Small, Rustic Touches In Our Tiny Powder Room Add Up To Fabulous!

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I'm pretty sure that we have the weirdest, smallest powder room in existence. It is not prominently featured somewhere near the entrance of our home, where guests can discover it. It is hidden at the back door, within the laundry room.
Blah! When we first moved here I'm not sure we knew it existed for a month. Until we had a gaggle of little girls over for a deck party. Then the magic location revealed itself as nothing short of brilliant.
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Recently I got in the mood to repaint the ceiling and trim and trowel some pearl-color plaster on the walls that were once layered in painted tissue paper. The room had been a warm brown, with a stenciled copper foil ceiling. It was pretty glam, but in my current mood to lighten up, and of course, change something, it was time for a facelift.

Now, with the grey-white lustrous walls, the room seems so much bigger! The rusty, crusty custom-made mirror and sconces show up beautifully, instead of fading into the background.

I am dying laughing trying to show you how tiny this room is. I had to squat on the john and duck down to get the back wall in this shot. Love how a simple paisley scarf from my collection turned out as art.

I used one of my fav products, Wood Icing(R) White Furniture Glaze to whitewash a stick I cut that had fallen in our yard. Find products at woodicing.com.

This glaze is so nice to use for lots of DIY reasons. It has an acrylic water base that cleans up with soap and water. It is durable for projects like mine, or it can be sealed with Wood Icing's PolyAcrylic Sealers that come in Dull, Satin and Gloss.

I like how fast it dries and that I can water it down for a wash, like I did on my branch, or apply it full strength. There is also a Clear Glaze you can mix with it if you want to add open time on a large project.

A quick jute wrap was all that was needed to hang this very light piece.

Two cup hooks and a hammer made quick work of hanging.

Knowing me, I will change out what's hanging on this wall often, based on current treasures found.

You can see that I have a thing for "shopping" for tree branches in the yard.

Ages ago, I wound some green raffia around old hardware to make this towel bar.

Handmade rock soap is so pretty, hubby Steve was looking everywhere for the soap bar when I added this cool, jewel-like chunk. It seems men don't like pretty when it comes to washing up after mowing the lawn.

A short sugar mold is the perfect opportunity to add roses from our tiny garden, or anything we pick up that is intriguing.

Another favorite focal point in this truly tiny bathroom is the cabinet doors, which were a great project that I did for PaintAndPattern.com.

You don't have to use much imagination to guess where the best vantage point is, LOL!

Overall, I couldn't be happier with this little project. The perfect mixture of rust, patina, texture, glam, and um, facilities.

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Joanne Sabourin on Oct 14, 2020

Hi there!

I love the look of the plaster on your wall. Would you please tell me what materials I would need & how to go about achieving this look? The wall colour is currently "Brazil nut" a warm beige & I am wondering if by putting plaster on if the paint colour would still show through? Ha ha - I have a small powder room/laundry room that I am trying to recreate to look more rustic. I was looking into suede painting the wall, but I am wondering if what you have done would be a little easier to this much challenged DIY-er!!

Thank you,
Joanne Sabourin
Clayton, ON
Canada

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