Help me make my powder room fun?
katek009
6 years ago
I haven't dont naything with my powder room since we moved in. It is off the mudroom so I need to keep it casual. The walls are 10 feet but it is a relatively small space.
I would love to try some fun wall paper and a fun print but I am not sure if a large or small pattern would work best. This is on the first floor - the rest of the first floor is gray walls, blue accents. Mostly navy - but not nautical. More like a chambray blue. I would love to work some green in too - I think like a mossy / mint green might work (?)
Ty!
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Comments (17)I'm sorry I missed this post. I'm on mom's dial up so a search is a ummm (ok it's slower than molassas on a frozen arctic day). We're in Seattle to take the little guy to the hospital again. But, I will tell you my knob (and hook) source...I buy almost everything at Knobgallery.com. I always look in the discount section first (great deals) and then then I move to looking through each designer's options...but you could narrow the search by entering "hook". My kitchen knobs are Anne at home. Many (like the big moose antlers) would work great for hooks because the horns stick out so far. I have a pig and a rabbit that do the same. I also just purchased some great hooks (animal) from restoration hardware for the cat and dog stuff. They're pretty cute. I'll do a famous search (I love quests LOL) as soon as we get back to alaska...but that's not until Wednesday or so. I adore that cabinet by the way...I have mudroom envy right now!!! And those darned kids are pretty cute. You know we're trying to have another pretty hard (many many drugs LOL) maybe you could spare one? :oP...See More"Fun" powder room
Comments (27)Like the geometric gray/silver cubes... but you might want to put wall paper only on the one wall without the door and without the plumbing for the toilet or sink. If the toilet is beneath a window, window treatments are an opportunity for fun ideas. If not, you might want to create a shallow "built in" cabinet a half foot or so above the toilet tank rather than wallpapering that wall, especially if you have only a mirror above the pedestal sink rather than a cabinet for storage there. A cabinet above a toilet could have a faux window cabinet door, perhaps using frosted glass, perhaps lighting the interior of the over-the-toilet-tank cabinet with a cool LED light that could serve as a night light, too. ....See More
sarahjrem
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agokatek009
6 years agokatek009
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
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6 years agoYour floor is already pretty striking -- I think I'd keep the walls painted and bring in some color with towels and great art...
PROJodie White Designs
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mamadada
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6 years agoI think something modern and luxe will look great in that bathroom. Modernintentions.com has some great options! Here are some of my favorites...
Remix Wallpaper
Hope this helps!katek009 thanked User 
anniebird
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHas someone already suggested Cole & Son Butterflies & Dragonflies? Sounds like it would fit the bill :)
also check out wallpapers from Timorous Beasties and Hygge & West - lots of whimsy from both of them.
Kaitlyn Woods
6 years agoI think that you should just add some art on the walls.You should also put a towel inside the circular towel hook, that matches the color scheme that you are going with.
PROLana Chu
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI would do a dramatic large scale wallpaper or deep rich color. The powder room is a perfect place to do something different. Since I don't know your style it's hard to pick something for you but something in the grayed down navy range would be good to bring that color in from the rest of the house. With the darker walls I would paint your vanity a lighter gray if possible like the last photo below. Here are some ideas:
lynartist
6 years agoAwe! Go big or go home;)! Thibault has lots of good looks for bathrooms . Here is a classic from Scalamandre that comes in several color ways. Annie bird! Love Timerous Beasties too ;)
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