Master Bedroom Extra Space Help
Morning Everyone! Last year we finished our upstairs and moved our bedroom up. The second floor has two bedromoms (including ours) and a bathroom. When you walk up the stairs to the left is our room, straight ahead a bathroom and to the right a large room. The hallway connecting these spaces is about 2x5 feet. I would like to combine these spaces to make it feel like one large master suite space. Our bedroom is the smaller out of the two rooms and has all of our clothes and my vanity. This second room I want to make more of a sitting/lounging space but bc of the way it is laid out I’m having a hard time on furniture placement and how to use the space. Suggestions would be extremly helpful! I’ll attach pictures of the room and our bedroom. (Excuse the boxes etc. Christmas is over and I haven’t put away everything yet!) thank you! The room is split into two sections the first picture is when you go to the right into the room and the second picture is straight ahead And the third photo is when your standing in the section to the right looking at the back wall. Lastly is our bedroom.
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sarabea
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Comments (1)Option one with a smaller budget is to keep the same layout, swap the existing tub for a free-standing one. 5'6 wide shower is enough for 2, it looks like the length of it is about the same minus the bench. You can always shrink the vanities to expand the shower , you defiantly don't need 11'5 for vanity's. Option two if budget allows to re-route the plumbing, you can do the entire bathroom over-haul like moving the wall and vanities forward to expand the closet, shrink the vanity space and move the toilet on the vanity wall and the rest will be all shower. Maybe something like this to give you an idea Good luck...See MoreSplit level garage conversion: extra bedroom or master bathroom
Comments (2)You lost me so maybe post some floor plans to scale. As for which is a better selling point IMO a master bedroom without a master bathroom is just a bedroom so find out what sells in your area I guess as for keeping track of your kids you know they will all grow and not want you to keep ttrack of them all the timeanyway....See MoreIs having 2 master bedrooms by reducing # of bedrooms a pro or a con?
Comments (24)Multiple thoughts, not all in line with the majority: - Five bedrooms is a huge house. The potential field of buyers who want the space and upkeep of a house that large (and who can afford it) is relatively small. More plainly, You're looking to build a house that only a small percentage of buyers can afford to buy. Wanting a thing and being able to afford a thing aren't the same. Your pool of resale buyers will be small, so selling could take a long time, or you might be forced to take less than you want. - Yes, people will like the idea of a "master up and a master down": live-in space for mom, space for a live-in nanny or elder care-giver. Plenty of reasons people would like the space. But the real question is, Will your resale buyer be willing to pay what it will cost you to build it? Personally, I think you'll attract plenty of interest, but you may not attract the necessary dollars at resale to make this worthwhile. - How old are these small children? By the time you finish building this house, they'll probably be at least a year older -- how long will you want to have bedrooms close by? - I'm a highly practical person: you're talking about a short time when kids are small. To save money, could you sleep in a "non-master" upstairs for this short time, then move downstairs? - How "master" do you see your "masters"? That is, when you say "master bedroom", are you envisioning a slightly larger room with a modest walk-in closet and a private 3-piece bath ... or does "master" to you mean a spacious room with a seating area, a massive closet and a luxury bath? The question isn't just, "Should I have two masters?" It's, "Just how much will I put into a master?" Your own vision of "how much" can make a world of difference in this question. - Don't overbuild for your neighborhood. Remember that the biggest, most expensive house in the neighborhood is "drawn down" by the more modest houses that surround it. - Summary: Don't be caught up in just whether this is a desirable idea -- it is. Consider first and foremost whether it is an economically viable idea....See MoreConvert large master suite or living room for extra bedroom/bath?
Comments (2)Hello there - Thanks for sharing those sketches to help give me a visual of circulation, etc. I recommend moving your daughter's bedroom to the third floor, alongside your current master. With resale in mind, it's always best to keep private spaces together and again to keep public spaces together. Folks enjoy gathering areas which feel separate from areas which evoke calm and quiet. So even though the master will be reduced, you're still sticking to the flow of a home that most will expect and enjoy most. Plus, that sacred trio of kitchen, dining and living is always a big selling point ;) and ought to be featured well together, without disruption of a differing function. And lastly, this keeps in tact a more so general bath for the home, allowing for both bedrooms to have their own on the third floor. That feels quite natural! Hope this helps you move forward, Ashley | mindbodyabode...See More
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agosarabea
5 years agosarabea
5 years agoI “drew” out a blueprint, only issue is I cannot figure out how to add in windows/door. So here are a few notes:
122” wall has a 30 inch window directly in the center
64” wall has a 36” closet door (this closet door is a walk in HOWEVER it has an entrance inside of it to our storage over our attic)
103” wall has a 30” window directly in the center
264” inch wall has the entrance into the room. The doorway is 36” and it is 49” from the wall on the left (walking into the room - if that makes sense)
sarabea
5 years agoI’m not sure how I feel about a large “closet/dressing” area - our closet in our bedroom is a decent size and if I didn’t have dressers or my vanity in our bedroom I feel like it would be so bare. Since it is a cape I’m limited to what artwork I can hang since most the wall space is slanted. This is part of our bedroom
Sigrid
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JAN MOYER
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoYou are showing us only the problem child room. Below I have it
oriented as how I BELIEVE it exists when you ascend your stair, and the stair is just over where I jotted the 264 inches. Yes? To the left and ahead would be a bath, ( not shown, and left of that bath is your bedroom. )This is meant to be a second bedroom. Or you can invest in furniture (
seating ) and create an upstairs sitting room that will most probably go
unused. It's a potential bedroom for two young children, a nursery or ,
or, or.guest space with a small sitting area.Why don't you come back and tell us what function would suit you, as I wasted twenty minutes trying to figure out how you POSSIBLY had a bed, side tables, and a Christmas
tree on a 103" inch wall!! Honestly kids,....................:) We said....The entire space. The
bedroom, the stair, the bath. your master. Not everything need be done
on the computer. A pencil and paper with a ruler and 1/4 inch to the foot works just fine. I added the missing details in the problem room, windows and doors. Faint dots are low ceiling elevation.
sarabea
5 years agoHelen
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JAN MOYER
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoGood for you! Just make sure you give yourself enough desk space. : ) You have room for 30 x 60. Size matters. Too much small stuff equals.............clutter. Remember the minimal windows as well. Gray is fine. but not EVERYTHING. A lighter rug perhaps.
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sarabea
5 years agoThank you again everyone for your help, I wouldn’t of been able to figure it out without you. Here is the area where the tv is - still working on the other side. I know the couch is a little deep but I wanted something comfortable that I could lounge on.
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