Planning a master bath remodel - looking for input on design
When I'm on GW, I'm generally over on Home Decorating, but I'm hoping to get some input on designing our master bathroom remodel from the experts here. We have a very modest master bath in our 2,000 sq, ft. house that we'd like to improve on by possibly stealing a little space from the master closet. Here is the layout of the existing bath:
And here's what we would gain by squaring off the room and losing about 30" of closet space.
I have hundreds of questions as I think about this remodel and my first question is regarding the loss of closet space. Wise or unwise??? It would certainly make the bathroom much better, but it leaves us with a 5 1/2' closet in the master. We didn't have a very large closet to begin with - around 8' - so, how big of a drawback is that? We do have a 5 1/2' closet right outside the master we could use as a second closet. There is also the possibility of adding an 8' closet to the master, by bumping into a bedroom next to the master, but that would be a big project we hadn't planned on right now.
Second question. What size vanity for the new space? Here are two options we are considering. #1 is a 60" vanity with 2 sinks. Here one of my concerns in how close the sink on the left is to the the wall and the door. If we go with 60". maybe we should have just one sink. My other concern with 2 sinks is fitting in 2 mirrors and the lighting.
(Disregard the error I made in the door swing when I was drawing the layout.)
OR if we'll have just one sink, perhaps we should use a 48" vanity and have a little more breathing room. I think it would be easier to use one mirror with 2 sconces over a 48" vanity.
If you're still reading this, I'd like to add one more thing to consider - the style of the vanity. We are kinda drawn to this style, but would it be considered too trendy?
And just one more picture. Here is one inspiration photo for the new master bath.
Thanks for your help!!!!!!
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mayflowers
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agobac717
7 years agoThank you so much, mayflowers for your detailed response. It's very helpful to hear about your experience with 2 sinks in a 60" vanity that has a wall on one side. If we use a 60" vanity, my husband feels we should have 2 sinks. He feels that one sink in a 60" vanity has too much counter space. Is there such a thing as too much counter space? I keep going back and forth between one sink in either a 60" or a 48" vanity. The reason I'd use 48" is like I said, to have some breathing room. So it doesn't look so squished in there. I did find a picture on Houzz, tho, with a 60" vanity next to a wall and it doesn't look that cramped, but I still think having just one sink, regardless of which size we use, makes it easier for the mirror and lighting arrangement.
Larchmont, NY Home · More InfoIn the 48" vanity I posted earlier (not the one in the inspiration picture), we like the combination of drawers and space behind the doors for taller items. We saw this vanity in a showroom the other day in 60" with one sink.
I will definitely play around on graph paper with a vanity, mirror, lighting arrangement. That's a good suggestions, mayflowers.
To answer your question about moving the toilet, we haven't consulted yet with any professionals, but are just assuming because all we'll be doing is moving it a few feet on the same line that it can be done. I'd like to use a large vanity to make up for the storage space we are losing by eliminating the closet in order to enlarge the shower.
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Comments (21)mayflowers, I really appreciate all your help in thinking through this project. Cutting off the corner of the closet to enlarge the bathroom AND also adding another closet for the master solves all the problems, but is the most involved and most expensive option. Here is my drawing from last night with the closet drawn in in pencil. (I did not enlarge the bathroom altho that's part of the plan if we add another closet.) Thoughts? I feel like if we are going to steal space from the closet, we might as well go all the way. I would imagine the cost to shorten the closet by 15" or by 30" would basically be the same. I'm not sure about a cabinet under the window for several reasons. First, the room is not that wide, only 5'8". Once you allow 21" for the depth of a vanity and then add the 12" cabinet, you have less than 3' between the two pieces. Also, and this is something I did not include in my plan, the heat register is located on the floor below the window. And the wall space below the window is the largest wall space we have for a towel bar. Of course, I never mentioned those details, so how were you to know. It is a good suggestion, if the heat register wasn't there and the room was a tad bit wider....See MoreHelp! master bath remodel design
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Comments (10)If you like gray, use the technical aspects of the above tile layouts as a blueprint, and use a light gray tile with a black liner and cap for the details. Maybe find a chiclet or hex floor in grays with a bit of green, or all green. Green with gray can be tricky though. I’m not feeling the encaustic tile look at all. It’s much too trendy for a Victorian. Especially how you show it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Merola-Tile-Metro-Hex-Matte-Light-Green-10-1-4-in-x-11-3-4-in-x-5-mm-Porcelain-Mosaic-Tile-8-56-sq-ft-case-FXLM1HMG/203784114 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Merola-Tile-Hudson-Penny-Round-Mint-Green-12-in-x-12-5-8-in-x-5-mm-Porcelain-Mosaic-Tile-FKOMPR32/300133743 Something faux encaustic in a more classic, simple shape, for the floor would work better than as an accent wall in the shower. I realize that his is real encaustic, but there are porcelain lookalikes. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Villa-Lagoon-Tile-Spark-C-May-8-in-x-9-in-Cement-Handmade-Floor-and-Wall-Tile-SB20RH16-SPAR3-S2-PS/306640859...See MoreInput on master bathroom remodel (adding washer/dryer)
Comments (10)Just a couple things I'd like if I were doing this. can you straighten the wall with the door? I'd bring that wall straight and enlarge the bathroom by that foot. The shower for me is too long at 7', unless you will be double showering. I have a 5' long shower and that is plenty. I have French glass doors on my shower that are 28" each wide and span the 58" space (60" rough space) nicely. You may not even need a door on the size you are working with. I would want a small sink in the toilet room. I don't know why that isn't done more often. I recently actually saw a commercial install done this way with their 2 toilet stalls, and a sink in the main room. "Thats what I'm talking about". Put an outlet in the toilet room in case you want an advanced toilet seat. You are probably aware, and may currently have,. tempered glass in the window at the shower/tub. You might need a louvered door on the laundry closet, so makeup air gets in easily for the dryer. If you are doing the whole room, I'd like to see what it would look like with the vanities at the window wall, and the shower and laundry at the wall where the vanities are now. It might not be possible, considering the scope of your project. But it would be fun to draw it up just to see. This plan would shrink the shower, and may not be what you'd want. With a smaller shower, there will be less issues with planning for doors. The window wall could allow for a full vanity with much more storage and counter space for folding. Also you could put in a pull out draw for hanging things, and a pull out draw/ironing board. I also don't like the shower in the location, because thats what you see when you walk in the room, and the person showering. The window in the shower blocks access to the woods and window IMO. if it was part of the counter, you are closer and feel more connected to the woods....See Morebac717
7 years agobac717
7 years agoThe only space I can see to steal from to get more closet space is going into the bedroom next door, as shown in this drawing of the back of our house where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located. It's in pencil and adds an 8' closet to the master. We could then steal the 30" we need in the bathroom from the existing 8' closet and end up with a 5' closet - basically his and hers closets. I did not indicate the space we take from the closet and add to the bathroom on this sketch, but that would be part of the plan.
I really think the master bath at only 5'8" wide is simply too narrow to have cabinets on both sides of the room. Also, and sorry for not including it on the drawing, there is a heat register under the window in the master bath.
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