Remodeling ?--What color is your bathroom

[nancy679]

Need some help and suggestions. Bathroom is small with a light tan tile on the floor and shower. Wainscotting half way up the walls. Cant decide on what color to paint.

Thanks!!!

 

[Luv2Roam]

Depends on your preferences.
Seems like any room I have ever painted, later I had wished I had gone one color darker. But a small room is hard.
I seem to be partial to golds and sea foam type greens.
Go to a paint store and take home lots of chips.
When I am in doubt, I even have the store mix the smallest amount they can. Then I brush a small section of various walls.
Sometimes a small can will cost almost as much as a gallon.
It may cost me $40 to do this, but when I have, I have always been very happy with the outcome.
Better to do this than stay with a color you don't really like, or repaint again in a very short time.
I prefer Sherwin Williams stores/paints.

 

[janette]

I've painted my upstairs bath purple. I also have Wainscotting and painted it solid in the medium shade. Above it I painted a darker shade and then sponged on the next 2 lighter shades. Turned out pretty good, I'm going to paint my smaller bath lime green stripes.

 

[MomE@Home]

Our upstairs bathroom is white tile floors and white with navy blue tile for the tub/shower surround. Having a white floor was the worst mistake we could have made. No matter how often I clean it , it always looks dirty.

 

[annemariec]

We're remodling a bathroom too. We like Behr paint. Our bathroom has a light brown tile. It's going to be painted in a "Magnolia Blossom" white (It has a slight yellow cast too it. Didn't want a bright white.) And we are going to paint (medium sized) stripes of "Classic Taupe" on the mirrored wall.

It'll be fun to accessorize with additional colors.

Annemarie

 

[Jeafl]

If you don't have anything specific in mind, sometimes it's easier to start with your accessories and towels first. Then pick a coordinating color from those.

You could also try a faux finish. They are really very easy once you get the hang of it. You could try bagging it. Pain the wall a solid color in a flat finish, then buy a quart (or even pint) of a color 1 or 2 shades darker. Scruch plastic bags in a ball, dip in the darker color, wipe most off on a paper towel, then dab all over the walls, trying to overlap a little (this avoids the polka-dot look). Basically this just gives the walls some dimension. If you need more info, let me know.

 

[Otimon]

We, too, have white tile on the floor and shower stall but painted the walls a seafoam green.