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Help remodel this bathroom!

8 years ago

Tile is new, maybe should have went with another color with natural woodwork but I was trying to brighten up a small space 40 sq. feet. Plus, I have no sense of design! So....what do I do now? Need advice on paint color, shower curtain, lighting etc...I am not opposed to changing vanity or painting it. The woodwork is natural throughout the whole house so...paint it or not?


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  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I am not sure what wood your trim is. It looks a little like mine did - 1970's dark stained pine. If it is, no problem with painting it. If it is oak and you like it, you might want to think about it. You can paint the trim and leave the doors wood - even leave the vanity wood - which is what I have in my home.

    Not my house:

    White trim with wood doors - and white wall with a gray undertone:


    This is my older, kids bathroom. The floor is not gray, but white tile with gray grout. The trim is white, vanity and doors are wood.

    [https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-pics-work-in-progress-phvw-vp~53121047[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/my-pics-work-in-progress-phvw-vp~53121047)

    A color that seems to bridge the warm / cool divide is SW Sea Salt - though try a sample first. Here it is in a dining room working with the white trim and the warm wood floor:

    White is a neutral and can work well in a warm toned home - and I think the gray in your floor is not so overwhelming that it can't work with a wood vanity and door.

    jj4401 thanked jhmarie
  • 8 years ago

    Thanks you so much for the pictures and ideas! Your home is beautiful! I think that painting the trim and leaving the rest natural may just be the right idea. I will check out the paint color.

  • 8 years ago

    Thanks - but to clarify - the pictures above are not my home- but the link to the bathroom is. I have not tried Sea Salt myself, though I saw it in a Parade Home bathroom on a sunny day and it was very pretty. I hear it looks different on different people's walls depending on lighting and time of day. That is why you may want to try a sample jar first.

  • 8 years ago

    After I posted that it registered those weren’t your pictures, lol. Still pretty! Thanks again!

  • 8 years ago
    I would leave the wood doors but paint the baseboard molding, window frame, and vanity white. The blinds, valance and shower curtain have to go. Use white shutters the same color as the window frame. I would use a medium greige color on the walls. There's a shower curtain with a white background with a tree in brown black that would look nice. Bring some greenery. Also add some framed prints in a brown black frame to tie in the curtain. Maybe an antique mirror over the vanity. Add some dark stained willow woven baskets. Wrought iron accent pieces would look nice. Change the cabinet hardware and faucets and shower head to a oil rubbed bronze look.
    jj4401 thanked blondelle
  • 8 years ago
    It looks like you may have quite a bit of room between yor toilet and vanity. The recommended space needed for a toilet is 30 to 32". If it is more you could do a larger vanity. Does the tile extend under the vanity? If not, do you have enough to do it? A floating vanity would take up less visual space. Is this a master bath, with increased storage needed, or a guest bath where storage is not as much of an issue?
    jj4401 thanked kootenaycapable
  • 8 years ago

    No, definitely not enough room for bigger vanity and this is the master bath. This is as big as they made them in the late 50’s.