Questions about color schemes for 2 Bed/2 Bath condo (paint, tiles, shower)

[amodoko]

Trying to figure out what color schemes I should use for our condo. I have to keep it somewhat neutral since we will sell it in a few years. But I was going to go with a light gray wall paint, and white for trim... seems to be pretty safe I would think. However, we just did one of our showers a few years ago in beige tile (doesn't go well with light gray I think).

So one bathroom will have to have beige tiles/off white walls color scheme since the shower walls are already beige tiles. I was thinking, should I make the second bathroom beige/white as well, to match the first bathroom and then paint the rest of the condo in the light gray/white color scheme? Or should I just keep one bathroom beige/white and do the rest of the condo and the second bathroom in light gray/white? Or should I get rid of the light gray paint and do the whole condo with beige and white colors for uniformity/continuity so it looks like the place was fixed up all at once? I'm not too sure if people prefer the kitchen and bathrooms to all match or not when looking for a new home. I personally wanted to use a neutral light gray paint on the walls for the rest of the place, but at the same time I'm only going to be in this location for a few years and have to think how much future buyers will care about uniformity throughout a unit since I won't be painting one of the bathrooms light gray due to the beige tiles.

[Ohiogirl81]

You're overthinking. There are no rules. The bathrooms are separate rooms and don't need to match each other. They could be somewhat complementary to the bedrooms they're attached to, though.

[Pitt Chick]

Your house, you can do what you want! I am not sure why you even think the kitchen and bathrooms should match...

Originally Posted by amodoko

I'm not too sure if people prefer the kitchen and bathrooms to all match or not when looking for a new home.

And you might as well do whatever color YOU want, since you will be living it for the next several years.
You will need to repaint then anyways, to freshen things up.

[hothulamaui]

I would do the grey with white trim in the LR. keep the bathrooms beige. either way you do it, the colors are so neutral I doubt any buyer would be bothered. I think grey usually has a bit more warmth and cozy to it rather than the beige for the LR

[bande1102]

For now, do whatever you want. You're going to have to re-paint anyway prior to selling. When you're ready to sell, pull up the comparable houses that have already sold and look at how those houses were painted. Also, look at new builds to see what the latest trend is.

For example, I looked at recently sold houses in my neighborhood and nobody is using gray. They were all done in warm tones and muted colors.

Personally, I choose 3 basic colors and one tone (warm or cool) and go with it. I have three bathrooms. None look the same, but they do incorporate the same two colors. This keeps it really simple for me. lso, I use the same color towels in all bathroom because it makes my life easier.

[amodoko]

Ok thanks guys! I'm not going to worry too much about then and just get on with painting

[silibran]

I've used gray with camel tones successfully. I am interested in knowing what beige you are working with? But there is certainly no rule that your baths have to be the same wall tones as the rest of the interior. I'd probably do both baths in the same colors, especially if I was doing the rest of the interior in another. So, what you want is for the bath color to be harmonious with the gray. When you open the door to go in or out, you don't want your eye jolted by warring colors.

I'd choose the two colors in tandem, so you know they look good together.

Almost anything goes with beige.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by bande1102

For now, do whatever you want. You're going to have to re-paint anyway prior to selling.

Who paints their house every three years?

[amodoko]

Ok thanks guys, you chilled me out so I'm not worried about it as much. But to answer your question silibran, I don't have any photos or the name of the beige tiles at the moment but I'll probably post about them right before I paint the bathroom to see what you think. But I am planning on doing what you mentioned, which is do both the bathrooms with the same color schemes (maybe beige tiles and off-white wall paint... the bathrooms are tiny anyways so some light off-white paint may be okay) and the rest of the place in the light gray and white trim. Thanks everyone, much appreciated