A powder room offers the perfect opportunity to step outside your home’s usual style and make a statement. Because these small, often windowless spaces are used mostly by guests, they invite bold choices — dramatic wallpaper, moody paint, sculptural vanities or shimmering finishes that might feel too daring elsewhere. Here, designers share how they embraced color, pattern, texture and creative detailing to turn these compact spaces into unforgettable design moments.
1. Elegant Layers in Blue and Gray
Designer: Jen D. Hutchison of B&B Custom Builders
Location: Grosse Ile, Michigan
Size: 47 square feet (4.4 square meters)
Homeowners’ request. This powder room is part of a custom-built spec home. “We wanted the powder room to be something notable for guests, but with timeless bones to not limit the appeal too narrowly,” designer Jen D. Hutchison says.
Special features. “Some of the features that made this space hit our goal started with custom window casing and baseboards painted with a sprayer application of Sherwin-Williams Mineral Gray in a satin finish,” Hutchison says. “The wallpaper is from England, made by Rebel Walls in Swan Pond Blue. The combination of those two features, brought together with the hardwood white oak matte flooring and beautiful custom cordless flat Roman shade, created our first layer. The Lilac marble floating sink vanity with backsplash began as a sketch and was then made to life by Smyrna Marble in Turkey.”
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