Cory Cook
The new era of powder rooms is brimming with designs that prioritize bold statements over conservative choices. We asked industry pros to share modern powder room ideas to help inspire spaces that both you and your guests won’t soon forget. With exquisitely veined marble, dark saturated paint, statement-making wallpapers and more, these jewel-box baths prove that oftentimes the smallest of rooms can have the biggest impact.
“A recent powder room of ours has a defined modern tropical feel with the terrazzo stone and natural wood veneer wallpaper.
Thankfully our client loves purple and was open to pushing the boundaries and the outcome was truly incredible. Clients are typically more willing to go darker and stronger in a powder room space and take chances with wall colors and marbles.”
I’m currently designing powder rooms loaded with extra thick floating countertops and fluted walls in gorgeous marble accented by anything from intensely patterned wallpaper to super subtle grasscloths, and always a dose of statement lighting.” “We love to do a super moody powder room and paint the trim, ceiling, and wall all one color.
We recently designed a powder bath that featured a custom, large-scale mural as the wallpaper, utilizing a historic photograph from the original property owners. “Whether it’s unexpected for the actual house or the homeowner who lives there, I love introducing a bold, traditional floral into the powder room in an otherwise sleek, modern home, or a graffiti wallpaper into a more classic design scheme.”
“Powder rooms tend to not have as many functional needs as other spaces, so they are a great place to have fun. We like to experiment with dark color and/or bolder details in ways that we wouldn’t necessarily be able to in other parts of a clients’ home.”
If you have a cool-toned green space, make the powder room warm in tone to provide the opposite pull.
