Before and After: A $1,000 Powder Room Reno with Dramatic Roaring ’20s Style
If you’re looking for a small space in your home where you can make a big design impact, a powder room is a great place to start. The small footprint makes it easier to be daring with your design choices: It’s not only a lot cheaper to pull off, but the limited time spent in this room (unlike, say, a living room) means that you aren’t likely to tire of it easily.
This powder room redo from homeowner Rebecca Custer is a prime example. Rebecca’s home was built in 2004, so everything was in good condition, albeit a bit boring. “While we don’t have the budget now for a full kitchen or master bath redo, the powder room was where we could make a drastic change and not break the bank,” Rebecca says.
The powder room was the first room you saw after coming in the front door, Rebecca says, and it didn’t make a great impression. “I was just boring, builder grade, and an unpleasing sea foam green color,” she says. But she knew it had potential to be a lot more. “It gets great light so we knew we could go dark and dramatic,” Rebecca says.
Inspired by an Art Deco wallpaper she found and installed on one wall, Rebecca went all-in on a dramatic Art Deco-style redo. Rebecca started by painting the rest of the walls black (HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams’s Bohemian Black) and the trim gold (HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams’s Proper Gold).
Next came a new black and gold light fixture — but that’s when Rebecca realized that the old white pedestal sink stuck out like a sore thumb. A new black-toned wall-mount sink is just as space-efficient but blends seamlessly into the dramatic Art Deco look of the rest of the bathroom. A few new gold accessories — like the mirror and a towel ring — and the bathroom was complete for just $1,000 total.
“I love all of it!” Rebecca says of the new space. “It feels like stepping into the ladies’ room of a club in the ’20s. I want to put on a flapper dress and drink a Sidecar. The room is dark and moody and fun for a room that you don’t spend time in.”
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