Architect: Cook Architectural Design Studio General Contractor: Erotas Building Corp Photo Credit: Susan Gilmore Photography
Photo of a traditional powder room in Minneapolis with mosaic tile, a pedestal sink, mosaic tile floors and a one-piece toilet.

Presidio Heights Residence

Dijeau Poage Construction

Towel Bars: Waterowrks
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in San Francisco with mosaic tile, multi-coloured walls and blue floor.

Matthews Residence

Enviable Designs Inc.

Tracey Ayton Photography
This is an example of a small traditional powder room in Vancouver with white walls, a pedestal sink, white tile, mosaic tile and marble floors.

Urbane shingle style Residence

Polsky Perlstein Architects

Mark Schwartz Photography
Traditional powder room in San Francisco with white cabinets, blue tile and mosaic tile.

Lake House, Knoxville Custom Home

WilliamAndrewsArchitects

Small traditional powder room in Other with a two-piece toilet, blue tile, green tile, orange tile, red tile, beige tile, multi-coloured tile, mosaic tile, red walls, dark hardwood floors, a vessel sink and tile benchtops.

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.

Traditional Powder Room

Inspiration for a traditional powder room in Nashville with mosaic tile and a wall-mount sink.

Manhattan Beach - Cape Cod

MODEL DESIGN INC.

Photography by Chipper Hatter
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional powder room in Los Angeles with a console sink, marble benchtops, a one-piece toilet, blue tile, mosaic tile, white walls, mosaic tile floors and grey benchtops.

Addision Lane Powder Room

House of Jordyn

PHOTO CREDIT: INTERIOR DESIGN BY: HOUSE OF JORDYN © We can’t say enough about powder rooms, we love them! Even though they are small spaces, it still presents an amazing opportunity to showcase your design style! Our clients requested a modern and sleek customized look. With this in mind, we were able to give them special features like a wall mounted faucet, a mosaic tile accent wall, and a custom vanity. One of the challenges that comes with this design are the additional plumbing features. We even went a step ahead an installed a seamless access wall panel in the room behind the space with access to all the pipes. This way their beautiful accent wall will never be compromised if they ever need to access the pipes.

Traditional Custom Home

Brownhouse Design, Los Altos, CA

Scott Hargis Photography
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional powder room in San Francisco with a two-piece toilet, mosaic tile, an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, beige walls, beige tile and beige benchtops.

Old World - Newport Beach

IMI Design, LLC

Anita Lang - IMI Design - Scottsdale, AZ
Inspiration for a large traditional powder room in Orange County with a pedestal sink, brown tile, mosaic tile, beige walls, mosaic tile floors and green floor.

Rochester lower level

d'avignon interiors

A barn door with a privacy hook, make an interesting entrance to this chic powder room. Jeff Garland
Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in Detroit with furniture-like cabinets, a two-piece toilet, black tile, mosaic tile, brown walls, marble floors, an undermount sink, granite benchtops and brown cabinets.

Powder Rooms & Small Bath Ideas

Roomscapes Cabinetry and Design Center

Designed by Cameron Snyder, CKD and Julie Lyons. Removing the former wall between the kitchen and dining room to create an open floor plan meant the former powder room tucked in a corner needed to be relocated. Cameron designed a 7' by 6' space framed with curved wall in the middle of the new space to locate the new powder room and it became an instant focal point perfectly located for guests and easily accessible from the kitchen, living and dining room areas. Both the pedestal lavatory and one piece sanagloss toilet are from TOTO Guinevere collection. Faucet is from the Newport Brass-Bevelle series in Polished Nickel with lever handles.

Radcliff

Emily Dyer Design

Design ideas for a small traditional powder room in Nashville with black tile, mosaic tile, a pedestal sink and multi-coloured walls.

Rocky River Renovation

Housetrends Magazine

Photos by Scott Pease
This is an example of a traditional powder room in Cleveland with a pedestal sink, multi-coloured tile and mosaic tile.

GästeWC le Mosaico

Stefan Necker · Tegernseer Badmanufaktur

Ein kleines, aber sehr schickes Gäste-WC mit Toilette, Waschtisch nebst Unterschrank. Die Mosaike sind aus handgefertigtem Recycling-Glas, und wurden nach individuellem Kundenwunsch farblich im Mix konfiguriert. Diese besonderen Mosaike werden nur in Mexico gefertigt und wurden für dieses Projekt zugeliefert. Der Unterschrank, sowie das Regal wurden aus Olivenholz gefertigt. Das Gegenstück dazu ist die klassische Fliese in Zementoptik 20x20cm, die diagonal verlegt dazu den Ruhepol bildet.

Custom Home

Alexandra Naranjo Designs Inc

David Khazam Photography
Photo of a large traditional powder room in Toronto with black cabinets, a one-piece toilet, mosaic tile, multi-coloured walls, marble floors, a vessel sink, marble benchtops, white tile and recessed-panel cabinets.

Canyon Lake Waterfront Custom Home

Rhonda Riedel LLC

Custom painted and designed vanity with imported talavera sink.
Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in Austin with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, a one-piece toilet, multi-coloured tile, mosaic tile, green walls, ceramic floors, a drop-in sink and marble benchtops.

Guest bathroom

KuDa Photography

Designed by Encompass Studio - http://www.estudiovegas.com and KML Designs - http://www.kmldesignslv.com. Photo by KuDa Photography.

Manor Estate

M-Squared Contracting Inc.

This estate is a transitional home that blends traditional architectural elements with clean-lined furniture and modern finishes. The fine balance of curved and straight lines results in an uncomplicated design that is both comfortable and relaxing while still sophisticated and refined. The red-brick exterior façade showcases windows that assure plenty of light. Once inside, the foyer features a hexagonal wood pattern with marble inlays and brass borders which opens into a bright and spacious interior with sumptuous living spaces. The neutral silvery grey base colour palette is wonderfully punctuated by variations of bold blue, from powder to robin’s egg, marine and royal. The anything but understated kitchen makes a whimsical impression, featuring marble counters and backsplashes, cherry blossom mosaic tiling, powder blue custom cabinetry and metallic finishes of silver, brass, copper and rose gold. The opulent first-floor powder room with gold-tiled mosaic mural is a visual feast.

Traditional Powder Room Design Ideas with Mosaic Tile

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!