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anitajoyce can you post the whole wall space on the sink side? Do you have a mirror above each sink?

susanrcope Yes. Each sink is identical to the other. Will try to get a picture but with the room being so narrow it is difficult to do.

Joanne Jakab Interior Design Looks like you have put a lot of thought into this project. I feel the warm wood and natural tiles look great accented with the sea glass sink and art prints. It all looks fresh and contemporary except for the shower curtain and towel. I don't feel the plant works with your design either. Load up on natural towels - made of bamboo stacking some on the 3rd shelf of your cabinet. And a bamboo cotton shower curtain. Another art print above the toilet or stack a pair of smaller related prints will give you the finished room balance you feel is missing.

susanrcope Thank you Joanne. Your description is really what I am looking for. I just threw some old stuff I had in just because the room was looking too empty. I have attached more photos to try to give a broad idea what the room looks like (although the last one looks like the color is all askew).

Joanne Jakab Interior Design Glad I could help - follow me so you can send me a pic once it's all done!

susanrcope I just looked up bamboo towels here on Houzz...I thought bamboo was a color...NO there are tons of colors. Which color do I choose? I have tried to match towels to the sink with no success. Also, I am wondering if I need mats on the floor. Just so many questions.

Foothill Home Repair & Construction Maybe one of everything, not too. And some updates.

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michigammemom How about hanging a hotel style, chrome towel rack so that guests can help themselves to fresh towels?

susanrcope That would also be a viable option, michagammemom, since this will be entirely for guests. Foothill Home Repair & Construction I'm not understanding your suggestions but thanks for the input anyway.

Joanne Jakab Interior Design All of the major bath/bedding retailers like Bed, Bath & Beyond - (did I get that right?) , as well as local independent shops that specialise in bath/bedding products carry bamboo made towels/shower curtains. As well in Canada I have seen them at Loblaw's Super Centres and in the US at Target as well.

Joanne Jakab Interior Design Just saw your concern about colour - I guess I wasn't specific enough. I meant made of bamboo in a natural colour - not bright white. Usually a few shades of off white and you could pick any from those you feel works based on being actually in the room - You have done a great job so far.

susanrcope Thank you Joanne again for your help. At first I was thinking of white or a natural color, but then when I saw the towels on this site in orange and green and ... I was thrown and thought perhaps I wasn't getting enough color in the room (I tend to do that). Thanks too for the encouragement. I really have to work at what I do and sometimes I get tired and come off the wall with some really grand mistake. It's nice to have this forum to help avoid that.

anitajoyce Thanks for the new photos. I like your bathroom. To warm up the space, you could paint the walls in a tan color that in the tile above the tub.
the white walls need color for the nice pictures to stand out more. I would replace the shower curtain with one with brown, tan and white, or one with green or rust or another color that you like. I would also add a rug to the floor. Add some nice towels to the bars also. You could place a small picture on the wall by the tub also to go with ther other ones. If nothing else, i would paint the walls.

Cynthia Hamil First of all, if you are looking for an "uncluttered" appearance, the best thing to do-- would be to take the mid-tone color out of your tiles, and to use that in your bathroom paint. Paint the entire room that color.

You are right-- you need "something" above the commode area to add interest to the room. I would suggest a painting that would play off the colors that is found in the tile -- and your sink color.

The shower curtain looks tired, dull, and isn't the appropriate style for your other design elements in the room. You need a shower curtain with more presence and visual weight. I would pick a slightly heavier fabric-- but keep the color very neutral to match the mid tone color in your bathroom tiles... or possibly play off the greenish cast that is emerging from your sink color.

Lose the bright green soap, please. You need a completely neutral soap -- again, a color that blends beautifully with your mid tone tile range. The soap is just looking like a joke here, sorry-- but you asked for something non-cluttered. Here's my opinion.

susanrcope Thank you anitajoyce and Cynthia. All of it is good input. I can see your points and will take them to heart when I work on my final product. It was a little disheartening that you didn't like the paint since we JUST FINISHED doing the renno. I chose a grey tone from the tile and obviously by popular consensus it is WAY off base. You should never trust a paint called "Misty Moonstone" it sounds like a stripper anyway.

anitajoyce Sorry. It looks white in the photo. Will you post photos when you are done? Thanks

Cynthia Hamil The paint comes across really WHITE in the photo. I'm not partial to this look, but dedicated a lot of time to finding photos of this "look" to work around clients in the San Diego area that are leasing their places rather than owning them. We have that issue in Southern CA. Everything here comes with white walls, so it starts to look like a rental property, rather than someone's home.

Here's my photo file for homes with white/beige walls -- it may help you come up with a way to make this look work for you--




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I'm biased, I feel that white walls look like a hospital -- however, a lot of people really like the look, and they are growing on me, especially after finding so many white home styles that I really like.

Cynthia Hamil The good thing about a white bathroom, if you are doing your makeup in this room-- you will have a better color reading in a light/white colored room!

Joanne Jakab Interior Design I like the silvery grey paint colour. It looks contemporary, it visually widens the room since it visually recedes while the warm tiles of the tub surround draw towards you. The paint also works to blend the tall cabinet and accent the warm wood cabinets.

susanrcope Cynthia I love picture you posted of the monochromatic room. Joanne, I have to tell you that since the reno we have noticed that the room does seem larger to us. Here's another question. Have any of you done the drapery panel from the ceiling to the floor kind of pulled back? I have seen it in some model homes for sale. Just not sure how to pull it off and if I knew how to pull it off, what color and fabric to use. Maybe I should just stay with what I know how to do and leave it as a relaxing spa type room.

Joanne Jakab Interior Design I do like this spa look . There are many ways to achieve a full length look but you can simply purchase 2 shower curtains - one white and one warm off white. Have them "French seamed" to create one long curtain by a professional seamstress or workroom so the overall length is correct. I would have the white as the top 1/3 of the entire curtain and the off white the bottom 2/3 rds. Move your curtain rod up to be about 4 inches from your ceiling and hang.

ariadne2095 How about something unexpected, like an oversized piece of art, possibly in a contrasting color palette?

susanrcope Aria, that is something I would best leave to professionals. I do well to match colors. Finding the proper contrasting color palette is far beyond my scope of capability.

Thanks, Joanne, for your input. I will see if my seamstress friend would help me with that project. Budget is king here. Here's a question that just popped into my head. What do I do with liners that are supposed to make things dry? They only come in one length. Ugh! Too difficult I will stay with one length and save the fancy for another time when I am not so overwhelmed.

Joanne Jakab Interior Design Many of the new shower curtain fabrics are 2in1. But it's getting into the holiday season so you should enjoy what you have completed.
I'll tell you a secret. I just got married on Oct 6th and our reception was at home. My dining room wasn't finished ....and no one noticed! They came to see us and have a good time which they did. We got lots of compliments about our renovation but no one was aware that my chandelier and custom drapery rods were MIA.

simplify52 Pretty bathroom! I would not hang more art above toilet. With what you have going on with the other pictures I think that would be too much. However, I would add floating shelves in white and keep items on them to a minimum. I would paint the walls more of a taupe (sorry, I know you just painted them). I would keep all linens in the white/organic cotton hue and lose the colored soap in the tub area.

susanrcope Thanks again, Joanne, and Congratulations on the marriage!!! I tell people whom I visit all the time I came to see them and not their house when they fuss about this or that wrong with it. I should take my own advice (and yours).

Kathy, floating shelves were something I pondered as well. You can't have too much storage. I just worry about things looking cluttered. I guess if all the colors are organic it should fade away.

I am thinking that my little phone camera isn't putting forth the proper coloration. I know that it makes me look like a real goof...but in real life it has a beautiful look and ties in the tall cabinet. Honestly, that color is one of the mid colors in the tiles. Maybe there is a formula for color that I am just missing. I truly go by what looks good to my eye. I need to get a computer program where I can change the color of the walls to see what you all see in having a darker color.

Here's another one for everyone...that's a shower curtain I bought new for this room. I was truly misguided there, but it had the colors (off white, white, and grey) and the leafy look that was like the art. I now see the folly of my ways there. And I will lose the soap too. :-)

I know I probably sound frustrated here but I truly do appreciate EVERYONE"S input. I may not fully agree but there is value in making me look at things again to discover why I did what I did and ask myself was it a good mover or not? Hey! If I didn't want the advice I shouldn't have asked, right? Thanks everyone! Keep it coming.

eztia I like the current wall color. I would remove the plant, the green bar of soap, and the patterned towel.

I would get bamboo towels in a "natural" color somewhere in the mid-range of your tile color. Same thing for the shower curtain. Plain fabric. Once this is done, step back and live with the space for a week or so.

The only reason I can think of to put floating shelves in is to make it easy for your guest to have access to extra towels, lotion, bandaids, etc. Maybe put the items in neutral colored containers on the shelves to keep the room from looking cluttered. I actually like it the way it is now.

You could wait until you have a guest and find out what you REALLY need in there. Provide the guest with the item(s). Then buy any additional storage needed for the item(s) in the after Holiday sales in December.

Christine I think the space is nicely turned out but two things I would change.

I would opt to invest in a frameless shower door and lose the curtains. In such a nicely done space but the curtains date it. A frameless shower door on smooth tracks with some chrome hardware would be nicer.

I would replace those overlarge prints over the towel bars and go for 3 much smaller frames right across that wall. Pottery Barn sells a nice range of frames and I would use them to personalize the space by including photos from travels or get out your camera and take pictures of a nice stack of clean white linen sheets, bubbles and maybe a watery image from a pool. Or do your favorite seasons. Or photos of your kids or family (if this is a space used solely by the family. Pick frames in an off white or pick 2 colors up or down on the color chart from the color on the walls for a bit of pop. Have fun.

susanrcope Thanks tipi and Christine for your input. I especially like your suggestions for making things comfortable for my guests, tipi. And Christine some great suggestions for art. We have had some family things happen so I haven't had a chance to make a run to get the towels, etc. I am still processing all the suggestions in my mind deciding what is the best and what my time/money budget will handle. Thanks for taking time to give me ideas. I really appreciate it.