The Powder Room makeover was not planned. I knew I wanted to change the look of it but didn’t put too much thought about what direction to go. One day I just decided to paint it a different color. We had some leftover paint from the Master Bedroom, enough to cover the tiny room. I then purchased a couple of shelves and start thinking about accessorizing. I had some things around the house that I put to good use: a couple of glass vases, some candles and towels I got on sale from Pottery Barn and some toiletries we “got” from The Ritz. It looked nice but still something was missing. I remembered the stripped wall in our boy’s room and how fun it looks. So I proceeded to paint some white stripes, with some more leftover paint. The result? In my opinion a new, more sophisticated space. The tiny room feels airy and fresh and believe it or not, bigger! I bought some more guest towels and framed some pictures from our trips to Paris and Lima to complete the look. There are still things I want to change, like painting the mirror (or replace it) and upgrading the light fixture. But that will be a future project. For now I’m happy with the way it turned out.
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I am obsessed with stripes on the walls. The colors are such a compliment to your bathroom that it makes it look so much bigger. I love all the details!
Yes, me too! I’m definitely doing stripes in the nursery!
Gorgeous powder room – LOVE the stripes & color chosen – very elegant and serene.
I love how nicely you got the warm browns to play with the cool grey!
where did you get those shelves? they’re terrific
I love it – the stripes give it enough edge! I also love your shelves – they are just the simple clean lines I’ve been looking for. Can you give the details on where you got them?
Love your strips!! I like the way they are spaced too! Looks great.
Hi ladies, thanks for stopping by and for the nice comments. I am really happy with this makeover. I got the shelves at the Container Store. They are really sleek looking and they come in white and chesnut colors, too. I got them in espresso. Here is the link http://www.containerstore.com/shop/shelving/wallMountedShelving/completeShelfKits?productId=10002906&N=13394
Love the makeover, those colors look great together!
The after is definitely much more sophisticated. Congrats, it looks great!
Thanks! It’s definitely more sophisticated! 😉
Love the results! I’d love to try the stripes in my own bathroom and was wondering if you could tell me exactly which colors you used? There are a thousand different shades of grey out there! I’d love some direction!
Hi Becky,
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I know what you mean. It can be overwhelming with all that many options out there. In this case I used Benjamin Moore Nimbus Grey (2135-50). We had used it in our Master Bedroom and just happened to have some leftover paint. The other color is a White. I don’t know exactly which shade. It was more leftover paint. I have to be honest and say that for the most part we don’t try the colors first. We usually choose a color we like from the deck and go ahead and paint. Sometimes we are lucky and love the color. A couple of times not so much.
Love this powder room! You really have talent girl!!
Love the Stripes..Im wanting to do the same thing in my guest bathroom. May I ask how many inches tall are the grey/white stripes? Im having a hard time deciding how tall I want each of the stripes, and I really like the idea of one smaller/larger than the other..
Thank you for your time.
Thanks! The grey stripes are 13 in. and the white ones are 7 1/2 in. I wanted the top stripe to align with the door and window heads. That determined the larger witdh. I wanted three big stripes. So I substracted 13 in. x 3 from the total height of my wall and whatever was left I divided by two for the narrower stripe. Hope that helps!
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Love the stripes! This is probably a dumb question for DIY’ers but is there a special trick to paint the stripes so perfect and straight? Thanks!
“the powder room |” was indeed really entertaining and educational!
In the present day society honestly, that is
challenging to carry out. I am grateful, Juanita