Trending Now: Standout Details From 10 Top Powder Rooms
These smaller spaces offer opportunities to be a little bolder
Annie Thornton
October 10, 2017
Houzz Editorial Staff
Powder rooms are the jewel boxes of home design. They’re compact, typically seen by guests and ready candidates for a little design boldness. Here, shown in reverse order, are the 10 most popular powder room photos uploaded from July through September, as measured by the number of people who saved them to their Houzz ideabooks.
10. Ombré Mosaic
The ombré trend isn’t loved by everyone, but this tile wall might quell even its toughest critics. Fading from dark gray to nearly white, it connects the floors and the walls while opening up the space in an elegant, subtle way.
Vessel sink: Papillon, Stone Forest; see more
The ombré trend isn’t loved by everyone, but this tile wall might quell even its toughest critics. Fading from dark gray to nearly white, it connects the floors and the walls while opening up the space in an elegant, subtle way.
Vessel sink: Papillon, Stone Forest; see more
9. Pocket Door
The pocket door in this monochromatic space saves space, adds color and also enables multiple people to use the powder room at once.
Pocket Door Ideas You’re Going to Love
The pocket door in this monochromatic space saves space, adds color and also enables multiple people to use the powder room at once.
Pocket Door Ideas You’re Going to Love
8. Mirrored Paneling
There’s a lot to admire about this classic powder room, from the parquet wood floors to the gold fixtures and floor-to-ceiling wood paneling.
The designer’s attention to natural light especially enhances the space. Mirrors installed around the perimeter not only brighten the room by reflecting light, but also create the illusion of more windows.
Read more about this home’s renovation
There’s a lot to admire about this classic powder room, from the parquet wood floors to the gold fixtures and floor-to-ceiling wood paneling.
The designer’s attention to natural light especially enhances the space. Mirrors installed around the perimeter not only brighten the room by reflecting light, but also create the illusion of more windows.
Read more about this home’s renovation
7. Inky Walls
The dark blue walls in this powder room envelop the space in drama and sophistication.
For anyone who wants to test out a bold wall color, the powder room is a great place to start, as it’s small and not that frequently used.
9 Dark Wall Colors to Suit Your Mood
The dark blue walls in this powder room envelop the space in drama and sophistication.
For anyone who wants to test out a bold wall color, the powder room is a great place to start, as it’s small and not that frequently used.
9 Dark Wall Colors to Suit Your Mood
6. Backlit Mirror
Mirrors and lighting are bathroom essentials, but compact powder rooms with awkward angles can make it challenging to comfortably fit both.
This warm, contemporary powder room accomplishes both with a streamlined backlit mirror, which pairs well with the warm wood floors, white walls and black counters.
Mirrors and lighting are bathroom essentials, but compact powder rooms with awkward angles can make it challenging to comfortably fit both.
This warm, contemporary powder room accomplishes both with a streamlined backlit mirror, which pairs well with the warm wood floors, white walls and black counters.
5. Sculptural Shelving
Open shelving isn’t for everyone, even in a guest bathroom or powder room, as it exposes your plumbing and everything you might like to hide underneath the sink.
But it can be worth it, as evident from this open vanity made of mitered pieces of solid cedar. It mixes natural with industrial by exposing the plumbing and adding the concrete element of the sink.
And by keeping the shelving clean and open, it also helps the small space feel bigger.
Wall paint: Snowbound, Sherwin-Williams; flooring: Specialty Wood Products; lighting: Restoration Hardware; faucet: Delta; sink: Native Trails; toilet: American Standard
Key Measurements to Help You Design a Powder Room
Open shelving isn’t for everyone, even in a guest bathroom or powder room, as it exposes your plumbing and everything you might like to hide underneath the sink.
But it can be worth it, as evident from this open vanity made of mitered pieces of solid cedar. It mixes natural with industrial by exposing the plumbing and adding the concrete element of the sink.
And by keeping the shelving clean and open, it also helps the small space feel bigger.
Wall paint: Snowbound, Sherwin-Williams; flooring: Specialty Wood Products; lighting: Restoration Hardware; faucet: Delta; sink: Native Trails; toilet: American Standard
Key Measurements to Help You Design a Powder Room
4. Bright Wallpaper
Like a bold wall color or accent tile, colorful wallpaper can transform a powder room — and because it’s being used in a small space, it probably won’t overwhelm you or your budget. Here, the wallpaper is also a jumping-off point for the rest of the room’s color palette, including the custom vanity.
Mirror: Anthropologie; wallpaper: Arty, Pierre Frey; vanity: custom, painted in Benjamin Moore’s Starburst Orange in a lacquer finish
Like a bold wall color or accent tile, colorful wallpaper can transform a powder room — and because it’s being used in a small space, it probably won’t overwhelm you or your budget. Here, the wallpaper is also a jumping-off point for the rest of the room’s color palette, including the custom vanity.
Mirror: Anthropologie; wallpaper: Arty, Pierre Frey; vanity: custom, painted in Benjamin Moore’s Starburst Orange in a lacquer finish
3. Patterned Tile Floor
Cement tile adds color and pattern to this otherwise neutral powder room, tying in with the black-painted sink and aqua step stool. The room is also near a pool, so the tile’s natural slip resistance makes it a practical choice as well.
Subway tile: Virginia Tile; faucet and sink: Kohler; mirror: Rejuvenation; cement floor tile: Cement Tile Shop; see more tile
102 Eye-Popping Powder Rooms
Cement tile adds color and pattern to this otherwise neutral powder room, tying in with the black-painted sink and aqua step stool. The room is also near a pool, so the tile’s natural slip resistance makes it a practical choice as well.
Subway tile: Virginia Tile; faucet and sink: Kohler; mirror: Rejuvenation; cement floor tile: Cement Tile Shop; see more tile
102 Eye-Popping Powder Rooms
2. Rustic Brick
This powder room combines rustic and industrial elements via its brick accent wall.
While it may look like an exposed wall of a loft or reclaimed warehouse, it’s in fact made of a brick veneer product that the designer over-grouted using a German smear technique.
Brick wall: Ironworks; star chandelier: Ballard Design; mirror: Home Goods; floor tile: Bedrosians
This powder room combines rustic and industrial elements via its brick accent wall.
While it may look like an exposed wall of a loft or reclaimed warehouse, it’s in fact made of a brick veneer product that the designer over-grouted using a German smear technique.
Brick wall: Ironworks; star chandelier: Ballard Design; mirror: Home Goods; floor tile: Bedrosians
1. Modern Farmhouse Touches
Farmhouse elements are beloved for their warmth, practicality and nostalgic feel.
In this powder room, a reclaimed-wood mirror, rustic wood vanity and shiplap accent wall create a farmhouse feel that’s not too precious.
Mirror: Uniquities; sconces: Kichler via Cartwright Lighting; faucet and sink: Rubi by Soligo, via Icon Stone + Tile; custom vanity: Ateliers Jacob; wall paint: Quiet Hideaway, Dulux
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Farmhouse elements are beloved for their warmth, practicality and nostalgic feel.
In this powder room, a reclaimed-wood mirror, rustic wood vanity and shiplap accent wall create a farmhouse feel that’s not too precious.
Mirror: Uniquities; sconces: Kichler via Cartwright Lighting; faucet and sink: Rubi by Soligo, via Icon Stone + Tile; custom vanity: Ateliers Jacob; wall paint: Quiet Hideaway, Dulux
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I'm not a fan of grays but there is something about #10 that I really liked. It was very calming.
I love the design of #8 minus the mirrors