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My son has gutted my bathroom to put in a handicapped shower for my mom who will be getting out of physical therapy in about a month. I decided as long as he was taking up the tub and putting in this big handicapped shower I might as well redo the whole bathroom.
My home is an old farmhouse built in the late 30's. I would like to pick out wall color and ceramic tile floor color that coordinate and fit in with the age of the home. I am selecting dark wood old fashioned looking vanity and cupboard. I haven't bought them yet but I know I want dark wood.
Can you make some suggestions for tile and wall color? I'm inclined to go with dark grout for easier cleanup. I don't want to be scrubbing white grout with a toothbrush when I'm 80. Ha!
Is there a website that picks paint color for you to match tile color? Anything that is old fashioned looking.
Almost all the paint companies have color groups that go well together, you could start there... another idea is try posting on the home decorating forum, I bet you'd get lots of suggestions!
I like Behr paint's website----if you set up a login, they let you "do" a virtual room and pick colors and save projects. It's basically the same thing as what you can do on their screen at our Home Depot store, except it's down half the time. Also they will send you e-mails when the paint's going to be on sale, which is nice! Not too obnoxious---I only get maybe one e-mail a month from them.
It is slow to load unless you've got DSL or broadband connection, but I think it's worth it. The colors aren't true to the paint swatches (too much variation in monitors, etc.), but you can get pretty close, then take your project to a store and play with the tones using the paint chips. I've done my living room this year, and the site really helped. Another hint I picked up---don't take the top paint chip from the bin. If it's been sitting there a while, the lights can change the---pick one from back in the stack that hasn't been exposed.
Benjamin Moore carries a lot of historical colors. We've painted almost every room in this 1896 home with various colors from that collection. You can also go to their website and "paint" with the colors also.
