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silvergirl	color advice for a no-window bathroom	Lead	[-]
Posts: 127 (06/28/09 10:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I am debating what color to paint my downstairs bathroom. It's kind of small--vanity and toilet. No windows. It has a big mirror and we are switching to brushed nickel knobs, light, faucet, etc. I had been pretty set on a green color--a pine type but not so dark. Now I'm thinking of a light yellow--not obnoxious. I pulled up both on the behr.com project site and they are both nice. I have time to decide because when we pulled the wallpaper off some of the drywall paper came with it, and now we have to texture, and that is DH's deal. It will take him a couple of weeks to get to it. So if you have a small windowless bathroom, or have seen any nice ones, any advice would be appreciated. SG
septbride2002		#1	[-]
Posts: 2518 (06/28/09 11:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My one interior bathroom is the color of sherbert. But the shower curtain is candy striped so it looks really good - very bright and is my daughter's bathroom so she loves it. My other interior bathroom sounds like yours and we did it in a medium kahki color - then did red and black art on the walls. I'm not sure if I would do the pine - might make the bathroom seem smaller. ~Amanda "Stopping in the middle of the row is unpatriotic." Sam the Eagle
pop1907		#2	[-]
Posts: 1938 (06/28/09 12:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The family I babysat at many many years ago had their whole house done by an expensive interior decorator. Their no-window bathroom was a dark burgundy. It looked great, had a very boudoir-feeling to it! You can blame me and bless me, but you cannot possess me, cause I belong to me... - Elisabeth, the musical It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice - Scooter I am great and yet I am humble! - Shark Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional! - ?? My blog (incl. the story of my appartment with pictures)
FSUGrad97		#3	[-]
Posts: 69 (06/28/09 3:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Our downstairs bathroom is like yours, just the toilet and a vanity, and we painted ours a dark green (Mountain Forest by Behr). It looks great, and doesn't make it seem smaller.
Beth1976		#4	[-]
Posts: 3635 (06/28/09 10:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	really though, it's a powder room so people aren't spending a lot of time in there (I hope). Not a big deal really if it "feels small". Pick a color that goes with the rest of your house.
Bree Hodge		#5	[-]
Posts: 13277 (06/29/09 11:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A friend of mine did her windowless powder room in a pub style, with black wall paint and a dark floral ceiling and wallpaper border, she hung a pub ale sign and installed brass taps at the sink, it looks amazing, really feels like an old english pub loo. Remember... all brides are beautiful... all babies are cute... all brides are beautiful... all babies are cute...
silvergirl		#6	[-]
Posts: 135 (06/29/09 3:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well so far we bought two samples at HD and painted them on the walls--windy pine and warm cocoon. The warm cocoon is winning so far. We will have to patch and texture before we make a choice so we'll see how it goes during the week. SG
sillyindy		#7	[-]
Posts: 30 (07/01/09 12:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	We have a bathroom that has no windows, although it's a full. Because it's our guest bathroom that hardly ever gets used, I got to make it my "ice cream" bathroom (not nearly as klassy as it sounds!) The bottom 1/3 of the walls are a deep chocolate brown, then there's a white moulding and the upper wall is a pink color. All of the features (the sink cabinet, the shower curtain etc) are all white. I love the look of the two color walls, and I bet it would be nice in a smaller space. Or maybe not. I'm kind of a moron when it comes to this kind of thing.
lunabkat2		#8	[-]
Posts: 12512 (07/01/09 12:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would go light rather than dark...a nice spring green would be lovely...I painted my daughters room a bright spring green and it looked beautiful. As to texturing...damn, I did that with a spackle spatula and some spackle...easy peasy. My dh is so not into textures...lol.
denisemb		#9	[-]
Posts: 119 (07/01/09 5:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Learn from my mistakes : don't forget to consider available towel and accessory colors. I.E, our guest bedroom/bath is "Paper Bag" to go with a Moroccan-type patterned comforter set/shower curtain - tans, touches of metallic gold, mossy brown and deep copperish-wine color. Looks great! Trouble is...can't find towels in a good match for the deep accent colors. Anything mid-tone looks washed out or clashes against the wall color. I, too, was afraid of deep colors in small spaces until viewing some stunning examples.
aahmom1		#10	[-]
Posts: 10021 (07/03/09 8:59 PM) Mom Extraordinaire Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My powder room has a pedestal sink and a toilet, it's painted a beautiful darker burgundy-ish color, love it. --and poohandwendy says AMEN
Corpsie I		#11	[-]
Posts: 7 (07/12/09 1:37 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love small dark colored rooms, but it might make you feel suffocated since there isn't a window. My sister would hate it, but it doesn't bother me.
PepeThePrawn		#12	[-]
Posts: 1077 (07/12/09 4:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	We have a windowless bathroom that we painted green. We used a Behr semi-gloss called Green Tea, and painted the ceiling & baseboards white. It turned out pretty nice.

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