Master bathroom design can it be better (xposted)
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Comments (25)bullielove and motherof3inct - Yes, the Linen Cabinet was also built custom and to match the vanity - drawers same height and same wood/finish. The original Linen Closet had an 18" bi-fold door, which really only opened about 15", with wire shelving inside. The door was standard 80" height. We opened the width to 24" and the height to 96" for this cabinet. It is free-standing, though anchored, and the frame is scribed to fit as if built-in. Appreciate your kind remarks....See MoreCan anyone think of a better bathroom layout?
Comments (7)Thanks for the kind words. Enduring, I think "StuporMan" may be more appropriate than superman. lol LTL, I simply converted your drawing to a jpg then used the stamp tool in photoshop to make the alternative views of your original design. Fast and furious, it took maybe 10 minutes to do the three versions. As you can see, you can do a lot of flipping and flopping to the layout. Moving the door to the sidewall will probably require a smaller door. But it's simply a matter of you analyzing how you'll use the room and what will work best for you. If you did put the sink in front of the window, a simple option is leaving the window "as is" and using a top-down, bottom-up pleated shade inside the window. They come in near-sheer to almost opaque materials. The TDBU shades are great for bathrooms, as you can have the bottom down to the sill but drop the top down a bit to still allow some light but eliminate sight lines into the bathroom from outside. [Contemporary Dining Room[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-dining-room-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_722~s_2103) by Seattle Window Treatments Anchor Blinds Then you can install a mirror in front of the shade as needed. And for a somewhat offbeat solution for the window and mirror, leave the window "as is" and simply add mirror panes over the existing glass panes. It would give a look similar to the "mirrored window" on the end wall of this tub: [Traditional Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2107) by Fort Worth Design-Build Firms Period Homes, Inc. If you have a window similar to the one above, you could even mirror the bottom nine panes for your "mirror" and leave the top three panes open for natural light. And, no I'm not a designer. Today I'm a leaf-raker. Time to go outside and do some yard work... Good luck with your project....See MoreWhat would you do with this bathroom? (X-post)
Comments (16)circuspeanut, That makes total sense. And I totally agree that it's a better layout. But---- we're really having renovation burnout now. As you know we started demoing the main living area a year ago.. and we're still installing trim and living with doorless cabinets and plywood counters in the pantry. And that's spending every second of spare time on it! So, I'm trying to find a good compromise between making this cruddy bathroom work and look better, and not making huge amounts of extra work for DH. He's the plumber and electrician. He's already groaning about moving the door.... but I do think that will be a pretty dramatic improvement over the floor plan we have now. We've decided to do a new tub/shower combo, and he was relieved that that meant he didn't need to break into the 1950's drains to move the toilet. :)...See Morebathroom design advice, pls - xpost
Comments (21)Thanks, mayflowers! I met with my KD this morning. It was a very productive meeting. Chose the tile pattern for the shower (B), decided upon the Kohler shower pan in Sandbar (Dune is a close runner up) and the lay-out of the shower fixture and the bench (angled, ending 9" shy of the glass to make install easy and also easy to clean the glass), mirror sizes, light mounting heights.... Yep, we knocked my "but what about" list down to size. Yay! She said toe testers were done all the time in Canada when she lived there (was a KD there, too) but they aren't done as often here, for whatever reason. I don't think it will be necessary for us to have a toe tester because of the fixtures we chose and where we're installing them. I'll review our plan when I take showers this weekend to see how the new set-up will work and see if there are any hiccups with it. This afternoon, I went out to United Tile up to check out alternative accent tiles. Yep, your comment about the brown in the mosaic got me thinking. I asked a rep at Contractors Furnishing Mart this morning and she said, "yes, it can be variable and you might end up with more brown than blue tiles." Uh, oh, don't want that, especially since the brown is a golden brown, which doesn't work well with the shower pan color and other choices. I came home with 4 to consider but as soon as I got them in my light, I immediately kicked 2 out of the running. One was wishy washy and the other was holy guacamole bright! I forgot to ask pricing but unless it's out of this world outrageously expensive, it's likely going to be doable since we don't need a lot of it, our install pattern is uncomplicated and our other choices are easy on the budget. Choice #1 is Lunada Bay, Tozen series, in Iodine, in 2 finishes. Here it is in silk (non-glossy). Here it is in natural (shiny). I'm leaning towards silk. Tile choice #2 is also Lunada Bay but in the Agate series in Pisa, silk finish. The sample I brought home reads more green than what I saw in the store and than it is in the above pic but my sample is 1/2 x 4 brick so there's not nearly the color variation as there at the store and in the pic. Aquarius may or may not work but there were other yummy colors in the same series of glazed tile so I'm sure to find a color for the 1/4 round. There can be color variation in these, too, but they shouldn't go brown at all. They might be more green than blue or vise versa but that's not a problem. Thanks, mayflowers, for voicing your concern. If you hadn't, I would never have known that my original choice could end up with a lot more brown in it than I want. That could have been a big oops at install!...See Moresabrinatx
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