Choices for wallpaper for powder room in MCM
I'm in the process of choosing wallpaper for our tiny powder room off our front entry hall. This room has a walnut floating vanity with a slightly raised sink, a chrome faucet and simple black pendants from Cedar and Moss. The floors are an off white large format tile. I want to stay with gold wallpaper, as the home originally had a bathroom with gold wallpaper that we would like to pay homage to. The walls in the hallway leading to the powder room are white, and there are walnut closet doors across from the entry to the powder room. Here are the choices:
1) starburst
2) hex
3) gold flowers
thoughts? any other suggestions? I am not sure I love these choices, but I'm not seeing much out there that is grabbing me. Maybe I need to go to a wallpaper store, as it's hard to see online the colors and textures of wallpaper. Here is the original bathroom that we are attempting to replicate:
Comments (24)
Related Discussions
Opinion on this wallpaper for Powder Room
Comments (21)Paper with a smaller repeating pattern might be better with several items to cut and place correctly -- but this is pretty / also in aqua, etc... https://www.houzz.com/photos/rockport-beach-house-beach-style-bathroom-new-york-phvw-vp~15910638...See MoreWallpaper and paint for a contemporary powder room
Comments (19)Thanks for going back and forth on this with me. I definitely want a pendant. (Just one since I don’t think there’s enough room for two.) I think the pendant will help being the ceiling down. if I install a pendant, then would o get rid of the light above the sink? Probably right? In which case maybe I would install a cluster. I also have considered a lighted mirror. Here are a few inspiration photos. I agree that tile might work behind mirror … it needs texture of some sort. I think some of your ideas about wood on the ceiling are too much for me to tackle. Trying to streamline....See MoreThe Tale of the Teeny-Tiny Powder Room - 4/23 Wallpaper is up
Comments (87)@Allison0704 @amykath Thank you. It really isnt too hard. I have hung wallpaper before, for my mother when I was probably 15. She handed me the rolls, and a tub of wallpaper paste and said do this. It really isn't complicated, it's fiddly. The wallpaper I used was very easy to work with. They print the specific # of rolls you want, and they have varying lengths you can order depending on ceiling height. Pattern-wise the top of every roll is the same. This makes it very easy to pattern match. Cutting around outlets and obstacles, like thermostat, is a little hard. Working in a small space is challenging. The first thing they tell you on the Spoonflower website, is 'recruit a friend.' Well there is no way two people were fitting in my powder room. Fortunately I also watched a video on YouTube and she started with, "I am going to do this by myself, it's perfectly OK to do this with 1 person." She actually also addressed my biggest concern was how to handle the fact that my house is crooked, it's over 100 years and there is not a true, plumb, wall anywhere. She stressed not to line up to the ceiling, but to drop a plumbline and line up your first strip to that. That definitely helped me. I also, deliberately picked a pattern that had swoops and curves to hide my home's quirks....See MoreHelp me pick a wallpaper for my powder room!
Comments (45)I will disagree with Jan. Doing one wall in paper can turn out nicely and allow for a busier paper than would otherwise be comfortable, especially in a small space. I have hung wallpaper in many rooms myself including those I've pasted and those that were prepasted, but I've never done peel and stick. I'm not sure how it would work as, part of hanging paper, is being able to slide it so that you can get the seams to line up perfectly so they don't show. With it sticking on contact, I would think that would make it much harder. If you do decide to paper yourself, make sure you book the paper (folding each strip glue side to glue side and letting it rest). Also I've found that the fuzzy part of a paint roller, not in the handle, is a great smoothing tool...it allows you to apply enough pressure without scratching the paper at all. And absolutely prep the walls before hand or you will hate yourself when you decide to remove it....See More
palimpsest
7 years agoHere is a better picture of the Corsico Square. I am attracted to this and the Braxton mostly because they completely reiterate the original paper, not that they are better choices in the big picture, if that makes sense.
Pipdog
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agothanks, everyone for the input! Not sure why wallpaper has been such a hard decision for me to make.
chispa, love what you chose for your master bedroom! I was actually just at the PDC a few weeks ago. Whew, that place is impressive! Someone recommended trying Walnut Wallpaper which is near the Grove. I would love to meet for lunch at Laguna though! I am down in OC every once in a while.
pal, thanks, those are very nice options and are pretty much dead on to the original wallpaper. I plan to order a samples and have added the top one you posted to the list. My only reservation is that they feel a little more formal, whereas our house is more casual/bohemian with just a dash of glam thrown in here and there through light fixtures. But I'd love to see it in person. It looks very elegant.
lisasam, yes the first photo does look slightly different, doesn't it? When I googled the name of the wallpaper both images came up though. I'd definitely need to see it in person. The one thing I like about it is that the starburst wallpaper references the chandelier in the main living area, which is just off the powder room:
chispa
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHow about the Osborne & Little koi wallpaper ... it would go with your ocean views!
Different colorways available.
http://www.osborneandlittle.com/products-and-collections/wallcoverings/spring-2008/folia-wallpapers/derwent?id=2fdad2b43b0449499789e2fa4c7266ee
Midtown Loft · More Info
robo (z6a)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoLove that koi wallpaper so much.
My first choice is starburst and second is braxton or the crossweave chispa posted.
I think I like starburst bc my grandparents' teal mcm bathroom had starburst counters and I was always in love with them.
Pipdog thanked robo (z6a)Pipdog
7 years agomabeldingeldine
7 years ago
palimpsest