Bathroom with peach suite - colour scheme to update please?
While I wait for tradesmen/deliveries on my other rooms, I have this to sort out. Not changing the suite though - strictly a low-budget makeover, I'm afraid.
It''s a bit emotional as my late mother was stripping the walls when she had the heart attack which led to her death.
She had the new wallpaper ready - I'll find it and take a picture. The walls will need new lining paper.
I was thinking white ceiling and coving, light grey-blue below.
Feature wall perhaps? There are spare tiles, so if bits look unfinished, I can have a go...
Any ideas very much appreciated, thanks.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThis is the wallpaper. I think I could only use it on the one wall, if that. White background with flowers.
toria bathroom 2 peach · More InfoBe truthful if you think it's dated or not suitable please - she passed nearly two years ago now and I do recognise that time passes.
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5 years agoOn my screen the suite looks a lot more like a dark cream than a peach. The tiles too look creamy and the floor a blue grey.
I'd say of course you can get away with a budget makeover. I'd start with the flooring. I'd tie the colours to the flooring.
I started thinking super budget, so using the existing floor and going with a strong but mellow dark blue grey. Add in a dark wooden framed mirror to go with the window etc These sorts of colours
As Jonathan said go with an off white for the ceiling, I painted all the woodwork, door, architrave etc all the same colour.
However, personally, for me the floor still spoilt it.
So, I changed the flooring. you can get some great inexpensive wood effect linos, great for a bathroom floor.
Of course you could also go down the 'naturals' route, so, couple the dark cream suite with a chocolate brown and some mustard. Keep the wooden mirror and add some contrasting 'mustard' or maybe turquoise in?
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4 years agoI had a friend move in for a while who was using the bathroom, so this project got put on the back burner while I worked on the exterior of the house.
I had hoped to finish the walls off with the cream marble tile that my mother used, however, it's not available as the company went bust and they were the only ones using that size - 23x40.
I've found some mosaics which pull all the colours together.
I was thinking of using them:- behind the loo
- under the basin
- around the mirror/light
- as a trim to divide the existing tiles and the light grey (which will conveniently cut tile wastage in half).
However, I 'think' that using them across the ceiling line will be too much, and too expensive, so I've found some of the correct size in a light (almost white?) grey.
Does this sound OK, or do you think it would look like a dog's dinner/dated?
(The other two walls will be a grey-blue to tone with the floor & combat the cream as suggested above.)
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4 years agoImagine the images I posted to be cream ;)
Personally I would not add grey to your bathroom. Just more cream, offwhites, beige. Use patterns for example to make it a little more interesting. Limestone look. Etc.
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So, I did finish it. In the end, it was a bit of a rush as I had a booking (I'm doing Airbnb to generate funds for more renovation). I'd still like to build a vanity beneath the sink, but at least it's done for now. Yes, it's still dated and unfashionable, but the guests so far haven't laughed, so it can't be that bad!(Ignore the time stamps - pics were taken this summer but I forgot to set the correct time on the camera.)
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