Rustic guest bathroom finished! White, ivory or gray towels?
juddgirl2
7 years ago
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A little background - we're finishing up some big projects while readying our house for sale (so we can move to our farmhouse in Tennessee!).
It will hopefully be listed within the month - as soon as the master bedroom and bathroom are done.
Anyway, DH just installed the barn doors for the bathroom and closet in the office/guest room so that project is officially done!
Question - should I use white, ivory, or gray towels? I've been using white but I also have these ivory and blue-gray towels.
I'm thinking the yellowish ivory ones might be bringing out too much of the taupe/blush undertones in the crema marfil?
And here's the white.
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Finished Bathroom Pics (two bathrooms!)--very pic heavy
Comments (41)Wooo!!! Cat, I am stuck at home because of the snow storm so wandered around here not looking at anything in particular and came upon your thread. I totally agree with you on the shower curtain choice. Regardless of whether I have the money to spare or not, keeping those suckers clean is a nuisance over time. We have a glass shower door that was installed back in 2003 and I can't tell you how much I hate cleaning it. Not that the door is all that dirty, but a shower curtain is way easier, and you can change the look/style whenever you feel like it. Can't do that with a pricey shower door. Anyway, everything looks lovely as usual, including the "prom" dress :-) Love, love those circular tiles, and the floor tiles that look like fabric. Gorgeous. What colour is that again? It looks greyish on my monitor....See MoreSelling Weedy Acres...staging the guest bathroom
Comments (24)I think it's an asset that the J&J bath also uses green! You have a flow. Most stagers are big advocates of the idea that "CLEAN SELLS." Whatever you choose, as busybee noted, keep that sparkle & shine you have going! Sending Best wishes toward your efforts at staging Weedy Acres, and ultimately at selling it!...See MoreRefreshing My Guest Bathroom: Does This Rug Work?
Comments (72)That rug looks perfect. Brings in the cream from the tile on the counter, the floor tile colors and your towels. The soap dispenser and bath mat are great touches too....See Moreguest bathroom refresh input needed
Comments (11)it's dated in terms that one can quess when it was put in(in this sense most things are dated or will be); but it's highly desirable for many right now who appreciate retro. there is even a site called Retro Renovation I think..where one can hunt plumbing in color etc together with that I realize that if one's not a fan of a color-one can either get used to it and work around it, or will continue to actively dislike it, and not much to be done about that yes, putting in a white toilet will accentuate the color you seem not to be a fan of...not a whole lot, a bit. Probably because we're so used to toilet bowls being white, it won't make that much of a difference. putting in gray floors would be, one the other hand, very wrong next to that tub and tile, they'll clash, unless you rip them out then it's a whole different scope of work so I'd do something else..seeing how you prefer gray and all see your basket you chose yourself? it's a perfect example..it has tan, and it has gray, and they work together very well, they don't fight, they complement each other what one often can't achieve with switching out more "permanent" materials like flooring, next to other elements, one can achive with accessories, to tie things he likes more with things he likes less say you find a shower curtain that contains both tan and gray (and say, white or off white). If it's substantial enough it'll look very pretty. Can be no-fuss, or can be frilly, or whimsy..that'd depend on your style. Yet the colors will look good. Or. Say you change the toilet bowl, you paint the tub. You leave the tile as is..seems very light color to me. (yes..it's not offensive at all. I wish I had yours))) You put a different floor because yours bugs you. okay, just don't do that gray. Find another neutral. This one will lock you in. If you want driftwood color-which is indeed usually warmish gray-ish kinda wood-it's still much warmer in nature than this gray. And you want it to be like wood. But this doesn't look like wood. It's already more dated than your retro elements. If of course what I see on my monitor is what the flooring is irl. Make it softer, with more beige to it....See More
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