Help needed with master suite
Hi! I have recently added a master suite to my 100 yr old farmhouse.
We are to the style/decoration stage and I need help picking wall and cabinet colors and lighting for the master bedroom and bathroom. We have a floor, and the shower/tub tile already chosen.
I prefer vintage/traditional/timeless and my husband likes geometric/angular/contemporary so we are having a real hard time agreeing on anything!
Firstly. Do you think this chandelier would be suitable above the tub? It has angles which my husband likes but still looks like an older piece which appeals to me.
Open to suggestions for vanity lighting. We do not like anything with a shade, and prefer the cups to point down to minimize dust catching.
Bathroom wall color: My husband wants navy. I prefer a seafoam/muted light green, or a light grey. Like these...
He is willing to compromise on the wall color if the vanity can be navy. Would this look terrible with one of the above wall colors or a light grey?
Lastly, our master bedroom will have blue/grey walls and wood trim/floor. Our bed and furniture is black. We are having some built ins around the tv like this:
How should the built ins be finished? Black? White? Wood? I am so lost.
I know I have a lot of questions and I truly appreciate any help I can get. So thank you in advance.
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PRO4Heidesign
6 years ago
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Comments (6)bump - any thoughts? This is a new build - I don't think the bath is very efficient - too many doors. I am at a loss at how to reconfigure it. Musts: 2 36" vanities, 3x5 shower, linen closet, closet that is able to hold hanging + drawers (no dresser in bedroom) - access to laundry room from master bath or closet. We do not need a separate WC. Thank you....See MoreMaster Suite - Layout Help Needed
Comments (11)Does the bump out go all the way to the ground below? Or is it an overhang over the first floor? If it doesn't "have a bottom" if you will and is an overhang, I would not want to put any plumbing in their, insulation or not. Are there windows in the bedroom? closet? I know people like to put tubs in front of windows, but it never made sense to me. I know from a look point of view it's great, but when you're in the tub, the window is too high up to see out of and may cause drafts. Else the window causes privacy issues so has to be covered anyway. We open our windows all the time and want to be able to walk up to them to do that. With a tub in front, I know Dh would be stepping in, shoes and all, scratching the tub, to get to the window. You might want to look at other floor plans to see how they lay out the master suite. The natural tendency is to put things up against the walls as you have done, but it may not be the best option....See MoreNeed Master Suite Layout Help
Comments (10)Thanks for your input, chartist. That's a good point about the shower/toilet use, but we have another bathroom 5 steps down the hall, so I'm not sure it will be a problem in real life. We currently only have one bathroom in our house (2 adults, 2 young kids), so anything is going to be a major upgrade! I like the toilet and shower flipped, and had tried that in an earlier layout, but still had the pocket door, which would interfere with the plumbing for the shower. Without the door, I see that this could work. I'm concerned however about putting the plumbing for the toilet on the outside wall, as I've been told it's hard to insulate. How big does a water closet need to be? Did I read 36x60 is the absolute minimum? Maybe it's not even worth separating it. I liked the little room for toilet and shower, as we have hardwood throughout that space now, and I was thinking we could tile just the floor in that small room, rather than in front of the vanity as well. I'm torn on the closet through the bathroom. Part of me thinks it will limit the noise myself or my husband makes while getting ready, as we won't have to come back through the bedroom. And honestly, we are trying to save space (like a builder I guess). We currently have about 1500sf on our first floor, 4 bed 1 bath, and we're adding dormers to our walkup attic to create 3 bedrooms and another bath. We're using 3 of the 4 bedrooms on the first floor to create a master suite and laundry room. But it's not like this is a big, high-end house. In the end, it will still be a modest cape...we just want it to work as efficiently as possible....See Moreneed help with master suit layout
Comments (11)One of the things that struct me about these two plans was that the windows were drastically different between them. What does it look like from outside? It's usually best to have a cohesive plan that looks balanced and thoughtful from both the outside and inside. Too many windows outside of different shapes and sizes looks bad. Also, with the different window exposures in the two plans, I don't know where you live, and thus whether western sun is highly desired, or very undesired. I would start from what looks correct outside, as well as the sun exposure right for your climate, and then build the floorpan inside that makes sense to your lifestyle. I agree with loobab about almost all of the bathroom issues. I would rather share a sink and have lots of storage and counter space. It would drive me crazy cleaning behind that tub with so little access. However, I like a separate toilet area, and definitely don't want to notice the toilet when I enter the master bath. You can set it up so that there isn't a door, or that you can leave the door open, as long as it is not obvious from the entry. That leads me to another point- when you enter the bathroom, you want to see something nice right in front of you so that you have a sense of entry. [Not a wall, as in plan 2.] In well-planned high-end bathrooms, you see something nice in front of you- perhaps a free standing tub with a window behind it (and with lots of room to clean around the tub). Or a beautiful vanity with a nice mirror and lighting. Or even a knock em dead shower (although that is harder/more expensive to make a nice focal point). Plan 2 has better symmetry and less wasted space overall, but still has some problems for me. Are you using an architect for this project?...See More
ladygibbs
6 years ago
Hockeymom84
6 years agoladygibbs
6 years agoHockeymom84
6 years ago
aprilneverends
6 years agoladygibbs
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI really like grey/gray (lol). Our bedroom with be grey/blue and our living room is also grey. I'm still going to try to talk husband into seafoam walls and a grey vanity but we'll see. I think his heart is set on navy.
I don't really have any pictures. We are just at studs right now...
But here is a rough floor plan of our new master suite April. The 9.6' wall at the end of the bed is where the built ins are planned. My big issue is that if we center in the tv on the wall it is going to be way way off center with the bed. Is that okay? We will put the tv on a swivel so it will be fine to see, but I am worried about the symmetry.
Our bed is a metal black frame. I have not purchased the night stands yet, but planning on black. We are going to have 3 sets of french doors into the closet. I also have no clue what color they should be. Black? We shouldn't have any other furniture in the room.
ladygibbs
6 years ago
Here is the closest image I could find of our trim color. Ours is this same stain but a little more saturated. I am so lost on what color the bathroom/bedroom door, closet doors, and built ins should be. The doors we have picked for the closet are paintable but not stainable.
I am currently thinking black for the closet doors, and stained for the built ins and interior doors. Although the bathroom trim is going to be white. So ugh. So many different colors going on. Maybe I should just use white for everything and be done with it.
aprilneverends
6 years agonosoccermom
6 years agoHockeymom84
6 years agoaprilneverends
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoladygibbs
6 years agoHaha. Sorry I am so confusing. I will try to give a bigger picture.
We are currently adding on to our very traditional farmhouse. The current house has hand sanded and stained plain craftsman type 6" wide boards for all window trim and 4" for all doorways. In the kitchen and bathroom the trim is painted white rather than stained.
Poor lighting/color but here is a picture of our trim.
We will be continuing this trim throughout the new addition. Entire house has lots of light and window.
We don't currently have a "style" in our bedroom. We knew our room was temporary so I have no decor. They only thing that will be moving to the new room will be our black metal bed frame.
nosoccermom