The architect's ears are burning.

I'm always surprised that no one on GW ever does his/her master baths. Hers can have a soaking tub with shower in tub, a dressing table vanity and be large and luxurious. His can be very simple and utilitarian - a toilet, washbasin/vanity with room for shaving stuff, and a shower. Men couldn't care less about luxury in a bath but they do like a really good shower head. Separate walk-in closets are nice, too. Yes, they DO take up square footage but it's cheaper than a divorce lawyer!

Its funny, this is one of the things I don't really care for. A huge 'luxurious' bathroom is wasted on us. But this is all so personal. I don't know what I'd do with 220 sqft. My current Master bath is under 200 sqft and I find the large area between the shower and the vanities to be too large. DW and I decided out new master bath will be more streamlined and better use of space.

I don't know if that helps or not, but good luck with your project!

How large is your overall square footage? What is the maximum you can allot to the bathroom and closet areas?

Overall size of house will be approximately 3100-3200 sq ft, or very near. Unfortunately, we are working with a few difficult restrictions as far as I don't want the front of the house to have any windows into private spaces. Our land sits right in the middle of a curved road in front, so I worry about head lights. It's still considered country living, but the road is pretty busy at school hours and rush hour. And the house faces South. Any help keeping in mind the want list in my original post? Only thing not mentioned there is closest sizes. I'm *thinking* around 6.5x8ish for hubs and around 7x10 ish for me..

Edit to add, the Master Suite is at the end of the house, so technically it's not permitted to only the drawn space. Although I feel it has to come forward some what so the outside is cohesive..

mrspete

"I suggest you start carrying around a tape measure, and every time you're at a friend's house or a hotel, measure the size of the bathroom items. That'll allow you to develop an idea of what you consider "ideal".

Mrs Pete, oh trust me, I have. I haven't left the house without my tape measure in two years! That's how I know the size of everything I want. Although I admit to rarely measuring the Master Bath as a whole for some reason unlike every other room I do.. I just measure everything inside it.

I worry that the front would look awful without windows of some kind, that's why I was thinking closets in front. Headlights won't be a bother there..

You all must be quite young. I know NO ONE my age who has any desire to share a bathroom with her husband! And they haven't since about age 50!

Lol Anglophilia. We are younger, but I think it has more to do with the fact we are rarely in the bathroom at the same time ever. We do have separate vanities. Maybe you mean you wouldn't even want to share the same space at different times? but maybe your schedules just mean running into each other in the bathroom all the time... and I understand that could be rather annoying.

There is such a thing as a bathroom being so big that it's hard to lay out, because there is too much perimeter wall space. A standard bath for one person can be put in 35-42 square feet. That means you should really be able to have a large enough 2 person bath starting at 70-84 square feet (and then you can add for specific extra features)--not anywhere close to 220.

I designed a rather large master bath. DH and I each have 48" vanities, with a 24" sit-down makeup counter connecting them for me. We have a 60" wide shower, although we left out the tub. We never use it, and I was tired of dusting the one at our old house. I have a decent sized linen closet along with a separate water closet for the toilet. We have a half bath off the hallway that serves the public living space, and my husband considers that "his" toilet. So we share the shower and vanity area, but we do have two toilets not too far away, both separated from the vanity/shower area. We do share a closet. This has worked out well for us. The main space is about 15' by 11', not counting the toilet closet or the clothes closet. I love having room to move around each other. My master bedroom is not huge, I don't spend much time walking around the room. I wanted to spend my space and money in an area that I use multiple times every day. Absolutely no regrets.

Similar to Chelle, we are using two 48" vanities (with inset large medicine cabinets above for more storage). The vanities are separated by a 48" window seat bench with drawers below (I like to sit down to blow dry my hair -- currently I sit cross legged on the bath mat in front of my vanity, but at 62, I know I won't want to do that much longer!). Skipping a tub in favor of a 48"x66' shower with a bench and a separate toilet room. Approx 140 sq, feet.

We will also share a closet for the first time, but each will have our own end his end is 5'x7'6" and mine is 7"4 x 7 " with a 32" walkway/pass through between his space and mine.

Anglo, I hear you. After 33 years of marriage, DH and I have never shared a bath and I am approaching this new arrangement with trepidation. Luckily, I am accustomed to using a large hall bath in our 1937 cape that has no separate powder room so my bath is also used for guests and I am accustomed to keeping the bath neat and the vanity clutter free. DH simply doesn't have much clutter in his very small current bath. Also having a separate WC will help and the new house does have a powder room for guests.