POWDER ROOMS almost by definition are practical, offering guests quick comfort and often serving as a ground-floor amenity for homeowners who don’t want to trek upstairs to the main facilities. And they’re generally small interruptions of a larger space. So why not make them experiments in how wild/stylish/fancy-schmancy you can be? I’m guessing that some of these examples compiled by Brenna Malmberg for Houzz.com cost as much as the contents of my entire living room, but that doesn’t mean there might not be ideas here to be adapted (okay, stolen).
—Nancy McKeon