Eight papers that show up repeatedly in well-photographed powder rooms — and why.
1. Cole & Son Hummingbirds
A genuinely timeless print that has worked for forty years and still does.
2. de Gournay Earlham
Hand-painted chinoiserie at powder-room scale is the most luxurious move in residential design.
3. Arte Élitis Anguille
Embossed eel-skin texture in saturated tones — texture and colour in one.
4. Phillip Jeffries Vinyl Rivets
Metallic studded vinyl, perfect for an industrial-meets-luxe powder room.
5. Designers Guild Astasia
Watercolour floral on a deep ground — saturated without being heavy.
6. Sanderson Strawberry Thief
Heritage William Morris — endlessly photogenic.
7. Schumacher Pyne Hollyhock
Large-scale floral that becomes the room's reason to exist.
8. Farrow & Ball Lotus
Quiet block-print pattern in their signature paint colours — for the powder room that wants to be elegant without shouting.
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