I would suggest you have a single sink and a fairly long counter top about 30 inches long beyond the sink border for changing infants and small children and for holding various toiletries.

A trough sink is a fad. Guests to put what toiletries? Your own kids will have no space! It is shared by a family room and acts as a powder room, and that is best avoided. But alas.........a single sink in a fifty four inch vanity. A trough IS a single sink. Two faucets and the plumbing are just more expense.

No jack...no jill...! There's no privacy, especially for guests, who have to go around locking multiple doors.

How often would multiple people be in a bathroom washing their hands at the same time? If the kids are young enough that they want to wash at the same time, they are also small enough to do so. They might even learn something about sharing and cooperation in the process.

If it's guests, I'm fairly certain they won't want to be sharing the bathroom with others at the same time. This seems like an unnecessary expense for the sake of something "cool."

I would do what I could in that bathroom to maximize storage in a bathroom that has to do triple duty.

For me, I'd see about using an approx. 36" vanity with a single, standard sink and drawers, along with an approx. 18" storage tower (if you choose Ikea, what they call a high cabinet).

The best Jack & Jill bathroom is when Jack gets a bathroom and Jil gets a bathroom.

Bathrooms should be designed to be functional and meet the needs of those that will be using it.

I guess our architect felt differently. It will be functional and just fine. Thanks.

What is your concern again??

I would also suggest eliminating the jack and Jill doors and simply have the door from the hall for access. Two door into a bathroom is perfectly manageable but three isn't.

And I agree with others on the trough sink. I don't think it will function the way you hope and counter space is so very important starting at around grade 5/6.

Thanks for your input. I guess my description was inaccurate. There is one door into the bathroom. It will be used by the two adjacent bedrooms and the family room steps away down the hall. Pocket door allows privacy in the toilet/shower area.

build it for your kids, not your guests. the kids will grow and will need countertop space as well. You could always do an off-set trough sink and have counter space on the other end.

or, do it like the pics and have enough space on the ends.

this one has a built in shelf behind the faucets for more storage

Or, just do a regular one like this

the only thing I would have to have is wall mount faucets. cleaning is so much easier w/wall mount faucets.

how often will guests be staying here and needing to put their toiletries in there?? if that's the case, build the vanity with a large enough drawer, or do a nice roomy tower storage piece.

Put the shower behind the pocket door, leave the sink and toilet...................together. Better yet, post your first floor plan

Thanks for explaining that it's a hall bath. A trough sink is functional, but doesn't help the rest of the bathroom be functional. There will almost never be more than one person in the bathroom at a time, but there will be "stuff" in there all the time. One sink, and plenty of countertop and drawer space below if functional for people and stuff.

I like Jan's idea to put just the tub/shower behind the door if it's also going to be a powder room. I've lived in two houses that had that, and it made a lot more sense than having the toilet behind the door, too. But if it's going to be a complete guest bath, forego the door altogether.

Yes, listen to Jan--she's a real pro and gives wonderful advice.

Jan and Mark Bischak always make me LOL!!!

Unfortunately the bathroom is pretty tight and we probably wouldn't able to make the shower area large enough to use comfortably, unless we shrink the vanity. In the plans below, the bath I'm referring to is between the bunk room and bedroom 2. Husband thinks that leaving the pocket door where it is would allow someone to shave or put on make-up, while someone else is using the pot or showering... Thanks to all for your input!

The trough sink reminds me of the sink in the girls' locker room at the grade school my husband attended 50+ years ago. I guess it was functional when there were a half dozen or so girls who needed to use the sink at the same time.

This is a "thing" for private homes now? Hmmmm . . . . .

Call me incredibly dense. This is a second floor ? Where is the first that includes the kitchen , master bedroom and that other large living space?

What guests and in which bedroom on this plan? Three kids are supposed to share that six foot closet in the bunk room? Every bedroom has an entry into the side of a closet??

How many kids will use the bathroom full time? If 1 or 2, I would do a single sink.

If 2 kids or more, then the sectioned bathroom makes sense. I had that set up in college and it did mean that multiple people could use the bathroom comfortably at the same time.

The problem with your husbands idea is - what happens with person using shower or toilet when they are done, and someone else is applying makeup or shaving? Do they wait in little room until latter person is done? Do they ask other person to shove over so they can wash hands, apply deodorant, moisturizer, and all that other post-shower stuff? What if someone in there is shaving, does other person just squish past them to use toilet...behind a pocket door with little noise barrier? So much awkwardness all around. I truly think the idea works better in fantasy, not reality. Why doesn’t person who needs to shave or put on makeup just WAIT. Or person who needs toilet use another one?

No trough sink. Use one sink and a lot of counter space.

Is this whole upstairs area for occasional visits from grown children and their children?

I had this set up as a master in my first house. HATED IT - knocked down the dividing wall. That bathroom isn't that big - sectioning it further will make it seriously claustrophobic in the shower space.

Having the shower and toilet in same room now means that when anyone is taking a shower, you have rendered your "powder room" function not usable.

I divided my guest bath / powder room so that a sink / toilet is in one area, and a sink / shower is in another. That way, if I have guests, they can leave their stuff all over the counter in the shower room, and the function of the "hall bath" still is public, without the guest feeling like they are messing up the public area / we're rifling through their makeup / shaving kit.

(My bath has access from both the hall and the guest room - so not sure that's possible for you - that space shown is, IMO, too small to ask it to do this many things.)

Pocket doors take up extra inches that doesn't appear your bath can spare. If you go that route be sure to get a solid core door, the best hardware which isn't cheap, and a high quality lock.