Q: I'm absolutely lost on how to decorate my bathroom. I recently moved into a new townhome, and the tile is this seemingly awfulcolor. I've looked at tile tattoos, but I don't think that's the look I'm going for. To embrace the color or offset the color is the question I'm struggling with right now. Any help/ideas would certainly be appreciated!
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From the picture the color looks some where in between peach and a fleshy tone...I would take inspiration from a peach and add a soft pink, bright vibrant green, and dark wood tones (or perhaps dark brown). The wood could be added in the form of bath accessories/scrub brushes / bath matt etc. If you see it as a flesh tone then take inspiration from any makeup palette suitable for that skin tone :).
*alternatively / in addition to the soft pink you could use a reddish orange, which could go a long way towards bringing it up to speed with current color trends.
Yikes, how about a nice shower curtain that you keep closed at all times? That particular color is never going to look great.
There's a reason bathrooms had pink tile. The color is flattering to most skin tones. Think of the colors as a neutral backdrop. You can decorate it in almost any color or design you want.
I agree..chieromancer...this color will "disappear" when enough of the clients color is used. I could see bold color, sea side decor,build off of a striking shower curtail, use a little of this same color as an accent color to blend it all together.
I think pulling in a dark color might make the tile appear bolder. A nice charcoal or chocolate could make it pop.
It is what it is. Try to find a soap that matches the tiles exactly, then put that in a bowl with other soaps to experiment with colour cheaply (all your mismatches will soon get used up!) When you find a combination that is pleasing to you, then you can think about matching towels, shower curtain to those colours.
It is what it is. Try to find a soap that matches the tiles exactly, then put that in a bowl with other soaps to experiment with colour cheaply (all your mismatches will soon get used up!) When you find a combination that is pleasing to you, then you can think about matching towels, shower curtain.
It is what it is. Try to find a soap that matches the tiles exactly, then put that in a bowl with other soaps to experiment with colour cheaply (all your mismatches will soon get used up!) When you find a combination that is pleasing to you, then you can think about matching towels, shower curtain to those colours.
Grey paint and a nice white shower curtain that you keep pulled closed all of the time.
I moved into an MCM house recently with a bathroom tile combo of mostly "latte" and dark chocolate brown tiles. I'm not sure how pinky these tiles are in person, but my move with the latte bathroom was to go vibrant aqua on the walls. I've put up a funny old B&W photo I found of Venice and some Moroccan-design textiles to give it kind of a weird foreign flavor. Maybe aqua and brown accents if you cannot paint? I also have a classic Mamie pink bathroom with a dark green stripe and went with a light minty green for that room. When in doubt, I call on my friend ye olde color wheel and see what's opposite. Good luck!
I actually had a bathroom once with tile in that exact color. I made a shower curtain from a fabric in a modern print that contained the offending color in very small amounts. Then I chose a more predominant color from the print (in my case it was teal) and purchased towels and accessories in that color. That was the color that caught the eye when someone entered the room.
I don't know if you are renting or buying your town home. I have seen on some of the home shows that tile can actually be painted. I don't know if I would attempt this, however. Seems to me a lot of work and effort.
The tile in your bathroom looks very clean. The caulking looks new and fresh. It could be worse with a really ugly color, nasty grout,and chipped tiles. Wills is right. It is what it is. Sometimes you just have to work around things. If you keep your bathroom pristine, sparkling clean and smelling good with candles or reeds or sachets, and have some handsome accessories around, no one will have any reason to dis your tile. If they do, so what? Your true friends won't mind!
I had peach tile in a bathroom once. At that time, rust was a popular color for decorating, and I used rust accessories -shower curtain, towels, etc. with the peach and it looked good.
Chocolate brown would work with the peach, and I'm thinking a charcoal gray would look nice, too. Think dark gray and stark white with the peach....wouldn't that be a workable combination?
Go with it. Work with it. It'll be fine. Really. After a while, it won't matter as much. Promise.
There is NOTHING you can do to make those red wine vomit tiles look good. We have the same problem only with the bonus of bouquets of flowers decorating the odd random tile. Buy a gorgeous shower curtain and bath mat in colours you love. Don't even try and coordinate and save your pennies for an eventual revamp. Anything more is like putting lipstick on a pig.
I say work with it. Those tiles are exactly the same color as the bathroom in the house I grew up in - except we also had the toilet and bathtub the same color. How about pink and dark brown? Remember that you won't see the shower tiles very often since they're hidden behind the shower curtain, so as long as it kind of works with what you choose, it's not that big a deal.
Haha, I have that same tile in my master bath. IGNORE IT. Treat as a neutral.
Wow! I'm surprised that there are so many people who are convinced that something like a slightly pink neutral tile is enough to ruin a bathroom.
Of course it can be fixed. There is always a way to make things look better. It just depends on your flexibility, budget, and personal taste. There are tons of ways (some great ones already in the comments) to work with the tile. Just because someone else gave up too soon doesn't mean you have to.
I'm not allowed to paint any of the yellow walls in my apartment, so I have to play with lighting, pops of color, etc. to distract from it. It may seem like a total drag, but think of it more as a creative challenge-- that's the only way I haven't run out of steam yet!
In the end, I don't have a specific suggestion that wasn't mentioned already.. Good luck!
I did pretty much the same thing as Jukesgrrl, though somewhat on accident. I bought a multicolored shower curtain on sale at Anthropologie a few years ago just before moving, and it looked perfect with the yellow and green tile in my new place-- the two places I've lived since then have had pink tile, and the shower curtain looks great with them, too, because there's a tiny bit of pink in the curtain. (The current place even has rust orange formica counters that look practically intentional because of the orange in the curtain!) I'd definitely advise you to work with the pink while also trying to distract the eye away from it.
Use cocoa and chocolate brown colors to make it inviting and the tile will become neutral. If you want a spa look do cocoa towels, white faux coral pieces as accessories and some dark wood accents with a white shower curtain. If you want Mediterranean use chocolate towels and an oversized wooded clock and a rich fabric shower curtain. If you want Indonesian use cocoa ikat towels, Indonesia wood carved art on the walls and an orchid plant in the room and a pale ikat ish shower curtain. Hope this helps :-)
I agree with the people advising to ignore it. I have a similar color in my bathroom. I just treated it as a neutral base, chose another color (one that I like, this time, quite a strong one), and used it for all the furniture and accessories. It works well in the end!
It looks like a pale terra cotta color to me, which can work as a neutral pretty easily. After some of the places I've lived, this bathroom seems OK to me. I would choose colors that have warmth to them. I think blue would be too much contrast, and the tones would compete. I would pick a sophisticated taupe or warm gray, a deep dark plum, or just use white and wood (I'm thinking teak or cedar). Very good quality towels, curtain and rug, and a good piece of art, and no one will look at your neutral tile.
crisp white goes a long way in bathrooms, esp. since they are so small & makes everything seem cleaner. i agree with many of the above comments. if it is actually as pink as it looks to me, i would use plums, dark wood accessories, and use other accessories to make it feel intentional. i would have a hard time just ignoring it.
I have those tiles too and I went all white (ribbed white towels and bath mat, textured white shower curtain, white soaps) with bamboo accessories. The flesh tiles actually look perfect with the white and bamboo. Friends say it feels like a spa!