Paint Colors for a Bathroom With Maple Cabinets

Spare and Simple

• A sophisticated wall color for a bathroom with maple cabinets is any shade of matte or eggshell gray. Dove gray in a tiny bathroom keeps things light and airy, and works best with accessories of natural materials like wood or bamboo. Storm gray or pewter is stylish and urbane, and it makes the warm wood tones of the cabinets pop. A white ceiling and white tile floor will pull light into the room so it doesn’t seem shadowy.

Peachy Skin Tones

• Soft coral or peach is always a skin-enhancing bathroom color. The flattering tones blend easily with the wood of maple cabinets, and white fixtures add a crisp note to the room. Terracotta-colored floor tiles really pull this color scheme together, but white floor tiles reflect more light. If the floor is wood, try to match the stain on cabinets and floorboards.

Not Quite White

• White is the default bathroom paint color; but with maple cabinets, stark white can look too clinical. Try a linen or vanilla instead. The color is rich enough to seem textured, like the wood of the cabinets. A slate gray floor would be a perfect counterpoint to linen walls and ceiling and the wood cabinets.

Painted Walls and Wood

• No law says you can’t paint wood cabinets in the bathroom. If maple cabinets are getting in the way of your dream bathroom design, sand and paint them to match or contrast with the walls. Use semigloss paint to make wiping surfaces clean easier. Go with all white for a classic modern bathroom, or experiment with real color like peacock turquoise or garnet red on the walls and glossy white paint on the cabinets. To get a polished, contemporary bathroom, paint upper cabinets misty gray like the color of rain and match that color on the walls and ceiling. Paint lower cabinets ebony or extra-dark chocolate, and use pewter bin pulls for all cabinet hardware.