WE LOVE TO DO UP THE POWDER ROOM, THIS IS ALWAYS A FUN SPACE TO PLAY WITH, AND IN THIS DESIGN WE WENT MOODY AND MODER. ADDING THE DARK TILES BEHIND THE TOILET, AND PAIRING THAT WITH THE DARK PENDANT LIGHT, AND THE THICKER EDGE DETAIL ON THE VANITY CREATES A SPACE THAT IS EASILY MAINTAINED AND ALSO BEAUTIFUL FOR YEARS TO COME!

Inspiration for a small transitional powder room in Other with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, blue walls, medium hardwood floors, an integrated sink, concrete benchtops, brown floor and grey benchtops.

Contemporary powder room with separate water closet. Large vanity with top mounted stone sink. Wallpapered walls with sconce lighting and chandelier. Peter Rymwid Photography

Spacecrafting
Mid-sized powder room in Minneapolis with furniture-like cabinets, brown cabinets, a one-piece toilet, grey walls, dark hardwood floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, brown floor and grey benchtops.

Inspiration for a small modern powder room in Other with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a wall-mount toilet, gray tile, cement tile, white walls, porcelain floors, an undermount sink, concrete benchtops, white floor, grey benchtops and a floating vanity.

Design ideas for a small traditional powder room in Other with furniture-like cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, gray tile, stone slab, grey walls, an undermount sink, solid surface benchtops and grey benchtops.

Photo of a large country powder room in Detroit with recessed-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, dark hardwood floors, an undermount sink, brown floor, grey benchtops, a floating vanity and wallpaper.

A second powder room featuring a vessel sink and wall mounted faucet.
Design ideas for a small contemporary powder room in Indianapolis with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, beige walls, medium hardwood floors, a vessel sink, quartzite benchtops, brown floor, grey benchtops and a freestanding vanity.

Traditional powder room in Calgary with furniture-like cabinets, brown cabinets, a wall-mount toilet, white walls, medium hardwood floors, quartzite benchtops, brown floor, grey benchtops, a floating vanity and panelled walls.

This is an example of a mid-sized transitional powder room in Toronto with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, beige walls, porcelain floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, beige floor, grey benchtops, a freestanding vanity and wallpaper.

Full Lake Home Renovation
Design ideas for an expansive transitional powder room in Milwaukee with recessed-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, grey walls, mosaic tile floors, a pedestal sink, engineered quartz benchtops, white floor, grey benchtops, a built-in vanity, wood and panelled walls.

photo: garey gomez
Design ideas for a mid-sized beach style powder room in Atlanta with engineered quartz benchtops, furniture-like cabinets, brown cabinets, multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink and grey benchtops.

Huge Powder Room with Separate Commode Area
Design ideas for a large contemporary powder room in Las Vegas with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, grey walls, light hardwood floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, beige floor and grey benchtops.

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary powder room in Chicago with an integrated sink, brown cabinets, beige tile, porcelain tile, beige walls, engineered quartz benchtops and grey benchtops.

This is an example of a small contemporary powder room in Melbourne with brown cabinets, a vessel sink, marble benchtops, grey benchtops and a built-in vanity.

Interior Design by Sherri DuPont Photography by Lori Hamilton
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary powder room in Miami with flat-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, ceramic floors, onyx benchtops, brown floor, gray tile, grey walls, a vessel sink and grey benchtops.

This home is in a rural area. The client was wanting a home reminiscent of those built by the auto barons of Detroit decades before. The home focuses on a nature area enhanced and expanded as part of this property development. The water feature, with its surrounding woodland and wetland areas, supports wild life species and was a significant part of the focus for our design. We orientated all primary living areas to allow for sight lines to the water feature. This included developing an underground pool room where its only windows looked over the water while the room itself was depressed below grade, ensuring that it would not block the views from other areas of the home. The underground room for the pool was constructed of cast-in-place architectural grade concrete arches intended to become the decorative finish inside the room. An elevated exterior patio sits as an entertaining area above this room while the rear yard lawn conceals the remainder of its imposing size. A skylight through the grass is the only hint at what lies below. Great care was taken to locate the home on a small open space on the property overlooking the natural area and anticipated water feature. We nestled the home into the clearing between existing trees and along the edge of a natural slope which enhanced the design potential and functional options needed for the home. The style of the home not only fits the requirements of an owner with a desire for a very traditional mid-western estate house, but also its location amongst other rural estate lots. The development is in an area dotted with large homes amongst small orchards, small farms, and rolling woodlands. Materials for this home are a mixture of clay brick and limestone for the exterior walls. Both materials are readily available and sourced from the local area. We used locally sourced northern oak wood for the interior trim. The black cherry trees that were removed were utilized as hardwood flooring for the home we designed next door. Mechanical systems were carefully designed to obtain a high level of efficiency. The pool room has a separate, and rather unique, heating system. The heat recovered as part of the dehumidification and cooling process is re-directed to maintain the water temperature in the pool. This process allows what would have been wasted heat energy to be re-captured and utilized. We carefully designed this system as a negative pressure room to control both humidity and ensure that odors from the pool would not be detectable in the house. The underground character of the pool room also allowed it to be highly insulated and sealed for high energy efficiency. The disadvantage was a sacrifice on natural day lighting around the entire room. A commercial skylight, with reflective coatings, was added through the lawn-covered roof. The skylight added a lot of natural daylight and was a natural chase to recover warm humid air and supply new cooled and dehumidified air back into the enclosed space below. Landscaping was restored with primarily native plant and tree materials, which required little long term maintenance. The dedicated nature area is thriving with more wildlife than originally on site when the property was undeveloped. It is rare to be on site and to not see numerous wild turkey, white tail deer, waterfowl and small animals native to the area. This home provides a good example of how the needs of a luxury estate style home can nestle comfortably into an existing environment and ensure that the natural setting is not only maintained but protected for future generations.

Inspiration for a scandinavian powder room in Melbourne with shaker cabinets, brown cabinets, white walls, a vessel sink, marble benchtops, marble and grey benchtops.

Powder bath with pattern tile, shiplap, Pottery Barn vanity cabinet.
Inspiration for a mid-sized beach style powder room in Orlando with louvered cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, white tile, white walls, porcelain floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, blue floor, grey benchtops, a freestanding vanity and planked wall panelling.