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Jan is again so correct!
I would never put shelving over a toilet...needs swabbing or dusting daily and there is always a chance of items tumbling into the water beneath.
Large wipeable art sounds like a winner.
I installed wooden sauna shelves on the wall across from the toilet.
They have pegs at the bottom to hang many towels.
Fortunately, the heat vent is directly under the shelves.
I hang the bath sheets and large towels off a hook rack fastened to the back of the door.
I have adapted all my towels to include a sewn on loop on one end,or in the middle for the very large ones.
As an extra precaution I do not use any glass items in the bathroom....containers are all plastic,and toothbrushes and toothpaste are kept in individual mugs for each person inside the medicine cabinet.
Hope this helps.
Hook to the left of the sink, towel bar across from toilet and hook on back of door as mentioned above.
Thank you everyone, artwork above the toilet sounds like a winner! I like the idea of the hook on the door too!
If you are intending to age in this house,you may wish to rethink the long trek from primary
bedroom to the toilet.Being stricken in the night and then having to thread your way around corners and obstacles before attaining comfort seating may encourage you to consider less distance when allocating bathroom fixtures.
Well, as I said below, all of your criteria are driving the layouts. It's challenging to give advice when all of the requirements are not stated initially. Maybe list them out and you will see that your wants are driving the awkwardness.
None of this was explained initially:
1. Separate room with vanities.
2. No walking through a closet to bathroom
3. No walking through bathroom to closet
4. Need a direct door from master bedroom into the gym
5. Don't want the master bedroom on top of the main level bedroom
6. Don't want to use the space above the garage for living
etc.
Your list pretty much leaves you with what you have. We don't know why you have these requirements, so it's hard to give advice. For example, the separate vanity space - why is that a requirement? What are the kids grabbing that they couldn't have in the hallway linen closet? How much time are you spending in the bathroom that you need to layout your house to accommodate kids interrupting while you are in there?
Unless you are willing to compromise on some of that for the sake of a better flow, it will be hard to find something that works better and meets your requirements.
The closet/bathroom layout I posted below is my personal favorite layout. You are not walking through hanging clothes, you are walking through a hall with doors to his/hers closets, maybe with some built in cabinetry if you need more closet space.
I agree with just about everything Mrs Pete says. She doesn't comment often, but when she does it is worth listening to what she says.
The OP is asking for advice about the master bedroom layout, NOT the bedroom/bathroom arrangement in the rest of the house. Everyone in her family is fine with the layout, so useful comments should be confined to the master suite. I would try and put the bathroom along the top wall, with the closet more or less where the vanity is shown now. Perhaps the gym could be enlarged somewhat as a result. A functional bathroom layout sometimes has the vanity/toilet on one wall opposite the shower/tub on the other wall. I'll leave it to someone with more time to maybe make a sketch of this.
And yes, eliminate the double doors to the bedroom and add a door to the gym from the hallway.