outdated bathroom
green eith envy
HELP!!! My husband and I just purchased a home, the home has great bones and was well maintained. With all the expenses that go into purchasing a home , we can't afford to remodel just yet. The bathroom is our biggest issue...it is very outdated...1974 outdated. Olive green tub, sink and toilet included. I can't even think of a paint color to start with to minimize the Olive green in that room. If anyone can give me a few ideas that would be a great starting point. JP
chrissy k
We had a similar dilemma with our bathroom. Nothing wrong with it accept it had those gosh awful BLUE fixtures from the seventies! I tried and tried to think of a color to play those down also. I lost the battle to replace the fixtures just because I didn't like the color! Well, all I did was throw MORE blue into the room. I know that sounds crazy but instead of fighting the blue I worked WITH the blue. I painted the cabinets dark navy blue, put up baseboard of the same dark navy blue, painted the window frame and sill and bought a matching cloth shower curtain. To try and hide the tub even more I bought cream lace curtains to hang as an outer shower curtain with a valance across the top. Then I bought an area rug with navy blue in it. The walls I just painted an off white/cream color. This worked so well for me and I get sooo many compliments on my bathroom. No one seems to notice the awful blue fixtures. I think if you find some dark green or maybe a lighter version of the olive green it might work. Also, for a quick fix, if your sink is cabinet style you could by a replacement top. Maybe a cream color with a green swirl/marble look to it. Hope this helps! Remember don't try to hide the color, go with the color.
dragonfly up in the sky
i would suggest going to your local fabric store first. i have an outdated bathroom too, with pink/salmon coloured fixtures. i found a great, retro fabric, then chose a colour for the walls that was in the fabric and voila!!! it actually looks great, and i can now appreciate the old fixtures, they seem to have been there purposely now!!! lol
UniquelyPainted
Hi - I have a 1952 pink tile bathroom. My stepfather made a new vanity out of some of the old wood flooring we pulled up in another part of the house. We put a simple white sink in it and got the faux wood blinds from home depot. We put a new light fixture in and we found a green and very light pink toile wallpaper for the upper half of the walls above the tile - it looks fabulous! I checked out books from the wallpaper store, found the one I wanted and then found it online for 1/3 the price! I got a lady to install it for $75.00! We have anouther bathroom that is 1950's green tile and so I painted the walls a lighter green. I will say that in both bathrooms, we do have white toilets. The green bathroom has a shower only and is made of the same green tiles. The pink bathroom has a white tub. However, a new toilet is not that expensive and could really make all the difference you need. You probably want to keep the tub anyway because they just don't make them that great anymore! My advice is similar to the person with the blue bathroom. Hope this helps!
SES
Alot of cities give away free toilets ( white) if you go with the low flow, that and the other advice should minimize the green
sunsetowl1961
Like you, I had that problem. Like the blue bathroom, I worked with it! Lovely pink sink, tub, etc., wallpaper with pink flowers & yellow butterflies. I cleaned the wallpaper, painted the trim white, added a lot of white shelves to the walls, white curtain to cover the tub area, added a pink/white checked valance, white rug and WOW, what a difference. I couldn't afford a new countertop, so, I used marble looking adhesive shelving paper. A whole new look for very little money. Don't fight it, work with it until you can redo it! Good Luck
catwoman708
When I see olive green I think of ferns, forests, and natural elements of stone and wood. Go with what you have in the olive fixtures, and slap on a coat of cream/bone color on the walls/cabinets for a "botanical" or "forest" feel. You could even paint the ceiling a pale blue with clouds for an outdoorsy/open feel. Cream, mossy green, and/or light brown towels and throw rugs, with shells, fossils, as many plants as you have room for, or just a small fern in a stone planter, faux stone or marbel waste can, anything representative of nature. If you have a long vanity counter or room for a small table, a small tabletop fountain in stone would be a great touch (if you don't have a plug handy, they even have battery operated ones).
Megan22
I would go with catwomans nature them and add browns and creams to the room. Maybe you could at least replace the sink with a small wood vanity with a top in either bone or linen, that way when it comes time that you can relace the tub and toilet you can go with either of those colors. I would paint the walls an off white and go with a shower curtain that has the olive green and beiges in it.
smigs817
My husband & I bought a house with an outdated olive green bathroom too. We found a tub/tile paint at a local hardware store & it seemed to do the trick. For about $300 we refinished our stall shower, replaced the sink & toilet & painted the walls. Although we still have the green & white floor, it's completely minimized by the few small changes. Hope this helps!!
brasov
I'm having similar problem and I read about reglazing/refinishing bathtubs and tile, which is basically applying a coat of new color (thru a somewhat complicated process; better hiring a pro w/lots of experience, I'm told) . It's less costly than replacing everything. I was going to post myself an inquiry, see if there's anybody here who did that and how long it lasted.( there are lots of methods and chemicals doing the trick, but not all are going to last. Besides, I don't know if it works for toilets, giving the more intensive scrubbing. Search google for "bathtub reglazing" and start from there.)However, you could play down the olive color by finding a shade of paint for the wall, 2-3 tones lighter, in the same family of olives/moss-es; use this as a background up to the chair rail, or higher and continue with white on the wall and ceiling. This background will make the fixtures blend in and almost "disappear". I'd keep all the other decoration touches minimalistic, light on the eye; plus, you might want to consider some nice lighting.
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