Would you let your 11 year old choose paint colour for bathroom?

[Whydidimarryhim]

I’m having my bathroom done and I have a choice of 2 colours for the wall. One is a peach - it’s call Eastern spice which I like - the other is Luna landscape - a blue colour - both will go with the fittings.
He doesn’t like the spice colour and his input is that as I choose the wall and floor tiles and the bathroom suite he should have his input?
The blue will go nicely but it won’t have the same intact for me.
I can’t see a compromise!!!
Thought please.😀

@JustATypo

I’d give him a choice of white or white.

I did this for the DDs bedroom. They did get to choose the curtain material and other soft furnishings (from a carefully curated selection based on the colours they agreed on) and a say in the 'new' (vintage) furniture. Same with the playroom, they got a say in what they wanted and the sofa colour but I always had power of veto (and did all the searching for furniture).

He can choose if he’s paying and painting it.

As you said, you're having your bathroom done. He gets to choose his bedroom colour. The rest of the house is yours

Really? This house is mine, I paid for it, it’s in mu name. But everyone who lives here has to look at the decor, so I let them have a say. Frequently I find their ideas are better than mine if I listen to them. Dh, and the kids all have a say, and all have a veto if they hate it.

I never got a say and my childhood home, my mothers word was law and I hated it, felt like it wasn’t my home.

I fucking hate peach with a passion so would be with your son tbf . If he really dislikes it he has to live with it for around 7 years.

I much prefer the Luna landscape but only like cool colours really. With regards to your ds, he should choose his room colour and possibly have an opinion on other rooms.
Dh is more likely to give in on something like this than me. My tastes are quite specific.

Really? This house is mine, I paid for it, it’s in mu name. But everyone who lives here has to look at the decor, so I let them have a say. Frequently I find their ideas are better than mine if I listen to them.

Oops, posted by accident. But yep, I agree with that. Our DD's airways had a say. They had to live with our decor choices too

Aaargh. Always, not airways!

If it’s his en suite, yes. Family bathroom, no.

let my ds6 choose the living room paint..never again

Peach sounds awful.

@user1493494961

Peach sounds awful.

If you Google the colour, it’s not really peach, it’s a warm orange. I’m thinking I might use it for DS’s bedroom.

Depends on the child's taste.

I chose the paint colour for rooms at home when I was about 12/13 as my mum couldn't decide. It was a bluey grey. (I think I also help choose the front-door paint as well.)

A friend of mines teenage son of about 14 chose their hall carpet colour. It was a shade of blue. Everyone commented on it as it was actually a colour accent in the wallpaper.

I get my 2 year old to choose colours of accessories e.g. bins for rooms though I give her a choice of two colours I like.

Volvo XC60 he saw one and became obsessed with volvos for some reason, to be fair I love it.now we have it. Obviously we don’t let him make silly decisions but he gets a vote in all big decisions and we do consider his opinion.

Does he contribute financially to the mortgage if you have one, or partially or wholly own the house? Only if the answer is yes should you let him be involved in decorating choices.