Did I break my bathroom? (Floor plan)

7 years ago

Hi. I've been
content with an inelegant but feature-packed master bathroom floor plan for
a while now . . . it would've included the standard sink, shower, and
toilet, along with a stacked washer/dryer, some
shelving for color-sorted laundry baskets, and a tankless water heater.

Last week I
revisited some comments on an old post I made. Several people didn't like the bathroom. So, while the "before" pic below has already been
revised/improved since then, I took another crack at redoing it,
and now I can't decide what I think of the probably-not-final
product.

All the laundry
stuff has been moved into the master bedroom's closet, which is
fine. I can't see anywhere to hide the water
heater except in the vanity, which might not be fine (I'm not sure
installation in that tight space would fly, even though it's electric). And I
don't love where the toilet landed – seems like another cramped space, at least compared to the old setup (aging in place is a major
consideration), and kind of germy, too, sitting right next to the
sink.

Oh – I also
removed the 3.25" interior trim from the window in order to squeeze
in a bigger unit and not lose as much natural light. And I threw in
a half-wall and soffit to (hopefully) hide the refrigerator bump and help the room flow better.

The main upside is that this would allow me to chop 67 square feet from the house, and the front elevation is a little more balanced. So is the new plan
better or worse? Thanks.

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bpath
7 years ago
Is that a glass wall between the toilet and the shower? You could add a similar one between toilet and vanity, above a pony wall. Our bathroom is laid out similarly but with a double vanity. To the left of our vanity a full wall comes out almost the depth of the vanity (it holds a recessed medicine cabinet) then drops to a pony wall about 5" out and a bit higher than the vanity, topped with the same surface as the vanity (about 4x5"). It works well to separate the toilet from the vanity a bit.

Could you/would you consider turning the shower to run the width of the bathroom, with perhaps a high obscured window? Or is the full-size window absolutely necessary?
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dauglos
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7 years ago
Yeah, in theory it's a glass wall, although as you probably noticed, I couldn't quite get it to meet the other glass surface. User error. I'll play with that second wall idea -- thanks.

I've been trying to use a full-sized window in the bathroom in part for more southern light, and in part because of its relationship to the window in the bedroom beside it . . . . I'm trying to match them for the sake of the front elevation, not that I'm bound for Architectural Digest in either case.

I did toy with the idea of a full-sized window in a sideways shower, but I'm not comfortable getting a window that wet every day. Plus I'd have to frost the glass or something for privacy's sake, so again, it wouldn't match the bedroom window.
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bpath
7 years ago
If you put a wall between vanity and toilet, you could carve out space inside for extra toilet paper etc storage! I think I've also seen space for plunger and brush there.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
7 years ago
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All the changes you mentioned are bad ideas. Retain a local architect to help you design your home. Your drawings do not accurately represent how the house will look.
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dauglos
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7 years ago
bpathome -Thanks, will definitely try some mock-ups.

Mark Bischak - Ha, yeah. I kind of thought, "I did it! I incorporated those suggestions and reduced my footprint!" Then realized, "Wait a second. Less useful, less creative, less custom . . . does my 'after' look like a 'before'?"

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