EDITED-Decision Reached 2/22/24 10 am Paint color- Master Bath
So the bathroom reno is progressing along on track- was taken down to the studs and rebuilding- all the preliminary plumbing and electric has been done.Sheet rock is going to be in soon along with tiling.........which brings us to the paint color. They would like to paint before all the stuff is in there which makes sense.....so I am asking if you have any brainstorms? I had thought i'd like a soft bluegrayish kind of color but wonder if someone has an idea that I might not have considered. I'm all ears and eyes.
I can only share my selections. Yes if this looks familiar it's because I've shared a few times seeking advice on lighting, vanity, mirror, towel bars, you name it.
Anyway- I need to pick a paint color. ( SW preferably but not required).
Picture of Chrome Sconce to flank mirror over vanity,
Shower Wall Tile ( the vertical) with bathroom floor tile ( hex) then
Vanity then bathroom floor . will have chrome faucets, black framed mirror, chrome sconces.
So- any suggestions ? The shower wall tile is also white with gray and brown and teeny bit smattering of rust/
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Comments (13)My master bath used to be 4'x8'. I demo'd two bathrooms that were back to back and stole 1.5' from the other to make it 5.5'x8'. >I would like to know from others who renovated a small master bathroom from an older home if you were able to "find" space and make it appear bigger, gain space by using small vanities, etc. Our toilet is in a bump out so that the door--on one of the short ends--can open. This was original to the house. Now, it's just a shallower bump-out, 1' instead of 1.5'. We're using the full depth of that 1' for a wall cabinet, which will be 48" tall x 28" wide. This gives us a place for the humidifier, my box 'o Ace bandages/splints/etc, the cleaning bucket, and all the linens for that bath. Our medicine cabinet will be recessed. It back up to another medicine cab, which must have a light above, so it has sconces. There is a 10.5" gap between the door frame and the wall. We found a 10" deep cab that we're filling back there. Our vanity is actually a full 36". Part of it is 21" deep, and part is 18". We found a brand that looks nice but packs a huge amount of storage into the space. To put in the wall cab, we had to replace the toe-kick heater with a towel warmer, due to space constraints. Our colors will help open the space. The 66" tub will have frameless sliding doors. The walls and floors will be patterns of white with a light gray grout. There will be tile wainscotting to 40" in patterns of white, and the ceiling and substantial crown molding will be white. The walls will be a medium blue-green, but so little will be visible that it'll function as just an accent color. We can't steal space from the walls except for the medicine cabinet because it backs onto an outer wall. If it weren't for that, our 10" cabinet would be 14" deep, inset into the wall. With an 18" vanity, you'll have plenty of room to feel comfortable, even though 21" is murderous. At 4' depth, our 17" sink was bad, but an extra 6" would have made it okay. Our hall bathroom is now 8'x5.5', with a bite out of it where the toilet is for the master bath's toilet to have room with a swinging door. We stole space in that bathroom outrageously! A cabinet above the toilet, which is 8" deep, is recessed 4" into the wall (3.5" stud plus wallboard). I made two other in-wall cabinets, each about 14"x12", interior. One will be hidden behind a picture frame, so only one will be noticeable. I also but a HUGE medicine cabinet above the vanity, which is only 28" wide but packs in 6 drawers and even a shelf in the plumbing space--and looks nice, too. We couldn't recess that cabinet because the one backing it in the master bath is recessed. The lower in-wall cabinet will hold the first aid kit, while the upper one will hold meds that we use but not regularly--cold meds, etc. The medicine cabinet will hold all daily use things that don't fit in the drawers--even the kids' toothbrushes and tooth-brushing cups aren't going on the counter, which will have just the bathroom clock and the soap, and that's it. On the back of the toilet bowl is a kleenex box holder. In the tub area, I don't use regular shampoo bottles but travel-sided ones with really small openings to make it easier to get just a little shampoo or conditioner, even, and the toys are in a cute plastic frog toys scoop on the wall. Clear glass shower doors--when they arrive--will also help keep it open. I can't emphasize enough the importance of not having stuff sitting out to making a space look larger. Nothing makes a room feel small like a lot of stuff just cluttered around. The mud will only be in the shower. The rest will be sheetrock--the size of the room you have is what you get! In your case, if you REALLY can't move any walls (I'd want a tub in there!!!), I'd indulge in some creative thinking. Your bathroom is 4.5x9' total, which REALLY isn't horrifically small. (Remember that mine was 4x8....) I'd start with the shower. I'd stay in the same footprint but do a Kerdi shower so the threshold could be SUPER narrow--just 2". That gives you a good 2" of apparent interior space in the shower, plus likely another .5" of width without the mud base. Recessed niches are a MUST. Too big is better than too small! I'd get a frameless shower door--almost goes without saying in this setting. I'd do wainscotting to 40", continuing over the top edge of the vanity--this is a kind of "special effect," because unless you paint the upper part of the wall a dark color, it tricks the eye into believing there's more space. Continuing just those 4" behind the vanity makes a big difference, here. For the flooring, I'd do either a small mosaic OR 12x12" or larger, and the 12x12" should be on the diagonal. A "rug" effect actually makes a small room seem larger if the rug part has diagonal lines and the border is small. For the ceiling, crown molding make it seem higher as long as the molding and the ceiling are both white. Painting the ceiling any color but white lowers it in comparison to white. Use hooks rather than rods. They make the space seem bigger and stick out less. I designate a minimum of two hooks per person--one for a towel, one for a robe. The back of the door is a good place to hang things. Use art--and use it strategically. A properly-sized picture can make a space seem larger, and you can use it to hide another recessed medicine cabinet. With a .5"-deep frame, you can have 4.5" shelves. Extra TP, first aid stuff, and irregularly used meds can be stored there. Recess the medicine cabinet, if you possibly can, and make the mirror as WIDE as possible for maximum reflection. I'd commission a custom vanity for the space, and I'd use an undermount sink or would install a square vessel sink in an apron-front manner, like this: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Kraus-White-Rectangular-Ceramic-Vessel-Sink/3250161/product.html You have 42" of space, which is plenty for quite a nice amount of drawers plus a good-sized sink. If you used the sink above, you'd have, with a frameless design, 10.5" for drawers on either side. Make the cabinet kitchen counter height and have two shallow drawers and a deep drawer, and you can still have 8" of open space at the bottom. Even a bun-foot design has less visual weight than going all the way to the floor. Under the sink, add a shelf directly under the plumbing to make a shallow extra "landing" for a small container of things. The one thing, in my bathrooms, that I want space for and don't have is dirty clothes. But as far as everything else, I have MORE storage than I know what to do with! I have space for a cleaning bucket in each bathroom, for all our meds, for my makeup (and plenty of space for kid makeup, when the time comes), even for the Drano, for linens in my bathroom, for tons of bulk storage (extra soap, extra lotion, extra hair products, etc.). We have so much space that the counters can be basically bare. AND far from looking crowded, our hall bath strikes people as much larger than its square footage....See MoreMaster Bath Finish Choices; KISS?
Comments (35)Thought I'd follow up. I really wanted the floral faded wallpaper-y tile, but it's just wrong for this dumb lil' phone boothy shower. My second choice I found on Houzz. I thought it was ceramic, but it is a glass tile with an "orange peel" surface so it is not shiny like most glass tile, but it is translucent. I liked glass but did not want shiny. You can also request a range of hues, which I like as it is also less modern. It is by Island Stone, and the price I got was $27 a square foot; versus well over $100 sq ft for the hand painted floral tiles. Here she is: [Modern Tile[(https://www.houzz.com/products/modern-tile-prbr1-br~t_1053~s_2105) by Santa Cruz Tile, Stone & Countertops Island Stone a> I am coupling it with large square limestone tiles (the color of sand) and a limestone mosaic for the shower floor. edited to add: I like the fact that the running bond is not offset 50/50 like it usually is. Small detail but I think it looks different. This post was edited by mtnrdredux on Mon, Mar 10, 14 at 12:49...See Morehelp play paperdolls with my master bath!
Comments (19)haha, i get it. you guys don't like our tile. but it's done. we ordered it. and it's scheduled to be installed. the good news is we still love it! the mfr photos are much higher contrast than in real life. they're softer pale grays, beige, and aqua with the occasional darker gray pebble. everything listed as "a done deal" in my original post is truly a done deal. we've got a very good working arrangement with our builder. we don't flake out and change our mind and he keeps rocking and rolling to get us in. oh i should have referenced marji! sorry about that! the arteriors duke is a STUNNER!! sadly, this is my last light fixture to buy and i've already gone WAY WAY over budget, so i'm trying to stay frugal. i think most of them are going to come with the beads needing to be attached, but the first big pic is from world market. it's 24" wide and 36" tall and is only $269 (plus delivery surcharge). the petite one is murray feiss charlotte 3 light chandelier, and that too comes with the strands not attached. that one is only 18.5" wide and 20" tall ($179). not as glam as yours, but for the price, i'll gladly take the poor man's version. :)...See MoreMaster bath: One sink or two? One large wall mirror or two mirrors?
Comments (19)I recently remodeled and changed the double sinks for one sink plus a nice area where I can sit down for my ablutions. I wanted the increased counter space as well as the increased storage space. I don't spend that much time over a sink anyway so I don't see what the big deal is to have one sink. I especially think it is ridiculous when I see two sinks crammed into a small vanity with a tiny bit of counter space - so big deal you have a dysfunctional bathroom space but you have two sinks. I remodeled for my needs and my aesthetic vision. I am not planning to move and if someone doesn't like it, they can fairly easily just reconnect the plumbing and add the second sink. In terms of mirror treatment, I did a ceiling to counter wall to wall mirror but then put two different mirror treatments above the sink and the "grooming area". The wall to wall mirrors lightens and enlarges my rather small space and the two different mirror treatments differentiate it as well. I also have two Art Deco style sconces above the sink and a version a makeup lighting above the grooming sit down area....See MoreRelated Professionals
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Here it is with warm wood:
And since this is tagged with other boards, let me say to strangers reading this: YES, we’re all aware at this point in our lives that monitors are different, lighting affects things, yada yada yada. It really is ok to post inspiration pictures for … inspiration.salonva thanked Jilly- last year
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I would wait and decide when the bathroom is completed.
We had to color match our tile because every gray paint, while lovely in itself, clashed with our tiles.
This color has a slight amethyst undertone in person.Home Depot was the only one to try for us to color match. BM and SW declined.
We had them shoot the lightest color portion of the tile. With that, this is a deep color.
Like you, I tried all the popular grays. At least 12 samples.
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I would color shoot this. The can tell you the formula. I was surprised how much “ red” was in my sample. See what is in yours. That will give a direction if you can to go with a color as well.If you go with a gray, you can bring in color with the accessories etc.
I have a few different add ins, aqua and gray, amethyst and white towels.
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They are wanting to paint before everything goes in.... so I need to select. I am going to assume I get it right and love it, (but if not, it can be repainted).
The manufacturer's photos are here. The off thing is one has white grout, and the other has gold grout. I am using pale pale gray ( frost color) grout.
In the photo I have at the head of this thread, they had a sample with dark gray grout.
and here is the shower wall with the bizarre yellow grout.
yes the floor is cooler and the wall is warmer but IRL they look nice together. and I won't have yellow orange grout.
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I am always partial to blues, and I think a gray blue is the way to go. I've stared at all the ones mentioned above, and then probaly 30 more. I;m trying very hard to eliminate and narrow down. My current front runner to my surprise is Silver Strand which is deeper than I thought I wanted, and possibly more gray than I wanted, but it seems to work nicely. I 'm hoping it pulls blue.
Do you have any suggestions?
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and I know its confusing with muliptle threads but anyway here's the tile in the room........
seeing them both here, they do play nicely together.
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Yes I am still looking. You should see my spreadsheet. Each time someone mentions a paint name, I am ON it. I really appreciate all the suggesions and feedback.
I think I will be blocked from hextoral and plan-home because I have hogged those sites soooo much.
I've been doing this for the past hour and was doing it earlier this morning. As of this minute, these are the front runners. I am a little hesitant regarding the ones with some more green in them. In my powder room I have Sea Salt which looks beautiful, but I have never looked good when I look in the mirror since the room was painted that gray green....... Food for thought.
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I’ve tested most of those colors on my walls before 😁. I would also choose North Star based on those options.
Just for fun, here are samples of your final four against a wall painted Serenely. You can see that Silver Strand leans quite green, Misty is more gray, and Krypton is pretty dark. North Star is the most blue, which sounds like what you’re looking for. I bet it will look great in your room.
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