New House! Master Bath Renovation Help. Where Should I Start?
Kathryn
5 years ago
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Comments (33)This is really hard. At least you have some choices. I personally do not mind NOT having a toilet room. (I have one now, but not in the last house). If you can fit one in, it may appeal to a few more people. ( When we sold, we had 3 people wanting our home and it had no toilet room). Our tub sat under two corner windows with a wonderful view. So if you would rather a big shower than a tub, make sure you get the shower you want. I like Mongot's 2nd option, but would leave out the linen cab next to it. Hang your towels and add a small bench there. Supposedly, the door on the toilet room should swing out, but the one on house that we own now does not. If you leave it closed all the time, it does not matter. If you like it open, it will block your window. Also I noticed that on some of your drawings, you have lost 6 inches of your 9 foot 6 inch length. That space would make your shower much larger. Of your drawings, option B appeals most to me. Option A closes up your space and C wastes too much space. If your shower can be enlarged to 42 in or 48 in by about 5 feet, that would be really nice. I added a couple of other ideas. I personally like two vanities better than one. The cost should be similar if the total size is the same. Option A1 cuts back on vanity size, but you get a linen and toilet room. A2 has 2 vanities. I still like stand alone vanities for the style. Option 3 gives you more vanity space on one wall, but I don't know if an angled door is the best option. I'd probably do drawers on the end of the long vanity by the window. More light....See MoreMaster bath design/renovation ideas, help needed
Comments (1)You have not provided the dimensions for the other walls, the placement of plumbing or electrical, etc. It may be that the walls are needed to carry plumbing to the shower or vanity. What is on the other side of these walls, where is this bathroom in relation to the master bedroom, what other closets are there....too many questions. You have not provided the information anyone would need to discuss this with you....See More11x9 Master Bath/closet renovation - please help
Comments (12)I would hate the door swing into the sink area in cpartists drawing. I also do not like to have a toilet so near my showering egress, this is just a silly idiosyncrasy of mine. Do you prefer a walkin closet to a decent master bath? If so cp's ideas with a pocket door would work for you. I prefer my breathing room in the bathroom rather than a closet. my reach in pax wardrobes are not all lined up on one wall but rather we have his and her sides with mine flanking my side of a vanity and his flanking his side...it is unconventional but after realizing that fifty square ft was not enough for a good bathroom nor closet it was our best compromise. after having very little closet space in my 1920 home I find my set up really nice. Here were my inspiration pics where I got my idea to incorporate a dressing room into a shower room. in the 20s,when my house was built, the master would not usually have a bath attached but many had dressing rooms with wardrobes and sinks. I did not want my bathroom to look like a bathroom but rather a dressing room from my bedroom. From a Sears kit house plan. these are existing orginal dressing rooms although I did not copy this cool set up I emulated the idea of two closets flanking a sink dressing area. Here is my sink flanked by 60" of wardrobes on each side. My room is 13x8 with Windows on all three exterior walls. 3x6 shower behind the bench could be a shower tub combo easily....See MoreJust found out our new house has deeply slanted ceiling in master bath
Comments (1050)I don't know where these figures come on the amount allocated to furnishing a home. In my experience, if you are buying your first home, you are going to be strapped for cash - at least for the first year or so. Most people I know made do with donations; thrift store acquisitions, odds and ends accumulated along the way and disposable furniture from places like IKEA - or they made do without. If one is moving to a second or third home, surely one has acquired furniture along the way and doesn't immediately discard it. Again, in my experience, most people with middle class incomes make do with already existing furniture and augment as needed. While it's nice to get new stuff, most people I know bought furniture gradually....See Moreapple_pie_order
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