Help with Master suite & guest bathroom layout
Cross-post from Remodeling, I wasn't sure where it belongs since this post is primarily about Bathrooms.
Hello, we are in the process of adding a master suite and remodeling
our guest bathroom. This is our first home after several years of
renting, so we have several newbie-questions. We need to finalize the layout and design soon, would love any advice. Thank you!
I've included the overall floor plan (current as well as planned).
moved, the dashed lines are options that can be placed anywhere.
Master Suite
We've taken some space from the kitchen and have an L-shaped room
next to the master bedroom where we can add a bathroom (shower only, no
tub) and walk-in closet.
- The master suite size is fixed and cannot be changed, we can choose the relative sizes of the bathroom & closet.
- I realize this will be a small master bath, but we are just happy
to have a 2nd bathroom! We will only have a shower, no tub - hoping 3x5
will be comfortable for a 2-person shower. Will also have a 30"-32"
single vanity only. - The main question here is how much space to give to the bathroom
vs closet. Please see the sketch and let us know if the bathroom will be
too small & we should sacrifice some closet space to make the
bathroom more comfortable.
Guest Bath (+ Laundry)
This will be the larger bathroom on this level, and we would like to
include a washer/ dryer to avoid a trip to the garage for laundry.
- Please share any thoughts/ advice on which of the 3 layout options is the best. I am fine with stacked W/D.
- The question is how to best optimize the space - should we have the
W/D, toilet, vanity, tub all along one wall & have more open space
or put the W/D along a different wall? - I imagine some extra counter space near the W/D could be useful for folding, sorting etc?
Comments (6)
shanil10
7 years agoThank you, based on your feedback we made the bathroom a little bigger so now the toilet & vanity have 36" each. We
are planning to use Ikea PAX for the closets so the closet widths
listed in the diagram are based on the PAX system. Does this feel like a
better balance of closet vs bathroom?
Also I appreciate the advice about counter space to sort, fold, stain treat clothes. I'm curious why you recommend option 2 over option 3. Option 3 would have counter surface over the 2 stacked units and we could install upper cabinets to store laundry items. Please let me know if I'm missing anything with option 3?
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Comments (3)You've posted double, so this one can drop...you have more comments on the other....See Morenarrow guest bathroom layout help please!
Comments (4)Would you essentially just be getting new fixtures if you kept it as is? They would almost have to grandfather it then: if not it would mean that you couldn't replace a broken toilet in an old house. According to International Building Code, a toilet and a sink can have overlapping clearances, so part of the knee space for a toilet can extend under the sink (9 inches, I think). And if you did 30" on center for the toilet you would have 15" on one side and 15" + 12" on the other, so the sink could be on that side. (However, you may be required to put the toilet 36" on center which would give you 18" on one side and 18" +6" on the other)...See Morenarrow guest bathroom layout help please!
Comments (5)Is there a reason that someone would need to use the laundry room when someone was using the bathroom? Could you instead, have the bathroom door be where your laundry room door is and just leave it at that? Of, if you want separation of spaces, put another door for the laundry under the stairs, but beyond the current bathroom door, thereby allowing for more front-of-toilet space (by making the bathroom somewhat L shaped)? Alternatively, is the laundry room up for remodel as well?...See MoreNew Build: Master Bathroom Layout - need help
Comments (2)A couple of things. How many shower heads will you have? If you don't plan on 2 people taking showers at the same time, I think you could go 5' long on the shower and have that wall line up, with the toilet wall. I don't know if that is important to you. I have a 5' long shower and it is plenty long for showering. I am glad I didn't go bigger because there would have been more to wipe down. I like the window in the toilet room, because it adds a view. I wished there was an entry into the closet from the bathroom, so I would be able to access my clothing/dressing room following my shower. Otherwise I see you have to go into the bedroom and into the entry hall to access the closet. Not too big a deal, unless the bedroom/hall doorway is open. No plumbing in the exterior walls. In Montana it may be against code. I don't know how thick a wall would need to be to accommodate enough insulation to allow plumbing in the walls. Kitchen: I know this isn't part of your question, but have you posted over on the kitchen forum yet? I see 2 things from your plan that might be a problem. The first is the frig next to the cook top. There is a phrase over there that help people understand the layout of a kitchen. It goes, "ice, water, stone, fire". So this means that the ice (refrigerator) wouldn't be next to the fire (cook top). So Refrigerator (ice), sink (water), counter top for prep (stone), then the cooking area (fire), is the order for most efficiency in the kitchen. The second thing, is the pantry. I'd prefer that the pantry opened into the kitchen. But I wouldn't want it hard to access from the car either, for unloading groceries....See More
cpartist
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoSirJohn
7 years ago
Karenseb
7 years agoI like the larger bathroom, but I think the doors conflict and it is nice to have them open into the closet. I'd do a good pocket door into the bathroom to avoid more conflict although it could open against the wall next to the sink. You do loose more closet storage, but corners aren't all that valuable in a closet. You could fit a lot of clothes in there by double hanging rods. That would save some money over the Pax system. Plus your closet now seems more separate from the bathroom by extending the wall.
Here is another idea for the main bath. My daughter has stacked washer and dryer and is short, but uses the arrangement well. You have plenty of room in front of the W/D to get clothes in and out. The toilet is off to the side. The vanity could be 72 inches with 2 sinks. The bonus is the door would open up against the tub and the room would feel more open. The laundry would be easily accessible without the bathroom door being in the way.
Folding laundry in the laundry room is overrated. I had a nice space for folding laundry in our 1 st house with a window to look out. I usually took the laundry to the TV area and sat down on the floor to fold.
shanil10 thanked KarensebKarenseb
7 years agoHere is another idea for option two which lets you keep the nice hanging space and gives you an area to store baskets under the hanging space or put in storage for detergents,etc. You get a 48 inch vanity with drawers on the right and the entry doors opens against the tub instead of cutting the room in half. Easy to access vanity and laundry. If you switch the toilet and sink, like you had drawn, that would work too, but some people don't like looking at the toilet from the hallway.
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