Are you stuck with baby blue or sea green bathroom tiles? Removing and replacing tile is one option but it's also expensive and tedious. If finances do not permit full renovations or you do not want to spend money on something that is in fine condition, there are two primary alternatives - cover it up or camouflage the color.
Bathroom tile that was once fashionable in the 1960's and 1970's may now be offensive to you, meaning something needs to change. A color wheel serves as an easy to use aid to help you lessen the color intensity of your offending bathroom tile.
Let's start with a brief lesson on the color wheel theory. All colors fit in a designated order around the color wheel. A color's position will provide you with needed information about which colors clash or compliment another. Colors opposite each other will visually intensify each other. Adjacent colors, on the other hand, will blend with each other, creating harmony and deemphasizing a single color's intensity.
In order to tone down your bathroom tile color, keep color wheel principles in mind. Select colors adjacent to the tile color for towels, shower curtains, paint, and other accessories. This will allow the tile color to harmonize with its surroundings rather than letting it jump out at you.
For example, try using warm yellows, olives, or tans with avocado green tile rather than reds and purples. The tile will be less noticeable and offending.
The easiest way to see if colors create harmony or increase havoc would be to acquire paint sample cards and fabric swatches. This will enable you to try different color combinations with the tile. Trying these different combinations will help you understand color theory more clearly.
You may also want to think about replacing one or a few of the following items: flooring, vanity, countertops, and/or fixtures. You may not be able to afford all of those items but even replacing just one of them would create an instant style update. For more information checkout our website at www.DaveandCarla.com
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