fnmroberts, snapfish was down, so will check your photos Wed. morning.' numbersjunkie, I mocked up the space for my drawers, folded the towels I would be storing, and figured out the space I needed! Hopefully, with DH doing the plumbing, and then our custom carpenter rigging up the drawers to maximize space around them, we should be good. Toilet paper (you can never have too much toilet paper, though I do plan to have a washlet, and I'm hoping I won't be using as much TP--LOL) will be stored in large cupboard behind toilet (above tank). We have a little alcove where we plan to build in a cupboard to store essentials no more than 8" wide. AND we will have a deep medicine cabinet over sink (wall is 6" deep). Am hoping that those GWebbers who build/installed drawer vanities will chime in!

I donÂt know if I can add anything to a discussion about the actual layout of the bathroom, because I would have to see a diagram of it to be able to comment intelligently. However, I am constantly looking for vanity concepts for the blog site I maintain with a fellow woodworker, and just this morning, coincidentally enough, I posted a blog on a fairly new product line from Kohler. They have come up with a wonderful idea for a whole line of bathroom fixtures, the heart of which is a vanity that seems like it would almost exactly fit your needs. IÂve posted a link to that blog at the bottom of this, if youÂre interested. A bathroom the size of yours does allow for extra large items, as opposed to the five by nine bathrooms we have in our home! But, even so, you donÂt have anything like unlimited space, which is what I found especially appealing about this particular line. Actually, they even have a smaller vanity that would fit into my postage stamp bathroom! But the whole line, as I said, is designed to conserve space while doing something nice and elegant. They even have a vanity stool with a built-in trash container! And room to slide it under the counter when itÂs not in use. Here is a link that might be useful: Cabinet & Furniture Trends & Information

dang this new ipad. I can't figure out how to cut and paste pics from my photo bucket account here. I've had it for five mins so forgive me. I'll explain what I have and try to get a pic tomorrow (it's in photobucket igloochic lake house kitchen if you know how to search photo bucket). Anyhoo I had the same problem and I love our solution which was a fridge debth cabinet which is open in the front (just a 9" opening and then molding). In the back of the deep cab I keep trays and serving platters we only use for parties. But in front of those I have my yellow ware bowls and they are a lovely accent for the kitchen plus easy to reach since we have a kick stool in the kitchen. It's a very functional space.

@Pamela — If you look up my other posts, you’ll see I participated in a discussion about building a new home to age in place in (someone else started the discussion). Lots of people participated in that discussion and you’ll find lots of good ideas there. If you want a shower that will accommodate a wheelchair, the shower needs to be a minimum of 5 x 5 (if you want a seat in the shower, that requires additional space). Leave a 5’ circle (minimum) from the vanity to the wall and in front of the toilet so a wheelchair user can make a U-turn. We are putting glass doors on our roll in showers for the time being but made the showers big enough so that even if we take the doors off down the road, we won’t have to worry about water getting outside of the shower and causing a slip and fall hazard. (The tiles in our showers are smaller than the tiles in the rest of the bathroom — the extra grout lines make the floor less slippery .) If possible, design the shower so that you — or an aide— can turn it on and off without getting wet. The faucets should be low enough in the shower to reach while in a wheelchair. The shower should have an anti-scald feature. There is a lot of online info that tells you where to place grab bars. You have to plan for all the grab bars so that they are taken into account when the space is framed. I‘ve been told a bidet is a wonderful appliance — I’ve never had the pleasure of using one 😁—- but we had the electrical and plumbing put in so we can add them later if we care to. Make sure your entry into the bathroom is at least 36” wide. We are using pocket doors throughout most of the house. (Looks like your plan has this.) Check out the American Standard ADA sink that extends forward from the vanity. It allows for a 13” deep vanity (you can make it deeper but don’t have to). If you design the vanity like a desk, with a single sink in the middle with a 36” opening under the sink, you can tuck a vanity stool under the sink now and sit down while drying your hair — and later it can be used for wheelchair access. I really think your double sink is not the best design/use of space for an aging in place bathroom (IMHO). In our MBR ADA bathroom with roll in shower, we are having the vanity custom built. For the first floor ADA bathroom, we are using a pedestal sink. Make sure someone seated at the vanity can see into the mirror. We are not using a backsplash in the MBR bath so we can bring the mirror all the way down to the countertop. Good lighting. Ideally, you would leave at least a 36” empty space next to the toilet — that allows a wheelchair user to back into that space and slide over to the toilet. You probably won’t have room for this. We are putting in a new model Nutone exhaust fan/light that also has a UV light to kill germs near the toilet. Put outlets and light switches where they can be reached. i don‘t want our bathrooms to look like we’re living in a nursing home so I didn’t use any of the pre-fab wheelchair vanities and I found grab bars that look like really nice towel bars. I don’t plan to use conventional towel bars for bath towels — just hooks — my DH never folds a towel properly to put on a towel bar! I’m just using small towel rings near the sinks for hand towels. This site is wonderful for getting good ideas (and some bad ones too) but also do a google search — you’ll find some additional good info. So — after all that — I suggest you use a much smaller vanity (or pedestal sink) in your bathroom. .. perhaps half the size of your current vanity (you probably won’t like this idea but I think you need the extra room for your shower).. Then your toilet and a much deeper shower. I’ve seen storage cabinets online that fit between the wall studs that are 5’ or 6’ tall. Perhaps you could place one in the wall opposite the sink (if it is not an exterior wall that is insulated) to give you extra storage.