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The green wallpapered powder room, concluded (or almost)

Annie Elliott | March 26, 2012

Where were we? Ah yes: changing the powder room strategy from blue to green.

This is the living room I’d just finished for a client:

Living room with blue velvet sofa and green Farrow & Ball dragged wallpaper

I fell in love with that wallpaper. I mean, LOVE. All those months of focusing on yellow and blue and pink (oops – spoiler alert: pictures of my living room coming soon!)…I was feeling the need for some green. This wallpaper just needed to be in my house – somewhere.

Thus we began the powder room adventure.

Powder room off of dining room (ick)
Again: I know it's totally gross to have a powder room off the dining room, but there's nothing we can do about it.
Demolished powder room
Removing the shower.

Possibly the only thing grosser than a powder room off of a dining room is a full bath off of a dining room. You could  actually see the basement bedroom through the floorboards. Wow.

Floor taken down to the floorboards
Under the tile floor was...not much
Studs on brick wall
Larger window = more light
Drywalled powder room
Bye, window. See you again soon.
Carrara marble tile floor in powder room
Carrara marble tile floor
Window in powder room
Welcome back, window! But goodbye, floor.
Framed window in powder room
I didn't choose great trim here. Too wide, I think, and vaguely Colonial. (How did that happen?) Love the Alexa Hampton light, though.
Farrow & Ball dragged paper in powder room
Getting closer...
Farrow & Ball green dragged paper with Carrara marble floor
Wallpaper with the floor tile
Accent lamp with Farrow & Ball green dragged paper
$12 lamp from an antique shop with Farrow & Ball green dragged paper. Talk about high/low.
Powder room with bachelor's chest and Farrow & Ball wallpaper
The reveal!

Whew! Lest you think that *I* think the room is really finished, here’s my punch list:

– Paint the window trim and baseboard green. I think. That window trim is really bugging me!

– Receive replacement mirror from One King’s Lane; the first one was cracked.

– Find kick-ass fabric and make a fantastic Roman Shade for the window – for 59 cents, since that’s about what I have left in the budget.

Once those things are done, Gentle Readers, I promise you a wider shot!

Quoted in publications from The New York Times to The Washington Post to Real Simple magazine, Annie Elliott is considered an expert in color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.

Category: Kitchen + bath, WallpaperTag: diamond-shaped tile, Farrow & Ball, Farrow & Ball drag paper, furniture in bathrooms, marble tile, powder room, strie wallpaper

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