Bathroom Design
Trending Now: 15 Powder Rooms That Steal the Show
The most popular new powder room photos on Houzz offer plenty of ideas for this petite space. Which is your favorite?
Given its compact size and enclosed nature, the powder room can be a safe place to experiment with dramatic colors, motifs or finishes. And that’s exactly what the designers of the following 15 spaces — the most popular powder room photos uploaded to Houzz from July through September 2016, measured in terms of saves to ideabooks — did in each of these special bathrooms.
14. Unabashedly Pink
The pale pink artwork brings a whimsical note to this neutral-toned bathroom, with its playful sink and graceful mirror. The plant, at the bottom right of the photo, brings warmth and an organic contrast to the more stylized elements.
The pale pink artwork brings a whimsical note to this neutral-toned bathroom, with its playful sink and graceful mirror. The plant, at the bottom right of the photo, brings warmth and an organic contrast to the more stylized elements.
13. Flutter by, Butterfly
A bright yellow flower pops against a backdrop of purple and muted teal. So do the bright brass faucet and knobs.
A bright yellow flower pops against a backdrop of purple and muted teal. So do the bright brass faucet and knobs.
12. Spare Yet Bold
This powder room features well-crafted pieces with thoughtful details. Edges the same color as the countertop line the gray-blue vanity drawers, creating a contemporary framed effect. Above, the warm-toned mirror and clean white space balance the drama of the graphic floor.
This powder room features well-crafted pieces with thoughtful details. Edges the same color as the countertop line the gray-blue vanity drawers, creating a contemporary framed effect. Above, the warm-toned mirror and clean white space balance the drama of the graphic floor.
11. Victorian Meets Hollywood Glam
The powder room in this 1910 Victorian in Jersey City, New Jersey, marries moody blue wainscoting with a bright leafy wallpaper and a Sputnik chandelier. Who says the decades can’t coexist?
Wall paint: custom blend, Sherwin-Williams; wallpaper: Nana (Jungle), Hygge & West
The powder room in this 1910 Victorian in Jersey City, New Jersey, marries moody blue wainscoting with a bright leafy wallpaper and a Sputnik chandelier. Who says the decades can’t coexist?
Wall paint: custom blend, Sherwin-Williams; wallpaper: Nana (Jungle), Hygge & West
10. Which Way? That Way
A combo of black and white is anything but bland in this powder room, which blends black walls and floors with a graphic, double-arrow wallpaper print and chevron accent stripe. Even the brass faucet handles follow the theme, marking X for the spot.
A combo of black and white is anything but bland in this powder room, which blends black walls and floors with a graphic, double-arrow wallpaper print and chevron accent stripe. Even the brass faucet handles follow the theme, marking X for the spot.
9. Flora and Fauna
Florals take on a fresh feel when the scale is so large. A brass bird perched on the ledge amps up the in-the-woods vibe. Bold vanity lighting and gleaming legs beneath the sink add sophistication.
Wallpaper: Ellie Cashman Design
Florals take on a fresh feel when the scale is so large. A brass bird perched on the ledge amps up the in-the-woods vibe. Bold vanity lighting and gleaming legs beneath the sink add sophistication.
Wallpaper: Ellie Cashman Design
8. Glitz and Glam
The sparkle of a herringbone-patterned wall brings a modern touch to a powder room that features a large dose of the traditional because of its marble countertop and floor.
The sparkle of a herringbone-patterned wall brings a modern touch to a powder room that features a large dose of the traditional because of its marble countertop and floor.
7. Farmhouse Chic
Classic tiles — black and white hex on the floor, herringbone subway tile for the accent wall — form a traditional foundation here. But sweet and rustic touches like the scalloped mirror, reclaimed-wood shelves and retro clocks pull this powder room into farmhouse territory.
Classic tiles — black and white hex on the floor, herringbone subway tile for the accent wall — form a traditional foundation here. But sweet and rustic touches like the scalloped mirror, reclaimed-wood shelves and retro clocks pull this powder room into farmhouse territory.
6. Bunny Lovers Unite
This powder room has plenty of quirk courtesy of a loosely drawn army of bunnies populating the walls. Who needs art when you’ve got these for friends?
This powder room has plenty of quirk courtesy of a loosely drawn army of bunnies populating the walls. Who needs art when you’ve got these for friends?
5. Flattering Light
A rough-hewn vanity is more than balanced by a dramatic mirror composed of antique handmade glass.
Mirror: Antique Mirror Glass Shoppe; vanity: Restoration Hardware
A rough-hewn vanity is more than balanced by a dramatic mirror composed of antique handmade glass.
Mirror: Antique Mirror Glass Shoppe; vanity: Restoration Hardware
4. Toe the Line
This powder room could be described as a successful marriage of lines, from the faint horizontal ones on the wallpaper to the bolder vertical ones in the wainscoting. The circular mirror and bowl-shaped sink provide welcome curves.
This powder room could be described as a successful marriage of lines, from the faint horizontal ones on the wallpaper to the bolder vertical ones in the wainscoting. The circular mirror and bowl-shaped sink provide welcome curves.
3. Brassy Indigo
The wallpaper’s multiple indigo colors work beautifully with the bold, textural spore mirror, while the mostly white floating vanity provides a balancing touch of lightness. Transparent glass bulbs keep the focus on the wallpaper and mirror, rather than the light fixtures themselves.
The wallpaper’s multiple indigo colors work beautifully with the bold, textural spore mirror, while the mostly white floating vanity provides a balancing touch of lightness. Transparent glass bulbs keep the focus on the wallpaper and mirror, rather than the light fixtures themselves.
2. Symphony in Gray
Glossy gray brings a fresh perspective to subway tiles in this powder room, while the grays of the wall tile, floor tile and paint complement one another but don’t compete.
Glossy gray brings a fresh perspective to subway tiles in this powder room, while the grays of the wall tile, floor tile and paint complement one another but don’t compete.
1. Tuscan Influence
By far and away, this was the most popular new powder room photo on Houzz during July, August and September 2016. The copper bowl, stone elements, iron sconces and wall patina could all be factors leading so many Houzzers to save this photo to their ideabooks.
French doors: custom, Hardwood Door and Bevel
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By far and away, this was the most popular new powder room photo on Houzz during July, August and September 2016. The copper bowl, stone elements, iron sconces and wall patina could all be factors leading so many Houzzers to save this photo to their ideabooks.
French doors: custom, Hardwood Door and Bevel
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15. Harmony in Blue and Gold
What looks somewhat like wallpaper behind this clean vanity is actually a tile mosaic. A uniform color theme is far from boring thanks to plenty of textural contrast, from the shimmer of irregular tiles to the smooth, flat finish of the white waterfall-style countertop to the bumpy surface of the oversize vanity knobs.