How can I accent a white and black bathroom?

Question

White walls outlined trim in black. Black and white checked floor.

My bathroom has white walls and is outlined in black trim. A red chair in the corner. 3 sinks, 2 stalls and a shower.

Answer 1

white and black decorating ideas
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Answer 2

Unless you like the 1950's black-n-white look, get rid of the black trim. Replace it with something more up-to-date, and in a softer or neutral color. Then create a color palette by using accessories -- colored soaps, towels, wash clothes, soap despenser, toothbrush holder, trash can, throw rug, etc. Maybe even a few candles of different shades. I'd put the red chair somewhere else, because it's a harsh color.

But if you use red as the start of your color palette for the room, make sure you includes softer reds, lots of different shades of pink, and a few subtle, cooler colors like a water lilly green, etc.

Oh and 1 last thing, if you have the money to put in a more modern floor, pick something of a warm yet neutral tone.

Answer 3

Have a splash of a bright color. Like if you like green use a green and black rug or get accessories in a different color to have some pop. There are so many options with black and white, go nuts. Do you like the idea of a black and colored checkered rub or shower curtain? I think that would look cool and tie into the floor as well. Hope this helps!

I just looked back and if you have a red chair use reds.

Answer 4

Ideally, you'd want a fairly even mix of black and white with a few bits of red thrown in. If the floor is a straight checkerboard pattern, but the walls are almost entirely white, I'd stick to primarily black accessories where possible to even things out (silver/chrome for fixtures, as they will tend to blend into the look rather than clash with it like gold), and you'll want a few things besides just one chair in red or it'll be the only thing in the room that looks out of place.

If it weren't for the checkered floor, and instead it was just a bit of black trim here and there, I'd say you could get away with just about any bold color as long as you limited yourself to just one shade, but the floor pattern really limits your choices. BTW, the look that instantly comes to mind for that floor pattern (though it's a bit late to change it now) is a pattern consisting of large blocks (about 3-4 inches per side) of black and white, with a single 1 inch square red tile thrown in for approximately every 1-2 square feet of floor space. Just enough to accentuate the stark look of B&W, but not enough to overpower it.

Answer 5

I had a lavatory with black and white floor tiles. I painted the walls white and the trim black. For accents i purchased a determination of inexpensive frames (5" X 7"), you should purchase black frames, yet i chanced on a chain of matching timber frames that were exceptionally lower priced so i purchased them and painted them. I also offered some black and white playing cards, those with children dressed as adults. some examples, a cushty boy kissing somewhat woman, a cushty boy handing the lady a flower, and so on. . . each and every photo had some thing of colour in it, a yellow rose, a pink bow tie, you get the photo. It become only sufficient colour to provide it some punch. It regarded tremendous. I extensively utilized lace contained in the room. I had black shelving with lace trimming the sting of each and every and a lace window curtain and bathe curtain. I gave the impact of a step decrease back in time. i really loved it.

Answer 6

Well, it depends on the mood you are wanting to convey. I think the suggestion of red is great! It's classic and since you already have some red things in there, you could just stick with that. If you want to change it up, an emerald green color would be really cool too. (of course, if that was the only other color in the room). Hope that helps.

Answer 7

You could do various themes??

Dominos and dice...games: handpainted shower curtain, yahtzee shaker for the toothbrush holder, fuzzy dice above the toilet, paint the switch covers to look like dominos, paint random tiles on the wall in a dice pattern. Set up a shelf up high, around the perimeter of the room and do vintage games like an old Monopoly box, Sorry!, Parcheezi, Chinese Checkers, in a topply stack, an old bingo cage with balls, a viewmaster, an etch a sketch, spirogragh and other games, you can frame an old monopoly board on the wall, you can take yahtzee score cards, , monopoly money, and bingo cards and decoupage them to the inside of shelves and cabinetry for a very unique shelf liner. Go over with polyurethane.

Sheet music: Classy! You can decoupage sheet music on the cabinetry doors or inside shelving, you can decorate with classy pics of instruments, notes and clefs on the shower curtain. You can make candle holders out of blank cd's. Take a plain votive cup and center it on a blank CD with hot glue. Then glue the rims of more CDs to this, into a globe, leaving the top off. The light shines through the gaps and bounces off the shininess of the discs. Use tea lights to avoid melting the CDs.

You could do vintage movie theme, malt shop theme, barber shop theme, nascar, zebras, pandas, penguins, dalmations.

Another funny thing to do, would be very easy to do...is paint random widths of black vertical straight lines into the biggest section of wall, or on a simple denim/canvas white shower curtain...like a product bar code, and stencil underneath it GENERIC BATHROOM in very plain capital letters. Accent with basic looking accessories around the sink, black and white towels. You could use stainless steel shelving around the room to look industrial like a store. This would be an easy room to keep clean and visitors would get a kick out of it.

OR you could avoid the themes altogether and just pick a family of colors to work with, or decorate in a single primary color like royal blue, red, yellow, or kelly green. You could warm it up with beiges and neutrals, baskets, shells, etc...but this is decorating around the black and white, not doing something with it.

Answer 8

use a single colour to decorate like red or green....to give relief i.e to use a different colour here n there to relief the eyes use a complimentry shade like deep grey for red or blue for green(like if u used the red colour ...let the towels be red but keep the holder deep grey,and so on)...do try to keep vases(of the decided colour) with just leaves(any size and type) in it...gives the bathroom a much needed fresh look...g'luck

Answer 9

It sounds as if it's quite big to accomodate all those fittings, so I'd go for red (and silver/chrome where necessary). That would be stunning, but I'd look for one or two red objects that were quite soft and fluid to take away the possible starkness, such as a few big silk poppies if they would be to your taste. Do they make red rubber ducks, I wonder?

Answer 10

Continue with red and maybe some gold trim on some items.

Answer 11

silver or gold accents would be the bomb! i would lean toward silver towel racks and such and maybe a few elegant silver plated perfume bottles. kinda art deco look. you can do so much.
a cool pic on the wall with a silver frame or mirrors.

dont over do the red. it is just enough to give it punch!