Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing
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Okay I finally found the perfect wallpaper border & accessories for my guest bathroom. I purchased everything and just love it, but I haven't put everything up because I can't decide what to put on the walls. Please input is very much appreciated!!!
I have a shower curtain that has a print called "Home Sweet Home" by York wallpaper. Its country signs kind of like a rusty red, black, tans. The signs are at the top of the curtain. Like 80% of the curtain is a crackle ivory print background with berries and stars printed all over. Then I have matching towel bar, tp holder, ring, and 3 hooks that have the red rusty star and black wrought-iron. I also have Home Sweet Home bath accessories to match. Please give your opinion on combo YOU think would work best with the accessories. Please take blending in to consideration. Thank you!!
1. Bottom of east and west wall-wainscot with chair rail moulding. Above that wallpaper border, then moulding strip, then paint with crackle or "sponge" finish in a matching rusty red. North and south wall star & berrywallpaper with moulding and border.
2. Bottom of all walls berry/star paper, c.r. moulding, border, muilding strip, red faux painted walls, north and south bottom berry/star, top berry star paper.
3. Bottom of all walls wainscot, c.r. moulding, border, moulding strip, top berry star paper.
4. Bottom of e & w walls wainscot, c.r. moulding, border, mlding. strip, top berry/star paper, n & s walls bottom wainscot, top red faux paint.
Please vote your preference and add any tips. Thanks for your help!!
I have a shower curtain that has a print called "Home Sweet Home" by York wallpaper. Its country signs kind of like a rusty red, black, tans. The signs are at the top of the curtain. Like 80% of the curtain is a crackle ivory print background with berries and stars printed all over. Then I have matching towel bar, tp holder, ring, and 3 hooks that have the red rusty star and black wrought-iron. I also have Home Sweet Home bath accessories to match. Please give your opinion on combo YOU think would work best with the accessories. Please take blending in to consideration. Thank you!!
1. Bottom of east and west wall-wainscot with chair rail moulding. Above that wallpaper border, then moulding strip, then paint with crackle or "sponge" finish in a matching rusty red. North and south wall star & berrywallpaper with moulding and border.
2. Bottom of all walls berry/star paper, c.r. moulding, border, muilding strip, red faux painted walls, north and south bottom berry/star, top berry star paper.
3. Bottom of all walls wainscot, c.r. moulding, border, moulding strip, top berry star paper.
4. Bottom of e & w walls wainscot, c.r. moulding, border, mlding. strip, top berry/star paper, n & s walls bottom wainscot, top red faux paint.
Please vote your preference and add any tips. Thanks for your help!!
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yes, you can have too much of a good thing.
a little of that cute themed stuff goes a long way. try to avoid super matchy-matchy stuff. it becomes boring instead of interesting when there's too much of it. just because there is a collection of stuff and they are offering everything imaginable, pick & choose what you really like and, hard as it is, resist the rest. you don't have to use everything they offer, and you shouldn't. it'll be too much. since you've got all the accessories & stuff, keep the walls simple so your stuff is the focus. treat all the walls the same, whatever you decide is the best combination. don't do some walls one way and the other walls another way. it's a bathroom - it's too small to do that & will just seem chaotic. the walls shouldn't be the focus, the stuff should be.
so i would vote for whatever shows off the shower curtain best and still lets your wall decor stand out. and works with whatever's outside this bathroom. for example, if you're already using rusty red for the hallway walls, don't use it in the bathroom too. use the berry wallpaper instead. or vice versa. etc.
a little of that cute themed stuff goes a long way. try to avoid super matchy-matchy stuff. it becomes boring instead of interesting when there's too much of it. just because there is a collection of stuff and they are offering everything imaginable, pick & choose what you really like and, hard as it is, resist the rest. you don't have to use everything they offer, and you shouldn't. it'll be too much. since you've got all the accessories & stuff, keep the walls simple so your stuff is the focus. treat all the walls the same, whatever you decide is the best combination. don't do some walls one way and the other walls another way. it's a bathroom - it's too small to do that & will just seem chaotic. the walls shouldn't be the focus, the stuff should be.
so i would vote for whatever shows off the shower curtain best and still lets your wall decor stand out. and works with whatever's outside this bathroom. for example, if you're already using rusty red for the hallway walls, don't use it in the bathroom too. use the berry wallpaper instead. or vice versa. etc.
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The Wainscot Will Be White Paneling With The Chair Rail Moulding. The Countertop Is Called White Suede. The Cabinet Is White The Woodwork Is White.
The Shower Curtain Is Mainly The Berries & Vine, So Would That Be Too Much Berries And Vine If The Upper Half Of The Walls Match The Shower Curtain? There Wouldn't Be Much Color. Otherwise I Could Paint The Walls The Rusty Red Color That Matches The Red In The Shower Curtain! Thanks For Your Help!
The Shower Curtain Is Mainly The Berries & Vine, So Would That Be Too Much Berries And Vine If The Upper Half Of The Walls Match The Shower Curtain? There Wouldn't Be Much Color. Otherwise I Could Paint The Walls The Rusty Red Color That Matches The Red In The Shower Curtain! Thanks For Your Help!
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all that bright white woodwork doesn't seem like it'd go with all the rustic country decor. if it's the collection i'm thinking of, it goes better with rustic stained or painted woodwork. can you tone it down with a wash of stain or something?