Room Reveal: Powder Room

We are at a point in the moving process where most of our "important" rooms (bedroom, kitchen, living room, bath) are set up just enough to be comfortable and livable, but are still quite unfinished in terms of decor. We have a long way to go before we're done, but I figured I'd share a few "room reveals" as we get each living area up to snuff. Since our powder room (or half bathroom - what do you call it?) is the smallest room in the house, I figured I'd start there since it didn't take all that much to get it ready for use.

This room is tiny. I think it's about 5' x 5' square. There is not much room in there for more than a small vanity and a toilet. I spent a long time looking for the perfect vanity for this room without much luck. Either they were all too generic, too cheap looking or too expensive for our budget. We considered using a pedestal sink but I wasn't convinced I really wanted one. They are a little too popular for my taste. So...we got creative! I was able to find a tall (almost 31") side table on sale at the Pottery Barn (made out of reclaimed wood - bonus!) and a glass vessel sink also on sale on Overstock.com. We bought a vessel sink faucet and with just a little tweaking, managed to put them all together to make a custom vanity for the small space we had available in this room. We had to make the two upper drawers "dummy" drawers because of the plumbing, but the bottom four still function and are big enough to store extra TP and cleaning supplies.

We picked a dark bluish-grey color for the walls that coordinate well with the tile floor. The color shows up lighter in these photos but I LOVE this color, it turned out to be one of my favorite wall colors in the whole house. We also used it in the laundry room, which is also tiled. We found the mirror, vanity light, and glass shelf at Lowes for a pretty reasonable price and swapped out the vanity hardware to match the fixtures. The light is pretty unique and matches the green glass of the vessel bowl perfectly. I still have to add some artwork in here but besides that, this room is pretty much complete. One down...so many more to go!