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Powder Room art

7 years ago

We recently renovated our powder room. Now the walls looks bare. I don't need a lot of things on the wall but I would like piece of on the wall or over the toilet.

Where should the painting go?

Which painting looks best? The floral one would need to be frame (dark frame).

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Powder Room art · More Info


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Comments (45)

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Hard to say, but I imagine mom/baby art just about in center of towel/ t.p. wall... unless it's too big or too square... do you want to see it there, more than over toilet?

  • 7 years ago

    I think the second one looks best.

  • 7 years ago
    I really like the 2nd one!
  • 7 years ago
    Would the painting look better on the arge wall as you walk in or to the right over the toilet?
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I vote forMom and baby. It's an unusual choice for a bathroom, but it looks like you think out of the box a little.


    Yes, I would hang it on the wall as you enter. Then, I'd put the 3rd one over the toilet, but add 2 more like it. Change the towel to white or your eye is going to keep darting back and forth between art and towel.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    An alternative would be to hang mom and baby over toilet. Then add a non-picture art on the towel-ring wall.



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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Love your art! Mom and baby is perfect over the toilet, and I'd find a way to use that cute little frog as well - perhaps on a side wall. I'm a firm believer that you can hang any style of art your heart desires in a bathroom. Heck, I have a collection of paintings and photos depiciting Navajo sheep herders in my powder room!

  • 7 years ago

    I like Mom and Baby, too. With the vanity lights reflecting on the artwork , you might consider getting anti-reflective glass, if it's in your budget. I don't usually get it, but when the positioning of the artwork makes for bad reflections, or the artwork is a dark color making for bad reflections, I've done it and it is pretty amazing. I'm looking at a piece now that I'd swear didn't have glass at all, but it does.

  • 7 years ago

    Mom and baby!

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  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I like #s 2 & 3, use both. Much more interesting than the first & adds some personality to your powder room.

    oh, btw, art over toilet should still be hung 55” to 60” ( center of art piece ) above the toilet , unlike art hung above furniture.

  • 7 years ago
    @K Laurence. I like the idea of using both. I am going to hang the large on on the wall facing the toilet and the small one over the toilet and see how I like it. Thank you for the reminder on the height to hang it.
  • 7 years ago

    You’re welcome, good choices of art !

  • 7 years ago
    @Curations, is that an app you used to get a rendering of how the room looks with the art?
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    @Lovey I just really quickly Photoshopped screenshots.

  • 7 years ago
    Stupid question. For the big painting on the long wall, am I centering it on the entire wall are only between the towel rack and the other end of the wall?
  • 7 years ago
    Cant edit my post. Centering between the towel ring and the other end would be like centering over the toilet paper. I think that looks better.
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I’d put shelves above the toilet and prop that smaller piece of art on one of the shelves. Big piece on the other wall like suggested.

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    I would love a great, interesting wallpaper on the long wall. Your wood behind sink looks like a dark blue? Then pick art if any for that wall. I prefer groveraxle’s over commode shelfs so you get a bit more texture and storage.
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    Something surprising.
  • 7 years ago
    @Flo - we just removed wallpaper as part of the reno. We don't want to add it back. The paintings on the wall look really nice and break up the light color wall.
    The planks behind the mirror is painted with Benjamin Moore Hale Navy.
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    Pk lovey. I didn’t know. Your art will look great. I would just put largest one on the wall you face coming into the room. Nice job.
  • 7 years ago

    Here is the old wallpaper.

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    Great changes. Enjoy!
  • 7 years ago
    Thank you all for the suggestions. The paintings look great in the powder room.
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I'd center it between the towel rack and the other end of the wall since the towel rack takes up visual space, too. Also, that keeps it far enough away from the sink to keep it protected from water damage. Would love to see pics of it done!

  • 7 years ago

    Everything is hung. Thank you so much for the input. I am happy with the results. Now it's onto flooring decisions.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Congrats & looks fab!

  • 7 years ago

    If no storage or tissue box, etc. will be on toilet top, would small art look better hung so bottom edge is same as woman's bottom edge... ?

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    I'd even go so far as seeing how it looks with the TOP edge of the small piece over the toilet hung even with the bottom edge of the larger piece, or a little bit higher than that.

  • 7 years ago
    I put the small painting hi because plan to put tissue box and wipes on the toilet in a narrow holder.
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Just FYI, my art installer (who worked for years at The Frick Museum in NYC) always counsels to align the center lines of pieces of different sizes. It’s much more natural for your eye to follow.

  • 7 years ago

    Pros do know! but it seems so much higher than toilet top, that I thought wayyy lower. Even a 2-shelf unit isn't bad idea.

  • 7 years ago

    I decided to leave the smaller painting centered to the large one. I repurposed a wine box for a toilet tank tray. I considered painting it but changed my mine. I took aflowera from a larger one and put it in a glass i no longer use. I will raise the candle a tad higher in the box. It's not perfect but I love it.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Cute box repurposing. I still think both pieces of art should be a bit lower. Are you tall?

  • 7 years ago

    I think the picture makes it look higher. let me see if I can take a live photo

  • 7 years ago

    I am only 5"5" but hubby and kids are taller. I don't want the painting to be at shoulders length when using the commode. here it is when I'm standing.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Down an inch or two. But up to you.

  • 7 years ago

    Okay. I will try that.

  • 7 years ago

    Not the Mom one because it looks like she's sitting on a toilet holding the baby

  • 7 years ago

    Just my opinion,but any painting over a toilet should not be of a person. Have you considered wallpaper? Then, use a painting on the other wall.

  • 7 years ago

    @Anne Duke - just got rid of wallpaper, not a fan. The painting over the toilet is not a person, it's a frog.

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    I don't think there are any rules about what kind of art can go in what kind of room. Art sets a mood quicker than anything else. So it's all about the mood you want the room to have. You've created a powder room that's warm and welcoming—what could be better than that!?!

  • 7 years ago

    nice job