Painting My Bathroom - Need Color Advice- Page 2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/13/07 at 9:58pm

Don't tempt me, Harris! I'm trying to think outside the box!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/13/07 at 10:16pm

Wanna, sweetie, if your bathroom is small, you do not need to paint the ceiling a dark color. That will only make it appear smaller. I have an entire room painted a dark teal and it works because the room is 20 X 20 and has very high ceilings. (In fact, the dark color "reins it in" a bit.) But on smaller spaces, the effect will be claustrophobic.

The first color you posted is definitely going to be "warmer" especially with all that white. In fact, the first blue I chose is close to your second photo in terms of brightness and texture. Once I saw it larger than a paint swatch--and next to my white kitchen cabinets--I knew it would be blinding.

Just for fun, here is the color combination I went with on my kitchen and family room. (And like you, the photo is from the Sherwin-Williams website; it's not MY house!

[Mamie]

Posted: 10/13/07 at 10:48pm

I meant that I added some white to the pink to lighten the shade. I wasn't talking about the solid white trim. Having that much white in your bathroom will help lighten it a lot so the more-intense shade just might work. The problem with using a color that's too intense in a small room is that it usually makes the room look even smaller. Definitely keep the ceiling white and that will help keep the room from looking too small. And like I said before - if you get it all painted and you decide later that it's too much color, you can easily cover it with a lighter shade of the same pink.

[harris007]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 12:26am

i still say white with black spots

[Mamie]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 12:49am

LOL - I think she's looking at white with pink spots. Like your avatar.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 3:48am

I grew up very close to Madonna Inn in California. It was also nick named the Peptso-Bismol Palace, so I have an aversion to TOO much pink.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 8:09am

Hello. While I myself wouldn't choose a variation of pink... I think the second color scheme looks nice. from RC in Austin, Texas