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In our hectic modern world, blue is a serene and soothing color that makes an ideal choice for bathrooms. Make use of helpful online color tools such as those listed by Design Shack to choose your blue combinations for the most professional results. Pair your new blue paint with durable glass or ceramic tiles to create a bathroom that will hold up to the physical stresses of everyday use as well.
Accented Blue
Royal blue and turquoise make a good combination with contrasting, sunny yellow for accent. Paint royal blue on walls from about 3 feet from the floor on down, and paint turquoise on the top portion of the walls. Create a contrasting strip between the two colors by attaching a band of yellow border tiles where the two blues intersect. Accent similarly around mirrors, windows and doors with narrower yellow borders. Use paint-matched royal blue ceramic tiles on the floor, and make a faux "rug" with a band of yellow mosaic tiles about 6 inches from the walls all around. Pure white fixtures will contrast nicely.
Feel the Sea
Paint palest blue on the ceiling and gray-blue on walls for the look of endless sky and sea. Add white trim and all white fixtures to heighten the sense of freshness and clean salt air. Make a mosaic on the shower walls to finish. Use sand colored tiles to create a "beach," and use shades of blue, green and white to create rivulets of "seawater," or purchase handmade fish and coral reef tiles for an undersea mosaic. Search "handmade tiles and mosaics" for inspiration, or find artists who can make this for you.
Retro Checkerboard
For a feel of the 1940s, paint walls a pale aqua color and paint trim two or three shades deeper than the wall color. For an outstanding retro border, pair small black and white mosaic tiles in a 12-inch checkerboard band starting about three 3-feet high around the room. Tile the floor with a similar checkerboard pattern of larger ceramic tiles in black and white. Use all white vintage fixtures for authenticity, or go for newer black fixtures for ultimate contrast.
Midnight Blue
If you prefer a dark bathroom with a contemporary feel, this may be the one for you. Paint the ceiling and upper third of the walls deep midnight blue, blending it into the middle third with a lighter royal blue and finishing with a medium deep blue on the bottom third. You will want a paint sprayer to blend the colors seamlessly. Where the walls touch the floor and ceiling, create 4-inch trim bands of cobalt blue glass flecked with gold. Use cobalt blue fixtures and gold plated hardware for this luxurious look.
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