SPONGE PAINT! That’s what I was thinking of (courtsey of winterhawk11)!
Paint it Firebird Red for the angry shits! GRRRRRRR!
How about staying away from purple, mauve, burgundy, wine, grape… any designer name for purple.
Why.
Cause purple is the ugly child of the spectrum.
Hey, why not take a picture of the bathroom: get as much of it into the picture as you can. Then scan it into your computer, and use a photo-editor to change the color of the walls. (Hey, now there’s an idea for a product: do something like those virtual makeover thingies, but for rooms/houses.) While it isn’t as good as seeing the color in real life, it will at least help give you a better idea of what will and won’t work. If you find a combination that you really like the looks of, print it out and have the paint store match it.
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Do you like Home Depot paint? Good.
Go to the Despot. Pick up the brochure for Behr Kitchen and Bathroom paint. Open in. Look at the colors. (There aren’t that many.) There should be a linen-ish off-white. There’s your color.
Now, wasn’t that easy?
Really, since you aren’t trying to match anything, the exact shade is not too crucial, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
p.s. You could always ask a nice looking passing female (or male) for help in selecting a shade…
I have irritable bowel, I get enough of the angry shits as it is, I don’t need anything to inspire more of them.
Sigh, believe me, if I knew of any females I could ask this of (with the possibility of more to come later …), I wouldn’t be posting this question to the boards.
The key here is the “slightly different color.” Some years ago my sister read about this sponge painting technique and thought it sounded cool. So she painted her bathroom walls white and sponged red over it.
That’s right, red. Plain old, crayon red. It looked like someone had sacrificed a goat in the bathroom and then swung it around for awhile, thrown it up against the wall a few times. Splat! Holy Mary Mother of God, it was eye hurting. The first time I saw it I was just off a long flight, seriously jet-lagged and hadn’t slept for 24 hours–I thought I was hallucinating. And since then, even though I’ve seen examples of sponge painting that are very nice, I still get a shudder of revulsion whenever I hear it mentioned.
No, no! I mean it would be a good way to MEET females! Ask for their advice. Describe your bathroom. Mention that you are unmarried. Many women will be impressed that you care enough to bother to re-paint. Hey, the Home Depot is getting to be the Barnes&Nobles of the new decade.
One more vote for sponge painting. I just did my whole place, and it looks great. You use a lot less paint, so it’s pretty cheap to do - a pint should be plenty for the bathroom. If you don’t like the results, you can paint right over it.
There are instructions and samples at Home Depot - also in the Behr section. And as others have already said, subtle is the key. Sacrificed-goat walls - blecch!
Cream background, sponge painted foreground.
I personally have all-white, and have accented with bright yellow and medium blue. Of course, I have to clean the danged room daily because of it. Damned rental.
There is nothing wrong with living in a trailer–I’ve lived in one for over 16 years!
I say white for your walls. We have one bathroom that is done with beige wallpaper and I just hate it, but when we added a bathroom, we did it in white and you wouldn’t believe how much it seems to expand the room. Light reflects off white really well, so the room is nice and bright, just the way I want! Of course, some people like darker walls because it seems cozier, so this is just MHO!!
No, no! I mean it would be a good way to MEET females! Ask for their advice. Describe your bathroom. Mention that you are unmarried. Many women will be impressed that you care enough to bother to re-paint. Hey, the Home Depot is getting to be the Barnes&Nobles of the new decade.
Yeah, Greenie I kind of figured that, but the women I meet these days all seem to be attached more or less permanently, and the ones that work at the Home Depot are around 50 years of age, so my prospects there are a bit thin.
Ginger any suggestions on what the foreground color should be?
In keeping with trailer decor, I suggest paneling it in knotty pine.
*Originally posted by kniz *
**In keeping with trailer decor, I suggest paneling it in knotty pine. **
You know, the house I grew up in (and we were middle class) had knotty pine paneling in the family room! You think I should put some broken down cars out front on blocks as well?
It seems to me that a bathroom should have a lot of “chi” (energy. So I suggest that you engage an expert to get the right color.
Whatever color you choose…make sure it’s a semi-gloss or gloss paint! Flat (satin) grades of paint will not wear well in the bathroom due to moisture- especially if there’s a bathtub or shower. Just do it right, and give it proper time (and temp - this time of year, depending on your location) to dry!
- Jinx