Design: Coote & Co Build: Mt Gisborne Homes Kitchen: Connors Kitchens by Design Photography: Lisa Cohen As a space for both family and guests to use when entertaining, the powder room in this Mount Macedon home needed to be both practical and fun. Considering the room’s lack of natural light, designer Charlotte Coote decided to keep the tones dark and moody, pairing high-gloss dark blue painted timber and textural lineal wallpaper with warm nickel tapware from Perrin & Rowe.

Sophisticated Navy and Gold Powder Bath Renovation

Corinthian Fine Homes

These homeowners came to us to renovate a number of areas of their home. In their formal powder bath they wanted a sophisticated polished room that was elegant and custom in design. The formal powder was designed around stunning marble and gold wall tile with a custom starburst layout coming from behind the center of the birds nest round brass mirror. A white floating quartz countertop houses a vessel bowl sink and vessel bowl height faucet in polished nickel, wood panel and molding’s were painted black with a gold leaf detail which carried over to the ceiling for the WOW.

Merchant's House, Highbury, London

Nine Lives

Concealed shower in guest WC of Georgian townhouse
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in London with open cabinets, dark wood cabinets, green tile, green walls, porcelain floors, a console sink, brown floor, a freestanding vanity and wallpaper.

Egypt Valley Traditional Residence

Jennifer Butler Design

Who doesn’t love a jewel box powder room? The beautifully appointed space features wainscot, a custom metallic ceiling, and custom vanity with marble floors. Wallpaper by Nina Campbell for Osborne & Little.

Canfield Gardens

Omniform

Design ideas for a traditional powder room in London with multi-coloured walls, a wall-mount sink, multi-coloured floor, planked wall panelling, decorative wall panelling and wallpaper.

Interior Powder Room Remodel

Hanomoco Design

Design ideas for a traditional powder room in San Francisco.

Libbit

JJP Construction

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional powder room in Los Angeles with furniture-like cabinets, dark wood cabinets, a one-piece toilet, black tile, porcelain tile, white walls, cement tiles, an undermount sink, tile benchtops, white floor and white benchtops.

North Andover Renovation

Apple Wood Construction, Inc.

Kate & Keith Photography
Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in Boston with grey cabinets, multi-coloured walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink, a two-piece toilet and recessed-panel cabinets.

Greenwich Ave Residence

Donna Dotan Photography

Donna Dotan Photography
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in New York with a console sink, a one-piece toilet, black walls and mosaic tile floors.

Lincoln Park Residence

Eva Quateman Interiors

Elegant powder room featuring a black, semi circle vanity Werner Straube Photography
Inspiration for a large traditional powder room in Chicago with an undermount sink, furniture-like cabinets, black cabinets, beige walls, black tile, slate, limestone floors, granite benchtops, grey floor, black benchtops, a freestanding vanity, recessed and wallpaper.

MA Residence

Karen Aston Design

Thomas Dalhoff
This is an example of a small traditional powder room in Sydney with a console sink, multi-coloured walls and mosaic tile floors.

Tribeca Town House

Ofer Wolberger, LTD.

Chic Powder Room

Diane Bishop Interiors

Jay Greene Photography.
Design ideas for a traditional powder room in Philadelphia with a console sink.

Chelwood

Studio Werc Architects

Traditional powder room in London.

Midlothian Custom New Build

Jennifer Stoner Interiors

This small powder room is one of my favorite rooms in the house with this bold black and white wallpaper behind the vanity and the soft pink walls. The emerald green floating vanity was custom made by Prestige Cabinets of Virginia.

Main Level and Basement Remodel on White Bear Lake

Hauer Construction Inc.

Main Level Powder Room Drafted and Designed by Fluidesign Studio
Mid-sized traditional powder room in Minneapolis with blue walls, medium hardwood floors, a console sink and brown floor.

Traditional New Jersey Home

Home Surplus Of Keyport

Small traditional powder room in New York with furniture-like cabinets, dark wood cabinets, beige walls, mosaic tile floors, an undermount sink, solid surface benchtops, white floor and white benchtops.

Victorian Chic Powder Room

Cypress Design Co.

Small traditional powder room in Providence with a two-piece toilet, green walls, porcelain floors, a wall-mount sink and black floor.

High end refurbishment of full house with bespoke kitchen and stairs

User

Cloakroom toilet in this extensive full house refurbishment has traditional style with high quality wallpaper, brass trims and antique mirror Chris Snook

Bow House

Brian O'Tuama Architects

Ed Reeve
Design ideas for a traditional powder room in London with a wall-mount toilet, multi-coloured walls and a wall-mount sink.

Traditional Black Powder Room Design Ideas

Think of your powder room as a small bathroom that’s always on display. Likely to be frequented by guests or used as a second bathroom by family members, it should always look its best. Consisting of little more than a vanity, toilet and sink, you could be mistaken that traditional powder room designs are easy to execute, but the tight space can be tricky to get right. As you plan your bathroom renovation, consider the following.

What’s the best way to collate small bathroom ideas?

Browse the photos on Houzz for small bathroom designs, and get acquainted with the specialist behind your favourite picks. You can bookmark and share your favourite photos with everyone involved in your renovation, and click through to Related Photos to broaden your scope. For even more traditional powder room and small bathroom ideas, check out the Stories section on Houzz.

How do I plan the layout of my powder room?

If you're building from scratch, an architect may be the best person to ask. There are three main objects to consider when planning the layout of your traditional powder room: the door, toilet and sink. Pocket, sliding or folding doors will give you more options for toilet and sink placement, while wall-mounted toilets will help save you a few inches of floor space, and make the room feel more spacious. To ensure ease of use, make sure the toilet has at least 38 centimetres of unobstructed space on either side, and 61 centimetres at the front. Powder rooms are primarily a place to use the toilet and quickly wash your hands, so unless you have the square meterage, you don’t need a full-blown vanity. Look for compact options, like a pedestal or wall-mounted sink instead.

What materials should I use in my powder room?

There’s not much space to work with when designing a traditional powder room, so keep your design fairly simple. Otherwise, too many different patterns and textures will quickly overwhelm the space. To avoid a disjointed design, opt for one statement piece or element, such as a fun splashback, benchtop or vanity, and choose subtle materials like stone, marble or granite for everything else. If you fear you haven’t created enough visual interest, fill the void with bathroom accessories such as hand towels and soap dispensers. High-quality bathroom fixtures – including everything from your toilet roll holder to faucet – with matching lines and style, will make a big difference in a such a small space, so if you have the budget, splurge a little!