Have a Nice Day Powder Room

I LOVE a powder room. They are the perfect place in which to ‘go big or go home.’ Before we moved into this house, I had picked out the MOST fun wallpaper that I was planning to install in the staircase going down to the playroom… but then we moved so- fun powder room coming up!

A Look Back

Indulge me and let’s look back at a few of my FAVORITE little powder rooms just because I wish I had more to decorate! And actually… now that I think about it, my first *big girl* project was actually (can you guess?!) a powder room. It was in our first house and I tackled wallpaper (VERY badly), tiling, replacing the door and skim coating the vanity with concrete. Photos are awful, but this project is a nice reminder of where I started.

Jumping ahead… another fun powder room project was in our old house. I started with a mini makeover that was adhesive tiles, new vanity doors, and… handpainted ‘wallpaper’. I LOVED the walls, but was excited to demo and actually do this room right.

After about a year, I finally pulled out the ugly tiles that the adhesive tiles were hiding, replaced the vanity with a DIY sink and hung actual wallpaper. I LOVED this powder room. One day, I will use those large penny tiles again with the colorful grout. They are the BEST.

Before I get to our current powder room- which I know is why you’re here- I need to show some love to my flip house powder room. It was formerly a LAUNDRY room that I gave a faux grasscloth treatment to and a Facebook sink and more adhesive tiles and she cleaned up real nice.

Pink and Punchy Powder Room

Ever since we lived in NYC, I have LOVED anything with the iconic “Have a Nice Day” cup on it. This wallpaper from Spoonflower was no exception. Here’s how the powder room looked right after we moved in.

I didn’t mind the sink so for now that stays. The easy swaps were the lighting, the mirror and of course bringing in the bold pink paper. (This artwork is from my online friend Alexandra Swistak.) It used to hang in the girls’ bunk room at the old house but fits in perfectly here. Once again… the power of wallpaper is evident since it looks like a new room and that’s really all I did! See the whole makeover reel here.