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I'd go for the second one, I think, but I'm not crazy about any of them.

writersblock - Thanks for embedding the pics here. I tried so hard but could only get the link to work.

I prefer the second one. I think that in the first and third, the shower will be uncomfortably small. You can get by with a smaller vanity, but you won't like feeling cramped in the shower. You could make your linen closet full height like a door to get more storage. You could put a medicine cabinet above the sink and a second one on the left wall at right angles; you could even put a third above the toilet.

If you do choose the last one, I'd run the shower the full length of the wall, and shrink the vanity even more to make the shower at LEAST 36" wide.

If you change your mind and decide to do a shower/bath combo, which is better for young kids but not for (especially older) guests, the third plan would lend itself to that. Using a crescent rod would help it feel less cramped.

Have you considered using a pocket door?

Good luck!

#3 alternate. Do a standard 32" x 60" tub/shower on the end wall (Do some recessed niches with the leftover space) and shrink up the vanity in order to be able to give just a bit more than the minimum 30" (which is tight in reality) for the toilet section.

Looking at #1, what about moving the toilet to the position of the vanity. Then there will be more room, like GD suggested was needed for a toilet. Put a small vanity where toilet was. Keeping the neo-angle shower. I think a pocket door would be great too if there is room in your wall.

30" wide shower is the width of a standard tub, isn't it?

In my old house we had a classic bath layout in a 5 x 8 bathroom. The vanity was 30" which is a decent size and the toilet had adequate space,. The tub was a standard tub. I guess you need to decide what the main use will be. If a few kids need to use it and storage is more important than elbow room in the shower then go for the smaller shower. Kids have more stuff to store, which will only increase as they get bigger, and need less room in the shower or on the toilet. If you have lots of large adult guests, you might want more elbow room in the shower.

That said I think layout 2 is somewhere in between.

I don't care for 1 and 2 where the toilet is smack in line of sight from the door.

I'm not good at measurements for configuring space (minimums) but could you use a pocket door, put the toilet where the vanity is, turn the shower to fill the space next to the toilet (or use the neo angle shower) and put the vanity next to the linen closet?

I'm in agreement with GreenDesigns' comments. 30" is the absolute minimum for a toilet - and it will feel tight at that dimension. I'd shrink that vanity as much as I could - a pedestal sink could help reduce the overall mass and make a small space feel larger.

I vote #3 with agreement that the shower either needs to be the full length of that wall (preferably at 36" wide if at all possible) or use a standard tub/shower combo & slide it down putting a "filler wall" in at the top of the tub so the end of the tub will sit flush with the existing wall. Both modifications mentioned allow greater clearance for getting in & out of the bathing area.

You mention you're worried about storage and that's why you want a big vanity. I would normally agree, however most secondary baths don't have a linen closet in them. Yours does, so that should take care of the needed storage space to a great extent. A 36" vanity should allow plenty of counter space as well as storage space underneath and still allow the sink to be centered. I would probably investigate different ways to maximize your storage under the vanity--i.e. wire racks attached to the doors for storage of hair grooming supplies, soap, etc & maybe some pullout shelf/basket options for other storage needs.

mydreamhome - more than storage, it is the counter space i worry about, since this bathroom will be shared by my kids (a girl and a boy).

Greendesigns - we really need a stall shower with a tiled pan. What would be the best sized vanity you think I could get with #3?

I agree that 2' 6" is too narrow for the toilet area, especially when there's a full vertical wall (shower side) next to it. I think you can get away with that only when it's sandwiched between a tub (with curtain only) and vanity, because there's open space at the edges above the tub and vanity (if that makes sense. Not "walls".)

Why are you so set on a tiled shower stall rather than nicely tiled tub? I have both in my home: a gorgeously tiled walk in shower in the master and tub with nice tiled walls and niches (and a curved shower rod to increase the showering space!) in the kid/guest bath. I gotta say that the tub is much easier to use because you don't have to squeegee and wipe/dry it all out after every shower. In a kids bath I would heartily recommend that over a tiled/glass stall shower. But that's just my opinion...

Layout-wise, the space is going to be tight in any of those layouts. A 30" wide shower stall is going to feel cramped, I think (whereas a 30" tub with a curved shower rod gives you 36" of elbow room in the same footprint...)

Can you steal just a little more space from an adjoining room to make this work better? even 6" more in either direction would help.

Here is a link (below) to the most recent bathroom we did, which has similar dimensions and layout. We also played around with using a neo-angle shower but after using one of similar measurements and finding it so cramped, we nixed the idea.

Here is a link that might be useful: hall bath renovation

Of the ones you show, I prefer #2, but with the swing of the shower door reversed.

Go with the smaller vanity and add more storage by incorporating a wall cabinet above the toilet.

FWIW, code minimum width for a shower is 30" in any dimension. Same for a toilet space. 30" minimum, with 15" minimum for the toilet centerline to an adjacent obstruction.

Don't forget code minimum is the minimum. But it's not necessarily the minimum comfortable size, or the minimum functional size. It's the minimum legal size.

Emphasize functional shower and toilet spaces, then and only then take what's left over for the vanity.

Just my opinion.

I second the vote for a pocket door. See how the door to the bathroom opens up against the linen closet? We have that now and it is ANNOYING. Very often I want to get to the stuff in the linen closet (which also hold my hairdryer & makeup) while getting ready, and I want to get ready with the bathroom door open.

If you take layout #2 and swap toilet/vanity, you can have a 30" wide vanity (plenty big) and when you open the door you'll be seeing the vanity, not the toilet. You could even consider putting in a second recessed medicine cabinet on the wall next to the vanity (in it's new location) which is the same wall that is holding the 8" deep linen closet. That would be plenty of storage, which would keep the counter top of the vanity clear.

-Pam

Do the tub shower and option C. A family bathroom needs a tub and you need a tub there to legally call it a full bath. Otherwise it's just a 3/4 bath. That will affect resale. With a closet, you don't need a huge vanity. A 30" vanity would work fine with a toilet topper and organized storage in the linen closet.

What if you got rid of the linen closet (8" deep isn't very much), put the toilet where the linen closet is, used 18" deep vanity, instead of a 21" deep vanity, and a pocket door, instead of a swinging door?

suero- great outside-the-box thinking!! but I'm betting that linen closet is carved out of existing space by making the back wall flat-stud (thin!!!) So no plumbing in that wall. I guess it could live in the adjacent wall, though? Hmm. Not in the pocket door wall. The one to the right?

I am not a fan of seeing a toilet in a direct sight line. I'd pick any layout that doesn't allow me to see that. I also vote for a tub/shower combo.

We have a small bathroom similar to this. What we did was put the toilet against the same wall that the door is on (to the left), and a bath/shower on the opposite side of the entry. Then there is a small sink on the right as you walk in. If the door is left open you see the tub with tile behind it and the sink to the right.

Thanks everyone for all their inputs. Will ask the architect to get us more space for the toilet than the 2'6" we have.