why put wainscotting in a powder room?

This post is a tip for our customers, because we love you so much. If you can’t afford to wallpaper your entire powder room, don’t give up…there is hope.

Installing wainscotting or even a chair rail, means you only need to install paper from half way up the wall to the ceiling.

We love how this wainscotting is built in with the vanity, simple and a continuous elegance.

This is more of a cape cod or cottage style, with diagonal beadboard on the bottom and grasscloth paper installed on the above portion of the wall.

A simple chair rail, painted in a crisp white along with the wall and trim below it.

This idea is fabulous, painting the wainscotting and ceiling the same colour…a great way to tie in the wallpaper pattern and colours.

a calming bathroom tone

We love the softness of this paint colour, it’s warm and calming. 2112-60 Cement Gray by Benjamin Moore.

A large circular window becomes the focal point of this room. To see more rooms with round windows, click here.

Painting the outside of an old claw foot tub

Exciting, re-inventive and limitless colour options. Painting the outside of your claw foot tub is a lot easier than you many think.Once you clean the surface, you need to get a primer coat down as soon as possible. This is particularly true with a sandblasted tub. Exposed cast iron can begin to show signs of surface rust within hours of exposure.

We recommend having the claw foot tub feet sandblasted. They have so much detail that is so difficult to clean out and the results are almost always worth the extra effort to find a sandblaster. Again, make certain to get a primer coat on them as soon as possible to prevent rust from starting.

Find the colour you would like, we recommend using Aura or Regal for best results and durability.

Sarah Richardson is a queen of colour, you gotta love the way she pulls colour from accessories and fabric. This yellow is perfect for a fresh country bathroom.

If you aren’t ready to go wild with colour, try the ever classic black.

As seen in Urban Country Style, “Feel free to have fun with vintage pieces. In this bathroom, an old claw-foot tub was juiced up with orange paint for a more contemporary feel.”

Choosing an unexpected colour for the bathtub is refreshing, buy a few towels in that colour and it will tie it all together.

Pulling colours from your wallpaper is bold and sure to work.

a deep taupe that will make your room cozy for fall

Benjamin Moore color “AF-155 Weimaraner” a warm and cozy gray based taupe that works great with cool accents (such as blue, turquoise and green) but also with deep warm tones (such as chocolate, rust, gold and red).

A great elegant color if you are looking for a neutral dining room.

This wall color sets off beautifully against white and off whites.

A favorite when it comes to exterior paint colours, it gives siding a whole new look (see above). It also looks great on garage doors on brick homes, it picks up on the grout colour.

soft tones in a powder room

Sometimes it’s nice to go bold color in a powder room, for those of you who would rather create a softer look…try different tones of white!  We love how designer Jessica Helgerson used woodwork to bring in a darker shade and did the walls in a nice warm white.

For a similar look try:

bathroom* a touch of holiday

Soothing neutrals like silver marlin (2139-50) and snowfall white (OC-118) complement the marble vanity and give this stylish bathroom a timeless, elegant quality. Add holiday touches in earthy rustique (AF-275) for a fresh, festive look.

starburst wallpaper

We love getting feedback and “after” pictures from customers.

Your bathrooms both turned out gorgeous Doris, thank you for the photos.

If you would like more info regarding these papers, come into the store and we will show you.

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These rooms were done by one of our fav guys, David Ottenbrite from Doctor Decor.

a fresh teal bathroom

We love the use of color in this kids bathroom, just the right dose…

Mainly light (white) with a bold dose of stretch (teal) and a few drops of yellow.

Stretch (teal) is such a fresh and new feeling color, mixed with all of the old-fashioned elements…they are a match made perfect.

What kid wouldn’t want to jump in the tub of this bathroom?

Photography: Virginia Macdonald

colour impact

The triad affect will create a bright and lively feel to any room. This room incorporates aspects of yellow, blue and red within the towels furniture and paint choice. Incorporating all three colours makes the room visually interesting. [KW]