I am painting my bathroom and looking for input. I am Looking to paint it a blue color, maybe. I have a dark cherry cabinet, black granite countertop, dark blue mixed with lighter blue vessel sink and white tile floor. What color should i paint the walls?
I love the blue palette myself. Even in a larger bathroom, very bright white wuld be beautiful. I agree with some of the other posters that using dark blue/blue palette in your decorations and accessories would be best. BTW your basin IS beautiful.
Light beige or taupe would be perfect for your bath. Otherwise, I suggest creamy white as the others have suggested. You already have a lot of dark colors going on there. So you'll want to add some light to offset that.
I once read that for every black item in a room there should be one white item. Maybe you can use this formula to create balance in your bathroom. If you have a grey, use a cream, etc. etc.
I would paint the walls white. You can even use bedding compound and a stencil to add designs to the wall before painting. Just be sure not to overdo this, less is more. Using white paint will really make the dark cherry, and blue sink pop. If you want more blue, you can add it with towels, pictures and accessories. But I wouldn't paint the walls blue - not even a light blue.
Personally, wallpaper sounds like a better idea to me. The image I get from your description sounds luxurious. I would want to play that up with wallpaper not play it down with paint.
Bathrooms normally are pretty small so nice wall treatment wouldn't really break the bank. Unless your renting & you wouldn't probably want to sink a lot of money/time into someone else's property - unless your going to be there a long time. Have you ever gone to a wallpaper stores discontinued room ? (normally a back room)
You can find a LOT of very wonderful wallpaper for a lot less than what is currently "popular". You could even pick 2 coordinating papers to work in together - or even one wall papered (like the one that's most often faced & looked at or the wall seen as you enter the room. Also,wallpaper will help keep a room warmer!
My mom taught me that.She used to own rental houses & apartments so knew a lot of "insider tricks" . She hung most of the wallpaper at my old house & told me flannel backed paper was a better deal for such an old (170+ yr old house).
Another trick was to not strip off old wallpaper so it became a little bit of added insulation (so to speak) Some people would faint to hear that but if it's in good condition, smooth, untorn, not bumpy & so on you really can't see. Plus I ran into old walls in my old house that I regretted starting removing wallpaper because some of the plaster started coming off in chunks as the paper was taken off! It was actually holding the wall together! LOL
I agree with Pikka. Make sure if you choose a very light blue that it truly matches the sink. But with your bathroom colors in my mental image picture I would pick up the white tiles and paint the walls white.
I would prefer white, ivory, cream or light tan walls. I think blue on the walls would be too much blue. Some contrast would make that sink stand out even more and it is a beauty.
Show case that beautiful sink and that cherry and go white! Nothing wrong with setting it off to sparkle. If you must have a color, take a pic of the sink and counter top with you to the store, because blues are so hard to match. I say go with the palest of pale blues.
I think blue is a great idea, but probably a lighter shade. However, blues are very hard to match, so go to your local paint store and in the shade[degree of lightness/darkness] you think you'd like, get lots and lots of samples. Go home and put them one at at time on that lovely bowl. When it's not the right blue, there will be a bit of a "jarring" note. When it's the right blue, it will just "fit". It's the eye, doing the telling, so you can only tell actually seeing the colors together.
I worked in a framing shop for a couple of years and I learned you have to put the colors together in front of you. You cannot imagine your way to the choice. There is actually a subtle body reaction when the colors "match" or coordinate, but it stems from the eye.
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Request: Painting Advice for a Bathroom (11/25/2009)
I am helping a friend remodel her master bathroom. The sink: white, counter top: granite, black with small blue flecks, walls: light gray.
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I want to paint the walls in my bathroom. The tiles around the bath are white with little squares of black and a light green and a blue green. The tiles on the floor are a grey black.
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I am helping a friend remodel her master bathroom. The sink: white, counter top: granite, black with small blue flecks, walls: light gray. My question is: We cannot decide what color to paint the existing cupboard/drawers under the sink to match the black counter top. We don't like white. Any suggestions? Thank you for any input you give.
I suggest you use a dark maple color. You may need to put clear varnish over it after it dries, that's what we have. I love it, easy to keep clean, good luck. (09/09/2009)
While I agree with those who would match the blue flecks, if they are dark or medium blue, I suggest a soft, light blue in the same color family. As someone suggested, get some paint chip samples, in shades of blue from dark to light. In a smaller room, the shade you choose will look somewhat darker on the wall than the paint chip appears. Good luck. Sarsi (09/11/2009)
How about a distressed (soft) black cabinet with knobs in the same metal tone as your faucet? This way it doesn't stand out, but still looks nice. I'd use the blue in the counter top as one of your accent colors. (09/13/2009)
I want to paint the walls in my bathroom. The tiles around the bath are white with little squares of black and a light green and a blue green. The tiles on the floor are a grey black. I was thinking of painting the walls a dark grey. I don't like green. Is a dark grey colour too dark for a bathroom wall? Looking for any suggestions? Thank you.
It will depend on the size of your bathroom and whether or not you have a window as to how dark of grey to paint. If it's small and/or no window the dark grey will make the room seem even smaller and kind of gloomy. Also, keep in mind to match the hue of the black grey floor tiles.
It's worth a trip to where you plan to buy the paint, and grab a few free paint chip samples to view in the room itself. When I have chosen colors in the past I first lay them on the floor, stand back a bit and see which shades are the most pleasing and then narrow them down from there by holding one at a time at arms length on each wall.
Good luck and share a photo of the finished room with us :-) (06/23/2009)
