Want a little help choosing powder room mirrors? I’m sharing my favorite mirrors and sizing tips to help you pick the best one for your space!
Remodeling our powder room was way down on my things-we-need-to-do-to-our-new-house list! But… once we removed our old toilet and pedestal sink prior to our hardwood floors refinishing, it just made more sense to work on it now instead of putting the old stuff back in and then taking it out again six months down the road for a remodel.
So I jumped into removing the floral wallpaper, installing bathroom shiplap, and adding a new toilet, vanity, accessories, and… a powder room mirror. Since I spent so much time searching for a mirror, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of my favorite powder room mirrors along with some mirror sizing tips too! (post includes commissionable links; for more information, see my full disclosure statement {here})
To catch you up if you’ve missed it, this is what our powder room looked like when we first moved in:
and this is our powder room after we remodeled it:
Sources: Wallpaper | Shiplap (similar) | 2-Light sconce | Round rattan mirror | Vanity | Faucet (similar) | Woven soap pump | Towel ring (stainless) | Vanity baskets (large) | Toilet | Toilet paper holder | Bird art print (18 x 24) with White wood frame (similar)
I wanted a round powder room mirror for this space since there were already a lot of straight lines with the vanity, flooring, and shiplap. In my round mirror search, these were my favorites…
Round Powder Room Mirrors
Mirror Sources: 1. White rattan mirror | 2. Classic metal mirror with top hook | 3. Jute mirror | 4. Round mirror with leather strap (also see {this similar mirror}) | 5. Rope mirror | 7. Wood frame mirror | 8. Wood ball mirror
Classic Powder Room Mirrors
I also considered going with a mirror that’s super simple and classic, especially since I chose a fairly busy wallpaper. Most of these come in several size and finish options:
Mirror Sources: 1. Curved edge rectangular mirror | 2. Classic round mirror | 3. Oval mirror | 4. Arched mirrored medicine cabinet | 5. Rounded rectangular mirror | 6. Pill shaped mirror | 7. Round pivot mirror
I have an entire post with other bathroom mirror ideas if you want to see more stylish options!
Sizing of Powder Room Mirrors
While there’s no one “right” size for powder room mirrors, over the years I’ve figured out what size I like best based on the size of the vanity the mirror is going over. For round mirrors, I prefer the mirror width to be at least 80% the width of a single-sink vanity but no larger than the full width of the vanity:
For petite vanities 24″ and under, err toward the larger end and chose a round mirror that’s the full width of the vanity or close to it.
For rectangular mirrors, I prefer the mirror width to be at least 75% the width of a single-sink vanity but no wider than 2″ less than the width of the vanity:
Unlike with round mirrors, I don’t like rectangular mirrors to be the same width of the vanity because the straight lines of the mirror lining up with the straight lines of the vanity looks too blocky to me.
I hope those sizing tips help if you’re planning a powder room remodel too! Looking for more bathroom remodeling inspiration? Check out these posts:
My Favorite Bathroom Remodel Ideas
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Julie says
Hi Kris,
Love your choice of wallpaper #3. Although it seems spendy, you’re getting 72 sq ft for that price, and hopefully at least a 15% S&L discount! The cheaper wallpapers require 3+ rolls to get that square footage. Greek key paper is now discontinued. 🙁 Love the textural contrast of mirror #3 or something similar, and the smaller size they have is slightly smaller than your vanity width. Perfect! Put that with your current choice of lighting, and I think you’ve got a room with a lot of interest, not a ho-hum matchy-match contractor bath. It’s a winner.
Katy Altemose says
Hi Kris: Love this article like ALL of what you write – very helpful information, well written and laid out and incredibly relevant for DIYers and designers alike — plus with a 1960s colonial in Hinsdale, IL (much like your old house from Connecticut) my house is not unlike it — date built, renovations needed, etc. Question on this article: you discuss small vanities generally looking better with mirrors slightly larger, but didn’t you recently post an article (I get your emails too) of a 1/2 bath in your NC home that was small in which you left the original wall mirror that extended the entire width of the bathroom (my guess is to make it feel bigger)? I ask b/c I have an UBER small powder room (depth and width) and while I have a cute, frameless sort of scalloped-shaped mirror there now that I could re-use, when I saw your article with large mirror across whole wall it made me wonder if I should opt for that (that I’d probably have custom cut). I would like to do wallpaper and I thought big mirror would mean less wallpaper which I fear may get dizzying in a small room like this! Thoughts?