Need bathroom color ideas for SMALL SPACE!

[LD92599]

Need some color ideas for a really small 1/2 bath. Sink and toilet are white; floor and 1/2 way up on the walls are a tannish porcelain (walls are pebbly look tan tile; floor is a gray/tan combo). Mirror is framed in a wooden "java" finish and there's a storage cabinet above the toilet in the same java color. When you walk into the bathroom the bathroom is approx 32" x 7 1/2" with the sink on one end and the toilet on the other.

I need some color ideas! DS mentioned red; needs to be something that'll look nice w/ the tannish tones - maybe shaker beige from Benjamin Moore? Or maybe the red will make the smallnish "pop?"

Must decide this weekend! Oh...and there's no window!

Laura

[lmintzer]

Try Restoration Hardware's Silver Sage (I think it's Benjamin Moore's Gray Wisp). Or some other really soft spa-like green. That would look pretty against your dark wood cabinet and your tan tile.

[katydid1971]

How about Tiffany blue?

[lorien_ca]

since you already seem to have a palate of warm neutrals going in there, i'd stick with tone on tone. if you picked a neutral sandy color or a light warm grey you'd keep in the color palate you've got going while adding some interest to the room. i personally like lighter colors in small spaces, but YMMV. i'd also consider some white crown moulding to finish the space and tie in with the white lav and commode. i also think it makes a room look a bit bigger.

also, just a thought, have you looked into a solar tube (ie. solatube) for the room? they're actually surprisingly affordable (the kit only runs around $300 if you DIY the install), especially if you don't need to do a lot of joints/mirrors to get to the roof) and can add a ton of light to a small space. it's like a skylight, but it uses lenses to intensify light, even on a cloudy day, into a small tube.

[boolady]

since you already seem to have a palate of warm neutrals going in there, i'd stick with tone on tone. if you picked a neutral sandy color or a light warm grey you'd keep in the color palate you've got going while adding some interest to the room. i personally like lighter colors in small spaces, but YMMV. i'd also consider some white crown moulding to finish the space and tie in with the white lav and commode. i also think it makes a room look a bit bigger.

I like this idea. This is probably what I would do.

[bubbaray]

Our powder room (1/2 bath) is a deep cranberry, some Benjamin Moore color that I can't remember the name of. It d/n make the room look smaller. The rest of the main floor is fairly neutral, with accents of deep cranberry and dark moss green.

[daniele_ut]

My bathroom is painted RH Silver Sage, so I am partial to that color, but I think Lori's suggestions are really spot on about tone on tone.

[SammyeGail]

Our builder painted our entire living area Mannered Gold by Sherwin Williams, our neighbors joked with us about it but it really grew on me since we had hardwood/tile and crown molding. I did eventually paint our 1/2 bath an olive green color, what I had left over from re-painting the dining room, just to have something different to look at. We've been here almost 2 years and the mannered gold had gotten old in the living room, it was just too dark, I repainted it Harmonic Tan by Sherwin Williams. Now I love that color, very close to what I had in my last house. My dad repainted his house after my mom passed away in Nov (it was baby blue, she smoked alot, the walls were stained, I guess he just wanted to change things) I told him about this color and he loved it, painted the den, hallway and bedrooms. We plan to move in 2-3 years and I'll repaint the living area that color, much everyone user friendly : ). Our builder used dark based colors in the entire house, I may just do the whole thing, lol. I would do it asap, but its hard to paint with 3 yr old twins.

I like a more natural/soothing wall color and you could always add pop with a picture or anything unique you can find to hang on the wall. I love when Hobby Lobby has great stuff on sale!!

Samantha
Mom to Noah and Jonas
3 yr 3 month old twin boys!!

[sste]

I used a very pale, barely there "spa blue" in my small bathroom and it worked out well. I mixed it myself so I can't give you the color but I would just go to the palest blues or even the whites section to the blue tinted whites.

[SnuggleBuggles]

We had one that was Ironwood, which is a Laura Ashley color from Lowe's. I really like it. It is an earthy taupey/ slightly mauvery color.

We also have a sand colored bathroom which is called Cracker Bitz and it is a Home Depot brand paint.

I have a denim blue in our powder room now but the walls are white tile halfway up/

Beth

[Nicsmom]

Love, love, love Benjamin Mooore's Glass Slipper. Goes beautifully with tans and whites, it is very soothing and yet somewhat contemporary. I used it in one of my bathrooms and love it.

AM