, like an overdose of Peto. i tried white and it accentuated the pink, so I used Ellen Kennon Silt, which is a chocolate brown. i thought it toned down the "sweetness" of the pink and made it more sophisticated. DH said it made him think of poop on the wall. Oh well. I also used contemporary lights and a frameless, multi-part Kohler medicine chest (inset--I desperately needed storage and took out a huge but falling apart 50's medicne chest).

I kept the midcentury modern looking faucets which were squares.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bath lights
ilovejah
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions. I just came back from BM with some color cards and I found 3 sample paints that I'm going to try. I have to get to cooking in a minute so I'll check my colors later to see if I came back with any of the gray colors you suggested, teacats. I was considering greenish grays, but I didn't bring back any samples or color cards. Also, thanks for the mirror link. My first choice for a mirror was a rectangle swivel mirror that I've seen from RH and PB. BF says no swivel mirrors. Something about the walls have to exactly square and level and blah blah blah. I think it would be a good idea, especially since I'm short and he's tall so it could be swiveled to our individual heights. I have to let him get his way some times. He's the one who does the work!Compromise -- sheesh!

I bought a light set last year (that not up yet). The elecrician already put the light box for overhead lights. Now I don't even know if I like those lights. I keep changing my mind!

Thanks