bathroom redo coming soon

When Alex and I purchased our first home in August of 2008, we spent the first few months cleaning, painting and unpacking. But planning for our wedding took up a huge chunk of our free time and the house got put to the back-burner. Now that things have settled down, I’m anxious to get back to the house and our long to do list.

My next project will be the downstairs bathroom. It’s pretty much a blank slate right now with neutral walls and nothing much else. My vision is to make it warmer with a pop of color, hang some art on the walls and add some small touches to make it more “us.”

To get started on any design project, I feel pretty lost until I come across the perfect inspiration piece. So I’m still on the lookout for my “inspiration.”

Until then, I’ve been gathering ideas online and in magazines. I think I’m sold on painting the walls a nice warm gray color with crisp white picture frames. If I’m feeling adventurous enough, I may try painting the oak cabinets white as well.

For a splash of color, I keep going back and fourth on accenting with an aqua turquoise or yellow.


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Even though this isn’t a photo of a bathroom, I like how the turquoise and gray work together. The colors really look warm, but I wonder if it might be too dark in the small bathroom. The small window does add a ton of light into the room though, which might work with darker colors.


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I like the brightness of bringing yellow into the room. This bathroom only has a tiny pop of yellow, so I think I would add a few more to brighten the room.


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I like the combination here with yellow, gray and beige.

I’ve always liked the color combination of yellow and gray and could definitely see adding smaller touches with the turquoise color. Up next is finding that perfect inspiration piece to pull it all together.