making it flow & powder room plans

I prefer for the design of all the living spaces in my home to flow seamlessly from room to room, but creating a good house design flow can be a little tricky.  I don’t want monotony, but I do want harmony.   Personally, I find when I’m in the design planning stage that it’s really helpful to start by creating a design board with the adjoining room as a jumping off point.  For example, since I’m currently in the middle of revamping our powder bathroom, I put this little inspiration board together using a photo of the nearby entry foyer as the base for my bathroom design plan.

And the entry foyer design plan was based off of the living room, which was point A.  How did I choose point A?  When we moved in to the house late last summer I decided to start the design of the whole house with the one room we’d probably live in the most, hence the living room became point A.

I mainly use this system for designing the living spaces and allow all of our bedrooms to just be a free for all.  The bedrooms will flow, in that they’ll have a few similarities to the overall house design, but for the most part I feel like the bedrooms are personal retreats so it’s okay for them to have their own unique look and vibe.

Anyhow, as you can see from the above bathroom design board I’m playing with pinks, red, charcoal grey and black and white.  In a window-less powder room there aren’t many options for adding life to the space, so it’s good to have fun with pattern, paint and art.  I’ve been in love with this Rifle Paper Co print for basically ever and am so excited to use it in this little space.  I’m also head over heels for this colorful abstract from a new Etsy favorite of mine, and it pairs so well with this fun flamingo print.

If you’ve been following the behind the scenes progress on snapchat you know I just recently finished the big tile project I had planned for the space, at least the meat of it…..I still need to grout….which is on my agenda for today.  I can’t wait to get the toilet reinstalled and finish up this project!

And in case you missed it, check out the diy schoolhouse style light fixture I created for this bathroom.  I’m hoping to have more progress to share with you all very soon!  For behind scenes sneak peeks check me out on Instagram and Snapchat – @ourfifthhouse.