I think I'm in love! I've been looking for something simlar to this for my bathtub - thank you for the link! [traditional bathroom design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2107) by seattle architect Bosworth Hoedemaker Here is a link that might be useful:

I'm not any good at decorating, I can't put two colors together without making mud, but when it comes to painting something to give us a short-term (and in some cases, very long-term) fix, I can finally add to a topic and 'give back' for all the help I've recieved here. Yippppeee Skippeee for meee! :) As far as me and my budget (or, lack of funds) are concerned, ANYTHING can be painted. In some cases it's a good short-term fix. In other cases what was supposed to be short-term lasted us years. When there are too many areas that will need taping...because of different finishes or plugs, cords or other parts of the item I don't want painted..... I use a soft brush to apply the paint instead of Spray paint. I lightly sand using very fine sand paper. Wipe off the sanding dust with a slightly damp cloth. I use good ol' Krylon Grey Primer....two light coats allowing the paint to dry well before adding the next coat. A couple very light coats of a matte sealer will usually cover brush strokes. When dry, follow up with a couple light coats of Satin Sealer, allowing to dry well between coats. Here are a few examples of my ORB painting projects. An ORB fixture ring trim would be big bucks compared to the $7 white, cheapy, flimsy almost plastic feeling fixture trim that I painted ORB. The dark shade of ORB does not show well in this pic combining flash with the ceiling light. This is the only pic I have right now of our safety bar in the shower, taken before grout had been cleaned and buffed. A minimum of 2 showers a day, every day and 6 months later not a scuff or dulling of the paint. This was our original bathroom light fixture....a very cheapy/flaky faux chrome from Target about 15 years ago. Good luck with your project, have fun, and come back and show us the results! :)

In one bathroom I got the tile-in semi recessed toilet roll holder and tile-in ceramic brackets that for a towel bar in the shower. They blend with the tile. In one bathroom I had a custom, fully recessed toilet paper and spare niche fabricated out of Corian that fit in with the tile layout and matched the tile. For towel bars in this and another bathroom I used Kohler Purist Grab Bars. I like using grab bars that are well anchored for towel bars because first, they are more sturdily mounted. and second because they can be used as grab bars for assistance now or later in life. Because I obsess about such things I also bought some extra so if I want to add some in 20 years I will have ones that all match. I personally do not like fully surface mounted toilet roll holders, so where the recessed ones went, and where all the towel bar/grab bars went required that this be thought about in the Framing stage of the bathroom. Because the recesses and framing can't interfere with each other and you need extra blocking for proper grab bar/towel bar mounting. I think one of the reasons that surface-mounted ornamental sets including the toilet roll holder and such became more popular is that nobody needs to think about where it goes ahead of time. I rarely see an old bathroom (1920-1970) that didn't have recessed or more built-in/permanent looking roll holders and stuff. (Especially toilet roll holders). Partly it was because the area allowed for the toilet was smaller, too (12" on center vs. 15-18" today), but part of it is that nobody needs to think about it until it's time to stick it up. I work in an office building and they remodeled the lavatories and went from stalls to cubicles where the toilet roll holder was surface mounted and one by one each one was pulled out of the wall because people used it to hoist themselves up. They had to change them all to those big commercial style holders. Long answer, but in general, I like grab bars for towel holders and I like them to be more ornamental and coordinate with the bathroom rather than the utilitarian sort. Kohler options are pretty expensive, especially Purist, but I figure I am doing it once.

My thought is to stay the course and not introduce another color (except for art) into the space. The towels are from Sears. This art is inexpensive, but perfect for your wall. Love the hints of color. Ignore the vanity set above. I can’t remove it from the scheme.