Paint Travertine Tile Shower

Choose a simple texture.

Paint travertine tile shower.

Make sure there s a sheen to the paper. Those honey colored kitchen cabinets left the building several years ago. Due to the porous nature of travertine tiles the sealant will help prevent absorption of the paint and will give better results. Yep and that is what i did.

It s crucial to pick a paint that s right for the tile material and bathroom surface. I wouldn t choose it for my own house but i do like that it is a natural stone. Step 3 apply paint use a paintbrush to apply the paint of choice. Today i am going to share with you how i did it.

This palette uses charcoal gray to make travertine feel more neutral and less pinky beige. Clearly that had to go and was going to be a huge factor in brightening and de jungle fying the joint. So i took the plunge and decided to paint the tan travertine tiles of my backsplash a bright white. Let the paint dry about 2 hours and repeat.

Use the same angled brush to apply a coat of seal krete paint along the grout line corners and any area that meets up with tape. Travertine was a huge flipping trend a while back when beige was all the rage. Someone there can help you select. It s not a bad tile.

Take a sample of the tile to a wallpaper store and pick the lightest cream color to match. Bathroom of the week white paint and patterned tile freshen up a 5 by 11 foot bathroom by jeannie matteucci a designer uses a light palette and hardworking cabinetry to update a couple s 1970s hallway bathroom. Apply a masonry primer sealant using a brush or roller then allow the tiles to dry for several hours or as recommended on the paint label. Travertine tile is quite porous so it needs to be sealed.

Someday we will replace the painted travertine tile with white subway tile but until then i am loving the look of the backsplash. Add in white with travertine tile to keep it fresh. The dark gray here is sw roycroft pewter paired with sw alabaster as the white. Apply stone sealant to the tiles using a paintbrush.

Next up was toning down the travertine. As i have already talked about the tanish travertine tile went really well with my honey colored kitchen cabinets. Things were looking up until i looked down at the tan travertine backsplash. I got the brilliant idea of painting it.