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by Rebecca Redo
3 months ago in Design Dilemma
I need help with my wall color in my bathroom
I need help with the wall color in my masterbathroom . I really want to stay away from tan. I love color! The problem is the tile is very warm brown beige and the accent tile around the tub has a lot of grey in it ? Help?
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Rebecca Redo Forgot to mention I have expresso cabinets and Iam planning on putting white bead board up on the lower half of the walls
3 months ago ·
ASVInteriors From this angle it looks as if that blue to the extreme right of the image is picking up the blues in the grey tile but it is warm enough to work with your beige tile.
It is a still a strong colour and seems to have enough desaturation in it to reflect the grey in your tiles
3 months ago ·
Doria Tremante I think you are on the right track with something in the blue/grey family. I'm trying to attach a picture for you...
3 months ago ·
A. Peltier Interiors I love color as well but sometimes it isnt always best to put a bold color on your wall. Instead do a neutral, it will REALLY tie everything together and provide cohesion and then add your color in towels and art work. That also gives you the option of changing colors when you want without having to repaint the entire room. In the second picture there is a greyish paint swatch closest to the window that really lets your tile work shine. That is the color I would choose for the walls and then add your pops of other color in everything else. Good luck!
3 months ago · ·
groveraxle The lighting in these two pictures make this look like two different rooms. I agree with A. Peltier Interiors to go neutral on the walls and bring color in the accessories.
3 months ago ·
Rebecca Redo One picture is the windows closed the other is day time open windows . The pics were taken a couple weeks apart as you can tell since the first pic I've tried alot more of the grey blues samples on the wall. Iam not completely against using a neutral. We bought our house six months ago and every room is tan or beige it looks like concealer is every where . The women who owned the house before was not into color. I just want to give my bathroom some character.
3 months ago ·
ASVInteriors I see you tried a cranberry red - why did you give up? This could be stunning.
3 months ago · ·
Rebecca Redo I don't know why I gave up on red so soon. Red color pallet suggestions ? Would I have to change my brushed nickel fixtures?
3 months ago ·
Rebecca Redo The crazy things is ! I do hair for a living . I work with the color wheel all the time. I think the variation between warm and cool on the decorative tile is throwing me for a loop.
3 months ago ·
Katherine Marle_Moberg Try Benjamin Moore, Patriotic White # 2135-70 or Whispering Spring #2136-70 both are very soft blue grays. This is a soothing pallet and will look good with the brown without bringing out the orange undertones. I think what you didn't like before is that the colors are so intense and as you say the rest of your house is beige, so when you get to the bathroom, you are startled by the depth of color. Paint over the colors you don't like giving yourself a fresh pallet using a neutral white like decorator's white from BenMoore, and put up the colors you have liked best, the burgundy, the deep tan, and one of the blues I suggested which are not as dark as those on your wall and see how they make you feel. Do not put them next to each other, spread them out and look at them at different times of day in different light.
3 months ago · ·
SPACIALISTS Hi Rebecca Redo,
Here are a few color options for you to visualize.
3 months ago · ·
patchover1 My favorite is the bottom right with the orange! My second choce is the top right bluish-gray! Good luck!!
3 months ago ·
Marcia I used a color called Weathered Oak by Valspar in my living/dining room that's kind of a taupe/gray that I think would work nice in here....
3 months ago ·
Valvorie Dunn Hi Rebecca. If you love color & are thinking about adding a lot of it to your home, it might be worth it to hire a color consultant. Sometimes we get bogged down when it comes to our own homes. I know I do!
3 months ago · ·
4isablessing I think seafoam blue/gray family will look great with espresso cabinets and beadboard.
3 months ago ·
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