A powder room is my favorite place to decorate. It's small and intimate. It is used for small amounts of time & it requires lighting and a mirror. Two of my favorite things! For all of those reasons you can go bold and bizarre or glam and dramatic. Our last renovation resulted in a super cool powder room. It was a tiny space, but one of my favorite rooms.
The walls were lined in beautiful walnut flooring thanks to Jeffrey Katz & Kevin Musumano from C & J Katz Studio. They had this vision on another project and it really worked well for mine. It created this warm enveloping texture. I painted the ceiling metallic gold while the floors that ran from the kitchen were painted Farrow & Ball's Arsenic.
A truly amazing color. The contemporary pedestal sink with streamlined faucet had a solid presence. It looked more or less like this:
and the sconces were
the Punch sconce from one of my favorite resources, Urban Electric Company.
I love EVERYTHING they make.
This time I've made the powder room more classic and glamourous. I had some more room to work with and have been making design decisions based more on the type of house and re-sale capabilities. Here some pretty drastic before and afters!
Before....
Or finding a salvaged sink with real history.
I used the classic Bryant sconce from Visual Comfort because my beloved Punch sconces did not provide enough light. We couldn't add an overhead chandelier so the two sconces are my only light source.
The walls were lined in beautiful walnut flooring thanks to Jeffrey Katz & Kevin Musumano from C & J Katz Studio. They had this vision on another project and it really worked well for mine. It created this warm enveloping texture. I painted the ceiling metallic gold while the floors that ran from the kitchen were painted Farrow & Ball's Arsenic.
and the sconces were
I love EVERYTHING they make.
This time I've made the powder room more classic and glamourous. I had some more room to work with and have been making design decisions based more on the type of house and re-sale capabilities. Here some pretty drastic before and afters!
Before....
Clunky ugly vanity
Old school gravity toilet with wooden seat, ugh.
Terrible lighting.
I considered re-using the pedestal sink from upstairs.
Or finding a salvaged sink with real history.
But didn't I want to transform the space away from that old-timey look?
I decided on the Gramercy glass washstand from RH:
Painted the walls & trim the same rich blue, Ben Moore's Kensington Blue. This is a good dark blue that has a touch of gray if you want to keep away from having a nautical feel.
The old threadbare red rug is a great contrast with the wall color. Also it gives the room an old library feeling. (Sorry about the toilet paper in view. It wasn't complete at this stage!)
I choose a metallic pewter paint for the ceiling which combines the golds and silvers. There is a mix of polished nickel & antique silver in the hardware and some gold tones on two mirrors in the room. Yes, there is that infinity effect because there are mirrors facing each other. Very cool in person.
I used the classic Bryant sconce from Visual Comfort because my beloved Punch sconces did not provide enough light. We couldn't add an overhead chandelier so the two sconces are my only light source.
Moody & chic, non?
The last touch is the window treatment which will be a Roman shade made from this metallic linen that is going to kick ass.
I'll make an update when the treatments are installed. Hopefully soon. I don't want to meet my neighbors that way.
Stay tuned.
xxL
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