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90's Seafoam Horrors

9 years ago
I recently moved into a 90's builder grade house. We did a lot of work to the main floor of the house and bedrooms as well to make it suit our very minimalist and neutral taste. This leaves us with our awful (untouched) bathroom. I am totally stumped on what colour to paint the walls and honey oak vanity to minimize the seafoam green floor (it looks more gray than it actually is in the photos), and tie in the definitly-not-our-style goldish beige granite counters?

the rest of our house is natural maple floors, light oak euro kitchen, linen, and ultra white walls (with some accents of shades of charcoal).

Help!

Comments (25)

  • 9 years ago
    that's what I was hoping! what about honey oak vanity? I'm worried that if I paint it pure white it will make the counter look dirty.
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    No it would show it off more. Whitish color paint as this will give a larger look to your bathroom.

    Ken


  • PRO
    9 years ago

    I think painting the vanity white will look sort of off here. I would go with espresso and sleek silver hardware. Good luck!

  • 9 years ago

    Paint the vanity white or grey, change the countertop and then paint the walls whatever you like. That is probably a pretty standard vanity, and you can buy a one-piece unit from say, Kohler, relatively inexpensively. Why work around something ugly that is so easily changed?

  • 9 years ago

    Nope. Something has got to go. Which do you pick? Top or floor? The wall paint needs to be sorted after you decide.

  • 9 years ago
    One thing I should note is that a bathroom reno is planned in about 2 years, so this is really just planned as a short term "face lift"
  • 9 years ago

    why on earth would the previous people pick that flooring w/that vanity?? lol. for a quick fix, change out that hardware,,,pronto. If you can, paint the vanity white or an off white. Get a more modern fixture and probably a light fixture, that I can't see, but I'm sure is stuck in the 90's.

  • 9 years ago
    The floor does not look as sea foam as it does grey. To me the brown in the counter is competing with the grey in the floor and making it look more green instead of grey. To counter this, stain the sink a dark walnut and paint the walls a grey from the floor.
  • 9 years ago

    It shouldn't be that much to redo the floor. My handyman would redo the floors for $250 labor. You might need baseboard after that. Really the floor is off. The vanity just need refreshing and new pulls.

  • 9 years ago
    oh yes it's a 90's Wonderland... the whole house was really..... and yes vanity hardware and light fixture will definitely be changed out for the short term facelift.
    the house was butt-ugly when we moved in... all clashing choices like this (and you gotta wonder why when dropping the $$$ for granite would you pick th3 ugliest / most clashing one?!!!)
  • 9 years ago

    That floor looks like a HD tile. I'd go to HD and purchase anything to replace it, as two years is too long to live with it.

  • 9 years ago
    I don't find the floor that bad, but really don't like the countertop. Would change that, and paint the vanity.
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Are you flipping this home?

    Ken


  • 9 years ago
    nope the home is for me indefinitely. I am planning on gutting this bathroom, but that's about 2 years down the line
  • 9 years ago

    That granite was not $$$ - it was cheap because it was a remnant of an ugly slab that some stone guy was only too happy to get out of his shop!

    I bet if you make some simple changes you can live with this room as long as needed.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Hey at latifolia, That's not a remnant as it is the time the home was built, no the price is not much as you can tell of it. Is the kitchen cabinetry the same look?

    Ken


  • 9 years ago
    the kitchen was exactly the same. same doors, same hardware, same granite. but now it's sleek and modern with quartz. which just amplifies the ugliness of the old style bathroom!
  • 9 years ago

    If it's all going to be gone in a couple of years, get some peel and stick tile...your eye won't be drawn to it...

  • 9 years ago

    I'd just paint a soft white on the walls and forget the rest. You have two years to carefully plan what you want. Why waste money now?

  • 9 years ago

    Peel-n-stick tile costs less than a dollar each. Painting the vanity - takes minimum paint, say $15.00. New cabinet hardware - $3 to $5.00 each.........Priceless for feeling good when walking into the bathroom.

  • 9 years ago

    Plan A- Replacing the tile floor or the vanity countertop wouldn't be worth it for two years. Remove shower curtain and rug. Prime the walls in white. Then pick a fun new shower curtain, perhaps in gray/carmel/white. Paint the walls a color or simply an off white that will go with the shower curtain's colors. Add some art. Cost under $100.

    Plan B- replace the vanity now with the one you want for two years from now. Cost $1000 and up if you want quartz that matches what you have in the kitchen.

    Plan C- Cover the floor with a washable cut to fit rug from JC Penney Any color you want. Cost under $100.

  • 9 years ago

    Is the floor tile or vinyl?

  • 9 years ago
    Keep an eye out at a re-store for a solid colored standard vanity top and paint the vanity. People are taking them out all the time. I had the exact same honey oak cabinets. Painted them black, put a peel and stick black frame around mirror, new light fixture and hardware and found a used grey one piece counter. Bathroom looked new when done and buyers commented on the "new" bathroom (that was really 15 years old) when I sold it. Good luck!
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    I actually like the floor, it isn't as bad as the countertop. I would replace the countertop, paint the vanity (grey or navy blue) and then paint the walls in a lighter shade, like a nice soft white. Change the handles and put a glass door on the shower. I would also replace the toilet paper holder and towel holders, they also need to be updated.