Modern Powder Room to Match our new ‘Scotch Room’
mlekk
3 years ago
We are thinking of decorating our front room something like the attached image we found on Instagram...but we can’t decide what colour/how to decorate the adjoining powder room. We’d like something modern and dramatic if possible. Rest of house is fairly modern...mostly white with modern charcoal kitchen cabinets... Any ideas much appreciated! :)
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ilikefriday
3 years ago
mlekk
3 years agoIt’s hard to take a photo of the whole bathroom as it’s quite small. But here’s what it looks like now. We plan on changing out tile, toilet and sink so anything goes really...
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our new powder room in our 1910 home
Comments (9)Outstanding powder room. Thank you for sharing. Your tile choice appears to be an unglazed porcelian hex. Which manufacturer did you purchase from? I have been researching the different vendors for unglazed hex tiles. The biggest road-block I keep running into, is that the min. required order is so large and its pretty pricey due to the cost/per sq ft. I only need it for a small area. (mudroom and stairlanding). Would you mind sharing your experience and resource for the tile you used? I would really appreicate, it would make my decision making easier. Thanks in advance for any info and guidance. It is truly LOVELY, you've done a great job of keeping the intergrity a period bath. -September...See Moredone! - new powder room in our 1910 home
Comments (19)Very nice...we have a 1920's tudor with a similar black and white bathroom and we've also reverted some of the fixtures back to what they should be for that period. The previous owners took the door out of the original medicine cabinet and covered the entire cabinet, trim and all, with a huge mirror. I recently had another cabinet door made to make it look original again. We have neighbors that purchased a beautiful home next to us in mint condition - the powder room had the original cabinet that they tore out and replaced with some hideous big black framed mirror (very modern and contemporary) that's not even to scale, and a light fixture that doesn't fit so instead of shining down it shines in your face instead. It's THAT hideous. They also painted over some of the ORIGINAL mint condition tile (the decorative border) because she didn't like the fact that it had a little tinge of blue in it. Can you believe that? They are just DESTROYING that home, my husband and I cringe as it makes our stomach turn. The previous owner was an interior decorator, so you can imagine how beautiful that place was. Nonetheless, I appreciate when people stay with the character of the home. Your bathroom is stunning!!!...See MoreDoes your powder room vanity match your kitchen cabs?
Comments (13)Thank you all for your suggestions and pictures. billl - good point about the dust collecting strips - I agree either against the wall or room for cleaning between. enduring - thanks for the link, although I think my architects violated most of the suggestions - they seem to be more form over function - but it's only the powder room - our bathrooms were designed and built in 1939 - so of course they violate most of the suggestions too. Good luck with your reno pricklypearcactus - I'm meeting with the GC and finish carpenter to discuss a built-in. I was thinking if it had 3 drawers and feet instead of the standard cabinet doors, it would look more like furniture even if it is built in. In the case that I go with RH - how do you like the quality? kfhl - thank you so much for pointing out the baseboard issue. I completely forgot that. mydreamhome - it's a renovation, but we're bumping into what was our original attached garage. Unfortunately the plumbing is already installed. But, give that the door hinge is on the opposite side of your hinge, I think you'll never see in the room from the entry - only from the mud room. nini - lovely vanity and I absolutely love the black granite w/white bowl look - but it would end up being the fanciest piece of furniture in our entire house :) Does the black granite show a lot of waterspots?...See MoreWallpaper to match my valance fabric in powder room?
Comments (17)Nice but most would not fit in with your sage paint. I’ve found the easiest way to get your room coordinated is to find the fabric (or wallpaper) you want to use first and to pull colors from that for the other elements in the room. Now that you’ve decided to redo the cornice, you need to either find a paper that will work with your paint or find a wallpaper that makes your heart sing (which it really should) and then you can choose the colors from the print for the paint and window fabric. If repainting isn’t an option (which I can totally understand if it isn’t) What might be a good idea for you to do is to take a sample card of your paint color to the wall paper store and see what options it has that will work with your color choice....See Moremlekk
3 years agoAlso is about 9’ ceiling and has nice crown that we’d like to keep. Would be open to painting ceiling a colour too...
ilikefriday
3 years agochispa
3 years ago- PRO
PRONorwood Architects
3 years agoLove the blue color of your walls. Would suggest carrying that into the powder room or selecting a wallpaper that has some of that color in it. also love your artwork. So, would extend that into the powder room as well. Your trim looks very crisp against the blue wall color. Maybe something like the photo below? Whatever you decide, good luck!
PROKR Kitchen Remodeling, LLC
3 years ago
cawaps
3 years ago
Michelle P.
3 years ago
PROBeth H. :
3 years agohere's some ideas that would match the overall look of the other room.
you could do a high gloss type of lacquer for the ceiling, or even a wainscot
I love this one w/the black. Very old style london pub style.
or match the picture thing
a cool wallpaper.
I also like a gold/marble console sink w/navy walls and marble floors
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