Color with a boundary
The doorway contains the stronger wall tone.
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ROOM 142 · Bathroom
Vermilion behind the powder-room door
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A brownstone rowhouse, conceived for Brooklyn, NY.
The doorway contains the vermilion. Inside this brownstone powder room, a black drawer unit takes the supplies and a thin gold mirror adds detail without taking standing space.
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A small powder room is a good place for a color that would become tiring across a much larger area. Vermilion has a clear boundary here: the doorway. Inside it, the black cabinet defines the basin position and the pale counter leaves a useful surface above the drawer.
The mirror’s thin gold geometry adds detail without filling the wall with objects. Drawer storage keeps the essentials out of sight, while the small floor pattern supplies a second scale. The room has an identity without needing to become a miniature sitting room.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
Strong color and a crisp mirror give a small room a complete identity.
Colour palette
- Vermilion
- Parchment
- Black
- Gold
A dark base
Black gives the white basin a stable outline.
Fine detail
Gold lines supply ornament without taking standing space.
Closed storage
Drawers keep practical supplies off the small counter.
WHAT TO BORROW
Let a compact room have one strong color and very few objects.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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Glam 36-inch black floating vanity
All Sum Home
The black Glam cabinet gives the red room a crisp horizontal stop. Its floating base keeps the patterned floor visible, and two drawers hold the practical things a tiny room still needs.
US$1,399.99
ATLT 30 x 36 gold decorative mirror
All Sum Home
The mirror’s spare gold lines draw a second rectangle inside the paneled wall. That open frame gives the vermilion room detail without adding a busy wallpaper or another color.
US$429.99