@ jan. Hall color is off white. I just thought that blue teals would be relaxing and go with the black and white. The hallway off of the bath is off white. the eating room off the is Burgundy and white ,. Any suggestions on paint color ?

@Cyndy No,the toilet and sink stay

Stay with the black and white ...add some great artwork to the walls for personality and color.

You've got black, cream color (cabinet) and white. I wouldn't add another color with paint. I'd find something in the grey, cream or white range that matched one of those elements, and then add color with art, as threers mentioned. But if it were me, I might actually see if I could find a more soothing wallpaper pattern that included the cream and other colors in the room. Something soothing with a less "in your face" dizzying pattern. But if not, I'd find a soft creamy white paint and some art I would love to look at in there.

I really like pennydesigns's cabbage rose wallpaper!

It softens the black and adds a lot of curves to a very angular environment.

One funny thing about small rooms, bathrooms or powder rooms, is that although it's counterintuitive to use saturated color or design in a small space, it's really very effective.

It seems to me that the more we try to simplify the small space, the more drab or bland or stark it seems.

And of course roses on black wallpaper in a bedroom or living room would be overwhelming.

Black and white is actually really flexible.

My aunt in Fort Worth had a black and white bathroom in her beautiful old 1940's house.

Over the years, her color themes were yellow, red, mint, and maybe one or two others LOL.

All she had to do was replace window treatments, rugs, shower curtains, towels, Etc.

Edit to add, I forgot the question LOL. Black and white is a very high contrast combination, so you need colors and accessories that can hold their own without battling. I think blue is too polite. Teal, with maybe some bold print shower curtains

towels, etc, aanand some brown for weight & balance, sounds good!

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ADVICE . I had actually thought of Pennys black/white floral paper as an option- but my daughter didnt like it. Maybe I need to look at it again

I believe going dark on the walls is necessary here. Light colors will make the toilet and sink look too stark and out of place. These are not something you could really soften up, so why not embrace them? You mentioned that you had a burgundy dining room - maybe you could consider playing off that? Also, the black/white peony wallpaper would be wonderful here, or any other wallpaper that is primarily dark with a large scale pattern. All the luck with your renovation!)

I hope you consider the wallpaper with the large flowers. I noticed that your floor is white and your sink a cream color, so I picked a paper that has some of that cream in it...I believe it will fool the eye enough so that it won't be so noticeable.

The only thing I think you would have to do, then, is paint your mirror frame. I would do gold, definitely.

penny- I was going to paint the cabinet anyway.- Something to match the paper/ walls to get rid of one color at least . New knobs, new mirror . I am pricing things out to change out the vanity to match the sink at least , which would match the toilet. I don't think I could paint over the marble top. Do you have a suggestion for a paint color for the other walls ,if I do the one long wall in the paper. Or go half way up or down with paper and paint the rest black maybe ? Paint the vanity more to match the marble top? or black ? just throwing ideas out there . I think the fam would FREAK if I did the whole room in that paper, plus a bit more than I wanted to spend for the walls.

I am someone who jumps into things, then I dont like the ideas.. I think more about it and start from scratch once again. That is a downfall for me .BUT it gets me going .. I guess you would call it -false starting hahahah... I am learning so much through this site ! To think outside my box - and I am thankful for everyones input! I would never think of black w/big print paper.. BUT I find myself looking at it more ! lol.

I really like the black and floral paper Penny had mentioned above.. but the flowers sort of freak me out being so realistic ...but .. still looking with open eyes .. :)

Here is the scale of ones I was sketching up

WHY not try, different things ...lol

In a small bathroom, scale is very important. I think you need a bigger scale so it doesn't look to "bedroomy", if you know what I mean.

@ Flo. No jungle print . I have to draw the line there, Flo lol

@. Flo. I get ya . The search is on still :). Thanks again

I am searching for a paper a couple used on a aging bathroom their home with mint green toilet and sink. It turned out fantastic. I was sure I saved a photo of it, but might have to search a bit more. The used a large black background wallpaper with big tropical leafs and they had redid their floor in black hexagon tiles as I recall. So your floor would work great with this concept. I will try to find it for you. bbl

I thought my black toilet and sink was hard lol

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It was kind of like this one but the background was decidedly black.

I prefer thinking I was in a flower garden, rather than in the jingle :) At this point , black and white design like buffalo plaid is becoming a thought.

Still need bigger print than the black and white?

I think these flowers are maybe to big.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/boyfriend-wont-let-me-get-rid-of-green-sink-toilet-dsvw-vd~5487829?n=114 Found it. Check out this tread and how they kept the fixtures but with the bold tropical wallpaper. Very inspirational!

WOW. very inspirational . I just can't go jungle

That's OK, but I thought this room could be inspirational that you don't have to replace all the fixtures and still get a great look. I like the large flower look but they have to be BIG! haha!

I would love to go all black and white! Here is one to look at that is a small bath with big wallpaper look. There are some great black and white papers just scale is very, very important.

Thank you for tour searching Flo . If it was MY bathroom and not the family/guest one , I would go BOLD and out there more. I have to consider the others and come to a happy medium . The face one is "VEry cool, for MY apartment " my 24 year old said . haha

The guest bathroom is THE ONE to step out of the box with. Creates great conversation and the ladies will love it! But you have to be happy. Sounds like your 24 year old has great taste! lol

Just in case you need a birthday or gift for the 24 year old! Pricey!

She is my stylish girl lol .. expensive tastes also. I am glad she isn't hooked into this acct, or she would want that ! I told her she can redo her apt anyway she wants at her dime. lol .. She lives in Austin , while I am in central NY

You could do black walls and hang some striking pictures on the walls in black and white for a less expensive, project. Paint the vanity glossy black.

this is wallpaper, but easily could do just black paint. then bring in a bit of color with accents.

Love those large scale papers. Hope you find one you like.

I think black for the cabinet and keep all the black already in there. I'd even consider a black counter. Then the other areas either white or one of those cool wall papers posted above.

Cabinet is definatly being painted BLACK ,since I cant get him to budge for a new toilet and sink and vanity. He will be in Vegas this week, so I was hoping to get bathroom done by the time he comes home lol. SURPRISEEEEEE. lmao lol

I'd come and help if I could, LOL! this sounds like a fun project.

I really feel like you can't do a feature wall or a mural in a powder room. They already are so chopped up in a tiny space that murals add to the choppiness. Just my opinion and preference but I hope I explained my thoughts on it well enough?

How do you feel about this?

OK. I had it narrowed down to two ways. ONE mural wall facing the hallway . shown below and paint the rest of the walls and vanity a gray color, OR a color to match the mural .. maybe even deep a rose colored.vanity. 3 of four walls gray ?? .

TWO --------how do you all feel if I used an Ellie Cashman floral paper BUT only 3/4 way down the walls on THREE walls . instead of fully covering all four walls ? I would do the paper From the Ceiling TO the top of vanity splash guard . Paint the rest of the wall black from the vanity down except also paint the one wall with the toilet , all black. chair rail to separate the paper and paint (?) Frame a piece of the wallpaper for above the toilet in a nice frame with a thick Matt board to give the wall something . . Paint vanity black or cream/white (?)depending on the wallpaper choice light or dark ... ... . . I can manage for three walls ( 3/4 way down the ceiling from ceiling ) but 4 walls all the way from ceiling to floor is just something I cant do at this point in my decorating spree. below are my picks.

https://www.elliecashmandesign.com/us/floral-wallpaper/summer-squal-daylight-white-wallpaper

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkkBdAaghEl/?utm_source=ig_embed

https://www.elliecashmandesign.com/floral-wallpaper/dark-floral-ii-black-desaturated-vinyl-wallcovering

https://www.elliecashmandesign.com/floral-wallpaper/dark-floral-ii-light-vinyl-wallcoveringAGAIN,

Her largest flowers are around 16" . all suggestions are welcomed. I will make my decision tomorrow:) Then you all don't have to see my posts popping up all the time :). Thanks for all the input !!!!!!!!!! xoxox

@ Flo- I thought it would be nice seeing that when we walk down the stairs. I just wasn't sure on all the colors with the floor and black sink and toilet lol ..

OMG I love those flowers and Im not even a flower person. I love them against the grey background. ITA with Flko Mangan. It would look spectacular with a grey ceiling and vanity.

I was thinking a grey like the background of that floral paper in a velvet finish would look great in there. I don't know what other paint companies call the paint finish but I used it from Sherwin Williams in my bedroom and love it.