Please critique preliminary Master Bedroom/Bath/Closet design
duckwell
4 years ago
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Comments (32)Thanks everyone for the compliments. I'm glad if our project can help anyone else with theirs because I know that it can be nervewracking. Here are some answers to some more questions. @ suero - not sure why your suction cup won't stick. Is your tile smooth or porous? Make sure its not on a grout line and that its a little wet. @ desertsteph - the door makes a little noise but nothing too intrusive. I found a kit where the wheels are actually a type of nylon, which are supposed to be quieter than steel, but the track is steel so it does make a little noise. It rolls pretty smooth, but it can get a little stuck, but nothing too bad and not enough for us to regret it at all. @ sochi - the barn door is just a simple single panel, shaker-style wood door. Its the same as our closet doors, but bigger. We had our contractor cut some mdf strips to make the design, then it was caulked and painted. The track hardware is from rusticahardware.com. We thank it came out great. However, I can't take 100% credit for it. I had the design in my head but I was trolling around the internet looking at others who created barn doors and I came across Catskill Farms Real Estate (linked below). They use a lot of barn doors in their homes and it was like they had created exactly what I had in my head. Up to this point I kept going back and forth on doing a barn door or not, but once I saw their homes I was determined to use this element in our project. I highly recommend checking out their site and take a look at the homes they create for inspiration. How their business started is a fascinating story and I still check out their blog just to see what they're building. Here is a link that might be useful: Catskill Farms Real Estate...See MorePlease critique master bath/closet layout
Comments (8)Closets and shower are reasonably sized. One caution on the pocket doors. Check with your builder to make sure that you will have clearance within the walls for the doors. We are using a lot of pockets in our new build. The builder caught some clearance conflicts that has required some changes. I think it was because of the placement of some of our truss support beams. The only other thing I see is a little problem that I am also experiencing with my master bath - place to hang wet towels! Re you going with hooks or a bar on the wall between the tub and the closet?...See MorePreliminary - Please critique
Comments (27)Thank you everyone, I sent this to the lady yesterday and I will get her feedback later tonight or tomorrow. I will explain a bit: Lets just say that they like to have everything tidy and "contained" in their areas. She does not want a mud bench or cubbies - sounds familiar, ILoveRed? She also likes symmetrical. The closet in the back area is to place all the "mess", shoes, boots, coats, etc. and the vacuum cleaner. They do gardening. What I call M* (Management, but many people call areas like this a mudroom. for some other people, the back hall/entry is the mudroom). In this case, is just a small area with a counter/cabinet to keep mail and keys, and other things like a printer and router (almost forget this one, thank you BPathome) . This will be the place where she will place her handbag, cell phone and things that she deals with on a daily basis. This area needs to be "handy", near the kitchen. She does not have a computer, all she uses is a tablet, and her husband has a laptop that he keeps in the master bedroom. All of you game me ideas and a few of them will be included in the floor plan - we will give it careful consideration to everything mentioned here. On the other hand, this is a custom home but they keep resale in mind. They are in their late 50's / early 60's. No kids at home but they visit a few times a year....See MoreCritique Master Bath Design
Comments (13)Your post says that your closet door is on the 6' wall but the door on the drawing is on the 8' wall. If you choose to access the closet from your bedroom door you can only have one row of clothing on the long wall (6' wide is not enough for 2 parallel rows. For 2 parallels rows you need 7' but I think 6'6" is doable). If you put only one row on the long wall, you don't need a closet 6' wide, 5' is enough. If, instead, you choose to access the closet from the bathroom, you can have 2 rows (as shown below). You don't need an 8' wide closet, 7' is fine. Personally, I would choose to access it from the bathroom and give that 1 extra ft to the bedroom (making it 12' instead of 11'). Your drawing seems to show a 7' long toilet area. If you make your bedroom 12' wide, you may have to push the vanity 1' which would make your toilet area 6'. With that length, you have room to place a regular door for your toilet area but I would recommend a pocket door so you don't need to squeeze between the toilet and the door to close it. I am not sure how big is the alcove for your bedroom door, but maybe you have the space to put a cabinet that would be accessed from the bathroom....See MoreMark Bischak, Architect
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