The small-room specialists

Your smallest room
should be your boldest.

I've redesigned dozens of powder rooms — mine included, three times. Ideas, buying guides, and honest planning advice for the smallest room in the house.

Start hereMeet Michael
A moody powder room with deep bottle-green walls, brass sconces flanking an arched mirror, and warm lighting.

I've repainted this room more times than I'd like to admit — and it's still the one guests ask about.

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Read these four first.

  1. 01Powder Room Ideas
  2. 02Wallpaper
  3. 03Size & Dimensions
  4. 04What Is a Powder Room?

Where to begin

3 pillars
A small powder room with dark green grasscloth wallpaper, a light oak floating vanity, and a round brass-framed mirror.

Ideas & Inspiration

Paint, wallpaper, mirrors, lighting — the whole jewel box.

A wall fully covered in a dark botanical wallpaper pattern with large-scale leaves and birds in ink-green and gold tones.

Buying Guides

What to actually buy, with the honest downside included.

A powder room mid-renovation, with a wall stripped for new tile, a drop cloth, tools, and a boxed vanity waiting to be installed.

Planning & Costs

Real numbers before you commit to a budget.

Latest from the notebook

A powder room wall covered floor-to-ceiling in a dramatic mural-style wallpaper with oversized birds and blooms in jewel tones.
Buying Guides

Bold & Statement Wallpaper

Dramatic, large-scale wallpaper for a powder room — where bold actually works, and how to keep it from feeling like too much.

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Ideas & Inspiration

Half Bathroom Ideas

Ideas & Inspiration

Modern & Luxury Styles

Ideas & Inspiration

Moody & Dark Styles

Buying Guides

Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper