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14 years ago

Hey everybody. My brother in law decided to pop into town and volunteered to strip wallpaper and paint my bathroom (yea!) He is a pro painter, so naturally I am dying to have him do it. Problem? I don't have a color. He gets in Fri and leaves Monday, so I need to have a color in mind. Normally, I would take 9000 samples and stew about it, but I don't have that much time.

Here is my bath as is:

Here is my inspiration pic that I want to build the bath around. One of my favorite places from my childhood, totally calming to me.

My bedroom (the bath is off of this) is painted Guilford Green (BM). The pic isn't great but you get the idea.

I tend to lean toward blues for the bath but I am open to suggestions. I am considering a blueberry color, but am worried it might be too dark. The bath is really small, doesn't get much light and all of the sink etc are beige (for now!) Obviously the wooden fixtures and toilet seat are going right away, and I'll be getting a new bath light. Suggestions would be fab!!! Thanks!!!

Comments (11)

  • 14 years ago

    With the green in your bedroom the only colors I would consider are a pale yellow or off white. I think anything else would clash and also not be calming colors. In a small space you can easily make a mistake by going too colorful or too dark. I would suggest something rather neutral and light.

  • 14 years ago

    Yea, I see what you are saying, but it's beige right now, and it's boring! Maybe it's just the shade of beige that it is right now...

  • 14 years ago

    I think a pale, icy blue might be serene and pretty. Something like BM Glass Slipper, maybe?

    Here is a link that might be useful: Glass Slipper

  • 14 years ago

    You can go dark in a small bath and turn it into a "jewel box". Love your inspiration piece, (2nd most beautiful spot on earth I've ever been was Moraine Lake) but the blues in the art are too intense as is and will go garish. So I would suggest going with a navy blue if you want to go dark (you have to commit if that's the look you want) or go with a soft shade of blue. It will go great if you swap out the hardware with something polished nickel or chrome.

    So, from the colors on my screen, it looks like the lake is about BM toronto blue, so I would go a few shades lighter to tear drop or turquoise haze. It will be really bright and light.

    Tear Drop (not tear drop blue)
    {{!gwi}}

    Turquoise haze
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    I'd probably go with the lighter shade....

    Will you be painting the door and vanity too?

  • 14 years ago

    A blue, whether light or dark, would be lovely, especially with that print.

    The BM site pairs Guilford green with

    2125-40 shadow gray
    and
    844 aloe vera

    The shadow gray might just be the bluish shade your looking for!

  • 14 years ago

    A reddish brown from the mountain pic? That would go well with the green and lend a very warm, wood-spa like feel.

  • 14 years ago

    I like the idea of a warm reddish brown - I am not sure that a blue or yellow will look great with all the oak/wood accents in the bath.

    With that said, I've done Soothing Aloe and Quiet Moments in small baths and they are very relaxing colors.

  • 14 years ago

    Can you post some reddish browns? The ones I am pulling have too much brown it seems...

    I will be painting the doors and trim probably an ivory. Because the countertops are ivory (and yucky but not int eh budget to replace right now) I will probably leave the sink cabinets as is for now. I hope to someday totally gut and refinish this bath but it is very low on the priority list. I am definitley going to do either a brushed silver or brass for the towel rods etc.

  • 14 years ago

    Mom's old apartment had the blue walls with the oak cabinets and it looked great...unfortunately, I don't have any pics of it....

  • 14 years ago

    I think the 844 aloe vera would look awesome in there

    Here is a link that might be useful: aloe vera

  • 14 years ago

    I did a bath that was stuck with beige fixtures and tile in Donald Kaufman's DK-37, which is a lovely watery blue with a little gray-green - I did the woodwork and vanity in BM Decorator's White, and used Waverly Country Life toile in beige for the shower curtain and a roman shade for the window, and it looked wonderful.