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Monday, August 8, 2011

Green Bathroom!? Help!

In less than one week we will have been living in our house for 1 year and there are a few projects that I want to wrap up before that looming "anniversary" date. One of these projects includes our guest bathroom, and while I have ideas for the bathroom in my head, I need your help making those final decisions (because sometimes I cannot make them)! And really, besides Chris, our guests (you) will be using it! So, how would you like your guest bathroom?

Okay, here we go... First, I have a navy blue shower curtain that I love and want to keep, AND, I found these two absolutely great candle pillar things that gave me inspiration for that space that I want to use in there as well (see photos below). So, a couple of weeks ago I decided I wanted to stencil the bathroom! I've never stenciled before, and I figured our small-ish guest bath would be a good place to start. Using the "candle pillar things" as inspiration, I painted our bathroom green as the base paint to the stencil (Martha Stewart Rhododendron-green to be exact).
Green walls, navy shower curtain.

Pillar candle thing, green walls, navy shower curtain.
 I have also picked out the stencil - the Casablanca allover stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils.

Casablanca stencil. Swoon! (source)
 Soooo, I have the base paint, I have the stencil, but now I need help deciding what color to paint the stencil and I don't think I can do it alone! I know, the green base paint is pri-tty overwhelming. We have loooovely tall ceilings in our bathroom that make it seem surprisingly bigger than it really is, and this green is literally weighing everything down. I know my stencil MUST be a lighter color to open things back up, but what color?

Perhaps, white? It would end up looking something like this with the green base paint as the stencil outline....
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Or, perhaps, just a lighter color green in a higher gloss, similar to what Lovely Crafty Home did...
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Or, should I be bold and go with another color, like Martha Stewart's Seaglass? (It would blend well with our hallway color and our guest bedroom color which both have seafoam-y greenish-blue hues...)
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Here's the bathroom currently with the candle pillar thingy, for reference...

Is the seaglass color too much? I'm afraid if I go with white it will be a lot of white with the all-white tub, toilet, vanity, and cabinet? Is a lighter green still too much green?? Maybe I should do a builder beige color to blend in with our tile???

Lastly, did I screw myself with spending an afternoon painting the bathroom green? Should I scrap the green and start over?!? HELP! Any and all suggestions, advice, guidance would be MUCH appreciated!

 (In other news, I did finish painting our guest bedroom, which WAS successful and I am absolutely in love with it and WILL be posting about it asap!)

6 comments:

  1. what if you do the pattern in navy over the green that you've already laid down? that might look nice...

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  2. i think that the white wouldn't turn out the way you hope since it would be covering a darker color...

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  3. I think using a white/cream would look best. It looks like that candle thing had white/cream clay between the tiles....?

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  4. could you do a white/cream and maybe only do it half way like a chair rail? I love those candle holders! I also like the idea of a high gloss in the same color.

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  5. Thanks for all of the ideas!! I don't know if I'm ready yet to make a decision ; )

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  6. I like the flat with the gloss in the lighter blue color.

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