Just want to say that the window is wonderful and I can see the woodwork done in shades of gray to play up the blue glass and zinc of the leading. The green will accent the grays and could be used for towels along w/ blues.

How many kids? Can one have blue towels, one have green and the third have gray??

Hi Syllabus,

I do like the window even though it's not authentic. Normally I would probably do creams for the woodwork but it's not thrilling me with the window. It's also impossible to match the colors because they change as the sunlight changes, so I need to do something different.

I agree, I am leaning towards the gray after googling gray and seeing an interesting juxtaposition with blue/green stained glass windows in a kitchen painted with gray cabs.

I have three kids (all girls) who happen to love blues and greens, so I might do towels in lime, blue and aqua (or similar, depending on what JC PEnney has on sale!).

I appreciate your comments and hope to hear others too!

I don't know if anyone remembers a Martha S. inspired kitchen posted here last year, I think the poster was BNAflyer and I save some of his pics. He used gray for his cabinetry and carrara marble. It was spectacular. Unforunately, I can't find his kitchen thread anywhere.

So here is the image I found with the gray cabs and stained glass.

I would do a lighter gray, but I do like how it makes the tained glass pop.

Here is my p'shop mock up. Thoughts?

I was looking for BNAflyer's page too...

Here it is.
:)

Here is a link that might be useful: bnaflyer

Grey is such a depressing suicidal color and so many kids are depressed... I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

With a fabulous antique looking bathroom like that I'd get out my tape measure and go beat the pavement at antique stores for a cabinet to serve as a vanity. I wouldn't quit until I found it.

And as far as a vanity top goes, I'd look for a color/pattern that would hide dirt well, which would probably be somewhere in the medium brown tones, or even blue.

I'd use a deep cinnamon brown on my grout, too. I know that's parting ways with the traditional, but I already did that in a bathroom in my last house and loved, loved, loved it for many years; it was exceptionally low maintenance.

You probably didn't want to hear that, since you like grey. But you asked.

Funny, I had posted my (final???) color choices but a bunch of the posts seem to have disappeared.

The walls, window/door trim and upper cabs will be BM Revere Pewter (might do walls a bit lighter). Base cabs Gray pinstripe or one color deeper on that strip, which is a blue-gray and similar ot a Farrow & Ball color Down PIpe that I read was used in woodwork in old English homes. Ceiling will be a Silver Sage type color, there are a few I like. Grout is a med/dark gray.

Oceanna, I wouldn't post comments like that if I were you. That's really a sick, thing to say. I will refrain from saying what I really feel about your post. Not all grays are "suicidal or depressing" and neither are my kids. I don't know what experiences you may have had in your past to find that comment appropriate, but it isn't.

Soshh, I think the bathroom you are putting together sounds lovely, not at all depressing, gray can be awesome in design. I love to see people do design "outside the box", it's what keeps it interesting. Lord knows we have seen enough white cabinets in design. And OH Yea, That window will look fantastic inside the grey frame.

Thanks Wisrose. I do feel confident with the ideas behind my decisions, and definitely like to decorate outside the box a little!

Here was the color scheme for anyone interested!

I like it but maybe just a splash of color on the walls. Were you considering the Quiet Moments for the wall color? I think it looks a little like Silver Sage and I love that combo with gray. Very sophisticated!!!! And the Stain glass is fantastic!! Maybe even a very faint blue on the walls to bring out the blue in the glass.

Quiet moments (or similar) was the ceiling. The sash trim was the gray pinstripe (actually, I decided to go one deeper, I think Kitty Gray?) which really pops the blue in the glass. There is very little wall space, so I was going to keep it the light gray and two 3 different colored towels for my three girls (light aqua, blue and lime green).

It'll be beautiful, with more colorful accents in the accessories and the window, as you say. It's a beautiful look.

Squirrel, remember all the mockups you did? This thread was much longer and a bunch of the posts disappeared. I wonder what happened?

At any rate, you're right, I am going for a more monochromatic look aside from the accessories, including the silver lame shower curtain!

I think the colors you have chosen and the simplicity are beautiful. I have stained glass windows in my home that are that exact blue and green. I am lucky that one is original and one is a very well done copy. In the original there is just a hint of pale yellow in the clear. I accentuated that by making the foyer walls a very pale Belgian Waffle, an Olympic Brand paint color. I really love creamy white trims and deeper color walls. I would love to see what a rich cream looks like on the trim and use the greys for the walls etc.

Wonder too about the other posts. I just looked at this this AM so didn't see them. Maybe squirrel can repost??

Also everytime your girls enter that bath they will smile....c