Want to weigh in on bathroom choices?

[krystee]

Hello! It is me, the person with the massively overpriced bathroom project that is taking eons to finish!

Our tile is in, but the painter has COVID, and I have started second guessing everything. 

Everything in the bathroom at this moment is very white, but we don’t want it to feel stark. The photos are of my bathroom in its current state and the vanity we have coming.

Other items we have are brushed gold hardware for everything, two wood shelves above the toilet (with baskets and small faux greenery), and a round wood mirror. The paint we picked was Alabaster.

Will wood look weird with this?
Will brushed gold look okay?
is alabaster the wrong color since it’s a warm white and the tile is cool?

I am probably outside of return dates on everything, so I am more looking for whether I need to fix a fatal flaw than whether it might not be the most perfect choice. 

[krystee]

Ugh, sorry it’s sideways! I’m posting from my phone and can’t figure out how to fix.

[orval]

I am not sure about the alabaster. I would maybe think about a really pale blue in the tone of your vanity but several shades lighter.
Maybe SW rarified air or icicle? It really depends on the tone of the vanity. Love all your tile selections! and the vanity.

[Deleted]

It looks great! I don't think I'd do white paint on the walls. My LR/DR are painted SW Opaline which is kind of like a chameleon color. It's looks to be a really light grey on the sample, but actually on the walls, depending on the lighting it can lean blue or green. SW Tidewater is also a really pretty color and can read either blue or green depending on the lighting.

I think that the gold hardware will look great. My powder room is grey and white with a pop of teal and I have gold hardware on the vanity and I love it.

[dancingirl21]

I think gold hardware will be pretty. It will add another color and will help warm up the space.

I don’t think I would do alabaster paint. You have cool tile and alabaster is too warm, IMO. Definitely get some samples up when your vanity is in.

[krystee]

The paint comes before the vanity, unfortunately! I have to go pick something today. It is a dark teal and I’m afraid of mismatching if I go with a blues or green color on the wall. I really don’t like gray walls. Should I just do white and not alabaster? Ugh, this is hard.

[nicolewi]

Very pale gray? Definitely pick up some samples! My parents have similar tile and I think their paint color is repose gray.

[deadwing]

Sept 26, 2022 8:55:30 GMT -5 krystee said:

The paint comes before the vanity, unfortunately! I have to go pick something today. It is a dark teal and I’m afraid of mismatching if I go with a blues or green color on the wall. I really don’t like gray walls. Should I just do white and not alabaster? Ugh, this is hard.

May I suggest BM Porcelain?  My bedroom is this color and I love it.  I think it could work with teal. 

[simpsongal]

I think I'd go w/a very pale gray or taupe that matches the tones in the tile - think neutral. We did BM classic gray in our marble bathroom (it's almost a white w/warm gray tones). You can always adjust later, but I'd play it safe w/the wall color for now.

Everything else sounds very nice!

[dancingirl21]

Sept 26, 2022 8:55:30 GMT -5 krystee said:

The paint comes before the vanity, unfortunately! I have to go pick something today. It is a dark teal and I’m afraid of mismatching if I go with a blues or green color on the wall. I really don’t like gray walls. Should I just do white and not alabaster? Ugh, this is hard.

Bummer. Okay in that case, I would do a super light gray. I wanted white walls in our new kitchen but then decided I wanted the trim to pop more. I tried over 20 light gray colors and ultimately decided on Benjamin Moore Silver Satin. It’s just barely gray, almost white. It does give some contrast from our white trim, though.

[wildrice]

The room I am sitting in is BM Nosegay. I have a lot of different shades of blue in this room and I think the paint color coordinates well with all of them - it's super light and almost shifts with the light/colors around it. I think it works with teal - I'll try and take a pic in a bit.

[ste]

i know you said you don’t like gray… this is our mid reno bathroom that’s also whites/blues/gold hardware. 

[nicolewi]

I just want to say that I really don't love gray, either, but in my parents' condo the gray (the SW repose gray) in the bathroom really did turn out nice. It's not dark or depressing or cold. It's more like a nice light neutral.

[k3am]

Our master bath has a similar colored vanity. I didn't want to go gray, but gray was the only color that really worked, and I don't hate it.

ETA a photo:

[krystee]

We went with SW Rarefied Air, which looked like it would be a light blue gray. On the wall, it is very much just gray, but at least it matches. I am going to have to replace the wood shelves we planned to hang with a lighter tone because the wood looks weird with gray, but oh well. We’ll get to that eventually! I’ll post pics of the paint when the crew leaves today.

[krystee]

Here is what it looked like in a mock-up.