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Bathroom design help! New construction and I just dont like it.

7 years ago

So we just built a new house and I really wanted an industrial farmhouse type of guest bathroom. When it was time to pick the fixtures/tile me and my wife were so tired we let the people at the tile/fixture store pick everything out. Im just really not sure what to do in here anymore and am looking for advice. I was already planning on painting the walls a super light grey almost white (this is the stock house paint) and putting in a darker blind (espresso) but not sure if I should paint the cabinets white, replace the fixtures, ETC ETC. I really DO NOT like the chrome in this room. Any advice is greatly appreciated!


The cabinets are grey. I can upload more pictures if needed.




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  • 7 years ago

    Two better photos


  • 7 years ago
    I think it looks nice. Maybe take some deep breaths live with it awhile and then with fresh eyes, decide if you don’t like it
    Cory Ferraro thanked wysmama
  • 7 years ago

    I think it looks great too. Take a pic with shade up

    Cory Ferraro thanked pitbulls
  • 7 years ago

    Here are a few more. Thanks for the input!


  • 7 years ago

    I was thinking about adding some wood shelves/mirror and darker light fixture like this one.

  • 7 years ago
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    Your bathroom looks nice, and I love your vanity counter. There are two things I'd change. I don't think the wall paint color takes advantage of the counter's beauty, so I'd change the paint to something not-tan. Hard to tell from the photos. I also would switch out the light sconces for something more welcoming and less the-lighting-in-my-neighborhood-pub's-bathroom. Perhaps frosted glass shades so it's not so harsh. Restoration Hardware, Shades of Light, Rejuvenation have some nice bathroom sconces.

    Abandon "industrial farmhouse". That's a fake thing, and home decor trying to portray that usually comes off as a mashup of neither farmhouse nor industrial. Also, an industrial look can be carried off if you live in a converted factory loft, but you don't.

    ETA: just noticed you said you are changing the wall paint. The bathroom just needs some cheering up, and I don't think distressed wood shelves will do that.

    Cory Ferraro thanked friedajune
  • 7 years ago
    decorating bathrooms
  • 7 years ago

    New wall color, change all the metal in the room to oil rubbed bronze, get some wood shelves like you were thinking, and get a mirror with a rustic farmhouse frame. That will do a lot.

    Cory Ferraro thanked Super Lumen
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Lumen you think I should use oil rubbed bronze for all of the fixtures/hardware?

    NM just saw you wrote all metal :)

  • 7 years ago

    I will add, that although the rustic shelf look is all the rage, you definitely don't want raw wood in a bathroom. You need to get some sort of sealer on it unless you want all kinds of horrible things growing on it or the bathroom is very rarely used to shower.

  • 7 years ago

    Oil rubbed bronze will not look great on those gray cabinets. Your bathroom looks very nice. I do agree about new paint, and then I would leave it until you are moved in and living with it for a while. You will either grow to like it, or you will know exactly what you want to change.

  • 7 years ago

    IMO oil rubbed bronze and gray don't look good together. Nor ORB with brushed nickel or chrome. But if you want a dark metal somewhere (such as the lights, or metal on wooden shelves), then maybe use matte black. I think that looks good with chrome. We put a stained alder linen cabinet and some stained shelves in our white and gray bathroom and I like it. We have wood floors, but lighter than your floors. On the white vanity there are chrome pulls, knobs, faucets, we have chrome shower fixtures; but on the stained cabinet there are matte black knobs and pulls, and the light has black as the metal finish. If you want wood somewhere you can do that with a vanity tray, your waste bin, framed art or a framed mirror. I presume there will be a shower curtain, so you won't see the shower fixture anyway. I used SW "crushed ice" as my light gray wall paint because all the other grays were too dark for the space. Crushed ice is in their white collection, but it worked.

    Cory Ferraro thanked AJCN
  • 7 years ago
    I think it looks lovely and you need some fun pops of colour with art and towels etc.
    Cory Ferraro thanked User
  • 7 years ago
    Your bathroom is lovely. Keep the blinds, fixtures and lighting. focus on paint color but not grey. Upload bathroom photo to a paint app. See the room with different paint colors before deciding.
    Cory Ferraro thanked gallagk
  • 7 years ago
    Yes to some color with a rug, towels and art. The only metal I’d change is the mirror - something maybe like this or just a round ORB
    Shorewood Vintage Bathroom · More Info
    Cory Ferraro thanked thinkdesignlive
  • 7 years ago

    I agree with those who suggested changing the light fixture to something less harsh and painting the walls. I love the floors and vanity top.

    Cory Ferraro thanked Kay Addis
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    7 years ago
    The least expensive fix is blue art and towels. Then wait.
    Cory Ferraro thanked Flo Mangan
  • 7 years ago

    New construction...guest bath... Leave it alone for now. You're still a bit frazzled from the build and moving in. Reassess after the New Year when things have settled down.

    Cory Ferraro thanked chiflipper
  • 7 years ago

    The vanity is the focal point of the room and there's nothing industrial/farmhouse about it. The people at the tile/fixture store probably picked what would go with the vanity and granite and that led them to selecting traditional/transitional elements. Plus you've got Craftsman window trim. Work with the bones of your room and don't try to make it into something it's not.

    Sophie Wheeler warns against creating rooms where each room has a different theme. She calls it the Disneyland approach to design. I think it's good advice.