Terra cotta and blue
I really like our house. I've been decorating in shades of blue bc that has always been my favorite color. We are about to paint our bedroom Wythe Blue. The family who built our house did a great job with lots of things, but it looks like when they got to the bathroom tile, maybe they were out of money and got whatever was on clearance. I hate the color of this tile. What would you call it? Terra cotta? We have spent a ton of money on the basement, the yard, etc., and ripping out this tile just bc I don't like it isn't an option right now. The only think we've done in there was replace the countertop. It was a concrete veneer in a greenish black and it was cracking, so when we replaced the cracked concrete veneer in the kitchen, we just did all the bathrooms. We put in a granite called Blue Flower. I love it. Because of the tile, I just didn't know what to do in there, so I've done nothing. Then I saw this house and I thought maybe I could do all the trim and doors in aqua and it would go with the tile. My tile is more red than theirs. What do you think? Yay? Nay?
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danceme
9 years agopalimpsest
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9 years agodanceme
9 years agoPictures and tones on monitors are so hard. The color on the walls is really neutral. It is called Sawyer's fence - just in case that means anything to anyone. It is definitely more on the beige-y tan side. I don't know if this picture helps see it better. We had a mishap with the mirror, and it has to be replaced now. And I don't love the color of the cabinets, but changing that isn't an option right now. I have to work with what I've got. What you see over in the lower right corner is more accurate, at least on my monitor.
So any suggestions of how to decorate with that color of tile? I'm going for a French Cottage thing in the whole rest of the house and exterior, but this room is just hard. I'm not wanting to go crazy in there, but something nice to make it...better? I like blues, apple green, gray, a little red. I like cool colors.
nosoccermom
9 years agoIt's hard for me to really see what the tile looks like. On your second picture it looks more reddish.
I personally love any shade of blue and turquoise. However, because it looks like your tub is white, I probably would keep the window trim white, too.
I'd get some artwork and accessories in blue, maybe even a more cobalt blue or Greek blue (think Mykonos), lavender, or a more Turkish palette.
I don't know if it would be cheesy to get some photographs of sunsets over the ocean or French cityscapes and pull colors from that.
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oaktonmom
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9 years agodanceme
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