Bathroom wall color, grey tile

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

HELP!! My bathroom has grey tile on the walls. It's a medium grey with a blue tint. For YEARS I had wallpaper which was basically just bright white with red, grey and black splashes of color. Wallpaper is dated, not to mention pealing, needed to come down. I sent photo to a decorator friend who told me to paint the walls white! I agree that would be the easist solution, and trendy but my husband hates the idea. So, I picked a pale grey, thinking I would be splitting the difference... almost white but a hint of color. First try was BM Whitestone. Painter called me as he put up a few strokes... it was purple next to the tile, HORRIBLE! So then I picked SW First Star. It is so pale it's boring. It's the grey tile that is throwing me. Here's a pic before wallpaper removed. We plan to frame the mirror (white wood). We're now thinking of going with BM Hamilton Blue, but I'm afraid it will look odd next to the tile, HELP!! I know the red in the wall[paper would work, but I don't want to do red.

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Jenn TheCaLLisComingFromInsideTheHouse
9 years ago
The countertop is more gray with cream and I agree that just white isn’t going to do much if it’s not the right shade of white - yes there are tons of white paint shades out there. If you took down the gray tile and painted you could do blue or not, but if you removed that black and white tile stuff you’d be a lot better off in terms of possibilities.
nativetarheelian
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9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Yes, I selected this tile back in '93, ha. Wish I'd gone with either white painted beadboard or white tile with a tiny black strip of black as an accent (that's period for this house). But, I'm stuck with my bad choice from back then, not repainting the tile or taking it down, that's not in the budget. Eventually I will get rid of it and change the counter top but need to live with it for a few years. BM person at store recomended BM Lucerne rather than BM Hamilton Blue. It will be very different in there for sure! But, first coat is up and it looks good. My "I like my whole house to be practically white" friends will be horrified, but my husband wanted a color and by golly, we will have color now!
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Jenn TheCaLLisComingFromInsideTheHouse
9 years ago
I hear you, the countertops in my last kitchen were the same white square tiles I bought it with in 2002 and I left it up to the buyer what they wanted to do with it when we moved across the country to our new home. The things I wanted to do here were more important than updating the old one entirely - they did get a year old so newish floors, carpet, blinds and paint as well as a new fridge and microwave that stayed which we bought to replace the ones that up and died about 6 months before we moved.

The mister left the particulars of how to decorate and what order to do things up to me except for the counters - his reasoning was that if we were doing granite then get it out of the way so we aren’t in total disarray longer than absolutely needed. He also thought the couch would take longer to come in because it was a special order fabric choice I had to have. I’m a fan of blue, the more vibrant the better, it helps make my grays in the house work - my brother said I was approaching “looks like a jail” with all the gray but who asked him anyway. ;)