It has been a long time since I have visited Houzz for a design dilemma! This bathroom is located under the stairs on the first floor and I hate everything about it. The tile floor looks dirty and worn (but it was made that way). Unbelievably the previous owners picked it out! I think the toilet and sink are juxtaposed in the space and basically the room needs a better design. Any help with location of the sink vs. the toilet, mirrors, tile for floor and mirror placement would be helpful!

What’s the painter’s tape on walls marking? I see from reflection in mirror in first picture that this powder room is visible from a great room or living room. Because of that, I think the toilet is in the best possible location. If the door is open, current location ensures you & potential guests aren’t gazing at a toilet! As for floor, agree that a change would be good. It’d be helpful to see the entire vanity, mirror & light fixture before offering style suggestions so please post more pics. I’m wondering if the sloped ceiling next to vanity should be painted the wall color, not treated as ceiling. And, I’d want to find something that fit my style to fill that corner - even just a floor vase. This is the bath that guests for the evening etc use, right right? Glam it up!

You made some great pointers! The bathroom is in the great room on first floor and an accidental open door would be embarrassing if the toilet was where the sink is. I like the idea of painting the sloped ceiling the same as the wall too! I will add more photos of the sink and vanity so you can get better styling ideas! I appreciate your suggestions! I definitely want it to have a glamorous look considering the door may be open. I love a posh half-bath!!! BTW, the blue pieces are painters tape where the painter has to fix the wall.

As long as painter is fixing wall, maybe he can paint that sloped ceiling piece?

KW,

See the red version of photo (LOL)!! Just pretend there is not a sink in the room at all! It needs a completely new look!

Wow! Must’ve taken many coats to cover up the red! Too many towel bars for a powder room - there’s just a handwashing sink, right? So, for your version of this bath, do you have art hanging on wall over toilet?

Well you can't just swap a toilet/sink..the plumbing is not the same, so you just have to deal. I think I would have put in a larger sink cabinet for storage and counter. Back in the day my MIL had this AWESOME counter in a powder room off the mud room and it worked soooo slick when we visited for changing baby diapers!! If I bought it as the red version I would no doubt have put a little book/magazine rack where they antique wash stand is LOL!!

KW, I have removed the towel racks and the current color is tha pale blue. I am still tryin to find the right color as it is difficult to find wall paper locally except to order on line.

@teebabee Great that you’ ve removed towel bar from above the toilet! Maybe if finding wallpaper is too challenging since you don’t have local resource, how about a very large framed art or poster on the toilet wall? And, for the flooring that you don’t like, how about an area rug that might cover much of the area in front of sink? Maybe a muted design that has some of the new color of wall in it.. My thought is that the art on wall & rug on floor would make the floor color or pattern recede.

Yes, toilet and sink can remain where they are. I would have one hanging hand towel space near the sink - disposable towels are great if you have a large number of people over at once, but for one or two at a time, it's not so luxurious, and rather wasteful if you are dashing in there yourself when home alone.

Under the overhang... a cabinet to store supplies, including extra TP. Find an attractive knick knack for atop.

Either art or wallpaper on the wall behind the toilet- or perhaps through the entire room (edit, wallpaper that is...) Paint or paper the slope the same as the wall it is on.

If you are apt to have guests who are older, or may have physical limitations, consider a comfort height toilet.

It would probably be worth changing out the tile, but you can always use the right rug for now.

I think the red owner's layout was actually quite good for the space: a pedestal sink, frameless (but interesting) mirror, and a cute little storage cabinet under the slope.

I would prefer real art to handtowels-as-art over the toilet though!

KW, The thoughtvof tugs in bathrooms dont jive well for me. i like the art on wall idea tho!!