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Bath cabinet color question

dennylilly — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:10:10 GMT

Remodeling my cottage bathroom. Was going to get a cabinet to match the new kitchen cabinets but is this always the way to do it? My only experience is when I built my house and all the cabinets in baths and kitchen were the same. Currently my bath has some bead board and it is white. My new kitchen cabinets are off white. I think a dark cabinet in the bathroom would look better with the white bead board than the off white would. What are your thoughts ?

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Marienkaefer2 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:14:50 GMT

I think you can do different colors. I've seen this done in many houses. Go with what you think would look best in the bathroom.

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terrier3 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:22:20 GMT

All my kitchen and bathroom cabinets were the same because it was a builder's remodel in the 80s and that was the style back then.

Different cabinets are more cottage-like and more stylish now.

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DustyPink — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:24:39 GMT

I would go with something that would match not only the wall color but the flooring as well.

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hennypenny — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:25:13 GMT

Go with what you like. The two rooms need not be the same.

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LooPY — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:36:20 GMT

They are two separate rooms and can absolutely be treated as such! Builders often use the same cabinetry throughout, as it is easier and cost effective--the path of least resistance! A deeper color for the vanity will play off the white beadboard and provide a nice contrast. A good friend just had a deep charcoal vanity installed in her beadboard walled bath--stunning!

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tansy — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:49:55 GMT

Much more interesting to me if everything is not matchy-matchy.

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:03:23 GMT

I have white bead board in my bathroom along with a black and taupe flowered wall paper, I recently had my bath remodeled and I had my old cabinet painted black and purchased a white toilet along with a white vanity, love it!!

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Lila Belle — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 04:29:46 GMT

When we bought our house the master bath vanity was the same as the kitchen. I thought that was a bit tacky so I painted it with an ebony stain. I love how it looks.

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cody2 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 04:39:35 GMT

I am guessing that the bath is much smaller than the kitchen? My thought is that anything dark in the bath would make it look even smaller. I would probably go with lighter colors there. But that is just me. Let us know what you decide. Sounds like you are having fun. Enjoy!

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ROMARY — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 05:36:52 GMT

Any photos, per chance?...........

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:31:31 GMT

Have what you like. They don't need to match. When we built our house all the cabinetry was the same color throughout, but we've done two bathroom remodels and hopefully will be doing the last one this fall or next spring. We never even gave it a thought that they had to continue matching the kitchen cabinets. Our master bath is small and we chose all dark cabinets for it. I think the dark is fine for a small bathroom as long as the sizes of the cabinetry isn't overwhelming. We found pieces at Lowe's that worked well for us and even made the bathroom slightly roomier.

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dennylilly — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:12:17 GMT

Thank you.I'm so happy to read these responses that I realize that I REALLY want a dark cabinet, even tho the bath is small. I dont know why I don't trust my own taste and just do what I want in the first place! I guess I am just so afraid ill regret these large decisions...

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Lila Belle — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:51:14 GMT

It's only paint !

You can always change it if you don't like it.

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stevieb — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 14:52:24 GMT

I absolutely don't think you need to match your bath and kitchen cabinets. If you assess that a darker cabinet would enhance your bath, why not go for it. When I recently modernized (a full re-do was out of the question) a bath, I went with a black cabinet because I thought it looked better with the existing tiles and fixtures, as replacing them wasn't in the budget. I went sort of low-end because at some point I would like to rip it all out, but for now, that darker cabinet looks so much better than the previous 'wood tone' did. I didn't replace the cabinet in another bathroom, but had it painted a pale dove gray to match the walls and it too is an improvement.

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brii — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:26:21 GMT

It doesn't have to match.

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dennylilly — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:14:14 GMT

I'm not painting the cabinet. We are replacing cabinet, toilet, floors and the fiberglass shower with tile. I need to choose flooring, shower tile, toilet and cabinet and fixtures. This bathroom redo was to happen in the future but since our pipe located in the crawl space burst, we decided to go ahead since all have to be torn out for repairs. Kitchen in cottage, all flooring and some built in bunks were done last summer. The bath was the only fairly updated room we had. Now the entire cottage is going to look pretty good! :-)

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terrier3 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:15:56 GMT

Have you ever seen the ""cottage"" look people get when they utilize old dressers as vanities for sinks?

I think it's a great look...and affordable too.

Try googling for images...there are lots of ideas!

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dennylilly — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:17:43 GMT

How do I post pictures?

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terrier3 — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:06:35 GMT

I tried to post a picture and I got an error message...