Take a look at travertine in a light ivory. It seems to go with everything. I have travertine on my bathroom floor, shower, and tub deck, then used crema marfil marble for an accent. It looks serene and beautiful! If you use the 18" travertine tiles, cut to 9 x 18 for the tub surround, there won't be that many grout lines. Get the installer to use "butt joints" in the tile so the grout lines are just teeny. Another alternative would be to go with a black and white theme.

I thought I had already posted my reaction but let's just say that it was very loud, very unprintable, brought my DH running and he said something just as loud and unprintable. It could be translated and bowdlerized as "revered engaging-in-coition-with-a-female-parent excrement!" LOL One a-mazing floor and I am so glad you didn't just tear into it. DH wants that floor for a powder room in our next house... and he even said I could have it in purple, like that one. ;-) We had also bought the console that youngdeb posted - however, we didn't use it partially because it's very TALL! I'm short and it ended up hitting me just below the bodacious ta-tas, making me feel about eight years old. ;-) Because of the way it is put together, we couldn't just cut down the legs. (Once in place it was also too modern for the style of the room.) It got sold for half price on Craigslist. :-( Happily for the gal who bought it, she already had the Retrospect toilet to match, but couldn't afford the $500 sink. Vintagetub.com has a nice selection of pedestal sinks in somewhat smaller sizes with *cue the hallelujah chorus* free shipping. (They do not charge sales tax outside of PA. Whether you pay your sales taxes to the state in April is up to you. When I lived in sales-tax states I always guesstimated a ballpark figure that was undoubtedly too low, but it satisfied my sense of karma.) I have a Cheviot sink (a console though) and it is really great. With the clipped-corner toilet (which absolutely must stay, if you need repair parts for it contact deabath.com or antiqueplumber.com, and if you need to cut down the water flow put a quart bleach bottle filled with water in the side of the tank), I would consider looking for something with clipped corners for the sink. Definitely look at the Cheviot Art Deco, which I think is perfect! Also look at the Cheviot Mayfair (25" wide; also comes in a small 20" size); the Cheviot Classic bears a significant resemblance to the Porcher Lutezia at over $100 less (the Cheviot Essex is a close ripoffresemblance ;-) to the Porcher Pomezia and again over $100 cheaper), and the St Thomas Creations Neo-Venetian (22" wide, 34" high at front rim). I was able to find both Cheviot and STC at local bath showrooms. Contact Cheviot at 604-464-8966 for dealers, and STC has a dealer locator on their website. Try to get multiple names, call around to see if they have the models you want to see on display, and bring a picture of the toilet along. You will most likely have room for at least one nice shelf - glass or wood painted to match your trim - above the sink or the toilet to put down your lens case on. If you put a cabinet or shelf above the toilet, if it's the same depth or less as your toilet tank you are much less likely to bonk your head. Learned that one the hard way. :-) Don't trash the old vanity and its top/faucet - Freecycle it! I have found homes for my bathroom fixtures almost immediately.

Thank you so much Lori for that very detailed explanation!! I feel very excited to buy a sample size of Balboa Mist to try out in our home. I think it would be an absolutely lovely color and definitely reassures me it was not a random choice!! I will update with news after I do the cardboard test. Thank you so much again! Ooh! I did forgot and should have posted earlier, but I was thinking of during the living room wall into an accent wall. I don't mind doing something sort of fun or different. The previous owners made this the accent wall and went with a shade lighter so we're considering keeping it an accent wall. If I choose this I might just do a shade lighter or darker of my paint choice. OR! Make this accent wall, on the wall with the door leading to patio. We are planning to swap out curtains and do a french door on that wall so it might make those white doors pop. Kinda of leaning towards this if we go with a 'stronger' color' Which wall is better for the accent wall? Or do neither work well? We were thinking of something like the color of the cabinets in this photo. Too intense? Feel free to suggest other colors.

I like the wainscot. is it a bright white? personally I think the current flooring, wainscot and wallpaper is too much. while the black of the floor tile is fine, the small grids ( the lighter grout) will compete w/the wall accents. I think one solid color black with black grout, or that warm limestone look tile w/very few, thin grout lines would look better. you could also paint the wainscot black (or that dark charcoal tone in the paper) for a more dramatic effect and this type of wainscot may suit your paper a little bit better than the beadboard