I think photos would really help.

I had a harvest gold bath that I just hated, with tub/surround/counters all harvest gold in cultured marble. Couldn't afford to switch that out so I picked one of the colors out of there and painted the walls gold. After I liked it so much better. I think part of that was because the counter/tub didn't stand out so much anymore and my eye were drawn to the red accessories instead.

I don't have a true before as I'd already stripped off the green, multi colored flowered wallpaper from the previous owner, but here is the semi-before and the after.

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I have had good luck when I had apartment living to use an opposite color to down play horrible colored carpeting or tile.

Using the same color seems to be more of a bad thing and if you don't like the color (purple) to begin with why put more into the room?

I know it sounds terrible, but I once painted my living room walls lilac to counter harvest gold carpeting. The walls did not look purple against the carpet and it seemed to mute out the carpet. No one knew the walls were lilac unless I proved it by holding up a white sheet of paper to the walls.

In your case, I think getting the right golden/yellow/buttercup/straw/sunny/whatever color rug, would be better than bringing in more purple that would end up accenting the pink/purple tone in the tile floor. With your light gray walls the yellowish color will carry through nicely and "gray out" the tile. Add a couple of buttercup accessories to the counter or cabinet tops, to bring the eye up.

Try to avoid using color combos that were at one time a 'fad' defining a decade, like the pinkish dusty rose with mint green.

The way you describe the floor reminds me of Boopabadoo's last house. Not sure what she ended up doing....except that she did ultimately move.

I think the gray counter would look good (depending on your cabs, of course) and I would use accents in bright red. I'd put a red and charcoal rug on the floor. Red is close enough to the pink/purple tile that it won't clash, but it is strong enough to drown out the colors you don't like.

Not sure what your style is, but I would look at Flor carpet squares, find a clear bright red (more blue than orange) and a charcoal that matches the counters, put them down in a checkerboard pattern and cover as much of that floor as you can.

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You might also try changing the color of the lighting to see its effect on the color. Maybe some throw rugs too. Small area rugs and runners look great in a kitchen and are easy on the feet.

On another note, we worked on a kitchen here where even the counters were pink. Here's the virtual, with a cranberry paint and red & pink toile. Sometimes its best to just embrace it.

I have horrid 90's pinky-beige in my bathroom. I painted the walls a darkish red brown and now the tile just looks beige.

The gold walls and the touch of red really draw the eye away from the counters. Good job. Actually looks meant to be.

Lightlystarched- I have those pinky beige tiles as well and have been trying to figure out how to make them read more beigey brown. I have been playing with chocolate browns (I have bought a few small rugs and towels to see how that would be) and that is better than what I have now, but not great. Can you share more specifics about the red/brown paint color? I presently have wall paper in the room but am looking to paint and redo.
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And Lyfia, that wall color really did minimize the gold of the counters. Great job.

Okay here are the pictures. The first is the floor. I guess you can call it lilac. It shows my new maple cabinets. The second photos shows the POs matching laminate counter. I was originally thinking of a bold black quartz, but maybe I should go with this more gray quartz color.(?) I just think that gray counter is bla. (Those white cabinets are the original cabs with new doors painted white. They are temporary and maple shaker style cabinets will be installed in about a year. And those blue walls are temporary also. They will be repainted a soft gray the same as the living area.)

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Hate to intrude on this threadÂthough this is something so many of us have to deal with eventually, compromising with someone elseÂs choices and making it work for us and our tastes. Reminds me of my last house and the 1950Âs blue bathroom: blue tub, toilet, sink, small blue mosaic tile on the floor and 4 inch blue tile all the way up the wall up to shoulder level. There was almost no space left to do something that was not blue. We papered the small space we could but it was one tiny drop in a giant blue bucket.

Lyfia, you did a great job on your bathroom. IÂm not a fan of gold either, but looking at your bathroom now could almost make me change my mind. ItÂs not part of your color change but I really like the frame you put around the mirror. I have a similar mirror that also goes all the way down to the counter backsplash. How did you attach the molding? ItÂs going right over the mirror, isnÂt it? What did you nail it to?