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

Powder Room Photo Credit: J Allen Smith
This is an example of a traditional powder room in DC Metro.

Ken Vaughan
Photo of a traditional powder room in Dallas with an undermount sink and beige tile.

Mike Sneeringer
Design ideas for a small traditional powder room in Baltimore with a one-piece toilet, white walls, travertine floors and a pedestal sink.

A cascading asymmetrical valance adds a lovely focal point upon entering the tiny powder room. The embroidered linen fabric is enhanced by beaded capiz shell trim at the hem. Louvered doors hide a washer and dryer. Designed by Kristine Robinson of Robinson Interiors http: //kristine.robinson.org/

Shaker Heights Lovely Older Tudor Home a tiny powder room with big style Photo: Don Krecji
Mid-sized traditional powder room in Other with beige walls and a pedestal sink.

A look favoured since ancient times, monochrome floors are trending once again. Use Butler to recreate the chequerboard look with its striking marble graphic. The crisp white Calacatta and opulent dark Marquina tiles work well on their own too.

Small traditional powder room in Denver with medium wood cabinets, a one-piece toilet, yellow walls, ceramic floors, granite benchtops, beige floor and a console sink.

Photo of a traditional powder room in New York with a drop-in sink and yellow walls.

Urinal, finished basement, have sons? a must.
Photo of a small traditional powder room in Richmond with an urinal, gray tile, ceramic tile, yellow walls and ceramic floors.

Christopher Nelson photos
This is an example of a traditional powder room in Seattle with a vessel sink, granite benchtops and a two-piece toilet.

Mid-sized traditional powder room in Richmond with beaded inset cabinets, white cabinets and multi-coloured walls.

This is an example of a traditional powder room in Other with green benchtops.

darlene halaby
Photo of a small traditional powder room in Orange County with a two-piece toilet, gray tile, stone tile, beige walls, a vessel sink, limestone benchtops and yellow benchtops.

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional powder room in Other with a two-piece toilet, beige tile, medium hardwood floors, shaker cabinets, medium wood cabinets, porcelain tile, white walls, a drop-in sink and marble benchtops.

Powder room perfection. Yes you can make a powder room a gem. Good design is in the details - as seen in the venetian mirror and the organic shapes of the sink and toilet. This project is 5+ years old. Most items shown are custom (eg. millwork, upholstered furniture, drapery). Most goods are no longer available. Benjamin Moore paint.

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

This is an example of a traditional powder room in San Luis Obispo.

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.