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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's a small room, I would go simple to make it feel larger and more cohesive.

If you're using a light neutral then you should take it all over everything plus the ceiling. 
You can do a higher sheen finish for the wood (beadboard) and window trim.

The beadboard already adds interest w/ texture, for a small room it's going to be too much to do pieces of color. [/quote]

OP here, I like this idea. To confirm, you are suggesting to pick one white (like simply white as PP suggested) and to use it on the walls, ceiling, beadboard, and vanity, but to use it in a different sheen on the walls/ceiling, on the one hand, and the baseboards, trim, beadboard and vanity, on the other.

I think I will do this, or else perhaps just a subtly different shade of white on each of those two categories.

What sheen/finishes do you suggest for each? Satin for walls and ceiling, and semi-gloss for the rest?  I’ll look for that specific bathroom paint that PO mentioned. [/quote]

Correct -- although I would not use white personally, I would pick a light beige/greige/neutral, coordinating with other neutrals you have in your house, because it's much more relaxed than white. You could even do a muted pink that someone suggested, BM Rose Dust is very lovely and almost comes off as a neutral. My inlaws did that and it looks great.

For the vanity you can do an accent color if you like, or keep it neutral and tonal and do 2 shades darker than the wall color.

For sheen, yes, that's the idea, higher sheen for the wood. [/quote]

Thanks again from OP.

The shower/tub tile is white, the tub is white, the vanity countertop is white, there are white plantation shutters on the window - and none of those features can change via my paint job. So I think if I use your idea to paint everything including trim and ceiling the same color, it will still look choppy unless I use a shade of white paint. [/quote]

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