The Room · N° 04
The powder room is a jewel box. Small, used briefly, and the one place in the house where we recommend clients be brave — deep grounds, high-contrast pattern, and lacquered finishes.
Wallpaper for the
dramatic
Powder Room.
Considerations
What to think through
before you choose.
- i.1
Small, but seen daily
The powder room is one of the most-photographed rooms in the modern house. Rooms of 20–40 sq ft can hold a mural that would overwhelm a larger space.
- i.2
Moisture
Powder rooms without showers are dry enough for paper, though we recommend a mildew-inhibiting primer and a wipeable topcoat for the finish.
- i.3
The vanity break
If the pattern is bold, plan the seam and drop to fall clean of the mirror. This is field-planning we do at survey — not something to leave to the installer.
- i.4
The ceiling
In a jewel-box room, we often paper the ceiling as well. Metallic wallcoverings on the ceiling read as lit at night.
Recommended
A curated shortlist
for powder room.
Dark-Ground Murals
House of Hackney, de Gournay — botanical scenes on ink, forest and oxblood grounds.
Metal-Leaf & Foil
Fromental, Phillip Jeffries — hand-applied metal leaf that reads different from every angle.
Lacquered Grasscloth
For the client who wants texture with sheen — a specialty finish we can specify at order.
Custom Recoloured Murals
Nearly every mural we show can be re-grounded on charcoal, ink, or forest for powder-room applications.
Next
See powder room samples
in the showroom.
Private appointments, at-home consultations and full trade support for designers and architects.