Powder Rooms Sure to Impress Any Guest
You know what they say about good things and small packages?Powder roomsare no exception. Given their size and scaled-down proportions, thediminutive bathshave become the perfect place to go wild with a vibrant wallpaper pattern, experiment with an unexpected textural element, or embrace your dark side with a moody paint color for the ultimate jewel-box effect. Of course, sometimes less is more, and these spaces are equally arresting when they’re awash in light and bright shades, clean lines, and classic finishes. Whether you prefer yours with rows of framed portraits or a hand-painted mural, old-world brassfittingsor sleek chrome fixtures, a blooming branch peeking out of a vase or a minimalist display punctuated by a single sculptural objet, there’s a powder room to fit every style. Click ahead for a collection ofbathsthat will impress any guest—and keep you inspired for years to come.
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An Aspen, Colorado, powder room byAtelier AMis lit by a pair of vintage Serge Mouille sconces and a set of Charlotte Perriand CP1 wall lights.
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In a North Carolina powder room by designer美国罗素园, which is lined with a trellis-pattern wallpaper by Schumacher, a Vaughan sconce is mounted above a Waterworks sink vanity.
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The powder room in designer Sig Bergamin’sSão Paulo homefeatures walls of framed art.
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Pale-oak boiserie panels the walls of fashion designer James Galanos’s Hollywoodpowder room, designed by Philippe B. Oates Inc.; the jade-green vases are Chinese.
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Ann Sacks wood wall tiles enrich a Los Angelespowder roomby Silvia Kuhle and Jeffrey Allsbrook of Standard. The sink fittings are by Lefroy Brooks, and the mirror and sconces are from Blackman Cruz.
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Stained-glass doors open to a powder room in Pierre Bergé’sdacha在法国诺曼底,由雅克设计Grange; 19th-century sconces cluster above the antique French vanity, and the armchair is 19th-century Austrian.
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An antique Flemish mirror, a Guido Gambone vase, Sonoma Forge sink fittings, and an 18th-century stone trough sink graces the powder room in the Richard Hallberg– and Barbara Wisely–designed Malibu, California,homeof movie producer Avi Arad.
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In the powder room of aTexas mansiondesigned by Kara Childress and Newberry Campa Architects, a Louis XV mirror is set into a niche above a Siena marble sink with 1940s bronze fittings; the painting is 18th-century French.
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In the powder room of aManhattan homedesigned by Michael S. Smith and architect Oscar Shamamian, an Eve Kaplan mirror is set against glass panels by Nancy Lorenz; the hanging lantern is by Paul Marra Design, and the sink fittings are by P. E. Guerin.
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The powder room in aManhattan apartmentby designer Bruce Bierman features a vanity made of Macaubas Gold quartzite.
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Atelier Mériguet-Carrère created the carved-plaster walls in the Parisianpowder roomof designer Linda Pinto; the mirror is vintage Venetian, and the washstand, sink, and fittings are by Volevatch.
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Decorator Joanne de Guardiola lined apowder roomaboard theHighlander, Malcolm Forbes’s former yacht, in titanium-black granite; the sink, fittings, and towel rings are by Sherle Wagner International.
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A selection of Fornasetti plates hangs atop a malachite-print Fornasetti wallpaper by Cole & Son in Nate Berkus’s Greenwich Village powder room, in New York City. Sconces from Circa Lighting flank a custom-made rope mirror designed by Berkus.
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Celebrity StyleKarl Lagerfeld’s Interior Design Projects Reveal His Encyclopedic Mind
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Celebrity StyleKarl Lagerfeld’s Interior Design Projects Reveal His Encyclopedic Mind
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Celebrity StyleKarl Lagerfeld’s Interior Design Projects Reveal His Encyclopedic Mind
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Celebrity StyleKarl Lagerfeld’s Interior Design Projects Reveal His Encyclopedic Mind
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At theMillbrook, New York, homeof architect Peter Pennoyer and designer Katie Ridder, a wall covering by Ridder and an antique mirror retrofitted with elephant sconces lend pizzazz to a powder room.
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Custom-milled Corian lines the powder room of aNew York apartment由设计师一分钱Drue贝尔德nd architecture firm Design Laboratories. The sink fittings are by Boffi, and the tray is from Sentimento Antiques.
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The powder room of aManhattan duplexdesigned by architect John Pawson is lined with Douglas fir.
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The powder room of Holly Hunt’sChicago apartmentis clad in a polished glacier marble, and the light fixtures are by Solis Betancourt.
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At aKentucky estaterenovated by architect Joel Barkley and interior designer Todd Klein, the powder room's sconces are by Chameleon Fine Lighting, and the washstand has brass sink fittings by Waterworks; the walls and ceiling are painted in a high-gloss Sherwin-Williams turquoise.
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Vintage Franco Albini wall lights offset a custom-made mirror in a powder room at producer Brian Grazer'sSanta Monica home, which was designed by architectMark Riosand decorator Waldo Fernandez.
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In the powder room of designer Tom Scheerer’sgetaway in the Bahamas, RH sconces are installed above a Duravit sink with Grohe fittings; a grass skirt hides the pipes.
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