Bathroom re-do advice needed

I plan to re-do one one of my baths. I can do it in any style I like, as I'm the only user .

We have to re-paint the walls, as they're peeling; bubbling paint. I want to get a new white toilet, vanity (with a tan, black-speckled granite top), new white tub. I plan to demolish the old, harvest gold '70's tile tub surround, and replace it with the same in either white or light tan 4" square glazed tiles. The floor will remain; it's 8" white ceramic tiles (not glazed, but there's a very faint sort of white-on-white marbling effect--barely noticeable). I will install deep, white enamel painted crown moulding.

The problem is the vanity and medicine cabinet colors. I want white; I saw a nice vanity at Lowe's, which has a deep bottom drawer (for towels; I really need space for these). There's also a white oval mirror medicine cabinet. The hardware will be shiny brass, as will be the faucet. I plan to paint the walls a cantalope or coral shade (not bright orange, but a deeper, less pink peach shade). I may also wainscot the bottom part of the wall in white to cntrst, as the coral paint over the entire wall may be a bit much. (It may sound awful, but I love this color, it's cheerful, and actually goes with a lot more than you think. The bathroom now is a yellow with white, and I find it perks me up 1st thing in the A.M.)

Do you think I should get a wood vanity to contrast with all that white? The problem is, most are "oak"; but I'm tired of that finish. I originally wanted to paint the walls a medium tan, like the rest of the house, but I decided I wanted something a bit cheerier, and the master bedroom comforter is a gorgeous paisley print: that color, with burnt orange, burgundy, tan, sage green and white, and there's a tan carpet. You can see this from my bathroom, even though that's not the actual master bath. In other words, I have a precedent for using that color!

Thanks!

I don't have a lot of advice, but I also love that coral color. I think dark green accents (just a few, not entire cabinets) would be really beautiful, and would work with the sage green in your room.

My favorite color rose is that coral pink, and the dark green leaves are a beautiful contrast. Just thought I'd throw that in there.

I don't think you really need the wood as a contrast -- all white would be lovely! You'll have plenty of color on the walls, and by adding a bathrug and a couple of framed prints, you can bring in still more contrast.

If you do use the dark green SW suggests as an accent color, you can also hang a plant or two in there to carry that through! It sounds gorgeous to me!

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

I don't think you really need the wood as a contrast -- all white would be lovely! You'll have plenty of color on the walls, and by adding a bathrug and a couple of framed prints, you can bring in still more contrast.

If you do use the dark green SW suggests as an accent color, you can also hang a plant or two in there to carry that through! It sounds gorgeous to me!

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Thank you! I have to scrap the idea of plants, though--I have 9 reasons, and 36 paws... (I can't have any plants in the house, as they eat them--even the stuff I bring in from the garden, if I lay down on the kitchen counter!)

I am sitting here with my color wheel for you!!
A complementary color scheme would suggest the pure green family. A split complentary would be blue-green or yellow green colors. A triad color scheme would be your coral color with violet blues and green yellows. Of course you could use a monochromatic colors.

Our master bath has wainscoating on the lower half of the wall. We used several pieces of mouldings to give it interest.

The only problem with whites is that not all whites are the same. You might have white tile on the floor, white tile surround on the tub, white tub, white vanity and it will all be a slightly different shade of white. And what color is the baseboard trim? If you put something in between the shades of white you can get away with it, but I'm thinking white floor, white baseboard, white vanity next to each other might be too obvious. Of course if you buy a vanity and paint it the same shade as the baseboard, that shade of white starts to flow across the room.

White will make the room look very crisp and clean and it's always a good call for a home.

I know that vanity you are talking about. I picked that one out for our basement bathroom and as soon as we get the walls up, I'm buying it and installing it. We're doing the oak and will replace the knobs with pewter to match the faucet and lights.