Coordinate Colors in the Bathroom
The bathroom design should be cohesive from start to finish. The colors of the bathroom can help provide a seamless look that will complement and complete any style. By beginning with a focal area of the bathroom and working outward, you will find it easy to pull the colors of the bathroom together beautifully. From the countertop and tile to the baseboard trim and accessories, coordinate the bathroom colors for a cohesive design.
Instructions
1. Use the vanity top (or countertop) to begin pulling together colors. Granite or marble vanity tops are full of varying colors and shades that make for good stepping off points for the rest of the bathroom design. Corian, Quartz counters and glass tops may also contain varying degrees of variation in their surface that you can use to find tile, wall and accessory colors.
2. Choose tile colors. Begin with the floor tile and move upward to the walls.
The floor tile color should compliment the base color of the counter. For example, if you are using a granite vanity top that contains a background color of cream with dark golds, browns and burgundies for accents, the floor tile should also start with a background color of cream. If the bathroom is small, use the same tile on the shower walls to visually enlarge the room. For larger bathrooms, choose a wall tile that is slightly lighter than the floor tile, or with a slightly lighter from the counter.
3. Pick accent colors for borders and decorative tiles using secondary colors in the vanity top. If you are using a solid, or more sedate color of vanity top, choose a complimentary color for the floor and an accent color that can be repeated in varying shades throughout the room. For example, if you've got a white top or a white pedestal sink, floor color choices can include Bianco Carrara marble, which brings the color gray into the bathroom, or a classic octagon and dot floor pattern consisting of white with a cobalt blue dot.
4. Select the wall color. The accent tile color is a good choice for the walls. If the accent color is particularly bold, and you want a more subtle effect, lighten the accent color several shades without introducing a different tone to the paint.
5. Make sure any wood trim follows the color of the bathroom fixtures if using white or cream fixtures. Shades of white can vary widely from manufacturer to manufacturer, so when choosing the wood trim paint, bring along a plastic bolt cover from the toilet. If you've selected a color other than white or cream for the fixtures, choose a shade of white that leans toward the "temperature" of the rest of the colors in the room. For example, if blues and greens dominate the room, choose a cooler, crisper white. If golds, reds and yellows dominate, use a warmer, creamier shade.
6. Select the bathroom towels, throw rugs and wall art. Choose colors that are pulled from accents within the bathroom, such as borders, decorative tiles and secondary colors within the vanity top. Try to use colors already present in the bathroom; lighter or darker shades of current colors will pull the design together.
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