Hi handyhoney! Like you, I'm a lurker and fairly new poster. I think both of your two options look fantastic, but in your shoes, I would go with option 2. I completely understand your not wanting the space cave-like, but I personally do not think that having the wall in question not be glass will make a huge difference. There is no window in the shower area and I'm guessing that the shower area will have its own light, which when you are not showering, will probably be off? In that case, the shower will oftentimes be dimly lit, and visually not add that much more space to the bathroom. I think if you have a reflective tile on that wall, such as polished marble, it will reflect light nicely into the bathroom, giving it a sense of more space as well as defining the tub space, which personally I would prefer over visually melding the shower and tub spaces via a glass wall. There's also the benefit of added privacy in the shower area by having that wall be solid. I stayed in a hotel not three days ago where the bathroom layout including entry was very similar to yours. The wall separating the shower and tub was solid and I liked the zen feeling of being enclosed in this gorgeous shower without having the rest of the bathroom (which was equally gorgeous) to look at. But that's just me :) Alternatively, and you may have already considered this, how about having the wall in question be solid halfway up and the top half glass? You would open up the space as you desire and not have to move the tub plumbing, but this still wouldn't address the shower plumbing. Additionally, the half glass/half solid wall would provide more privacy than an all glass wall and at least for me, be more aesthetically pleasing. That's my two cents, if that :)

The new bathroom is fine. However I see a major problem with the gym being converted to bedroom B. So what's the problem? Where will someone in bedroom B go to the bathroom, or brush their teeth or shower? Are you really asking someone to walk through the family room to go use a bathroom? I wouldn't want to be the person in that bedroom. :) Also notice I flipped the fixtures in bath E so the toilet wasn't on the bedroom wall. Oh and I also flipped your toilet in your master bathroom for the same reason! You don't want to hear flushing in the middle of the night.

Off the top of my head is below: (all the doorways are shown as 'openings' because of the limitations of ikea planner - could def put doors in!) - Create a small hallway from the bedroom (that has lots of room for storage) where you either turn left into the closet or turn right into the bathroom - spacious water closet (with a window on the left wall) - room for two vanities (nearly 7' of space for the vanities) - 4x5' shower - alcove for the tub (to face the window - assuming that can still go on the left wall) Bath only floor plan crooked 3D view =) Overlaid on house floor plan

Looks like you’ve got a fun project in mind! I don’t think glass shower doors would make your space seem too small, especially if you run the same flooring from the bathroom straight into the shower. To keep the layout more-or-less the same, you might reclaim the shower space as a second closet space. (Shoes only? Winter clothes?) Another thought might be to claim the water closet and linen closet space as walk-in closet space. Then you could turn the shower 90 degrees in the tub location and possibly use a no-door concept, entering by the window. The existing shower would be reconfigured for the water closet. The linen closet could be carved out of another corner for the walk-in closet somewhere. But that would be reducing the bathroom size overall, which you may not like. I agree you shouldn’t touch your outside walls. You seem to have plenty of space to work with, if it can be configured a little more efficiently.