Renovating your existing bathrooms is challenge enough. Choosing a paint color that will go with the tiles and other features may push you over the edge. We show you nine colors that will please most tastes and one in particular that will play down  a 1960s blue bathroom.

Renovating your bathrooms and kitchens is one of the most important projects you can undertake. It makes total sense for you and also for prospective buyers or renters if that is your goal. Also if your budget is very limited or your bathroom needs a face lift, paint will work wonders and ofter overshadow those tiles that were popular in the 1960s.



We had four bathrooms that really needed a makeover. They were tired, dirty and very depressing. They included:

• Bathroom 1- blue tiles mounted 50 inches high all around the room and outside the tub/shower area
• Bathroom 2- white tiles that were dull.
• Bathroom 3- peach tiles were the rule here.  
• Bathroom 4- this powderoom was very small and narrow with a corner sink.

Cleaning Tips
All the bathrooms were old and dirty. So we used scrubbing bubbles and lots of elbow grease to clean the tiles. We also used a 50/50 solution of clorox bleach to deal with some mold in one of the bathrooms. This worked very well. Make sure to wear goggles and open a the windows for ventilation.

For the grout, we used hydrogen peroxide and baking soda with a toothbrush. Our efforts to clean some of the tile grout outside of the bath tub or shower area were less than satisfactory. So, we painted the grout with Benjamin Moore Simply White paint using a small artist's brush. 

For the blue bathroom, we removed the blue tiles above the sink and drywalled. All the other blue tiles was left in place. 

What colors we used

• For the blue bathroom, we used Ralph Lauren Cottonwood TH29 eggshell.Take a look at the before and after.

• For the white bathroom, we used Ralph Lauren Tangier Island NA05 eggshell.

• For the peach bathroom and powder room, we used Benjamin Moore's Simply White and C2 Paints C2-7300 Challah, respectively.
• All the ceilings and wood work were painted with Simply White, eggshell, and wood work was painted in semi-gloss.

Our favorite color was the Ralph Lauren Cottonwood. It really played own the blue tiles. The Ralph Lauren Tangier Island was a stronger color and really worked well with those dull white tiles.

Our Results
We think the effort was really worth it. Ralph Lauren's Cottonwood and Tangier Island ar great colors. In truth, the photos above and below don't render very well on a computer. Nevertheless, we hope they will help you with updating your bathrooms or even finding some great colors for a brand new bathroom.

The other colors that we think will work well in your bathrooms or even in other rooms are:

1. Parchment    Ralph Lauren
2. Feather    Behr
3. Whital Brown     Benjamin Moore
4. Cliff's View    Dunn Edwards
5. Cymric Silver    Ralph Lauren
6. Thunder Bay    Ralph Lauren
7. Wheeling Neutral    Benjamin Moore 
8. Cottonwood Ralph Lauren
9. Tangier Island Ralph Lauren

 Please feel free to download the free Paint Colors for Bathroom Spreadsheet at the end of this article. The data were scraped from the HGTV website and based on colors selected on the Designed to Sell and Design on a Dime TV shows. We suggest that you buy samples of the paints and see our article on how to select paint color to help you make a good color selection. 

The circular mirrors, called Kolja are from IKEA for about $15 to $20. The shower curtain is from the Royal Bath Collection and was bought in Home Stores for about $15.