I recently shared the story of our powder room’s paneled walls,
which involved a lot of masking tape + a lot of poly molding from Home Depot.
Soon enough, everything was given a coat of medium gray paint:
Flagstone by Pittsburgh Paints.
Check out the awesome before + after!
I know! How great!
All that molding gave the newly created room instant age!
Here it is, before — that space was once a short hallway:
I love how the carrera marble hexagon floor tiles
coordinate with the Flagstone paint!
The carrera marble is repeated in the vanity top from Pottery Barn,
which I think has been discontinued:
I chose the New York widespread faucet
from Signature Hardware, $259.95:
Who remembers the wonderful Martha Stewart Everyday at K-Mart?
I loved everything — from home decor items, like this enamel soap dish,
to garden goods + holiday collections!
The striped mug is an oldie Ralph Lauren pattern, Farmstead Ticking,
found online at Replacements, Ltd.
It’s not currently available, but I love this adorable candlestick, $11.95:
Hurry! There are only 4 left!
Back to the powder room!
Our mirror started its life paired with a beautiful dresser,
which we refurbished + sold.
I briefly considered painting it
but couldn’t bear to cover that pretty wood grain!
Our pretty porcelain light fixture
was discontinued from Pottery Barn, + I found it on eBay.
Don’t you love the vintage-style cloth-covered cord?
Speaking of vintage, I hung these blue transfer ware plates
above the sweetest blue shelf that I found in an etsy shop:
But wait. We need to talk.
I am on the fence about those plates.
I love them, but they just don’t look that great here.
But look at the plates I hung in our main bath!
I couldn’t love them more!
I can’t believe I did this,
but I guess I assumed that if I loved plates in the main bath,
I’d love them in my powder room, too!
I don’t.
I don’t know what, if anything, to hang there.
If only Joanna Gaines made house calls!
I mean, how in the world am I going to find a designer
who speaks my design language,
way out here in the middle of nowhere?
Well, check this out.
My friend, Claudia, told me about this thing called Havenly.
It’s an online source of interior designers + decorators.
You can read about how it works on their website.
I think I am going to take their design style quiz, later today.
How much fun will that be?
As always, stay tuned!
We even painted some unfinished wood switch + outlet plate covers from Menards:
See you next time!
July 7th, 2017 at 12:19 am
I say hang some other collection of things you love. Check out mags and Pinterest for ideas. What you have already done is so darn Beautiful. Don’t be in a hurry to figure it out
July 7th, 2017 at 11:39 am
Nora — this sounds goofy, I know, but I think I disliked the plates because of a bad “straight-on” photo I took but didn’t post! How’s that possible? 😉 For now, I’ll just leave the plates, I guess, + do a little re-arrange of my shelf, instead.
July 7th, 2017 at 12:21 am
I see nothing wrong with anything,in fact,I like the plates.
July 7th, 2017 at 11:40 am
Laurie, I know! (See my reply, above!) I’m going to play with the stuff on my shelf + see if that helps. 😉
July 7th, 2017 at 12:55 am
Okay, here’s my 2 cents worth. I think it looks fine, but maybe it’s the wood frame on the mirror that’s throwing it off. Just an idea.
July 7th, 2017 at 11:41 am
Nancy, I see what you’re saying. The mirror’s the only dark + brown element in the room. I like to repeat stuff, don’tcha know. 🙂
July 8th, 2017 at 2:21 am
So gorgeous! My dream is to have you redo my house, top to bottom.
July 8th, 2017 at 1:15 pm
TY for the compliment, Pat! You’re always so kind!
July 9th, 2017 at 3:00 am
It’s all just gorgeous! And yes, I remember that line from Martha Stewart! It was so pretty…the enamel soap dish was my favorite!
Remember the Martha By Mail?
July 9th, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Please. I just happen to have my favorite set of 3 yellow ware bowls with the Martha by Mail stamp on the bottoms of them!
July 11th, 2017 at 1:56 pm
I love the way you’ve used marble in that bath – so classy!
September 14th, 2017 at 11:40 am
Thank you, Eric! I love marble, too, + who’d have thought it, all those years ago, before it became so popular again?