My neighbor did her kitchen blue with elements such as yours,i.e., black flooring and grey tile. Here are some photo's so you can see if it's something you might want to consider.

Hope that helped.

Thank you for the pictures. My son was hoping for a blue color as that is his favorite. I was concerned that it may not go with anything else in the house as we tend to have warmer tones everywhere else. Your friend's kitchen looks nice and appears on my monitor to have a brownish taupe tile so maybe I can look into that. Thanks again!

qs, I always say a bathroom is the place to break the "rules". We have warm paint colors everywhere on our first floor too, but our powder room is a pale lavender color. I have a client who has very traditional, subdued colors throughout her first floor but a bright green (Dill Pickle) in her powder room. I agree with brutuses that a gray-blue or gray would look nice. We have a b&w master bathroom and our walls are Revere Pewter.

or if you want to play with a funky, black and white graphic wallpaper -- that might be fun as well, if you decide against the neutral...

Here is a link that might be useful: along these lines, is what I'm thinking...

My first choice would be the above posted light blue, I think it looks stunning! But I've been known to break a rule or too, lol. If you can't do the blue, how about a sage green, BM Georgian Green is really lovely.

I also have a warm home, and if you use a cool color, it works better if a bit yellowed, like a teal blue rather than true blue. such as BM Blue Jean (teal) or BMCalifornia Breeze or Bayville Blue. Palladian Blue is very popular, and can look green or blue depending on light. Even then, if you want the room to look like it belongs, it helps to have bits of the same teal color in the surrounding rooms, like pillows and accessories. What warm colors are you using? A terracotta or soft peach would be beautiful with the black and white - for drama, SW Chivalry Copper is very popular, or Baked Clay, SW Precious Peach is a good soft color, BM Ansonia Peach is a historical color, or even a warm camel brown for a more dramatic effect - BM Warm Apple Crisp can turn dull depending on your light, but would give you an idea...maybe Caramel, or for a redder tone, Butterscotch Sundae - or go red with a warm red like BM Mexicana, or Navaho Red -

so the real question is, do you want warm and dramatic, cool and refreshing, warm and refreshing, etc....you have a fun blank slate....

terry

brutuses - Did you ever find out what color blue your neighbor used? That's such a pretty color.

Laurie

Thanks, everyone, for your advice. I think I just needed to hear that it is o.k. to do something different in this bathroom. We actually do have a little blue in other areas (for DH) and our soapstone in the kitchen reads dark dark blue so it is not that much of a stretch. Sueb, love your b/w floor and I had actually thought about Revere Pewter but it may be too gray for DH. A great wallpaper would also be fun. I hadn't really thought about it but there are so many great ones and it is such a small space, we could splurge. And thanks for all of the colors Terry. I have the SW fan deck so I can check those particular ones out. And I am well-known at the BM store ;) I'll try and post pictures when we're done.

I like the blue, and it sounds like you are heading in a great direction.

I just wanted to cast a vote that GREEN would be gorgeous. I just saw an old classmates kitchen in a photo. We just built our home, but her kitchen is my "next" kitchen now. LOL!

She has a cream glazed hood (not quite white, but certainly not yellowish), soapstone countertops, and a lighter, celery green on her walls. White sink, etc. It's gorgeous. I'm not kidding. I am sooo stealing her colors on my "next" house (or if we remodel our summer place, whichever comes first).

Can't wait to see what you choose. Sounds like a lovely guest bath. ;o)