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Paint colour for small downstairs loo

6 years ago

Decorator thinks the paint I’ve chosen for loo is too bright for all the walls & thinks we should go much lighter. Dimensions are 80cm x 180cm long. I’ve attached some photos inc the paint colour - not the teal. Really appreciate some advice /

Thank you!

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My Bespoke Room

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

We think you can be as bold as you like in a small wc. Go for the darker colour if you like it! We love your floor tiles...just remember to get them sealed if they are encaustic tiles.

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Jonathan
6 years ago
I like the deep colour and think that you should have the courage of your convictions.
Carolina
6 years ago
I do like the teal better than the blue.
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That's an awesome colour (I've used to great effect too in small places). It enables you to be really decadent and make the room mega luxury. Who doesn't want that sat on the throne ;-) I totally disagree with trying to match everything up, it's a complete waste of the palette in the colour itself, and don't worry about the curve stuff, work with it, put things into the space that make it enjoyable. Annoyingly I can't upload the pics I have sorry. The colour enables you to go crazy. Blacks, browns, grey (downpipe grey is the match for this colour and it is ace), purples, bronze, gold and silver all come to life off it. Please, please, please do not put any more white in there. Make it mega luxurious... To make the walls come to life you could use lots of photo frames in golds and silvers, do a mural around the corner of the wall above the basin with those small glass bricks and mirrors to create a focal point (think / look at morrocan style stuff), add in a really deep mix rug, put up a lush dried flower set that you can add scent to once in a while, get a shelf up for candles and trinkets. Enjoy going wild - you won't be diss-apointed when you're on the throne haha
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Because it’s the littlest room in the house you wouldn’t be alone if you made a bolder choice than in bigger rooms. And I like those tiles. If however the objective is to make the room seem larger then generally larger patterns help. If it were mine I would choose a wood floor tile, so that I could have stripes of wood across the width of the room (thereby visually widening it), I would also add an upstand of floor tiles (kinda size of skirting board) all around the room to trick your eye into thinking the floor (and therefore the room) is bigger. And I would paint the walls and ceiling the same colour as this warms up little rooms and it also helps corners to disappear (again making the room appear bigger). You might also consider getting mirror cut for the door panels (I prefer a grey or bronze mirror) If you really love pattern I would buy a stretched artists canvass and paste your favourite wallpaper to it and hang it like art.
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Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
What colour is it?
Carolina
6 years ago
Here's the blue. Go with what you like. It's not the builder who's going to live there. Love your tile choices.
E D
6 years ago
Hello Rozanne,
I'm a little confused, which colour did you actually choose (and was "too bright")?
And what do you mean by "not the teal"?
E D
6 years ago
Love your tiles btw.
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
The top colour is stonewash blue by dulux and the bottom is teal tension by dulux. We also considered cooks blue by f&ball too. Haven't bought the paint yet but must order tomorrow.

Thank you for all your comments.

The tiles are by Marrakech Design in Sweden.
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
thank you carolina for the images.
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
I think it just depends on the effect you want. You can match the tone of the tiles and do a different colour to them (which you have) or match the colour and do a different tone or match both. Same colour paler tone may bring attention to the tiles, whereas the strong colour you have chosen may dominate. Can you pin the sample to the wall?
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
I will pin the samples to the wall when I get home.
Emily
6 years ago
And a wc is not an enormous room so the worse that can happen is you paint it again. So try what you fancy :)
Emily
6 years ago
Ps make sure you seal plaster with watered down paint for the first coat otherwise sometimes bits of plaster come off.
And I love tiles too.
E D
6 years ago
Cheers Rozanne. tbh I'm still confused by your first post, but thats probably just me.

You're getting some useful advice and that's what matters :)
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Tiles were sealed before they were grouted.
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Dulux stonewash blue
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Teal tension
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Dix blue and cooks blue (L to R)
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
Is it possible to see the paint next to the tiles Rozanne?
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Teal tension & stonewash blue at bottom
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Dix blue & cooks blue
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Create Perfect
6 years ago
The teal looks lovely :)
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
CP - teal looks v different today against white undercoat compared to on the plaster yesterday!!
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Create Perfect
6 years ago
On the image above (which didn’t show on my computer for some reason). I would go for the far right or one next to it.
So I think it’s the teal or possibly the even darker one.. if you want bolder.
In small spaces it’s great to make a real impact.
Colour may not always show true on photos or different devices though.
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Create Perfect
6 years ago
Having said that, the lighter green tile would show the tiles off better (which are gorgeous by the way).
Carolina
6 years ago
The swatches on the wall look much darker. Still like the teal. But do really like the soft green too!
Carolina
6 years ago
Think that soft green I meant is the Dix Blue
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
What is going on the wall behind the toilet where it is set back?
E D
6 years ago
Colour wise my pick would be the Dix Blue (agree, looks more green than blue), but is that the best match with the tiles?
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
The cistern is boxed in behind the toilet and clad with grey tiles. I was going to paint all the walls the same colour. There will be a white stone slab on top of the cistern housing to cover the hole. What do you think?
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Sorry, don't flip but can we see the paint swatches standing up on the floor tiles (so we can compare them to the floor)? I can see two of them but not the other 2? When is the painter coming?
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
So far I think the Dix Blue is the best.
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E D
6 years ago
I'd say paint all wall areas in the same colour. Think the white stone slab will be a nice touch.
Rozanne K thanked E D
E D
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Will you paint the ceiling white?

I've been meaning (for a long time) to paint the walls of our cloakroom (similar size and layout to yours) in Off Black, but was wondering whether to leave the ceiling white (maybe I should start a separate thread...).
Juliet Docherty
6 years ago
Hello Rozanne. I think the Dix Blue looks the best. Cooks Blue doesn't look right. This is a bathroom in Dix Blue:

and this is a bathroom in Oval Room Blue: it is similar but more desaturated.
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you everyone !!! Decorator has started - he is doing whole extension so currently painting all the new plaster and priming skirting boards and doors. ‘Colours’ won’t start til Monday and I could start a whole new thread about paint type too !

Ceilings and woodwork all white.

I thought Dix blue would be most unpopular out of all of them and I have many.....
So clockwise from top left is teal, stonewash, Cooks blue and Dix blue

THANK YOU for all your comments
peggysue67
6 years ago
Personally I would go with the teal to make the small room look dramatic and cosy. I’m concerned that some of the others may look a bit cold with the tiles.
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Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Finished toilet in Dix Blue!
E D
6 years ago
All Looking lovely!

Great colour.
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newton81
6 years ago
Hi can I ask who makes the dIx Blue Paint? Is it Dulux?
Rozanne K thanked newton81
Rozanne K
Original Author
6 years ago
Dix blue is by farrow and ball but I used the Dulux colour match which is ref 70GG39088.
Carolina
6 years ago
Love it!

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