Bathroom colour choice Nightmare!!
We are at the end of renovating our bathroom and have hit a stumbling block or as it is now a complete blank on how to select a paint colour to go with our tiles.
As you can see from the first picture of it finished the bathroom is in a natural white which has completely washed the colours out of the tiles and its very much like a hospital toilet. We are now in a quandary of what to choose.
We've had 7 different pots of tester paints which are very much on the natural stone look colours but it just isn't working for us. We want to bring the warmth out of the tiles that was there when there was no paint on the wall and it was just the cement sheeting, that has gone now its been painted. Its hard to see but we have white penny round tiles behind the sink and they have completely disappeared as we went too light. We want them to be apparent.
We have had testers on the brown grey/grey brown scale but nothing seems to look right. We want things to contrast to an extent (like the white cupboard doors on the left at the back that are quite hard to see on the finished picture) but we are worried about making it too dark. We have considered making the sink wall a feature wall but not sure if its better just to change the entire colour scheme.
Can anyone give us advise please as we are 3 weeks on trying to solve this and have hit a dead end.
Much appreciated in advance.
Thanks Eve
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4 years agoI don't know how much space you have but I would put it on the left of the vanity if that's a solid wall - it's tough to see from the photo. Something like the one below would work and would fill all those empty walls.
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4 years agoJust thought I'd reply to show the end result. We went with the suggestion of Benjamin Moore Gray Owl 2137-60 on the feature wall and the same color in half strength for the rest. It's given it a very calming feeling as well as keeping the stone warm rather than cold. We added succulents here and there and also a bamboo corner shelf. We've got a picture currently being framed of some tropical plants for the left wall. Many thanks for all your suggestions. It was really appreciated. ureI
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