You can play it safe and make it all white then paint the walls and get pretty towels for color. That might keep him out of trouble and still give a pretty room. Search the box above under Photos for all white bath and scroll through to see what's possible.

do 2 mirrors, otherwise you cant put on make up while he brushes his teeth. and all white works for me, you can decide what color to paint after you've gone out and bought your favorite color of towels and shower mat.

i think you could get 1 or 2 lights to fit over the mirror/s

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I would stay with white. can you post pictures of choices already made?

I would do 2 sinks. much better re-sale value. 2 mirrors or 2 medicine cabinets. a white floor with big tiles 24x24 or 12x24, or go with a timeless b/w scheme with retro floor tiles.

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The only choices made so far are the vanity and over-the-toilet cabinet that my husband already ordered (but we don't have in hand so no photos). These are a white linen color and raised panel (ordered from Home Depot -- American Woodmark brand). We're making other choices next week. When you suggest staying with white -- do you mean for the countertop, floor, and walls? We considered a second sink but this really adds to the expense because of the plumber. I'm the only one using the bathroom and like the counterspace. My husband uses the kids' bathroom since they are away at college.

As sacapuntaslapioz posted....If you stick with black & white for the main componants (sink, walls, floor) you can accent in any color you like. I did mine with a black matte finish hex floor & I really love it. Black & white wall tiles similar to 3rd pic above. I must say, that basketweve floor in pic 2 is beautiful.

Not sure if this is or isn't an option for you, but I have hot water radiant heat & ran piping in the floor so in the cold months, the hot water flows under the floor for toasty feets! Just an idea! :0)

One question....is there another bath in the house that has a tub? There's nothing like a good, long, hot soak!!!

Yes, I was saying all white - safe and easy - he can't make a mistake. Then pick white towels with a bit of colored trim on them and paint that color on the walls.

i think a single sink not centered in a small double vanity is a better choice than 2 basins with 1 1/2" of counter space. and buyers who dont realize that deserve their 1 1/2" of counter space.

The major downside of white is white grout on the floor. But, if you are the major user of the bathroom, keeping the grout clean shouldn't be an issue

I prefer single basin vanities, even when there is sufficient space for two unless we are talking a very large master bathroom. There's always lots of expenses in a major bathroom remodel, so save the funds for the features most desirable in your personal opinion. As long as you aren't doing something really weird in the bathroom, use classic colors and materials for the durable items and don't worry needlessly about the resale aspect. As we say in my house, that is "Next owner's problem!"

I wouldn't pick beige tiles or countertop to go in a white bathroom but then again, I wouldn't pick beige for anything, if I had a choice. My bathrooms tend to be white with accents of black, gray, red or blue. One favorite was blue/gray painted walls and white tiles in the shower and on the wall behind the toilet and vanity, trimmed with a single line of a glossy, dark blue diamond shape tile. Then for the floor, I used a border of two white 2 inch tiles around the perimeter filled in with a heather gray mosaic in the middle, all done with light gray grout. This property is currently rented and I get lots of compliments on the bathroom and with tile behind the toilet and vanity and gray around the base of the toilet, there's no worries about damage either.

I would have one mirror over the entire vanity. We have one that was plain like yours and the contractor was able to make a frame to enclose it (cottage style look); it already fit the space and it was a low-cost update that looks fabulous.

Thanks for all the suggestions! In answer to one question, we already have a tub in the kids' bathroom so it made sense to us to convert to a shower in the master bathroom.

Never use a tub in my household, so I'm in favor of a WIS

My reluctance to have one larger mirror is the need to put lighting above the mirror (I tend not to like the look of these attached overhead lights). Would it be odd to have 2 smaller mirrors even though there is only 1 sink? Then I could use sconces.

Gray or tan/beige are fine, but choose just one, not both. If you want to use different tones of the same color for the floor and counter, that will work fine.

Are can lights an option? We have 2 LED can lights along with a single overhead fixture in one bath; in another bath, we also framed the mirror and used two of these.

We are going to have canned lights but felt more would be needed around the mirrors. I'll look at some of the single overhead fixtures for one that might look nice with a white vanity and sink. Thanks!

I don't know what "attached overhead fixtures" you were thinking of, but I was imagining something like one of these:

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I can see the appeal of the two-mirror multi-sconce look, but I think it will just draw attention oddly to the asymmetry of your vanity. In contrast, a single large mirror with two of these kinds of fixture overhead will achieve the same task lighting while addressing the space as a unified whole.

Just another two cents. :)

Here's what I did with something like this (although in a double-sink setting):

although that's a large semi-recessed medicine cabinet rather than a flat mirror.

Thanks so much! I think you are right about the second mirror looking odd when there is no second sink. The overhead fixtures that you have in mind look quite nice -- more understated than the ones I have seen.

We did a bathroom in a cream glazed tile with sage in the accents...what do you think?

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I am going to suggest that you return the over toilet cabinet and get a storage tower cabinet like in the photo below. Similarly, you can have a frame built around the mirror and have the lighting or sconce installed over the mirror (hole cut in glass). You will want something that uplights the room, as downlighting is very unflattering. The wall color (or if you had a colored shower curtain) will reflect on your skin so you need to be careful not to go too bold. You could end up thinking you look really pale and overdoing the blush, when it was just the green paint reflection… Softer colors are safer and color can be brought in with accessories, art, etc.

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Beautiful look! I'll have to price out these options, as we're on a budget.

Doing a large framed mirror (TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Overstock, etc) instead of wall mirror and with the return of the over toilet cabinet, that would give you $ towards storage tower. It would pack more punch design-wise. Can also be a tall wall cabinet that doesn’t go down to counter. Just a few ideas to help budget options. :) Regardless, your new bath will be an upgrade and look better than before!

Great ideas! Thank you!

Agree with many of the comments above. Subways tiles are always so elegant!