More paint help

[charlotte]

Hello hello.

We are wanting to paint our kids’ bathroom this weekend. The color is currently cream with a yellow undertone, which isn’t my thing. Here’s a photo:


You can see the tile and hardware. The cabinets are a cherry stain.




I want something that’s more of a neutral greyish .. maybe blue/cool undertones? Help me find a good, light neutral for this space!

Tagging milano since I know you dealt with interior paint colors not too long ago.

[tj]

I would look at SW agreeable gray and silverplate. Agreeable may be too warm for your taste but I feel like greys can get blue very quickly (see my bedroom.)

[mintyblueair]

Benjamin Moore Baby Fawn might be good.

[milano]

Check out SW Repose Gray - it is cooler but not truely Cool. It might give you the gray you want without icing out the bathroom. A big chunk of my house is painted this color. Silverplate would look really lovely too if you want a hint of color in there! It has what I like to call a blue-ish olive vibe going on that is quite neutral but not boring.

[milano]

Or, my personal favorite, Copen Blue by SW. Its a grayed blue with a hint of green that changes in the light and goes with just about everything.

[milano]

BRB, getting out my fan deck and paint samples.

[milano]

This paint color is Balboa Mist by BM and it's probably my favorite color in my house. It's a gray but it's not cool, but it's not warm. And manages to look both gray and beige at the same time and I'm obsessed with it. I feel like it's alive. You can see at the top of the wall it looks more beige and the bottom looks more gray. It looks gray against my pinky beige carpet though so I think it would work well with your bathroom tile.

[mintyblueair]

SW Mindful Gray is a good neutral grey.

[milano]

This is Repose Gray. More true gray. Goes with almost anything.

[milano]

Also plug in paint colors you like on Pinterest, you can usually find pictures of rooms painted that color and can give you an idea of what it might look like in yours.

[mintyblueair]

Personally, I think a green-hued grey or greyish green would look better than blue in there. Something like SW Frostwork might look really nice.

[tj]

Ooh yes repose grey would look good too.

[charlotte]

Thank you, all! I’m leaning toward Balboa Mist right now... going to try to get some samples later. 🤗

[charlotte]

Willy’s post reminded me I forgot to update with an after. We went with Repose Gray and I think it’s an improvement! The frames still have stock photos in them. Ignore the dinos. 😅

[charlotte]

Now that I posted this I can tell the lighting is terrible and you can hardly see what the color looks like. Oh well.

[mc13]

The paint color looks great charlotte! We have the same frames in our bathroom too.

[tj]

charlotte I cannot believe how well your granite goes with your dinosaurs! Jk obv but it looks really nice and classic. Love it.

[mintyblueair]

It looks great Charlotte!