Skuba, there are other options in smaller tubs. Home Depot carries the ones I am going to talk about. First there is the one mentioned above, the Bootz Honolulu. It is only $139. It is 46.5" long, 27" wide, and 15 inches high. Porcelain over steel construction. For more room and presumably better quality, there is the Kohler Seaforth that is 54" long, 30.25" wide and 14" high. That extra six inches gives you your toilet wall and extra room. This tub is sold for $1148 in white. It is cast iron and porcelain. There is also the Kohler Greek soaker tub that is 48" x 32" in Acrylic. I think it is too big in the 32" dimension for your current layout. It is drop-in, so needs a structure and tile work around it. I wonder if it would fit in the alcove where your toilet is scheduled to go. Then the toilet could have a half-wall separating it from the vanity, over where the other end of the tub was going to be. I am currently planning for a bath remodel in the only full bathroom in our house. I am toying with the idea of putting a tiny tub in my half-bath before that construction. It would give us a place to shower during the renovation (going down to the studs or further, there is a lot of water damage to be repaired in the big bath and we won't have a shower while the work is being done). The half bath is only 69" x 52", so fitting a bathtub in there will be a miracle. The reason I am considering it is that the big bath will have a wheelchair accessible shower because I will need one in the future. I had considered just making the half bath into a wet room - a shower with a toilet and washbasin in it - but there is no way to maneuver a wheelchair into that room, so the shower has to be in the big bath. So if I can fit a tub in the half bath, parents could still bathe kids there. Lascatx mentioned the one long sink with two faucets. I am planning to do that in our big bath. DH insists that we have the ability to both get ready for the day at the same time. My solution is the get the Kohler Brockway Utility sink in the 36" length with two faucets. I will either set it into an old 42" dresser I just bought for $125 (with a 6" deep ledge running the whole length behind the sink to provide more counter space) or a 42" to 48" vanity base with drawers. Here is one picture I found. I love the backsplash!

Thanks, millworkman, you saved me some picture-taking this morning. The door frame has a clear vinyl strip -- almost like weather stripping -- that is "L"-shaped and helps the door seal completely. As far as the "slamming," you're clearly right, people are misunderstanding this. The door is perfectly plumb. It does not move unless you move it, and even so does not move too quickly. But when I close it without thinking about it -- again, as you might with a closet door, or your front door as you, in one swift motion, come into a room and close the door behind you -- it is banging on that "L." Solidly banging. Let me say again: I don't know if this is a problem or not. Perhaps I'm just being overly-sensitive to the idea of glass banging against vinyl, and worried about the force of that door in a way one doesn't worry about the force of a wood door closing. What I'm looking for is whether there is a product on the market that would make a frameless shower door close slowly, like the "soft close" doors on kitchen cabinetry. Or, perhaps there's another solution. Maybe there's no solution, and this is actually not a problem. I'm looking for others' expertise. If you've never had a client wonder about this... maybe it's me! I'm a grown-up. Tell me I'm crazy.

I agree with the others - luxury to me, isn't likely to be luxury to someone else as finishes etc. are very taste dependent. When we were looking, a lot of the things that were supposed to make the houses "worth the price" (granite, etc) weren't done to my taste anyway. Paying a premium for something I wouldn't have chosen was a hard pill to swallow. I would do what makes your home feel luxurious to you. If you're truly worried about resale, I would choose very neutral, understated hard finishes. As I said, most granite and back splashes, tile work etc., that I saw in houses was too busy/not in color palette's I liked anyway. I think luxury is walking into a house that feels like a quality blank canvas. I liked the idea of many pot lights that someone gave above. Well placed outlets too - if I was going to build, I might go so far as to ask friends about locations they wished they had outlets. Honestly what made us buy our current house was location, room sizes (all nice sized, so we have a lot of flexibility as to how we use them), closets and as simple as it sounds, everything was freshly painted in a neutral color. I think the neutral paint made it seem like more of a blank canvas. What gave me greatest pause about this house and still does, is what the builders probably thought of as the luxury items! The living room has floor to ceiling wood library paneling and stained glass transoms. It was probably quite the fashion statement in the 80's when it was built :) It could still be a beautiful look if it was painted and the dated stained glass removed, but my husband is stuck in the 80's and won't let me change any of it. My point is luxury changes over time, too.

We just installed a glass shower door and I was afraid that when we pulled the door from inside the shower, It would bang into a custom cabinet. What I found was that it doesn't swing like a saloon door, but opens gently. You would have to consciously make an effort to open it with such force that it would bang into the cabinet. Have you used your shower? Can you post a picture? If the grab bar is horizontal, I would put a towel on it when you have guests using it.