I love little “powder rooms.”  It is fun finding inventive and unexpected touches to “pretty up” a powder room.

Here are some of my favorite things to do:

• Change out the light fixture to something special- a small chandelier, lantern or modern fixture.  Think of your light fixture as your single most important accessory. Something akin to a great pair of shoes
• Dress the inside of the room like you would a vintage cabinet.  Use wall upholstery or heavily patterned wallpaper.  I love to make the vanity from an antique console or chest of drawers.  Add a marble top with an under mount sink.

A tiny powder room benefits from a bold stripe, an over-scaled pattern, or a dark or a completely unexpected color on the walls.

The fun thing about powder rooms….you can do just about anything with them.

I love themes; unexpected themes. Here I’ve taken out the towel bar and added crown molding shelves with mementos of places we have traveled to.

For something inexpensive but fun, fill all sorts of small vases in different shapes and sizes with flowers.  Use flowers that are all of the same color and type.

Tiny powder rooms are great places to display items you collect-

• Clocks
• Vintage mirrors
• travel mementos

Here’s a question for you- “What do you do to pretty up your space?”

Have a wonderful day.