Choosing colors for painting Powder Bathrooms
11/14/2008 11:22 AM by Gretchen Schauffler
There are bathrooms and then there are bathrooms. Bathrooms seem to be divided into two categories; for personal use or for guest use. They have one thing in common, nature’s call. This means that everyone goes into the bathroom when nature calls.
So whether it’s for 3 minutes or 3 hours—depending on the nature of your call—you can choose paint colors for your bathroom that are a total treat to you and to others. Lets flesh this out:
Choosing paint colors for powder bathrooms, otherwise known as guest bathrooms:
These bathrooms are a one toilet-sink-mirror-vanity show, window optional. Powder rooms are conveniently tucked somewhere between the entry, living, and dining room. They are usually designated and decorated for “guests”. However, there is a time limit. Any longer than a five minute stay and the home owners start to worry about you.
Why are they called Powder Rooms? Maybe it’s a polite way to avoid the subject, or maybe because that is where women “powder” their noses. Nature’s call is second only to the primping and scrupulous facial examination that takes place in a powder room. Go crazy with color in these powder rooms. Look at your color palette and choose richer paint colors for your guest bathroom. Remember the highlight of the room is the face in the mirror! Give faces a great color behind it. Stay away drab! Make it a portrait. Make me look good while I powder my nose! Don’t worry, Devine Color makes the color of wood look radiant—the same warm qualities will compliment most skin colors.
Paint the ceiling the same color. The ceilings are small. Unless you have crown molding to separate the colors (you can then accent the crown as a feature with a different color) no need to accent a little “square” shape above. No one looks up anyway…they are not in there long enough!
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Hello! Thank you for your wonderful advice! Now, since people have different colors of skin, wouldn’t different background colors make their faces either look better or worse? Do dark colors make faces look better? What color is the green pictured above? Does the whole small powder room get painted such a dark color, or just the walls that reflect in the mirror? Thank you!
— Mrs. Duane Smith 11/20/2008 08:52 AM #
Mrs. Duane Smith:
You are right about different colors looking good on different types of skin and this will be a BIG thing to discuss in Choosing Paint for Master Bathrooms. In a powder room, people are there for a short time, so seeing a striking color behind them is fun. I would certainly stay away from colors that make people look bad, but most of our Devine colors make skin look good because they are continually created to make natural wood look good. Their warmth is perfect for “us” too. Most powder rooms lack windows so if with little lighting—you know our advice—use a darker color. Read Using light colors to lighten a dark room. For the green look see devinegreen: Trillium, Devine Green Tea, Devine Juniper. Remember computer screens distort colors so the best way to make a decision is with our color tools.
— gretchen Schauffler 11/20/2008 10:12 AM #