angles tend to waste usable space

IMO, too much floor space is dedicated to bathrooms at the expense of the left-hand bedroom. I would:

1. Remove the corner bathroom. Add a closet where the bathroom was, and just give the person who lives in that room more space.
2. Move the door to the middle (now only) bathroom to the hallway opposite the staircase.
3. Change the bathtub to an alcove tub/shower.
4. Move the toilet between the vanity and the bathtub -or- opposite the vanity if there is sufficient width.
5. I don't know what to do with the washer and dryer but an architect/designer could figure it out now that the bathroom behind it is gone.

--amateur

Girl_wonder -

I would prefer to keep this area as is, if I can figure out a bathroom schematic in the corner then we are quite happy with the rest. There are not door swings listed but the openings for the doors/windows are marked, this is just an initial sketch. You're correct, the second room as sketched does not have a closet.

Re: the toilet: As I mentioned in my description, next to the sink there is a designation for a doorway, which indicates the entrance to the utility closet. That is why I cannot put anything in that corner of the room, which causes the whole dilemma. I am hoping to lean on others with more experience laying things out for suggestions.

Lawrence Sprowls -

I appreciate your opinion. We are still working through the space, and if we determine that the things we need to fit in that corner bathroom (my question above) do not fit, then we will start to consider re-working the whole space. We would really like the master to have an en-suite, so until we've exhausted all our options we'd like to attempt to keep this second bathroom. This is a compact space in the city, which is why I've asked the pros to weigh in. I will take your advice into consideration!

Your image does not make sense with your description. Can you just draw the space as is and label it? I can’t figure out where this utility closet is. And if those angles aren’t already there, don‘t add them.

Hi Scottie-mom, it's lookers left to the sink in the 2nd bathroom. It looks like a window/door opening in the image I posted. Here is some hand sketching of me trying to reconfigure. I left 18" for door opening assuming it's a bifold or something of sorts.

Another drawing, trying to put the bathrooms somewhere else. Angles are off but I am trying!

How is it currently? Can you post a sketch? Also, any dimensions. Some of these drawings make things look tight.

How about this?

• Fit the two bathrooms, each adjacent to its respective bedroom, along the wall with the staircase.
• Replace the bathroom that's currently between the two bedrooms with back-to-back closets*, one for each bedroom.
• Place the washer/dryer at the end of the closets, (i.e., facing the staircase).
• Remove the bathtub.

*"The standard minimum depth for a reach-in closet is 24 inches, but a closet intended to store coats or other bulky hanging items may need to be as deep as 28 inches."

Thanks Girl_Wonder! The entire space is 19' wide by 28'8" long. This will be a gut renovation so we are starting from scratch. Specific to that bathroom the space was 6 by 9, but I'm now seeing perhaps it's easier to just start over.

Lawrence I like that idea. To fit the bathroom of the master, how would you lay it out? I've sketched with wall sizes attached

This may all make sense to you, but for someone who has never seen the space and is trying to figure it out, it would really help to have a sketch of the entire space as it is now and a description of what you want to accomplish. I'm too confused to offer ideas..... but I will say that you have two bathrooms with no entrance from a hall or common space which means any guest has to go through a bedroom to use the bathroom. Something you might want to consider.

Thank you lascatx! This will be a gut renovation so the space is really up for grabs. The goal is to accomplish 2 bed/2bath (one being a "master"), and laundry. I was focused just on that corner bathroom but if it's not reworkable, we could start from scratch. Here are measurements of the entire space:

J is the utility closet I was referring to above.

We are OK with both of the bathrooms being en-suite, as long as laundry is not contained within one of those bathrooms. My first preference would actually be to have the bathroom (with laundry inside) be accessed from the hall, but I was having trouble working that space. There is a powder room on the living floor as well.

where is the hall in this original space? You refer to accessing a bathroom accessed from the hall, yet I'm not sure where it is. If it is something that is created with the remodel, its hard to understand where the hall is. would it work to switch the 2 bedrooms, having the larger one where the utility closet is and the smaller one where the master is now?

Is that opening in your first image a patio door? off of the master?

Enduring yes, there are glass sliders that lead out to a patio/yard from the master, so we would prefer to keep that (vs a guest/kid room)