thank you for all the advice. Yes, that is the vanity. The corian cilantro is a very gray green...but I am convinced now it won't work. I don't like the cold feel of marble. I thought Corian would work well in a bathroom; it last forever and doesn't get stains; and feels nicer to me. My DH hates Correra marble.

Lowe's suggested a black top but I didn't want a very dark top on the vanity and I wanted the vanity top to match the bathtub surround.

I think the overall problem is the glaring bright white type colors...and they are all light light light and there are no neutrals...It all looks too modern and bright. Bright grey tile with white grout (it was supposed to be off white but it sure doesn't look off white) and the glowing white toilet and the light cream walls and none of this matches the vanilla vanity...

Re: double sink; my DH has another bathroom to use - also off Master bedroom suite so we have "his" and "her" bathrooms. The layout just worked out this way. (Believe me, we are not wealthy.) His just has shower and single sink and toilet; the "hers" bathroom is slightly bigger and has tub only with vanity and toilet. So we don't really need or want a double sink and I would rather have counter space (even if DH didn't have his own bathroom.) My kids use a different bathroom.

My DH is hating the idea of ripping up the tile and says I will have to do this myself or wait until he gets other things finished first (with our addition)...but the tile was his suggestion and I said okay and now he agrees that it is not a great choice.

Re: a green wall color; our master bedroom is a light sage..so I wanted the bathroom paint to coordinate with that.

The green is a HUGE mistake. So is Corian itself. Get marble or faux marble but don't get green corian. Ew. That alone is a resale disaster.

Also, people want double sinks in a MBA. Do you have kids? My kids always use my bathroom at night and brush teeth at the double sink, it's a godsend. Plus DH and I can get ready at the same time. I adore my double sink!

I'd streamline your look and get ride of some colors. If you are keeping cream walls and cream vanity, then lost the cool grey tile and stark white grout. Start over with the tile.

And for god's sake, don't buy a green single sink corian vanity top!!!!!

If you don't want to pull the tile or paint the vanity...

- go with a warm grey countertop - Corian Stardust
- go with a darker grey sink basin
- regrout with a darker grout (grout stain?)
- paint walls in grey-ish green (or greyish blue)

I posted above (the really long post). How about a dark gray countertop (just make sure to pick warm dark gray)? I'd stay away from green. Stick to neutrals. Like so:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/11259067787972853/

Anonymous wrote:Okay, stop with the colors. Repaint the walls - a pale grey perhaps, of the same family of the tile. Get your countertop in a carerra marble- type color. The one sink is fine with countertop on the other side - I've had those before. If you can paint the vanity white, do it. What are the floors?

You can also post your photo and query on Houzz.com.

Best advice. Once toilet, bath and sink are white (or carrera for sink), and walls are a BM platinum type color, then reasses tile and vanity. I personally love and have single sink in a double. Love all the counterspace. I would also stick to neutrals. Don't make any more color mistakes. My baths are all white with gray walls and white grout. The vanity/mirrors, glass shower doors and accents make it look luxe.

PP here. Check out this one with the sage green paint... do you like this?

http://www.houzz.com/photos/677896/Master-Bathroom-traditional-bathroom-boston

Is this the sink OP?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_194960-22031-370-460D_0__?productId=3737875

There's no way you could put a single sink in the middle...note the drawers!

1) Paint it white
2) White/marble countertops/sink
3) Now you have a gray and white palate to work from
4) How scroll through here and find a bathroom with white and gray that you like. Is there another color on the walls that you like with it? (Blue perhaps?)

http://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional/bathroom

who the hell wants a single sink?

Anonymous wrote:Post to Gardenweb with photos. They have a baths forum although I don't know if it's quite as active as the kitchens forum. You'll get a lot of good experienced feedback including from pros.

+1. Very good suggestion.

My two cents: Your cabinet is your focal point since 1) you love it, and 2) you can't return it. Everything else is changeable (though admittedly at a cost of time, money, and DH's patience!). Cream and gray CAN work together, but only if it's a warm gray, and it sounds like yours may be a cool gray with cool white grout. You would want a warm gray tile with warm white/cream grout to complement your cream cabinet. Sounds like you have your undertones wrong. Check out Maria Killam's website for a very thorough discussion on the undertones of white and how they can really send you astray. It isn't even just a matter of cold/warm - undertones can be blue, red, green, yellow...and those little differences can clash a lot, as you are seeing. (Look at Pinterest and Houzz for "cream bathrooms," "Cream vanity," etc. to see how the pros do it.)

Sage green Corian...I'm not too sure about that. But whatever you do, you MUST buy or rent a sample to hold up against your new cream cabinet and whatever tile and grout you go for next. Put them all together and look at them for a couple of days to see how they look. Bring over friends who are good at this stuff. Again, undertones, undertones, undertones.

Also - go for the double sink! Most people love them - I sure do. DH and I have somehow never managed to share a sink and for that, I am grateful. He's way less neurotic than I am about rinsing, so he leaves bits of toothpaste, shaving gel, whiskers, etc. and I don't want to look at that mess every morning. Ladies, I think you're with me.

Good luck! Fix it all now while you can - don't give up in despair and then hate your expensive new bathroom. It was an easy mistake to make for a newbie renovator and it will be worth it in the long run to fix it.

Final suggestion: I just read in the new issue of InStyle about some new a la carte design services that might be of use to you. Homepolish.com and Remodo.com

For resale, you should put in two sinks. Have you ever watched House Hunters?

Corian is icky and not that much cheaper than granite or quartz. Why would you go with that? And WHY green?

No matter what, put two sinks in the master bathroom. Do you have two vanities or just this one? I just can't get ready with my DH in the morning and before bed when there's only one sink.

You have way too many colors happening. The cream vanity fights with the gray tiles. And now why the green? Never mind the white grout and toilet -- that is normal.

I would return the vanity and get a white one. Then I would get a quartz top that looks like carrera marble. And paint the walls a very light gray. Make sure the tub is white.

Okay, stop with the colors. Repaint the walls - a pale grey perhaps, of the same family of the tile. Get your countertop in a carerra marble- type color. The one sink is fine with countertop on the other side - I've had those before. If you can paint the vanity white, do it. What are the floors?

You can also post your photo and query on Houzz.com.

Can't really picture all this, but I know how you feel. A friend of mine and her DH did their bathroom themselves. Most of it worked, but DH insisted on this special toilet that only came in white. Everything else is cream colored, so the toilet (which is also kind of oversize) glows in the middle of the room. It's really weird.