Floorplan help: leave the bathroom or open things up?
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Comments (4)Well, if you don't want to move anything... I'd put a shallow linen cabinet in the 55" section of the window wall (maybe a 36" one, or whatever seems comfortable when you mock it up) And I'd probably put another one on the 115" wall, maybe larger. That is, if you don't want to move the toilet, tub, or window. However, if you don't want to move the toilet, or tub plumbing, but are open to changing them out and the expenses to do so... I'd turn them each 90*--toilet facing the tub. Tub now along the long wall. Then, a larger linen cabinet in that 55" area that also privatizes the toilet. And, another at the end of the new tub, near the door......See MoreHelp Adding Bathrooms to Floorplan
Comments (20)Hi everyone, thank you so much for your thoughts! You brought up many ideas I hadn't thought of, and I really appreciate it! A few response comments: Partim: 1) I appreciate that your approach tries to keep costs down! I have a decent renovation budget, but there are a lot of things I'd like to change in the house, so savings in this area would be put to good use elsewhere. 2) I couldn't quite understand in your drawing how the new full bathroom and powder room are supposed to be laid out. Where are the doors? 3) The house is single story and has a large crawl space below, and a plumber who came to see it said that changing plumbing should be quite easy, even if we move bathrooms across the hallway, etc. 4) Unfortunately I do not know which walls are load-bearing. I had been thinking that my idea of moving the hallway up would be more cosmetic, because while I would be removing some of the walls lining the hallway, I could keep others and just layer a hall closet in front of them. 5) I think the existing bathroom could act as a powder room (ie be made more accessible to guests) if I change the entrance. I feel that a good powder room should be accessible from the entry. However, perhaps this can be done, if I remove the first closet below the bathroom on the right and add a door between the entry and the bathroom. Catlady: 1) I appreciated your creative idea of adding two new en-suite bathrooms! I hadn't thought of changing the doorways into each room and thought your idea was very clever. 2) I love how you added in more closet space, because the home would certainly benefit from extra storage space. 2) If I were to use your design, can you suggest how I could arrange a bed in each room? I'd like to be able to fit at least a Queen bed, plus 1 or ideally 2 night tables. I find that the windows make arranging the furniture in both rooms somewhat tricky. 3) Do you think giving each bedroom its own compact ensuite bathroom is that much better than giving the rooms more spacious bathrooms across the hallway? 4) Alternatively, what about letting Bdrm 2 primarily use the existing bathroom, and add 1) a new ensuite bathroom for Bdrm 1 and 2) a Powder Room. Notes for everyone: If I am able to fit both a small en suite bathroom for Bdrm 1 and a Powder Room by carving them out of Bdrm 2, with or without moving the hallway up, do you think any of the bathroom layouts posted below would fit better than others? And where would you put replacement/extra storage space, and bedroom furniture? (Note that the door may need to be moved in order to customize these layouts to my space.) Thanks so so so much!!! Standard Full Bathroom 1 - 4'x8': Standard Full Bathroom 2 - 5'x8': Standard Full Bathroom 3 - 6'x6': Powder Room Options:...See MoreHelp with floorplan for Laundry Room - Office - Guest Half-bathroom
Comments (27)Do you have an elevation drawing of that stairwell in the living area? Seems the space under the stair landings could be better incorporated in your effort to locate the powder room, or at least the hot water, accessing from the closet by the entry and moving the sloset to the living room side. On another subject, am I mis-reading or are there bi-fold doors by the tub in the main bath? Looks like there are windows in the WIC. I would rather have windows in the bath and walk through the closet to get there than have to walk through the bath to retrieve clothing; not convenient if there is someone using the bath. That pantry at the foot of the stairs looks like a good spot for a stacking WD. I'd want it configured to vent out an exterior wall, using pullout pantries in the kitchen so that space could be the laundry. But first I'd move that big bath's footprint to the deck end of the space so the closet could be in the master....See MorePlease give me your suggestions on master bathroom floor plan. Thanks!
Comments (0)Hello, We are remodeling our master bathroom that also connects to a small walk in closet. Here’s a little bit about the space: When you walk into the bathroom area, there is a double vanity on the left and open space to the right. Next to the vanity is a door that leads into the toilet and step in shower. Next to the open space on the right, there's another door that leads into a small walk in closet. The closet is basically to the right of the toilet and step in shower, separated by a wall. What I had envisioned is to break down the wall between the vanity and the toilet to open up the space. Then, extend the closet out into the unused open space. My dilemma is if we should reconfigure the entire layout and make the bathroom a little bigger and have a more narrow closet so that there isn’t a part of the wall jutting out, or just keep the existing width and extend the closet to the unused open space to extend the length. I’m also questioning if putting up a wall to extend the closet would make the entire bathroom feel smaller. I have attached some pictures and have drawn out 2 different layouts. Please help! Thanks in advance!...See Morejck910
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