Wall hung toilet for looks and ease of cleaning.

I have a wall hung toilet in one bathroom and it is great for cleaning especially in a very small bathroom.

Another vote for the wall mounted toilet. I put one in my powder room for space reasons, and just added one in my master bath for style and ease of cleaning. Both Geberit tanks with Toto toilet bowls.

I’m torn between heated floor and heated wall mounted towel rack.

I'd like a linen cabinet with a pull-out laundry hamper.

Heated floors

I would love heated floors but since that wasn't feasible my husband did the next best thing. He installed vent/heater combo so on chilly mornings we turn that on to warm up the bathroom before showering. That side of the house is extra cold for some reason and this made getting out of the shower less like torture.

Without a doubt, my #1 want is an Improved layout. Both my bathrooms are like bowling alleys and are laid out poorly. I strongly suspect that the original plan included two rectangular bathrooms ... but the original owners cut them into two long narrow baths so that both would have natural light. In a better-designed bathroom, we'd have more natural light, a sink adjacent to the toilet, and towel storage reach-able from the shower.

Other things I really want in my new bathroom:

- A deeper tub (but no desire for jets, bubbles, etc.)

- Good lighting for reading in the tub

- Better drawers for vanity storage

- Yes to the wall-mounted, lighted mirror

- Wall mounted faucet for the sink

- A Tornado Body Dryer for the shower

- Better storage in the shower

- A one-piece toilet

- Grab bars; you never know when the future will arrive

Things I don't really want:

- Heated floors; after all, I'm always going to have bath mats

- Towel warmers; instead, we're placing the towel bars over the heat register

What my husband would say:

- A small TV mounted nicely in a cabinet by the sink /arranged so it can be viewed from the tub

Maybe one of our drains?

Sorry, Dude, not even on the radar.

Things I have in our new masterbath that we didn't have in our old home that I couldn't imagine living without anymore:

Heated floors (of course our whole house has heated floors, but the bath is own its own thermostat and even warmer).

Bench (ours is 36" wide under the large window separating his vanity from mine). I sit on it every morning to dry my hair and get dressed. I can walk forever, but don't like standing. I used to dry my hair sitting cross-leg on the floor, -- I still can, but at 63, I see the day when that would be impossible. Also two deep drawers below add extra storage. Bottom-up blinds preserve privacy and still let light in.

Medicine Cabinets: I hate anything unnessisary out on the vanity.

Towel hooks instead of bars -- so much easier to keep neat and no folding required. In our dry climate the towels still dry quickly.

Nice sized, but not overly large shower with a good hand held plus a great shower head with wonderful pressure also with a beach and a tall nook with staggered half shelves -- any thing will fit.

Easy change TP holder, no more springs!

I did not think I wanted heated floors but it was my DH's only request and I must admit I love them. I never turn on my towel heater it is an very expensive towel rack.

Like mojomom, my favorite part of my bathroom is a cushioned bench. And I love hooks because my husband will actually hang up towels and robes now. I use a portable bench in my shower rather than a built in and sometimes wish I did the built in.

I also love all the natural light I have with three Windows and I never need to turn in lights until it gets dark. And when it is dark I love my bathrooms layered lights. I much prefer side sconces at my age to overhead vanity lighting.

I wish we had gone with a bidet we did add an outlet on the toilet wall so we can add one but we decided to cut costs on the toilet and went with a still expensive but a bit less one for now.

I actually love not having a medicine cabinet and love my vanity drawers. I hate cleaning the medicine cabinets in the other rooms. Mine always seem to have fingerprinted mirrors and stuffed narrow shelves. Maybe a deeper and better designed one would work but the only ones I have ever had offered very little form or function.

Your bathroom sounds like a rejuvenating retreat!

Actually I did the towel heaters to help the towels dry rather than to heat them. We dry all the tile off completely each time the shower is used and then the towels are really wet, so we've been having to wash them after every other use. Drying them more thoroughly might help slow down that cycle.

I did a lot of lighting options in the bathrooms even though they are small.

The other thing that I did in all the bathrooms was coved tile on the floors and vertically so there are no hard corners in the tile. Much easier to clean. I don't think I would do another bathroom without coving at least the floor.

My bathrooms are exceedingly plain compared to a lot of bathrooms you see, but there are a lot of details that help with storage, organization and maintenance.

I am doing my bathroom next. My must haves are:

heated floors

a walk in shower with shower seat

pebble rock shower floor

a designer drain from the guys above^^

heated towel racks

and a soaking tub

I live my life in a constant state of cold so i need everything warm.

Thank you for thinking of us Catt! You are sure to love our products, we proudly manufacture here in our studio in California.

Love this thread. We are getting ready to do our master and downstairs bathroom and your responses are very interesting. The one thing I really want is heated floors. Although we live in sunny San Diego, our house is really abnormally cold. Of course, I just got the bid from the electrician to put in a subpanel and pull new circuits to the bathroom (the subpanel is required if we want more electrical in the bathroom as we are out of space at our panel) and I am pretty sure some people could redo their entire bathroom for the price of this bid. :-(

me and DH seeing ourselves in the mirror, and looking like we looked before our stupid remodel..more fit, healthier, and ..can I say rejuvenated?

other things don't come with snap of fingers, yet they're still more accessible, and no magic involved:)

I'm more interested in removing something out of my bathroom than adding anything in particular: grout.

palimpsest, your bathroom is the kind I'm interested in. Ease of maintenance is my number one reason for wanting my bathroom remodel.

A walk-in/curbless shower.

Heated floors.

Heated towel rack.

Multiple lighting options.

more wall space so that I had enough room for a seat and a towel bar.

We put in Kohler’s Vedera medicine cabinets with the flip-out magnifying mirrors. TOTALLY worth it. Recessed, so they look almost like mirrors hanging on the wall. They also come with frames in varying colors but we didn’t have room. And we installed electric outlets under both sinks and in both vanity cabinets. Curlers, dryers, hand vacs, Clarisonic, everything is hidden. Alas, we couldn’t get a curbless shower, and budget had to give on heated floors. Here in NC, we don’t need them too desperately. But it would have been nice.

What, nobody wants a bidet? That would be my first choice, followed by heated floors and a shower with a seat.

A laundry chute!

I was coming back to add that, einportlandor! So practical. Had one growing up.

We just finished our bathrooms. A few things not already mentioned, or not mentioned often:

- built in speakers (for music, no tv)

- no grout (solid surface shower base and walls)

- wallpaper in shower (or art however you can manage it)

- built in shower niche

We have heated floors and bidet toilet, both nice but they were DH’s choices. My speakers and wallpaper are my favourite items in the master bath.

Heated Floors and another vote for "built in speakers" ... My little Bose speaker is a PITA.

I love the heated floors especially in winter. There is no need for a rug in front of the sink.

The super large wall tiles in the shower and solid shower base eliminate a lot of grout.

You guys spend a lot more time in your bathrooms than I do. It sounds like some of you vacation in there. ;)

Heated floors for sure. I also like a bench or somewhere to put foot to shave legs.

Electric plug behind one of the cabinet doors for electric toothbrush, hair dryer, etc. Keeps the counter tops clear and the devices very accessible.

I've got them, but and electrical outlet behind the toilet for a washlet/electric bidet.

I added a full body SPA shower. It's amazing and worth the wait.

I did a jetted shower too and because they receive so much negative responses here I did not list it as a favorite but I do use them at least for a minute or two each shower and my migraines are way down after a year and a half of use. It is a favorite thing of mine too! But I did upgrade to 3/4 valves, installed a proper balancing loop and upgraded my hot water system to accomadate it.

I'd like a bank of shallow drawers to keep cosmetics, first aid, skin care, and a deep drawer sectioned to hold my brushes, combs, hair products upright, but not let the blow dryer fall to the bottom.

I'd like a tower, not too deep, max 6", with an outlet for the toothbrush.

Don't want a heated floor, the cold tile is a the perfect remedy for 2am leg cramps! But a heated towel bar, hmm, now that would be a luxury. And maybe a bidet, or one built in to the toilet is even better (I've never used a bidet, though, so what do I know)

Solid surface shower (expensive).

Do-able--better lighting. No wall space for sconces, don't want to do recessed lighting. Can't find anything that I like that is ceiling mounted, big (long) enough for 5' vanity, won't rust and is affordable.

Mrs Pete, have you actually tried the Tornado Body Dryer? I have been debating whether or not to covet one!

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Then I found this Valiryo Body Dryer from Spain. It has more velocity and it blows warmer air, and you can control both the temperature and the volume of air. I just can't find a US distributor, yet.

Japanese soaking tub

Love, love, love the washlet/bidet seat.

Small item, but I love it, is my tub drain from Mountain Plumbing that can be installed for a deeper soak.

Vanities are all wall hung so cleaning the floor is a breeze.

I planned my large format tiles so I don't have grout lines right in front of the toilet so that grout doesn't "darken" ahead of the rest of the floor (those of you with boys know what I'm talking about).

Custom built medicine cabinets that are 6 inches deep - they only stick out a little bit from the wall, but there's loads of room inside. Outlets for shaver, electric toothbrush inside the cabinet.

Outlet inside, back of the vanity so my hairdryer is always plugged in and ready to use, but out of sight when I'm done.

And my favorite storage, built into the side of the vanity, so it isn't seen, except from the toilet, this:

Don't want a heated floor, the cold tile is a the perfect remedy for 2am leg cramps!

BP, make sure you're drinking plenty of water throughout the day. And right before bed, do some leg stretches. Doing both of those pretty much eliminated my leg cramps. Also less sitting.

The on/off (valve??) lever for our shower is right near the opening to the glass shower door (so you don't get wet reaching in (it is inside the shower, so you can adjust and turn it off while you are in there).) The lever to change from handheld to fixed head is under the shower head- thus handy while you are actually showering.

Grannysmith18,

THANK YOU! It is such a simple shelf at the end of the vanity, but it does so much! It is just what I need. In two weeks my contractor is starting my project, and he is building my vanity himself, to accommodate my unusual needs, so I am going to use your idea, too. My layout will have a little more space between the toilet and end of vanity, but it will still be within reach. Maybe we will add a door, then, since my vanity end will only be about 16" deep (which is why it has to be custom made).

Ci_lantro, have you looked at the mirrors with lights integrated right into the glass? I believe the price has started to come down on some of them, or that less expensive models are coming on the market. It means no extra wallspace is needed, and your face is well-lighted. This one is $400.

$338

Houzz has this one for $288.

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nancyinmich, I'm so glad you like my cabinet. Here are 2 more pictures, if it'll help your cabinetmaker visualize it.

grannysmith, what a smart design! Mine will be more like this

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1 sink, over to left,

10 inches longer vanity with normal 1 inch high top

The drawers will be shallow, only 6 - 8 inches, and there is none under the sink, because my sink is deeper.

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My vanity is designed to be used from a seated walker or wheelchair, if needed, and will have a stool so I can sit and do my hair and such when I am mobile. My knees are bone-on-bone and replacements may not work for me.

I have a finished vanity that is my NEW Nice to Have and I got part of the design here on this thread from Grannysmith18, just above.

I used her hidden side storage idea in my modern, wheelchair-accessible vanity design. I added a drawer

And a pull-out pegboard on which to hang my hair dryer and curling irons.

My carpenter/contractor, Jim Hartman, made it for me based on my design from walnut and birch plywood with walnut veneer.