Not sure why poster felt it was necessary to put a picture of herself on this post.

I remember one dilemma poster who inadvertently captured a of glimpse herself in the mirror in her pajamas. She was mortified and didn't know how to delete it.

I remember the early days of Ebay when they had a problem with people posting shots of items for sale with themselves reflected in the item--naked. It was dubbed 'reflecto-porn'.

I wouldn't paint any of the wood, but the lighten the walls and paint the ceiling to match. It's a nice stain color on the doors and vanities. Instead of painting the woodwork, celebrate that massive collection of doors. I'd frame out the mirrors with more matching wood, especially the raw top of the one between the doors. Run same stained picture moulding or cap even with the tops of the doors and glue veneer to the walls like paneling in exactly the same color stain. It would be thin and hit the door frames and baseboards like wallpaper. Some hanging light fixtures, another chair and end table, large rug and have a million dollar look, library-like bathroom. Check to see if a marble shop can sand/resurface your current vanity tops. From what I can see in the pics, they seem to match the floor and tub very well.

My suggestion is to not spend money until you are ready for a complete makeover at which time you may want to consider bringing in a qualified design professional. But I also understand you want to do something for now. Then the solution could be as simple as: 1. Paint ceilings dark gray. 2. Paint walls, doors/trim & vanities pure white. 3. Update vanity light fixtures. 4. Change hardware. 5. Remove door that separates the two areas & the large closet, creating instead a beautiful showcase for toiletries, towels, etc. with lighting.

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Paint the walls a color you like and doors and trim white

You're welcome!

I also have a large bath. I painted the doors grey and trim and walls white. The vanity is also white. the doors in the rest of the house are white, but remember this is a different room with doors for separation so don't worry about them matching. You could also try painting the vanity a medium grey also. It looks like your tile is of the grey family so just changing the trim, doors and vanity color may do the trick without the expense of changing stone.

This looks a lot like my bathroom. I like the color of the walls. I would paint the doors a different color (dark almost black or white). We have a large chair in the center, which is wonderful to rest on its better than an ottoman. We are in the process of hanging a smoke glass chandelier. We also put in a soap stone fireplace. http://www.tulikivi.com/usa-can

Be careful hanging pictures, they may eventually warp. Have you considered removing the sconces over the mirrors and inserting recessed lighting? Not sure what your budget is, but with a large marble floor like that, I hope you have radiant heat floors.

I forgot to add the picture of the soapstone fireplace.

I don't think you have to spend a lot of money to make this bathroom sing. I agree with those that said to paint first, get rid of the mirrors and replace with gold framed mirrors, exchange small decorations with large. A chandelier would be dramatic and you certainly have the air space. Slip cover the chair white. I, personally, would go a dark dramatic color like black.

don't two-tone this room. Go with just the white or, preferably, the grey or darker grey. And add interest in here with a simple draping curtain/sheet which will add some really beautiful elegance. I'd suggest hanging to the right in this photo so that the right side is "revealed" ever so slightly with a gorgeous white flowing fabric.

Creating unique "spaces" in this big room will really make it elegant - it's a bathroom - fashion it like an escape... a flowing retreat.

Finish it off with some foliage that lends some height and place elements in here to match the existing wood.

Why does everyone want to use gray in the bathroom? Do you have any idea how much gray effects your skin tone when you look in the mirror? It emphasizes the circles under your eyes, dulls your hair color, and is not an invigorating color to start your day with. And don't put your make up on with a grey wall reflected in the mirror..just saying.

The wood finish in this room is drab and does nothing to showcase the grain of the wood. (is it real wood or manufactured?) if you don't want to paint, consider re-staining in a more translucent color such as fruitwood that would pick up warmer tones in the granite.

Paint your walls a light brown or sand - not a brown/yellow/ beige, which will also make you look sick in the morning light. If you prefer to paint - paint the trim around the doors and the baseboards to match the vanity color.Maybe replace the sunken tub with a freestanding soaker if this is possible. Otherwise have another step made for your safety.

Consider adding a textured rubber floor mat ( large ) like a 4'x6' in front of the tub. Something that won't slip on the floor, or under your feet. It should afford you some good traction when stepping out with wet feet. and will cushion your fall on the granite in case you do go down.

Lose the door to the toilet area. when you use a walker or have to maneuver on crutches or use a slide board you won't regret it. If you must have a door consider having a pocket door added.

I would also replace the doors leading to the bedroom. The frosted glass is a great idea. It will relieve the feeling of heaviness all those solid doors give. If you feel adventuresome consider getting panes of etched glass. Or painted glass that picks up your accent colors. It will still provide privacy but lighten the feel of the room and make it uniquely yours; And add more texture and color to this overly smooth looking room.

Personally, I don't see why the bath and bedroom must match. They are two different rooms with two different functions. Any colors that don't outright clash should be fine. Or go for a color you like and if it clashes keep the doors closed! It is YOUR house.

I agree that chair should go. an S-shaped, slated teakwood bench would add some texture and soften the angles of the room. Perfect for putting on shoes or toweling dry. It is water resistant, easy to clean, can air dry and won't look heavy. The mirror by the closet should go, the over the vanity lights changed out to sconces. I would like to see bronze styled faucets, drawer pulls etc. as the color would pick up the color of the granite.

A large, decorative chandelier is a great idea as the room deeds more sources of light. Add live plants (a couple large spider plants would do well in wall hangers ) or a pothos hanging by the tub window or trained along the shelf behind the tub would add texture, interest, and life. Add a tall indoor potted tree to break up all those tall angles and bring the eye back down to human proportions.

If there is room (possibly behind that chair along the wall?) Consider adding a vanity for putting on your makeup. A special lighted mirror, storage, and a bench will let your work your magic much easier than leaning over the sink. You could paint it to go with the vanities or use one of your accent colors. In a room this big you should use the space not waste it!

Sorry if I got a little long here but I certainly would love a bathroom this big.

PAINT! I think there is a lot of wood/trim/doors. Paint the doors and trim white. Paint the walls and cabinets a similar soft hue so they all meld together. (The setup they did is very "jutty" looking and harsh with all the wood and angles.)Then it won't stand out so much--all that wood. I think this could be a great bathroom. New light fixtures above the sink. A small bench or stool--not an actual "easy" chair. Do the double doors go to the bedroom? I would change these out to French doors (to eliminate a bunch of wood and more white if they were painted.) and depending on the need for privacy add soft sheers. I think this could really be a stunner with a lot of DIY. I am not a professional, just a DIY mama and one who loves to make things pretty.

I agree that the painting the walls a light gray, darken the doors, add a hanging fixture, remove the chair near the tub and put another chair/ottoman in the center of the room.

Several good comments. A few others (some are repeats but wanted to give you my full list here):

1. Remove linen closet door and convert to open storage with clear glass shelves and overhead LED light. One less door. Use baskets and boxes to minimize cluttered look on shelves.
2. Firebox near the tub
3. Large artwork
4. Update vanity hardware and lighting
5. Relocate towel stand
6. Hang chandelier above batch-tub

potted trees/large plants... interesting well placed pendant lighting.

Pendant lighting / height interest - great idea. great big space to work with!

Yes, everything is happening on the perimeter... bring the scale down in the center to unify the expanse, so it doesn't look like a bunch of stuff stuck to/stacked against the walls.

I can't tell by the picture but is your mirror glued on? Ours was and it was difficulty to remove and broke in a million pieces. We had to repair the wall before hanging the others. Here's a couple suggestions to update it if it is glued by tiling around it or framing it in. Sorry, I couldn't upload the pictures but you can find them on Pinterest.

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oh my! what a great space! but I don't like the colors... so maybe it does need vavoom. the doors and vanity are a great and well matched color, but they don't play nice with the wall and ceiling tones. my goodness, you could place a classical sculpture in the center of the room and still have space. my vote is similar to many others - paint. but first decide if you like the feel of the doors and vanity, or if you feel right with the wall and ceiling color. I would paint the doors and vanity a sophisticated black, or a spicy red. ceilings are too hard to paint.

Thanks to everyone for their comments. It's been fun and very helpful. This has really helped me to move forward as I was paralyzed with indecision before. Lots of things i hadn't thought of including frosted doors to break up the wood. Will keep my eyes out for a great chandelier after painting, adding a rug, changing out the fixtures and re-accessorising. Fun!

Behind which door is the toilet ? Is it next to the shower ? What's behind the small portion of mirrored wall...is that the toilet enclosure or part of the shower ?

What about adding some simple molding to finish the wall edges, loved the idea of replacing the mirror over the vanities with framed and sconces, but its that's too big a project you could just frame the mirrors with molding (you can buy it specially designed for mirrors I would also take out the mirrors to the side as they just multiply the angles) and swap out the light fixtures for something with some softness and sparkle…as suggested painting the doors and trim white will make a huge difference, and painting the vanities a different color will make them not blend into the wood work. You might also add color and softness with a valence over the window (place above, on the wall to hide the transition from wall to bay) A tray with some bath salts, candles and glass accents on the wide shelf to the tub will add sparkle, color and make it look like it has a purpose. I agree an ottoman and rug will make a huge difference (the ottoman should be round to offset all the angles of the room) And for the large wall a sculptural piece, maybe salvage architectural would add interest and depth….Good Luck!

I like white bathrooms with lots of bright colors. (just don't paint the mirror wall yellow!) You wouldn't have to paint the cabinets, just add color on the walls. For the tub alcove, add a different color or brighter shade of the same color of paint.

Add some roman shades in the alcove, too, in a bright fabric:

Or, if you really want to paint the cabinets...this one has it all: bright color, great window treatment, with tassels and beads, wallpaper, paint.

to use all that wasted center space...use an ISLAND!

One with a few drawers could store jewelry, hair do-dads, soap bars. You can add extra towel bars to the sides or back.

I would add some color to walls and an area rug. Just seems a little cold as is

I would add to

my last comment by saying perhaps not to Paine the walls all the way to the ceiling. The ceiling is way too high. Paint the walls up to 7-8 feet and leave the rest white like the ceiling. This will make the walls not so tall snd it reduces the awkward lines where they meet at the ceiling. I agree with framing the mirrors too.

If there is room, you can also twist your two vanities 90 degrees, so that are on the side walls. This would make the area (upon entering) far more spacious, and give some needed breathing room around the double doors. The room seems a little unbalanced, because it is so overloaded at the double doors, whereas the rest of the bathroom is bare. If possible, i would also replace the raised tub with a freestanding one. At the foot of the tub I would install

freestanding unit to keep towels and bath supplies. This arrangement would allow you full access to the window (which seems only accessible now if you are sitting in the tub), and still give you ample space for your chaise, a small table, and even a makeup vanity.

I would not paint the room and ceilings the same color. You can't hide the angles of the ceiling, folks. They're there and I love them! Kinda feels like you're in the cabin of a boat. I would keep the ceilings white and paint the walls in a light aqua like Topsail from Sherwin Williams. I would restain the cabinets in walnut or espresso because it looks like your granite is yellowish. I would also paint the doors/frames into the bathroom white, but I would paint the closet and toilet doors/frames and baseboards in the same color as the walls to make them disappear. If you do matte or satin paint, they'll be beautiful. Then you eliminate some of the choppiness of the room. For the countertops, get as white as you can in quartz so that you don't compete with the granite. Change out the knobs and hardware to satin nickel, and replace the mirrors with framed mirrors. Take down the other mirrors and get the chair out of there. You have a large wall by the tub, so definitely get a big picture to hang there. Add some white towels and some big pictures of seascapes, and it will be very refreshing!

I don't think this room is too far off actually. It just needs a lot more textures and subtle prints going on.

1. Love the current wood color and wall color.

2. Paint the white ceilings the same color as the wall color.

3. Remove all the mirrors and replace with framed mirrors. The look can change entirely depending on whether you want sleek frames or ornate frames.

4. Remove lighting above the mirrors and get one with fewer lights that is more of a focal point - think about the finish, brass, something that pops a little.

5. I would go with crisp white towels or a nice hay color. Get chunky towels with a nice woven pattern.

6. Large area rug in the portion of the room where the chair and tub are. Substantial runners in front of the vanities. Use rugs as a place to play with texture more so than color.

7. Remove the small doo-dads from around the tub and instead put large, three-dimensional statement pieces - huge clay vessels, gigantic woven baskets, something with texture and a bit of a pattern.

8. Recover the chair with a patterned print.

9. The wall behind the chair needs a much larger piece of artwork.

wow. you sure got a lot of advice. I hope you'll post a picture of the finished product so that we can see what you decided.

I'm absolutely with the majority who say to paint the wood white, and use a darker/brighter contrasting color for the walls. The chair isn't the right type for the space IMO, but I like the idea of a patterned print for whatever goes there. Also love the rug idea and large plants/baskets or whatnot beside the tub, because its a bit lost in that big cubby. This is going to be a great room!

You will get the most on a budget using paint.
Paint the walls a spa blue
Paint all the doors and trim white ( you can leave the wood on the other side of the doors )
The ceiling ...... white ( or even dark blue to bring in down )
Paint the cabinets white or dark blue
Replace all lighting and fixtures with a simple clean chrome design.
If you can replace the counters to solid white with square edges
Add one special feature such as a
contemporary " chandelier ".
The rest is artwork, a cool round rug and possibly a
live green hanging plant. Trade out the large chair with a bench or two smaller chairs. Look for interesting prices a little at a time from various shops and street sales. Have fun with it

those angles look a little funky,
maybe a softer color on the walls?
bradboard??

sorry.. beadboard !! :-)

are all the doors in the house stained like these?
maybe paint the doors white, matching the trim...

I love the idea of painting all of the wood in this room white. It ties in the ceiling and brings the room a little closer
to being harmonious. Your ceilings will no longer seem so high if you do this. I would
then pick a wall colour that complements the white. Yes of course, you have to
make sure this room complements any a joining rooms. Use colour tone for that.

I would use indoor/outdoor furniture
since it is mold resistant and will withstand the moisture that can occur in
this room. But have this furniture coordinate with other pieces.

One other piece that I would add is a linen closet, which a source of functionality in this area. I would then pick a greyhound theme for this room.
That's just my choice. I would add one or two large ceramic greyhounds and a
large greyhound painting. I just feel the little paintings do not do the room
justice unless placed correctly. I would remove all of them. Sometimes less is
more and when it comes to artwork that can be the case. If you want to have
little paintings, please put several together creating a shape with them on the
wall. Then add ceiling fans, dwarf trees to the room, you can then say presto, you have your va va voom.

Paint every vertical space white, including walls, doors, trim and cabinetry. There are presently too many cut outs in the room, creating chaos with the angled ceilings. This will give the room a clean, ethereal gallery feel. If you wish to add contrast, paint the ceiling a faint gray. Replace the brass door hardware with black and the cabinet hardware and towel holders with chrome. Replace the brass switch plates with simple white ones that disappear into the walls. Replace the faucets and sconces with simple chrome squared off fixtures with squared off globes. Remove all the mirrors and replace only the over vanity ones with rectangular tilting ones. You need to inject something ornate and elegant into the mix to soften things up and create interest. Try replacing the chair and ottoman with an elegant chaise and perhaps a small mirrored table with a large contemporary painting with some texture (perhaps of a chandelier or sleek woman in a long gown) above on the wall. BTW, placing a chandelier over the bathtub, as suggested earlier, would result in a code violation, as your ceiling is too low and would be precluded by the skylight anyway. Lose the little colorful knick-knacks and small artwork. Place a sparkling silver candelabra and a pyramid of rolled up towels at the end of the tub's deck.

My suggestion would be to start with painting the walls something like sea salt and add a rug as as Jillian suggested. I would use the picture above the chair as your inspiration -although move it to a smaller space and hang something huge on that wall. Maybe add a heated towel rack instead of the mirror and freestanding towel rack. Then live with those changes for a bit before going all out redoing cabinets, layout etc.. You might find the little changes were all that the room needed.

You don't mention if lighting over your sinks is adequate, but those fixtures are up sooooo high that it moves the eye up to the least interesting part of the bathroom. If you had a smaller mirror, you could put sconces on either side of the smaller mirror and bring attention down to the sinks and granite etc. I also would want to replace the can lights in the tub area with some kind of pendant lighting again to bring your sight down and add a little glamour.

The next thing I would do is get some rugs with a large modern design in colors not too different from the flooring to add visual interest and soften the room. Do you get echoes with all those hard surfaces?

I would also move that overstuffed chair out of there. Besides the eventual mold issue, I just never understood why anyone would want to hang out in their bathroom no matter how beautiful. A nice bench makes sense, a lounge chair seems like you were just desperate to fill up space. Maybe add a small table next to the bench to hold grooming supplies or towels etc.

I would also lose the long mirror next to the shower and the free standing towel rack and install two or three large elegant hooks for towels on the wall.

First pick a wall color, I agree with sea blue or green, but hold the paint chips up to the wood trim to make sure they're compatible. The dark gray walls are so horrible next to the wood trim, I thought the trim was Painted that tannish color, so of course I thought paint it white! Since they are stained, before you go willy nilly painting that wood trim see if you can paint the walls a color that works better with it. Stripping that wood in the future will be a nightmare, plus that wood is a lot more expensive that your average stock trim and door. I agree with the person who said if you go for a beachy feel that wood may mimic driftwood (or could be stained/treated a little to get the look). So paint your wall color on some white poster board. Put it next to the wood trim, leave it there a few days and see what you think. You may have to try a few paint samples till you find one. Once you think you've got a paint color, paint a big patch on a wall but butt the paint right up against the wood. Give it a few more days and see what you think. You may have to try this with a few colors before you find one you like or give up on that wood trim. Ceilings are already white so paint the walls and see what you think. Try taping your wall painted poster board to the ceiling. Now, six months and 20 samples of paint later your room is painted but you've only spent a few hundred dollars. Everyone is right about too many doors and that also causes too much of that wood trim color. Figure out what doors you can try living without and pull the pins out and move the doors to another room (my vote is keep the water closet door!) once you decide which doors are going you can gently remove that wood trim and see if the wall needs anymore work so it doesn't say "there was once a door here". The more doors you get rid of the less that wood trim will overpower the room. The ideas about French doors with glass and an open linen closet are great. If you can't live without all the doors I almost would agree with those that say paint the wall, trim and doors the same color. That room IS choppy. If you keep all those doors and paint them white with a colored wall you are back to a choppy look. Maybe closer to the end of your project you might consider painting that tub wall a darker hue off of the same paint strip your wall color came from. I agree with everyone else about different shaped vanity mirrors (maybe no wood frames since you already have so much) and sconces on the side which will make it more interesting. Maybe a little tile backsplash?. See now how you like the vanity color with walls. The colors of the walls, ceiling and trim will help you pick a color (if any) to paint them. I also like the idea of staining the vanities a darker color depending on your paint choices. When deciding whether to get rid of a mirror, tape a beach towel over it and see what it does to the room. ok I've gone on long enough and there are so many good ideas about accessories on here. Good luck and post pictures!

That's not granite, it's marble. If you're keeping it, be careful about etching and staining. Don't use bleach, ammonia or vinegar. I would stain all the wood a dark espresso color. I don't like that pinkish natural wood up against the carrara. It just doesn't work.

Lots of great ideas here, however, living in a home with lots of reno's myself, I have a few suggestions. First, Don't paint the wood or cabinets until you have the rest of the bathroom to your liking, it might not be necessary! A pale robins egg blue/sea glass green-blue/aqua color would be beautiful with that pale wood. A large, round, oriental type rug in the center of the large space would be gorgeous - warm up the space and tone down the noise. Use the pale blues, greens, deeper blues and greens (so the room isn't all washed out) and perhaps the rust colors suggested by Jillians post from Feb 1st, and some black. A med/large ottoman centered on the rug would help to fill he space luxuriously - a place to sit or lay out clothing or robes/towels. If you could do a round ottoman, that would help to soften all the sharp lines and angles even more, but if not, square would be fine. An extra plush touch would be a chandelier, anything from shells to crystal or colored glass, over the ottoman. A larger piece of art would be nice, bringing in pale watery blues, soft greens and the sandy color of the woodwork, not so much the dark muddy brown. The tall skinny mirror (next to the shower) could be mounted to the front of the skinny linen closet door, freeing up space for towel hooks on the wall next to the shower. At the same time it would hide one of the (multiple) doors and wood. Definitely match all of the metals in the room. You could even go to glass knobs on the cabinets, or something soft and swirly in a metal. Moving the towel hand towel holders to the same height would be helpful, put them at the average height of where hands will grab the towels. Towels could pull in a bit of deeper colors and perhaps black in a pattern, the pattern does NOT need to match either rug! As long as the same colors, and different sizes/types of prints, are used you can mix and match patterns pretty freely. ie: Paisleys/stripes/flowers, all will work together if they incorporate all of, or some of the same colors (but don't introduce new ones), and if say the paisleys are medium, the strips are skinny and the flowers are larger. Hope that makes sense! Please, do not get stuck in creating a "beach themed room" because of the colors, that gets really tacky really quickly. If you love the idea of the beach, just create the colors and textures that make you feel like you're at the seashore. Enjoy, and try to hold off painting that wood. I don't prefer either painted or unpainted wood, but if it's a good wood (not cheap-skimpy-contractor-make-do-grade), and will work unpainted, best to keep it that way. All this being said, if the colors clash with the room on the other side, this comment is for naught. The rooms need to align with each other, not matchy-match, but go together. You could always try another color palette, just test, test, test. Oh, and yes, a couple of quite large plants, ferns of some type, would be gorgeous by the tub. Don't put lots of bits and baubles around the tub, in that large room a couple of large items, like the ferns/plants or such, are best.

The Sky is the Limit on this big, beautiful bathroom! (I'd love to see the house it is contained within!) You've got so many wonderful suggestions (is your head swimming?) that this will turn out to be one awesome bathroom do-over! It would be really nice to see the end result one day. All the best on your bathroom quest!

So....you said you are going to paint, then look for a chandelier. Did you start painting, if so, what color?

to tell the truth i love a big bathroom but this one is just too big to appeal to me. I wonder why they made it so big? Hope they will post the after pictures so we can all see what they decided on! Good luck.

Vertical smertical, designers paint a ceiling and woodwork
white all the time and it looks fabulous. Just try it you'll see. You just pick
a colour for your walls. You will love it. I would switch colour hues if you
want to paint the ceiling any other colour than white. Have your darkest shade
for the ceiling and woodwork. That will help to bring that ceiling down. Then
use your light colour on the walls.

Oh, here is my example of a great painting to go with the
greyhound theme I picked, it’s fabulous.

Load it in Windows Photo file....Choose Colour...Saturate then increase contrast. Voila !

Well, It's a start eh !

please post pictures of the "after". curious to see how this turns out!

You have a lot of real estate in that bathroom! The large open floor space is screaming for a rug and huge ottoman. I won't go into colors as that looks like it's been talked to death. A large round ottoman to toss your robe before crawling into the giant tub. Personally I would swap the tub and shower areas. A large open shower space with no glass to scrub...heaven. Then you could put a free standing tub in the middle of the floor with a smaller stuffed chair next to it. Turn the current shower area into more closet space.

Huge! Remove the lounge chair (does someone sit in the bathroom to read). Get a big round ottoman for the middle of the room in some beautiful fabric that works with you other selections.