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Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 13:21
| What would you suggest for flattering colors for the powder room? What to avoid? |
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- Posted by patricia43 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 14:23
| Best colors for ladies in the looking glass are the pinks, aquas, IMHO. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER yellow or green (we learned from jaundice and "green around the gills." |
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I painted ours in our last house a white with pink undertones. It did not have a window and the bottom half of the walls was a white-white beadboard. I thought it was a flattering color and nice in the small space with no natural light. If I recall correctly, we used Benj. Moore Cameo. |
This post was edited by crl_ on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 14:25
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| Any green at all? Even a soft one? Or a really creamy yellow white? What about grays with strong undertones in the green blue range? Originally I'd wanted to do something dramatic, out of my comfort level for wall colors. I guess a powder room is especially close color-bouncing quarters! Wish I have witnessed the effect of green on the complexion. Does that mean we always look bad in a green room? There have been strong greens on the bluer side that actually looked good on me but not for the walls. I guess it affects makeup coloring or ability to apply too? I loove green but have never used it on the walls. Soft green or seem to be liking yellow greens. Worst of both worlds! But on the softer side.
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This post was edited by snookums2 on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 16:02
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- Posted by LuAnn_in_PA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 15:12
| I have a green powder room, and the room looks great. I think powder rooms are the ones where anything can go! |
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- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 15:58
| Peaches and corals give a lovely blush to anyone looking in the mirror. |
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| yellow green |
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- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 16:14
| To flatter most skin tones, peaches, but for olive tones warm greens will be flattering. |
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| okay. So peaches or aqua haven't been considerations because the vanity plans are for a deep burnt red type color. After dreaming of green and wanting it more on the cheerful side than serious, I realized on the red powder room thread that green is not the best choice for a bathroom. I was hoping to experiment with color on the walls in here but am pretty set on the vanity color although I could go more to the burnt orange side. |
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- Posted by patty_cakes (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 17:37
| Wallpaper! Black, ivory, and metallic gold. I've been looking for awhile, but still haven't found one I actually love. How about a 'library'? Since a power room is relatively small, make it a jewel box. |
Here is a link that might be useful: wallpaper
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- Posted by muse-decor.com (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 18:06
| I totally agree with Patty Cakes. Go bold! I've heard a lot of designers say that the powder is the best place to go bold since it's such a small space. Wallpaper would be a great option. There are some really amazing wall papers out there now. Good luck! |
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| Here's my opinion. I don't get ready in the morning in my powder room. The only thingI use the mirror for in there is to make sure I don't have spinach in my teeth or hair standing on end. (We have a mirror in our mudroom, where there's better light, and that's where I might touch up my lipstick on my way out the door.) So I don't really care if the wall color is flattering. (Mine is a very dark lavender.) So, IMO it depends on how you use your powder room. I would tend to stay away from yellowy greens though, and look more to sage or olive greens. |
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- Posted by kitchendetective (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 21:09
| Corals, peaches, warm reds, pinks, terra cottas. Very dark colors and careful lighting work well, too. Yellow, yellow green, olive green are the least flattering. I appear genuinely jaundiced--not just figuratively--in those colors. |
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| I used pale aqua just in the vanity area and a neutral on the rest of the room. I love the aqua. It makes me feel happy. |
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| Patty, my DS had wallpaper like that in their powder room and it was beautiful! I told them when they build their new house they need to do the same wallpaper. lol. |
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| What about dark blue-greens? Has anybody done one in those colors? Does anyone have an opinion? |
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| I love wallpaper in powder rooms. There are some amazing papers out now. PR are small enough that you don't need a ton of paper - but the impact is WOW! |
Here is a link that might be useful: powder room wallpaper
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| Lynxe our powder room is not dark blue green but a very dark green blue, almost black.
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| I agree with 'yayagal', light aqua, is very pretty! A couple years ago I thought the powder room needed to be purple! I loved the color but it made the little powder room so dark! So, this winter DH and I painted it a very light aqua, changed the light fixture to a chrome with white shades and with the white trim it looks so cheery and light! |
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