What style is your house? What flooring do you have just outside the bathroom? What size is the room? Natural light? All of those things need to be considered.

I live in a vintage co-op, but i want the bathroom to have a modern feel. There is a fairly big window, so the bathroom does get natural light. The bathroom is 8 x 5. It is in between a bedroom (hardwood) and a den (beige berber carpet). I was thinking a soft gray, but not sure if that's too light with the color of the vanity. I've looked at so many pictures that my head is spinning. Would love some thought!

With hardwood on one side and beige carpet on the other I would stick with white/beige/taupe tiles rather than introducing gray. You could try a white/gold marble look tile

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Or maybe one with soft driftwood colors

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Or a more graphic tile with whites brown/tan.

Thank you!

Thanks Beth! I didn't consider the black penny rounds. I liked the idea of the matte black hardware but was worried about bringing in another color. Thanks so much for all of the ideas, I really appreciate it!

I'm not a pro, but I've read on here that black faucets and fixtures are a big trend right now and will look dated very fast. Chrome seems to be handling the test of time a lot better. But it's your home, so choose what you like. Personally I like chrome with white. Also, I know that any finish can show water spots/califications, but I wonder if black is worse? Maybe someone on here will share their experiences with black as far as water-spotting goes.

I agree with the post that said not to introduce gray. You want to bridge between the hardwood floors and the beige carpet. If you put gray in between these it won't flow.

ajcn,,,everything right now seems to be a big trend. I have matte black faucets in my bathroom and love them. Dated? fast? why?

it's a good thing faucets don't cost much. In 5 years she can spend 200 dollars and get a chrome one. (which show every little water spot and mineral deposit. The black does not)

Recently we installed stained medium-dark alder vanities with white quartz counters in 3 bathrooms where all the showers and tub/shower surrounds have white subway tile, neutral walls and floors (light griege floor tile and SW Accessible Beige paint). We used matte black cabinet knobs and pulls on the vanities and chrome faucets, TP holder and towel rings. We repeated the black in the vanity lighting fixtures and repeated the chrome in the shower fixtures. Looks great IMO, like a tuxedo.

Thanks! I do like the idea oof mixing the two.

Beth, I love your bathroom! I was just mentioning this because I've read it on here, so that the OP can think it over.

ajcn,,no prob. I have chrome in the other bathroom. chrome looks great when it's squeaky clean! with hard water deposits and spots,,not so much. I've never heard of the black hardware becoming dated though. It's like ORB.

Beth, what about water spots? I noticed that on my dark shower floor tile, I used to get white-ish spots. But then we installed a whole-house water softener and that doesn't happen anymore. Do you find that the black fixtures show calcifications? Just wondering bc I do like black fixtures, but this concern led me to not install them recently in another house.

if you have a water softener, you're golden! and no. the matte black is super easy to keep clean. no water spots at all. (and we have hard water). on the chrome fixtures, it's super calcified.

To OP, we used this tile and grout in the bathrooms where we had the stained alder cabinets, white counters and adjacent beige carpet. It's quite light, and I would say it's greige that leans warm. Definately not grey, but not a dark tan or beige; it's in between and very neutral.

Emser Tile, Hangar Sand in 12”x24”. Grout: Custom Prism #386 Oyster Gray.