If you’re color-curious but timid about making any bold design moves, we suggest you start with the smallest room in your home: the powder room. Here are seven ways to bring a shock of color into the tiniest of spaces.
1. Pick one color and paint it.
![from grandparent style: \13 design ideas to steal from a new mountain retreat i 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/js-nobleproper-bigbearlake-0100-733x1100.jpg)
![the plywood walls here were stained in a semi sheer yves klein blue like color 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/worrell-yeung-springs-artist-studio-garage-powder-room-733x933.jpg)
2. Pick one color and tile it.
![inspired by emery et cie’s moroccan tiles, the designers sourced the pow 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/elizabeth-roberts-architecture-and-design-cobble-hill-brooklyn-townhouse-5a-733x1100.jpg)
![a bathroom drenched in yellow and sunlight. learn the details in steal this loo 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tonal-terrace-bvds-architects-french-and-tye-colvestone-crescent-dalston-hackney-yellow-bathroom-black-white-vertical-tiles-shelves-grey-floor-1466x2199-1-733x1100.jpg)
3. Source a colorful sink.
![most sinks are white, but they don\2\17;t have to be. this powder room&a 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/lena-corwin-san-francisco-powder-room-maria-del-rio-733x1098.jpg)
![all the baths in the rose, a seaside hotel in kent, england, feature restored c 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-rose-mint-sink-e1710331468406-733x979.jpg)
4. Consider color-blocking.
![an arresting and unexpected color pairing in the powder room—skylight&#x 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/colombe-studio-marta-chrapka-warsaw-apartment-powder-room-733x977.jpg)
![a bold powder room, thanks to doors painted in muga from paint and paper 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/8-holland-street-bathroom-james-mcdonald-733x948.jpg)
5. Accessorize with color.
![a patterned sink skirt and painted artwork add small doses of color to an other 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/edit58xsmock-london-lampshade-8-733x1044.jpg)
![in this white powder room, bursts of color, including a painted ledge that hide 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/3-buckinghamshire-farmhouse-by-retrouvius-3b-733x1100.jpg)
6. Go maximalist.
![you can count on beata heuman to use every design trick—sink skirt, patt 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/beata_heuman_sussex_cottage_bathroom_2-733x978.jpg)
![another maximalist bathroom that features pattern on pattern and no real discer 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/family-bath-natasha-lyon-appreciation-project-margate-kent-england-1-733x974.jpg)
7. Or add color, minimalist edition.
![for the truly color timid, consider subtle bright spots in the form of colorful 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maya-schindler-bathroom-diy-faucet-long-island-ny-michael-fine-photo-10-733x1100.jpg)
See also:
- 13 Favorite Green Bathrooms from the Remodelista Archives
- Powder Room: 11 Favorite Pink-Hued Bathrooms, Modern Edition
- 10 Easy Pieces: Colorful Bathroom Sinks
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