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Absolutely Stunning.

I have dark walls in my bathroom too but I have a problem with condensation showing up as white drips on the walls and ceiling as I have no window or exhaust fan - Any suggestions?

usually, not my style... but i dig it!

Fantastic!

yowza! ballsy and looks great!!

'I painted a clear water based poly all around the sink so as to repel water -- works great.'

I'm intrigued. We've chosen not to tile around our new bath vanity which has me a bit concerned about water damage.

To clarify your remodel, did you coat your black walls with the poly? What brand and finish did you use? It all looks gorgeous!

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I love black bathrooms. I was going to paint my guest bath black until more than one person talked me out of it due to the very issue bepsf sited (although I do have a window in mine).

Maria, let us know how you keep your walls spot free.

Love the black, white, and pink combo!

Does anyone know where I can get wood antler hooks like those??

Breezy: The wall hooks pictured are the "Branch Wall Hooks" in white from Urban Outfitters

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&navAction=jump&id=13792726&search=true&isProduct=true&parentid=SEARCH RESULTS&color=27

hey pals - thanks for the enthusiasm. So, spot free walls: the paint is high gloss black by Breakthrough, a very intense paint that is water-proof. I do get spots from condensation but they wipe away easily and don't leave any sort of stain or anything. The clear poly i used around the sink is Minwax, water-based polyacrylic, clear gloss. I also used it to paint the top of the divider btwn the toilet and sink, the white area but it yellowed slightly so i don't recommend it on top of white. For white i use benjamin moore high gloss white enamel paint, i love that stuff. The wood antler hooks are from urban outfitters - they're tinier than they looked on the internet, just so you know. Well, keep the questions coming!

I loove lov elove the shower curtain. Is that from Urban Outfitters too?

Yes. shower curtain from urban outfitters too. it smells awful when you first open it up - sickening plastic smell. i left it outside and then doused it with the garden hose before putting it up. talk about NOT GREEN. that part sucks. also, i did not paint anything on top of the high gloss black paint except for the area around the sink where i knew there would be lots of water splashes. m

How cool! I love seeing when someone breaks a "rule" like not painting a small room a dark color and has it turn out so great.

Thanks for the details, pugluv! I love the floors with this color combo too.

i love that toxic plastic shower curtain smell. it reminds me of blowing up beachballs as a kid in the summer. weird, i know.

lovely bathroom! but i personally HATE those twig hooks (from personal experience only). i have screwed them into different walls three different ways only to have them slide out days later. worthless (for anything other than hanging jewelry)

I agree, Jenny - the mounting parts of the twigs are ridiculous. There's no way to actually get them to fit tightly to the wall. They should rethink the design if it's one of UO's perennials (like the angel wing earrings that I bought in '05 that are still in the store today). It would make more sense if they came with a separate bracket and a concealed screw in the bottom, like a towel bar.

And for those who called them wood, they're actually enameled iron.

Stunning--don't change a thing!