The powder room every guest remembers
Turn the smallest room in your home into a jewel box: clay, polished lime, or faux marble in one deep color.
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Moody powder rooms for homes
How much does a powder room makeover cost?
A powder room finished in clay, polished lime, faux marble with no seams, or metallic and pearlescent finishes, often with the ceiling in the same deep color, feels deliberate and close, made by hand for homes north of Indianapolis. A powder room with about 200 square feet of walls is an investment of $4,350 to $7,500 in faux marble, and a smaller one in limewash or clay; most powder rooms take three to five days on site.
Powder rooms, up close
Our own work.
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Lavender walls that catch the light, bathroom, Zionsville
Marcopolo Luxury by San Marco, one of our imported exotic paints, in a rainfall effect: lavender walls with pale streaks that catch the vanity lights, a gentle start and end to the day. This bathroom shares its home with an oxblood bedroom and a Cypress Ink kitchen.
The finished bathroom 
The vanity wall 
Lavender in the lamplight 
Up close, beside a lavender towel 
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Golden “wet silk” powder room, Zionsville
A powder room in one of our imported exotic paints, a golden, textured finish that looks like wet silk and glows like lamplight. The same home has a limestone backsplash and a La Catedral clay living room.
The whole room 
Up close: gold that moves 
Up close: the wet silk Along the way
Gold going on, by hand 
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Olive limewash bathroom walls
Bathroom walls in a dark olive limewash, light and shadow drifting across them behind the mirror and the glass sconces.
The vanity wall
More of our work
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Faux marble media wall with niches A whole media wall in faux marble plaster, its veins running across the niches and the inset panel as they would through a single slab of stone, without the slab’s weight. -
Faux marble on a sample board High gloss, polished by hand to the depth of marble. On request, gold or silver leaf veins catch the light as you walk past.
A moody powder room in one deep color
Carry one deep color across the walls and the ceiling, and a small room stops feeling small. The six Signature Darks of The Turn were made for rooms like this.
Metallic and pearlescent walls
Imported paints can look like velvet, wet silk, or water flowing down the wall, and metallic and pearl effects glimmer by candlelight.
Tips from the studio
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Dark colors make small rooms feel larger
In a deep color, a powder room or a study loses its corners at night, so the walls seem to recede. Add one warm light and a mirror, and the room glows.
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Make the powder room the surprise
Every guest visits it alone. Clay, polished lime, or faux marble, drenched in one deep color, turns the smallest room into the one they talk about on the way home.
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Gold loves a small room
A gold or wet silk finish is magic in a powder room, a niche, or inside a cabinet. In a small space it glows instead of shouting.
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Metallics shine brightest at night
Metallic and pearlescent paints stay subtle by day and come alive under candles and low lamps, which is why they belong in dining rooms and powder rooms.
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Marble without the slab
Love marble, but not its weight or its seams? Faux marble in polished plaster brings the veining to a fireplace, a range hood, or a whole wall, in one piece.
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Drench a small room in one color
Color the walls, the trim, and the ceiling in one deep shade, and a small room stops feeling small. It feels deliberate, wrapped, and quiet, like the inside of a jewelry box.
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A vanity top in one piece
Microcement can cover a vanity top in one continuous surface, in a color that answers the walls, with no grout lines to scrub.
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Let a mirror double the glow
A mirror across from a lit, textured wall doubles its glow, and the whole room feels brighter for it.
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Carve out a lit niche
A shallow niche in a plastered wall, lit from above, gives one vase or sculpture a stage of its own. In a shower, the same niche holds bottles without breaking the surface.
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Choose a dark made for mineral walls
Deep colors are the hardest to get right in lime. The Turn, our own collection, is built around its darks, so a moody room starts from colors made for limewash and plaster.
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A pearl ceiling by lamplight
A pearlescent paint on the ceiling catches lamplight and turns it soft and silvery, like moonlight inside the room.
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Warm metals with warm walls
Aged brass, bronze, and copper love clay and lime in warm tones; nickel and chrome suit cool grays and blues. Match the hardware to the wall, and the room settles.
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Lime breathes in a steamy bathroom
Lime lets moisture pass through instead of trapping it, which suits a bathroom. Ventilation still matters, and near the shower we seal it or switch to tadelakt or microcement.
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Paint can glow too
Not every beautiful wall is plaster. Exotic paints shimmer like silk, pearl, or metal, and they love a ceiling, a niche, or a powder room.
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A ceiling in a surprising color
A pale sky-blue porch ceiling, a terracotta dining room ceiling, a painted sky over a nursery: a colorful ceiling is the least expected thing in a room, and the one people remember.
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Velvet on a bedroom wall
A velvet or suede effect gives a bedroom wall a soft, deep look that seems to take in the noise of the day.
What you can count on, in writing
- What we quote is what you pay.
- Greg or Gabriel is on every job and answers your call.
- Every project carries a five-year workmanship guarantee.
- Under our Change-of-Heart Guarantee, if you dislike a mineral finish within 30 days, we repaint the wall at no charge.
The investment in a powder room
Your free consultation ends with one fixed quote, in writing.
| Powder rooms | $4,350–$7,500, in faux marble, about 200 sq ft of walls |
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What shapes your investment
- Wall condition and repairs
- Ceiling height, ladders, and scaffolding
- Ceilings and hard-to-reach surfaces
- Outlets, crevices, and tight corners a trowel can barely reach
- Niches, curves, and returns
- Which stone we reproduce, and in how much detail
- Framing for mantels and built-ins
- Small projects, which carry a minimum
- Rush schedules and overnight work
Questions about powder rooms
How long does a powder room take?
Three to five days on site, once materials arrive, which usually takes about a week.
Should a small powder room be dark?
Often, yes. One deep color carried across the walls and ceiling softens the corners, so a small room feels intimate instead of cramped, and it glows by lamplight.
Can you do faux marble in a powder room?
Yes. Faux marble can cover a whole wall with no seams, in classic veining or in a stone that nature never made.
Tell us about your powder room
Greg or Gabriel replies today, or by the next business day.
Prefer to talk? Call or text (317) 795-6378.
Thank you
What happens next
- We reply today, or by the next business day at the latest, to check your dates and set a time for our visit.
- We visit with samples in the colors and textures you like.
- You receive one fixed quote, in writing.
Before we visit, gather two or three photographs of looks you love, and keep any fabric, tile, or stone you want us to match nearby.
To speed things up, text us a photo of the space.
Greg and Gabriel