Paint color for bathroom?
Hello,
i would love some help deciding on a paint color for the bathroom, and maybe a window dressing. I am willing to wall paper one wall. This is the only bathroom in our small ranch home. There is a window and it gets eastern morning light. Currently i plan to repaint the medicine cabinet, probably white, and the room is white chocolate from benjamin moore i think. i can keep it just not sure if there is a better option. i think the grey top for the vanity throws me off a bit with the beige tiles. I probably ahould have colored the bottom of the vanity and done a white top but oh well. i would love to replace the tiles, but that isnt in the cards right now. the vanity is newer, i offset the sink to have more usuable counter space, maybe not aesthetically pleasing but it was a functional choice.
just so you know what i lean towards i lean towards neutrals and light colors, although when i go to other friends homes i also love some of their rich colors: greens and blues mainly.
the bedrooms right across from this bathroom are beige/pink, whitish purple, and grey/blue, the main room and kitchen are alabaster white. would love the help!
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Healing aloe is pretty, ill sample it and see what the taker is! any thoughts on window dressing? i didnt care for the blinds, and i do want sun in the bathroom in the morning i love it :) i had used the sticky paper on the window to fog the window, this can be removed or used with a
window dressing over it. a simple curtain may work but not sure.
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Healing aloe is pretty, ill sample it and see what the taker is! any thoughts on window dressing? i didnt care for the blinds, and i do want sun in the bathroom in the morning i love it :) i had used the sticky paper on the window to fog the window, this can be removed or used with a
window dressing over it. a simple curtain may work but not sure.
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