Weekend Warrior: Wallpaper Your Powder Room
We’ve gathered five reasons why wallpapering your powder room will enhance your home.
Does your home need a boost? Make a big impact in less than 48 hours with this editor-approved project. Turn up the style volume on your small bathroom with patterned wallpaper (yes, it’s back and all the rage). We’ve gathered five reasons why you’ll want to invest a weekend toward this simple and high-impact face-lift.
Photo: Elizabeth Stamos Design
1. Enrich Your Style
You have the essentials of your style, but something is missing. This bathroom (above) has the trappings of glam style; a pair of ornate mirrors, crisp white marble, a crystal chandelier, and gold sconces. Now try to envision this bathroom with solid-coloured walls. Not as good, right? The cherry blossom wallpaper complements the mirrors, echoing their decorative details, and completes the room. Choosing the right wallpaper in your bathroom will refine your style, elevating your space to the next level.
Photo: Linc Thelen Design
2. Test it Out
So you’ve always wanted to try wallpaper, but you’re scared to take the leap? Start small. A powder room is the perfect sized “test lab” for first-time wallpaperers. After tackling this practical size you’ll be able to realistically gauge how to wallpaper a larger room. Also, step outside your comfort zone and test out that bold wallpaper you love but you’re afraid to try in the living room.
Photo: Erin Williamson Design
3. Budget-Friendly Substitute
Use wallpaper as a substitute for materials that aren’t in your budget. The walls of this bathroom are covered in a marble-inspired print, lending a luxe look for less than a quarter of the cost. Instead of marble, try exposed brick-inspired wallpaper to transform a room without any demolition. We love wallpapers that emulate natural elements, some of our favourites include driftwood, birch trees, marble, and stone.
Photo: Veneer Designs
4. Energize Your Space
Bring life into your powder room and keep it from falling flat by adding a bold pattern to the walls. This playful geometric wallpaper creates a sense of movement in this mostly-white bathroom. Trick the eye into making your space feel bigger with horizontal, geometric patterns—stripes are a foolproof option. If you’re unsure of where to start read 15 Patterns You Should Know »
Photo:Chimera Interior Design
5. Lean Into Colour
Embrace the existing colour of your bathroom. If you’re still rocking those retro cabinets from when you first moved into your home; odds are they're here to stay. Have a coloured tub or toilet? Don’t hide it. Roll with it. Chimera Interior Design accentuates loud orange cabinets with equally bold wallpaper. As a result, the orange and white pattern balances the vanity and the stark white tile, tying the
room together.
