I had someone who owned a beach cottage ask me a few weeks ago about the smallest you could make a bathroom like that one, a sink and toilet on a shared wall, with the entire room as a wet-room shower. We sort of broke it down this way: 1) The shower needs to be a minimum 30" square. 2) The toilet needs 15" to each side of it's centerline to each adjacent wall, which would be 30" between walls. The toilet also needs 21" of "knee room" space between it and the wall it faces. 3) The pedestal sink needs 4" between it and the adjacent walls. My building department also translates that as needing 4" between the side of the sink and the side of the toilet tank. The sink drain needs to be 15" from the adjacent side wall. You need 21" of standing space in front of the sink. Essentially, roughly figuring the width of the room, or the length of the wall that will have the sink and toilet from left-to-right: 4" from wall to edge of pedestal sink, 11" to drain, 11" right edge of pedestal (if using a 22" wide sink), 4" to edge of toilet tank, 9" to toilet centerline (18" wide tank), 15" to wall. Total 54" wide. That's figuring with a 22" wide sink. The sink drain still needs to be 15" from the adjacent side wall, so using a narrower sink would save you half the difference between the two. Example, using an 18" wide sink would save you 22" - 18" = 4" divided by 2, or 2". So your new width would be 52". The depth of the room is limited by the deeper of the sink or toilet, typically the toilet. Say 26" plus 21" knee space for 47" deep. About the smallest pedestal sink I've seen is a 16" deep by 16" wide sink bowl. There are some smaller, but using that, you'd need a room 51" wide by 47" deep. Now were you to keep the sink on the facing wall and move the toilet to the wall on the right, my code guy still wants 4" between the edge of the sink and the projected front of the toilet bowl. No overlap, so to speak. But he doesn't consider the sink footprint to be interfering with or impinging on the toilet knee space. With the 16" sink you'd need from left to right: 4" + 11" (required 15" from wall to sink drain) + 8" + 4" + 26" for a total of 53". For room depth, this time the sink plus free space will be the limiting factor, 16" deep sink plus 21" free space, or 37" deep, you'd need a room 53" wide by 37" deep. Those numbers above are with typically-sized fixtures and using code as it applies to me. We mulled over a few other ideas, but common sense and the inspector held us to those minimums. Choice #3? You could go with a corner toilet and a corner sink. You do shopping and you do the math! Wet room requirement: You need 2" vertical minimum from the door threshold to the floor drain. Meaning if you plug the floor drain and turn on the shower, you need 2" of depth over the drain before water runs out of the bathroom door (or under the toilet) and into the house or into the house's framing bays. Also, with a small bath like that, the door will usually need to open out of the bathroom instead of into the bathroom.

This is a high-degree-of-difficulty request! :) No wall space, three car seats (do they never live in the car?), and more. Is this whole space entry? e.g., is there any real furniture that would appear in the first photo, or is this all empty? what is the mat on the left in that shot? Without closing up any windows, I'd say use the zone where the window is higher to set up a bunch of hooks and/or cubbies for coats and bags. Under the picture window you could put a long bench, with a mat/tray underneath for shoes and boots. (As the kids get older, this may need to evolve into more closed storage, but start small.) Add a chest on the wall by the door, where mittens and other small stuff can be stored. More suggestions with more info...

This is super adorable! My first home was also a circa-1960s ranch bungalow (also in Canada) with that type of rear entry - I think it is ubiquitous across homes of this era in Canada and as you know it can get a bit crowded, especially in winter with all the added necessary winter gear - and I wish I had thought of something as clever as that shoe wall. We just had one of those little cuts outs in the lower part of the wall where we piled our shoes instead. Great job!

I don't mind the table and mirror and can't really think of anything besides art that would fit on that wall. Can't see the table details well but could it be painted? How about red to match your lovely door? What would say "fresh and cozy" to you for that space? Have you thought of a new light fixture? A runner and a larger rug in the entrance could look good. I don't find the clock visible from the door to be welcoming so I'd be tempted to remove it.