A sink doesn't always have to match the toilet, but the two should visually connect at least somewhat. Link them using one trick or another to lessen a hodgepodge effect, which can cheapen the design.
The Sink's Color Link
It isn't difficult to tie a new sink into a white or almond toilet, considering that these are standard bathroom-fixture colors. As long as the sink's counter, basin or cabinet relates to the john's tone, you'll achieve a color connection.
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If the toilet is lavender, pink or some other unconventional or retro color, however, you'll likely have to rely on accessories as the link. In this case, you can use a white toilet seat or cover to tie into a white sink, or go with colored pulls and towels that mimic the toilet's tone.
Tip
- If you plan to use unusually colored pulls as the link, it may be difficult to find them in even a similar hue. Spray paint comes in a wide range of colors; so, if needed, paint the hardware to get the color you're going for.
- Beyond the toilet and sink, pull the room together with matching metals in the light fixture, faucets, door handle and cabinetry hardware.
To Achieve a Monochromatic Design
If you're after a monochromatic design, such as a white-on-white effect, you'll benefit from matching fixtures or at least similar-colored ones. If the sink and toilet are light gray and white, or white and bone, for example, they shouldn't hinder the finished look. A yellow or blue toilet, on the other hand, can visually impair a white or neutral monochromatic design and should be replaced. Don't let this scare you; if you can operate a wrench, toilets are relatively easy to replace at about the cost of a spa treatment.
Casually Chic and Purposely Mismatched
When you're into laid-back design, nothing has to match, but should relate by theme or whimsical style. You might have a distressed, retrofitted dresser as the cabinetry on which a multicolored shell-shaped vessel perches like art. Not only would a sink-matching toilet seem strange, in this scenario, but where would you find one? If the fact that the toilet is unsuitably different -- or too plain -- bothers you, your spirited inner designer is likely happy to replace it with something in a more fitting hue, or to hang a colorfully beaded curtain partition between the fixture and sink, and take credit for the creative solution.