Contractor: JS Johnson Interior Design: Heather Peterson Design Photography: Scott Amundson
Small traditional powder room in Minneapolis with green walls, white benchtops and wallpaper.

Merchant's House, Highbury, London

Nine Lives

Concealed shower in Guest WC of Georgian townhouse
Traditional powder room in London with green walls, porcelain floors, brown floor, a freestanding vanity and wallpaper.

Plum Nelly

The Misfit House

Traditional powder room in Atlanta with a two-piece toilet, green walls, white floor and decorative wall panelling.

Freeman - Traditional Powder Bathroom

In the Deets

Classic Modern new construction powder bath featuring a warm, earthy palette, brass fixtures, and wood paneling.
Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in San Francisco with furniture-like cabinets, green cabinets, a one-piece toilet, green walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink, engineered quartz benchtops, brown floor, beige benchtops, a built-in vanity and panelled walls.

曲線やおうとつが美しい躍動感のある家

株式会社ノアデザインインク　一級建築士事務所

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional powder room in Tokyo with a one-piece toilet, green walls, vinyl floors, black floor, wallpaper and wallpaper.

Majestic Stone Manor Fit for a Family

Copper Leaf Interior Design Studio

Rick Lee
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional powder room in Other with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, green walls, an undermount sink, beige floor and solid surface benchtops.

Colonial Cluster House

Veronica Green Photography

This is an example of a traditional powder room in New York with white cabinets, granite benchtops, white tile, a one-piece toilet, green walls and ceramic floors.

Bedroom and Bathroom Updates

Ruiz Renovations

This is an example of a small traditional powder room in Atlanta with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, green walls, marble floors, a vessel sink, quartzite benchtops, grey floor and grey benchtops.

Powderroom Update

Blakeslee Custom Carpentry, LLC

Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in New York with raised-panel cabinets, medium wood cabinets, a two-piece toilet, green walls, porcelain floors, an undermount sink, granite benchtops, beige floor and beige benchtops.

Wit & Delight

McDonald Remodeling

Design ideas for a small traditional powder room in Minneapolis with a two-piece toilet, green walls, light hardwood floors, a pedestal sink and beige floor.

Sunset Boulevard

Shannon Crain

Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in Houston with white cabinets, green walls, marble floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, white floor, white benchtops, a freestanding vanity and wallpaper.

Leesburg Whole Home Remodel

Synergy Design & Construction

The expanded powder room gets a classy upgrade with a marble tile accent band, capping off a farmhouse-styled bead-board wainscot. Crown moulding, an elegant medicine cabinet, traditional-styled wall sconces, and an antique-looking faucet give the space character.

Forest View

Archetype Design Studio, LLC

This small Powder Room has an outdoor theme and is wrapped in Pratt and Larson tile wainscoting. The Benjamin Moore Tuscany Green wall color above the tile gives a warm cozy feel to the space

Лофт в Москве

FAINSHTEIN_INTERIORDESIGN

Лина Калаева, Инна Файнштейн фото Евгений Кулибаба
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in Moscow with green walls and a wall-mount sink.

Ghamsaris

Create SPACES

W/C renovation
Photo of a small traditional powder room in Surrey with green walls, marble floors, a wall-mount sink, black floor and panelled walls.

Freeman - Traditional Powder Bathroom

In the Deets

Classic Modern new construction powder bath featuring a warm, earthy palette, brass fixtures, and wood paneling.
Small traditional powder room in San Francisco with furniture-like cabinets, green cabinets, a one-piece toilet, green walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink, engineered quartz benchtops, brown floor, beige benchtops, a built-in vanity and panelled walls.

Classic Mead Point Stone Manor

Significant Homes LLC

Photography by Keith Scott Morton From grand estates, to exquisite country homes, to whole house renovations, the quality and attention to detail of a "Significant Homes" custom home is immediately apparent. Full time on-site supervision, a dedicated office staff and hand picked professional craftsmen are the team that take you from groundbreaking to occupancy. Every "Significant Homes" project represents 45 years of luxury homebuilding experience, and a commitment to quality widely recognized by architects, the press and, most of all....thoroughly satisfied homeowners. Our projects have been published in Architectural Digest 6 times along with many other publications and books. Though the lion share of our work has been in Fairfield and Westchester counties, we have built homes in Palm Beach, Aspen, Maine, Nantucket and Long Island.

Grand Estate

Adams + Beasley Associates

Richard Mandelkorn
This is an example of a small traditional powder room in Boston with raised-panel cabinets, white cabinets, a one-piece toilet, green walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, brown floor and white benchtops.

Traditional Powder Room

This is an example of a small traditional powder room in New York with recessed-panel cabinets, green cabinets, a two-piece toilet, green walls, cement tiles, a wall-mount sink, marble benchtops, beige floor and grey benchtops.

Butler's Pantry to Bath

Well Dunn Home Designs

Small traditional powder room in Boston with a two-piece toilet, green walls, a pedestal sink, white floor and marble floors.

Traditional Powder Room Design Ideas with Green Walls

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!