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Bathroom paint color help!

3 years ago

Looking for suggestions on paint color. Was thinking dark originally (walls, trim & ceiling) but now wondering if I should keep it lighter with a white/neutral shade.

Comments (20)

  • 3 years ago

    A pale blush/pinkish color might be pretty.


  • 3 years ago

    you have warm beige in the wallpaper and cool grey in the floor and tile surround.

    I would paint each space a different, yet complimenting color

    BM Elmira white for the wall paper vanity area .


    and BM Moonshine for the shower room.



  • PRO
    3 years ago

    The bathroom selections look great except for that horrid wallpaper. You have a 2023 bathroom with 70s wallpaper.



  • 3 years ago

    Wow. Thanks Beverly. That’s some expensive Italian large format tile I just had installed. To each their own.

  • 3 years ago

    The tile is fabulous. You could go in lots of different directions but I like your idea of going dark. I would do the same color as the background of the tiles.

  • 3 years ago
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    Wow! That tile is absolutely gorgeous. The whole bathroom looks wonderful.

    What kind of feel would you like in there?

    I don’t think you can go wrong here, and it’ll just depend on if you want a more bit more of a dramatic look or not.

    My preference? Like Friday — the dark color. But really, any warm color in the tile would look great.

    Can you share the name of the tile? I’d like to see if I can find it in other rooms, see how others have used it.

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I might meet half way with a warm mid range grey to pick up on the shower walls, flooring as well the grey in wallpaper. If you purchase a test pot of a few colors, it may help you decide.








  • 3 years ago

    Jeezus. Apologies on behalf of those who participate here without needlessly causing offense.

    Your bathroom is lovely, as is the wallpaper. I'd go darker for the drama.

  • 3 years ago

    The tile is perfect for your vanity! I would probably paint a white that marries the vanity tile, floor and shower. Use accents to get the mood right.

  • 3 years ago
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    I found a few pictures … I’m sure you’ve seen these already, but for others to see and because I’m still chuckling that someone compared these awesome tiles to 70s (sic) wallpaper, in a negative way. How embarrassing for them.





    This close-up … swoon!





    ETA: Oh, this is cool, too!



    Some colors with it … I really, really like these. And you can see the warm colors look fine with grays added in:


    With dark:





    Seeing examples, my favs are the earth tones, if that look would flow well with the rest of your house (especially the adjoining room).

  • 3 years ago

    I would test a dark color that works with the wallpaper background. It could create a dramatic bathroom. It looks like a grayish brownish black (?)

    SW Urban Bronze and Iron Ore are good ones to start with. Try Samplize or small poster board you can paint and move around the room.

    Or go with the whites that have been recommended, but first see if dark and dramatic works for you.

  • 3 years ago
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    I think the tile is kind of cool looking. looks great w/the wood and adds some warmth to all the marble.

    Reds idea about Urbane Bronze is a nice one.

    here's a darker charcoal on the wall w/marble tile. you could do something like this. (look at Kendall Charcoal, or this color in the photo is Jeff Lewis-Carbon)


    Iron Mountain is nice too. has a bit more brown to it.


    If you're afraid of it being too dark on the walls, what if you chose the dark color for all of the trim/baseboards?

    here are some combos. (I like the gold sconce w/it too)



    maybe you could paint the doors and trim in the darker tone, and go light on the walls w/any of these.

    this has the wainscots, but you see how they did the darker color on all of the trim?


    Or, vice versa.

    It's only paint. why not get some samples and paint one of the walls and see how you like it?


    what's above your toilet? I'd do matching wood shelves the same as the vanity. then style them w/white-ish pots and some greenery


    check out these bronze color sconces!

    https://www.lampsplus.com/sfp/579N1



  • 3 years ago

    Thanks Jilly! Believe me I know I’m not a designer but I was pretty happy with what I choose so far! ZCollection Ibla. I fell in love!!

  • 3 years ago

    Beth H: Love your ideas and that is a similar light style I was thinking. I wish I would have moved the electrical to hang vertically but that was an afterthought. We are on the same page with the shelving.

  • 3 years ago

    I just posted another pic w/some lights. you can do sconces like any of those?


    what do your mirrors look like?

  • 3 years ago

    Perhaps a grayish taupe color?

  • 3 years ago

    I would leave it as white because the contrast looks nice with the bold wallpaper. Don't want to make the room look cluttered with color and distract the eye from the focal point

  • 3 years ago

    I would go with a darker mid tone taupe.


    This feels too dark . . .

    A white will either not work with the creamy countertop of the gray tile or the taupe in the wallpaper.



    A mid tone taupe brings out the taupe in the wall paper and is dark enough to contrast well with the countertop and the tile.






  • 3 years ago

    Looks beautiful!
    SW ACCESIBLE BEIGE

  • 3 years ago

    The tile is beautiful. I am thinking a mid toned taupe too (even though taupe is not my favorite color). It just seems right in there. It is so nice to see someone actually brave enough to put some color and interest in one of their rooms. So many bland and uninteresting rooms on this forum, and some of them, are recommended by people on this board, and way to many of them, look just alike.

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