Bathroom paint options- on the extreme end

[Blueper]

Hiya everyone,

I am putting off retiling my bathroom, but I need to jazz it up until I get the unlikely urge to rip out the tub surround. This is it in it's glory, except for we now have a crisp white shower curtain and there is a lot less blue going on.


I was thinking about doing something like DIY Diva with a light tan/cream colored paint


But then today I saw remodelaholic's gray bathroom


Anway, the room isn't that big and it gets no natural light. Do you think that I should go the safe route and go light or go crazy and gray?

[carifly]

I don't think of gray as crazy, and I also think that bathrooms are good places to be a little more adventurous than you might be in larger rooms. However, from the pic it looks like a tan/cream color would go with the floor tile better than gray would.

[crispnclean]

With the current floor tile you have, I think beige walls might make the room look a little too beige, and even date the room a bit.

I'm not sure the gray you posted would work with your floors, but I do think going with a bolder color on the walls would be nice. I wouldn't worry about the fact that it has no natural light. It looks like a pretty standard size bathroom, and I think a dark color would look nice.

[wawa]

go for it. The nice thing about bathrooms is that the fixtures and shower curtain and mirror take up so much wall space that there is a lot there to break up bold/dark colors.

And if you hate it, it's not a huge room to repaint.

I'd look into framing out that mirror if you can along with painting. I think that'd definitely help.

[auntie]

I wouldn't care for the pretty grey with that tile floor.

Instead of ignoring the beige, embrace it. Find a taupey beige as deep in tone as the grey and try that on the walls.

I have a pinkish taupe on my powder room walls and it looks great. DS's hall bath has beige tile; I painted it a dark caramel color and it really looks fresher. Painting the floor boards white might help as well.

[Blueper]

Thanks for the input! All of the opinions have me set on putting it off until we build a new vanity- I'll replace the floor tile then so I don't have to be restricted by the current floor.

I gave the previous owners (who are only about 30) who were only here for about 4 years major side eye when they said that they put it in to update the space- I can only imagine what was in there before.

[lys]

Not gray with your floor tile --- and also gray is so overone and trendy right now.