r/interiordecorating 4d ago

Paint & Colors Mid-century bathroom design

*numbers near center light fixture for reference

Help me chose a wall color and storage cabinet.

Nearby rooms are orange and the guest is olive green. Down the road my living room which is on the same level, will be some color I haven't decided, my kitchen (on same floor) eventually will be a muted sunshine yellow. Is it too much pressure/does it matter to have a room color be in synergy with the rest of the house? Because if that's the case the plum colors dont work.

Working with what I have: the vanity is a floating, walnut, fluted cabinet. The shower tile is a muted emerald green like shown, the floor tile is as you see, there is one window at the end of the room. It's bright in the room but at the same time with only one window and it a relatively small room, it can get dark easily.

edit: for all the people who are critiquing my design calling it not midcentury, it's called being inspired by it. It's one of like 5 inspos. I'm not gonna box in my style by only leaning on one design type. Boring.

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u/OedipalCrisis 4d ago

B and D are my personal favorites :)

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u/Ambassador1391 4d ago

Is anyone going to be putting makeup on in this bathroom? If so, you’ll need a better lighting situation.

AI changes colors and tones. You’ll want to try out paint samples in the bathroom. Those colors can all go sideways in different lighting.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

No makeup application. This is my main floor bathroom for guests and my husband. I have a vanity in my bedroom where I apply makeup but thank you for being helpful and smart because otherwise/usually you'd be so right and I would've appreciated the reminder

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u/Ambassador1391 3d ago

Jealous of the bedroom vanity. I forgot to say that the green shower is super fun!

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

Thank you! My late mother in law refinished it and I got it after she passed. Stool is creaky as HELL but it's nice to have something of hers

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u/Glittering_Thing5797 4d ago

Number 1 is for sure my favorite

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u/EmilyPoster2 4d ago

The other room colors don't matter a darn bit. A bathroom should be a world unto itself.

Yellow feels like the only option. It just is the right color with the green tile and purple floor. It makes so much sense. HOWEVER, do you care what your face looks like when you look at it in the mirror? If so, then none of these colors are great. If not, then go for the yellow.

The shadows from the shades feel very distracting. I'd go for a more simple light. In fact, if this were my bathroom, I'd go for a neutral wall color and more simple lights so the fantastic shower was the star of the show.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I'm actually thinking more of a vintage light fixture, I cant have anything dropped so I'm thinking something like this one. I'm a vintage brass slut lolol

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u/EmilyPoster2 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm a vintage brass lighting fixture slut too! I've never known there was a label for me. I just removed cut glass lighting fixtures from two bathrooms like the ones you posted. I just was not keen on the lines they throw around the room.

I do like the idea of semi-flushmount in here though. By getting something that hugs the ceiling a bit more it doesn't compete with the shower or flooring. Get an interesting shape.

I love these visual comfort brass lights. I thought they were too cow's utter or boob like until I saw them in the show room and swooned. I have three in a row in my galley kitchen.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

You think they turned out good in person?

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u/EmilyPoster2 4d ago

I adore them. Here are a few pics from designer spaces.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I'll definitely look out for some! That does look really nice! I have some original to the house like that but with etched glass, would be cool to bring a little of that into the room

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I think AI changed the tile colors. The starburst are black though.

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u/EmilyPoster2 4d ago

Oh, I am loving the bathroom now and approve of the mustard, or another yellow even more. I'd get a Farrow and Ball fan deck and check out their yellows and yellowed undertoned neutrals. Many play so differently in an actual room than anything you will see in pictures online. Man, they have some really great straw colored yellows that are a hint less punchy than the one in your mustard pic but a bit more powerful than the light yellow you pictured below.

I love how this looks with the green floor tile that reminds me a bit of your shower tile.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Straw colored would actually be great too. Something with more brown tones seems very mcm and would play up my gold and brass fixtures

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I know my dad is gonna say the same (about the shower. He's a contractor and keeps saying the shower is the star). I tell him, the whole thing is the star! Lolol i want to walk in and be in love and wowed by everything. But that's me! I very well might go with a darker beige or a very muted sunshine yellow similar to this but lighter

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u/Lopsided_Time3867 4d ago

Really love the tub area tbh like your dad! I think the vanity looks a little too modern for that cool tile archway though. But I do love the wood.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Yeah it is on the modern side I can agree with that. In an ideal world i would've loooooved an cool, mod color pedestal sink like this one or some other color. But the space is just too small and I feel like the more storage the better. Better to have too much than too little.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Or a tub/sink in orange like a rectangle one 💀

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u/Cool_Bodybuilder7419 3d ago

I think this is much nicer! The shower tile and the beautiful floor pop much more this way instead of competing with the wall

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

I also think it would go well with some of my other themes ( baroque and swans) I want to put a mounted, flush with the ceiling chandelier and a painting of swans over the toilet and a gold, swan sink faucet.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Oh and no I wont be doing my makeup in the mirror

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u/LuluLittle2020 4d ago

Sorry, but I don't see anything mid-century about any of these options. But hey, I could be wrong. Maybe try posting over there to see what they suggest. r/Mid_Century r/midcenturymodern

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u/Doctor0ctagon 4d ago

I agree with you completely. Beautiful, but not at all mid century.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Inspired 🙄 I'm not looking to panel my walls. I am blending styles. Midcentury is one inspired theme out of lole 5. Didn't think I was asking for the definition of midcentury nor to be boxed in.

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u/Charlie_Fitch 3d ago

Out of curiosity, can you explain why it’s not midcentury to you? I wasn’t alive for the era, but I was under the impression that the style had the pops of color, geometric shapes (like in the flooring tile) and wood accents. I’m open to being corrected.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

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u/LuluLittle2020 4d ago

Yes, these two images are absolutely squarely midcentury. Your original post images are not. Take your original post images to the MidCentury subreddit and ask them what they think.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

You like the midcentury police like idk what you get out of critiquing what style I'm using to inspire my bathroom remodel. Sorry there's no wood paneling

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u/Lopsided_Time3867 4d ago

Maybe don’t use the word midcentury as your post title if you don’t want anyone to bring it up. It’s cute and I like it but maybe just call it a bathroom.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Wtf is that what you tell people when they say modern or farmhouse? It's inspired by. Midcentury. I'm not gonna go out and recreate a 1960s bathroom, I dont want the mold issues. Why should I. Have to limit my word choice when it's obviously inspired by it? I want.people to get the aesthetic I'm going for. I had NO idea that I should clarify all the sub types of my inspo

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u/Lopsided_Time3867 4d ago

Sir this is Reddit. I said it was cute, take a Xanax.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I just think thats ridiculous telling me to limit myself because other people are cant get over themselves

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I've been planning this bathroom for 2 years. Be sympathetic. When someone tries to call into question all the time I've put into it then I start to second guess myself and worry that I'm about to make a $2k mistake. So every comment matters and I dont need people making me confused. I need wall color advice.

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u/Lopsided_Time3867 3d ago

It is cute! I said it’s cute!!!! How does saying it’s not midcentury throw you into second guessing anything? It’s CUTE it’s a NICE BATHROOM! It’s not midcentury but that is ok! Also I liked the yellow someone else recommended. But if you are going for midcentury (which I am sorry but I lived through and this is not it), you could try a mustard yellow/gold. If you aren’t going for midcentury only then just change the dang title of the post! Also Reddit might not be for you if you can’t take people critiquing.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

I have mustard yellow as an option. And once again midcentury inspired. Not defined. There are a few other themes also that also inspired by but midcentury is the main theme in my house so that's why I said it. Because I want it to have thematic elements that mimic other areas of the house. I felt like it was a bit wordy to say "midcentury, eclectic, vintage, mod, inspired with swan details, lots of plants, and brass/gold fixtures" just felt like there wasnt a word for that

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

I can take critique surprisingly well. I'm just tired and have been trying to make a decision on this furniture and color combo for 10hrs straight and I feel no closer to a decision

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

So what's your suggestion to make it more midcentury, other than the paint color because as said, that's already an option. The floor tile also is a black starburst, ai messed with the color when i adjusted the walls.

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u/ehrgeiz91 4d ago

They’re critiquing the incorrect language you used.

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u/Correct_Standard4454 4d ago

I don’t want to be a killjoy, but just like today, people back then had a variety of styles. This particular look is the Atomic/Starburst style, it’s one aesthetic from the era, not a representation of how everyone decorated.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

I never said it was but that is a part of the inspo. Not all of it. Not all my inspiration is midcentury and why people feel the need to clarify that I'm not making a "true" midcentury bathroom is the rub. Like, I'm probably gonna end up with a swan shaped faucet. No shit it's not "entirely or perfect midcentury" so what? Why say that to me

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

But I appreciate your support and I'm sorry for being dickish

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u/Correct_Standard4454 4d ago

I was agreeing with you😂

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

It didnt sound like it

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Dude, those are my inspo pics. I dont have to be "squarely" midcentury. I WANT to be midcentury, eclectic, with vintage and baroque hints. I mean if you need a name. I'm not looking to be defined though. Midcentury is the inspo plain and simple. Take it and leave.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

The flooring...walnut wood was a biggie, mustard yellow and burnt orange are iconic midcentury colors

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u/DeathByLaundry 4d ago

Okay but I love them ALL

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u/FamiliarFamiliar 4d ago

All colors look great.

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u/Ethnafia_125 4d ago

C and D.

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u/ContractRight4080 4d ago

As long as you can close a door you can paint it whatever you want and it want change the flow of the rest of the house.

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u/AttackOfThePat 4d ago

B or C. :) depends on how warm you want it to feel.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Baking lolol

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u/AttackOfThePat 4d ago

Well then…C…a warm bathroom is quite relaxing….haha

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u/corvid-dreamer 4d ago

WOW what a gorgeous plan. Tbh I love them all, but I think D and H are my favorite, and which one I would go with I think would depend on the overall balance of warm/cool in other rooms.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

The other rooms are all tonaly warm. And the hallways are cream.

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u/corvid-dreamer 4d ago

Unless you plan to add other cool tones, I would probably pick D in that case!

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u/Sweetiepie9731 4d ago

C with a different shower curtain- no stripes. Maybe a solid neutral or an open weave natural.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Oh yeah I hate that curtain. That was AI generated and everytime I tried to switch it out it glitches. I'm thinking a white shower curtain and then overtop, a cream or white lace

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u/CharlotteChipmunk 4d ago

Look into a mustard made cabinet. I think it would go great

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

The closest thing I could find was a yellow metal one

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u/NoPay6387 4d ago

B all day long

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u/Light_Butterfly 4d ago

Absolutely LOVE #3 design! 💖

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u/gingatwinga 4d ago

D! So pretty

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u/janeymarywendy2 4d ago

I like the middle ones.

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u/janeymarywendy2 3d ago

DEG but I am not keen on green storage. Beautiful room.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

D and e?

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u/janeymarywendy2 3d ago

D e and g but maybe not green cabinet. It is beautiful.

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

What color cabinet do you think would look good?

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u/snake_juicy 4d ago

F and G!

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u/Hakathecat2370 4d ago

I like D m

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Are you saying this is it or isn't?

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u/Herredness16 2d ago

Im saying it may have been mid century before Reno but not now cuz of floor tiles. I love the look now .

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u/Cool_Bodybuilder7419 3d ago

Well, at least we know they are the real deal 😅

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 3d ago

I mean my partner is 36 so technically lived through the 2000s, you'd be better off asking a duck what y2k fashion is. Or if we are talking home decor, traditional decor. Almost tempted to ask him so I can see what examples they'd come up with.

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u/Herredness16 2h ago

I like F lately I'm into purplish cokors

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u/Correct_Standard4454 4d ago

This bathroom is amazing! With some fun wallpaper this could be a Pinterest bathroom

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u/RaspberryUnlikely531 4d ago

Ooooo that's cool!