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Sarah Magness Designs Small Powder Rooms With Big Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n

by KIM COOK
\nfor NKBA Innovation + Inspiration<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Sarah Magness Designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Powder rooms are no longer the place where gentlefolk of the manor go to powder their wigs.  Still, the name has stuck, although we sometimes call them guest of half baths.<\/p>\n

Often tucked away under stairs near the front door on a home\u2019s main level, powder rooms are usually the smallest living spaces in the house.  That makes them a designer\u2019s trick and treat: so little square footage can be tough to work around, yet the very diminutiveness opens the door for impactful design.<\/p>\n

These are the rooms that designer Sarah Magness has perfected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to design powder room.\u201d Magness says.  \u201cNot only because the spaces are small and sometimes challenging to incorporate all the necessities, but they\u2019re usually the one room in the house that has a specific style or personality that most reflects the homeowner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magness, principal of Sarah Magness Design in New York, completed University of Texas at Austin\u2019s architecture program and earned her graduate degree in interior design at the Pratt Institute<\/p>\n

Named one of House Beautiful\u2019s \u201cnext wave\u201d of young designers to watch a few years ago, Magness has worked on high-end residential projects in the city and surrounding areas, as well as hospitality and commercial projects on both coasts. <\/p>\n

She says one of her favorite powder rooms was in a recent project, an Upper East Side Beaux Arts townhouse. 
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\n\u201cThe challenge was that it was very small and narrow,\u201d she says.  \u201cArchitecturally, I solved the space problem by incorporating a wall-to-wall beveled edge mirror on three sides of the room to make more of a wainscoting, creating more depth and structure.\u201d <\/p>\n

She also incorporated several unique features that gave the room a glamorous vibe.  Aesthetically, the client wanted something that would feel more precious, Magness explains, so they chose a rare green Italian marble called petra verde.  The stone has unique silver micro specks that make it more luxurious and led to the idea of creating a \u201cjewel box\u201d of a powder room.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the vanity, I took inspiration from an antique Japanese wallpaper I loved, and designed it to reflect that pattern,\u201d the designer says.  \u201cAn artist named Osmando out on Long Island made it.  Ornate hardware and plumbing fixtures from P.E. Guerin were also incorporated.\u201d <\/p>\n

An Ochre light fixture\u2014a canopy of glass droplets that spans the room\u2014adds an extra wow factor.  \u201cThe client wanted to fill the entire ceiling area,\u201d Magness explains.  \u201cIt was also an architecture\/decorative solution, since the room\u2019s ceiling was extremely high.  The raindrop illusion makes the ceiling feel like it\u2019s dropped. It\u2019s an amazing effect.\u201d <\/p>\n

For Magness, forging the connection between her design and the client\u2019s personality is the enjoyable part. In a bathroom she did in an Old Field residence on Long Island\u2019s North Shore, she incorporated decorative cabinet pulls from E.R. Butler that looked like butterfly wings, one of the homeowner\u2019s favorite motifs. <\/p>\n

\u201cA big part of it is about engaging the client and not only defining the design, but also [having them] participate in the process,\u201d she says.  \u201cAnd the space needs to integrate into the home.\u201d <\/p>\n

With respect to trends, Magness says she\u2019s seeing a move away from strong, bright colors, long a powder room staple. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnother trend now is creating a vanity space, either inside the powder room or adjacent to it,\u201d she explains.  \u201cA project I\u2019m currently designing will incorporate a vanity area outside the toilet room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at NKBA Innovation + Inspiration<\/em> | March + April 2017 issue<\/a><\/p>\n