Scalloped What?

Caitlin Wilson

Scallops have taken the decorating world by storm. Scalloped furniture, towels, sheets, wicker, lampshades, wastebaskets, dog beds and much much more are all very popular. Just yesterday I posted on a scalloped boot tray. Scallops are feminine, classic, and elegant - adding a lovely design element to the most utilitarian objects like....

Chic and Cheeky Toilet Paper

CCC

I believe very much that in everything in life, the devil is in the details. In my home, I try to have everything beautiful. I also try to purchase products that are environmentally friendly. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find toilet paper that is so good looking you can leave it out, eco-friendly, and funny and clever to boot.

One Room Challenge - Week 4 - The Devil is in the Details

With a tiny room like a powder room, every detail is important. When selecting accessories for my One Room Challenge powder room, I have tried to make every detail special and unique. Can toilet paper be a beautiful design feature? Why not?

A few year's ago, I saw a photo of a beautiful Chinoiserie powder room with black toilet paper and did a post on it. I showed the powder room with white toilet paper and another photo with black and the black looked so much better. Research for that post almost four years ago led me to the discovery of Renova - the world's first luxury toilet paper available in gorgeous colors shown above. Their advertising campaign is the world's sexiest toilet paper - some examples of their sexy and suggestive ads are below. This ad campaign is pretty wild by American standards, but I much prefer it to Charmin's toilet paper ad campaign which you will find here.

Designer toilet paper has become a chic trend all over Europe in swank hotels, restaurants, and bars. It has now hopped the pond and is popping up here in trendy spots and in homes of the rich and famous like Simon Cowell who uses black toilet paper in all of his homes.

Since I am doing a very small powder room where every detail counts, I thought using this toilet paper in my One Room Challenge would be fun. I will be using the black toilet paper on a beautiful nickel faux bamboo toilet paper holder. This paper can be found on their United States website here and on Amazon. Although it is a bit pricey for everyday use, it is perfect for a powder room.

You can always catch up on all my One Room Challenge posts by clicking on the navy ORC button in my sidebar.

Now go see what the One Room Challenge crowd has been up to besides toilet paper.

My black Renova toilet paper

My faux bamboo toilet paper holder

Renova ad

Renova ad

Renova ad

Renova ad

Renova ad

Renova ad

Toilet paper wallpaper - yes, you can buy this!

Where's Waldo? Can you find the real toilet paper?

Chinoiserie powder room with black toilet paper

The same room with white toilet paper

My dollhouse bathroom with the world's tiniest toilet paper

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Pacific Family Homes 

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Dressing the Chinoiserie Powder Room

I have been intrigued for quite a while about the increasing popularity of black toilet paper. It has become "the" chic trend all over Europe in hip hotels, restaurants, and bars and has now jumped the pond and is becoming quite the "in" thing in NYC. The idea of doing a post on the subject matter of toilet paper has prevented me, but then I saw these photos of the same Chinoiserie powder room, one with white toilet paper, the other with black. After Grant Gibson's post today on the subject of colored toilet paper, I couldn't resist. I'm sure many of you might leap on the anti colored toilet paper bandwagon, but doesn't the black look much better in this space? What is sacrosanct about white? Don't most of us enjoy colored sheets and towels? What do you think? Is black chic in the right setting or are you a purist? Made by Renova, it is 3-ply, biodegradable, non-toxic, and entirely recyclable, and comes in black, red, orange, fuschia, green, and turquoise. For more information on what has been called the sexiest toilet paper on earth, check out their website. For some incredible toilet paper wallpaper, check out this post of mine on my other blog Style Redux.

(photos courtesy of Art's the Answer!)