Master bath AFTER repainting with Ben Moore's "Gray". Photo: ©Moya Mc Allister
Let me start by saying that Scott is right about 95% of the time in renovation matters, which is far better than my track record.  But when it came to the master bath, he insisted on white walls above our white subway tile and he refused to listen to my nagging voice of reason for some contrast.  We had long discussions in which I likened his proposed white bathroom to a sanatorium  and I even took to calling it his “Cuckoo’s Nest” bathroom, which didn’t go over very well, needless to say.  When the grout was dry, we quickly compromised on light grey walls.  The urge to finish our new bathroom was too strong to waste time worrying about paint colors.
Marriage is all about compromise. Â But decorating should really never be about compromise. Â Compromise in decorating leads to beige wall-to-wall carpeting and, well, light grey walls against white tile. Â We lived with the compromise for a few weeks, but neither of us was satisfied.
Yesterday, I brought Scott over to the dark side. Â He mentioned that the room might need “a little more contrast”, so I hightailed it to the nearest Benjamin Moore dealer for the charcoal grey paint I had envisioned. Â I rolled that paint up in an hour, before Scott could change his mind. Â I’m not sure who’s happier. Â Actually, we are both VERY HAPPY and now Scott has a real man cave in our otherwise light and bright house.
We had another small hiccup today when he saw “fuchsia hand towels” on my shopping list. Â As we near the end of our gut renovation, I am learning to pick my battles, to stick to my gun-metal greys… and to keep my shopping lists to myself. Â Here’s the before pic. Â I’m curious to hear what you think about our “no compromises” paint redux!
Master bath BEFORE repainting.
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I never would have thought that color would look good…but it does! It just really works. I’m going to ask my husband what he thinks about it. We may be changing our wall colors. I went with white in ours because I thought it would make the room look larger but it lacks the Oooh factor that yours has.
love the charcoal grey!
I love the grey too! Much more cozy and elegant at the same time.
I’m laughing reading this post. I’ve painted our bathroom twice, our master bedroom twice and our entry way hallway three times. I am definitely a fan of the contrast in terms of the dark gray color–I think it pulls the black accent tile out. It really looks fantastic.
This looks so amazing! The compromising thing can be tough. I glean so many inspirations from reading blogs and design mags, but my husband sometimes finds these ideas a bit too bold, so our decor sometimes tends to be a bit more traditional than I would like.
I also meant to ask whether you think such a dark color would look nice in a room without windows? I think we went too light in our downstairs bath and it looks a little blah.
Ah yes. Scott’s taste is a bit more classic than mine. I had to give up my mid-century modern fixation entirely. So, take comfort that most of us are in the same boat!
We don’t have a window in this room either. It’s only paint, so do what you like! As you can see, we were pretty conservative with the tile. I wanted a much bolder pattern in the hex and Scott convinced me to keep it really simple. You get a do-over with paint, but not so much with the tile. As usual, he was right. Please send me a link once you’ve painted!
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