Gladys Schanstra powder room challenge before
BEFORE
 

THE DESIGNER
Gladys Schanstra
Drury Design
(drurydesigns.com)

THE CHALLENGE
Give a nothing-special powder room burnished Old World appeal.

 

THE WISH LIST

• POWDER ROOM THAT FITS IN CLOSE QUARTERS 

• FURNITURE-STYLE VANITY

• DRESSY VIBE
 

 

Gladys Schanstra powder room challenge after

THE RESULT

Empty nesters (and frequent entertainers) who were overhauling a Wheaton townhouse wanted to carve out a fancy powder room from an impossibly tiny, oddly shaped entryway space. Schanstra had the genius idea to shoehorn a little bit of 18th-century France into the room. The vanity appears to be a voluptuous repurposed antique bombe chest, but it’s actually new and came sink-ready. It fit like a courtier’s glove into the cramped little alcove. Curvy light fixtures, with thin profiles that don’t crowd the room, look like ancient torchères, subtly illuminating the textured wallpaper and delivering a huge payoff in Old World elegance.

Resources See Buy Guide.

 

Photograph: Eric Hausman