Help with floorplan - bathroom is small
I need help with my floorplan. We've signed a contract on this home, but we can still make small changes (like move non-supporting walls) up until he starts framing it.
This is the upstairs of a 2 story home. 2 bedrooms each with a walk-in closet, an office, and a full bathroom (with a bathtub). 2 boys will be sharing this bathroom. There is no utility closet upstairs, but we may put either a corner cabinet or a wardrobe at the end of the hallway to store extra towels, toilet paper, sheets, etc).
I'm worried that the bath is too small.
1. We COULD split bedroom 1's closet down the middle, get rid of Bedroom 2's walk-in closet, and extend the bathroom to that entire length (making the bath 7' x 12). See the second photo, I've outlined in black what these changes would look like. If we did this, we'll bump out the closets into the bedroom space by maybe a foot in each bedroom to make them about 3 ft deep and I'm guessing that's about 8ft long. I hate getting rid of the walk in closets though. I also hate making the bedrooms any smaller.
2. We could just shorten Bedroom 2's walk in closet by a few inches to make the bathroom a little bigger. Bath would then be 6'9" x 7' and closet would be 5'5" x 7'. Builder doesn't feel like that closet can get any smaller than it is right now and still be walk-in. So he doesn't like this idea much.
3. We can leave it alone, maybe it isn't as cramped as it looks.
I plan to have the bathroom door moved further from the stairs than what is pictured.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
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PROSina Sadeddin Architectural Design
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Comments (20)Hi everyone, thank you so much for your thoughts! You brought up many ideas I hadn't thought of, and I really appreciate it! A few response comments: Partim: 1) I appreciate that your approach tries to keep costs down! I have a decent renovation budget, but there are a lot of things I'd like to change in the house, so savings in this area would be put to good use elsewhere. 2) I couldn't quite understand in your drawing how the new full bathroom and powder room are supposed to be laid out. Where are the doors? 3) The house is single story and has a large crawl space below, and a plumber who came to see it said that changing plumbing should be quite easy, even if we move bathrooms across the hallway, etc. 4) Unfortunately I do not know which walls are load-bearing. I had been thinking that my idea of moving the hallway up would be more cosmetic, because while I would be removing some of the walls lining the hallway, I could keep others and just layer a hall closet in front of them. 5) I think the existing bathroom could act as a powder room (ie be made more accessible to guests) if I change the entrance. I feel that a good powder room should be accessible from the entry. However, perhaps this can be done, if I remove the first closet below the bathroom on the right and add a door between the entry and the bathroom. Catlady: 1) I appreciated your creative idea of adding two new en-suite bathrooms! I hadn't thought of changing the doorways into each room and thought your idea was very clever. 2) I love how you added in more closet space, because the home would certainly benefit from extra storage space. 2) If I were to use your design, can you suggest how I could arrange a bed in each room? I'd like to be able to fit at least a Queen bed, plus 1 or ideally 2 night tables. I find that the windows make arranging the furniture in both rooms somewhat tricky. 3) Do you think giving each bedroom its own compact ensuite bathroom is that much better than giving the rooms more spacious bathrooms across the hallway? 4) Alternatively, what about letting Bdrm 2 primarily use the existing bathroom, and add 1) a new ensuite bathroom for Bdrm 1 and 2) a Powder Room. Notes for everyone: If I am able to fit both a small en suite bathroom for Bdrm 1 and a Powder Room by carving them out of Bdrm 2, with or without moving the hallway up, do you think any of the bathroom layouts posted below would fit better than others? And where would you put replacement/extra storage space, and bedroom furniture? (Note that the door may need to be moved in order to customize these layouts to my space.) Thanks so so so much!!! Standard Full Bathroom 1 - 4'x8': Standard Full Bathroom 2 - 5'x8': Standard Full Bathroom 3 - 6'x6': Powder Room Options:...See MoreHelp with floorplan for Laundry Room - Office - Guest Half-bathroom
Comments (27)Do you have an elevation drawing of that stairwell in the living area? Seems the space under the stair landings could be better incorporated in your effort to locate the powder room, or at least the hot water, accessing from the closet by the entry and moving the sloset to the living room side. On another subject, am I mis-reading or are there bi-fold doors by the tub in the main bath? Looks like there are windows in the WIC. I would rather have windows in the bath and walk through the closet to get there than have to walk through the bath to retrieve clothing; not convenient if there is someone using the bath. That pantry at the foot of the stairs looks like a good spot for a stacking WD. I'd want it configured to vent out an exterior wall, using pullout pantries in the kitchen so that space could be the laundry. But first I'd move that big bath's footprint to the deck end of the space so the closet could be in the master....See MoreMaster bathroom floor plan help please!
Comments (13)Maybe you could take the small closet across from the entrance to the SE bedroom and combine it with your current master closet? Then keep the window in the bathroom by installing a pocket door into master bathroom, or maybe a barn door? That way you can save a little space. Move shower to external wall corner where there’s currently the small closet near the entrance, double vanity along new wall? Then you’d get light from the window bouncing off the vanity mirror. Maybe it would help the bathroom look bigger too. You probably already know this, but trying to keep plumbing where it is as much as you can will save you a lot of money! More money to put into finishes, or another project! Good luck! Remember, there are many good choices here, not just one!...See MoreBathroom Floor Plan Help!
Comments (26)Just a suggestion for re-arranging so you have a full wall in the dining that is not broken up by the entry into a bedroom. You can have the entry from the mudroom or from across the peninsula. I'd also consider moving the door for the master down more towards the corner for more privacy from the living room. The other thing I would consider for your kitchen is an island to create a walkway from the mudroom into the house so people doesn't spread into the kitchen and then remove the peninsula part. You'll get more use out of your cabinets this way too and it will feel less tight against the dining room....See More
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PRODebbi Washburn
4 years agoWhat about making a long thin bathroom? Move the window over the toilet and create a long closet in the bedroom ( or part of it can be a linen closet in the bathroom )
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4 years agolyfia
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoYou could do a wall of built in wardrobes. They hold so much more than a regular closet. I used IKEA Pax to create this in my daughters room. She has shelves, drawers, and rods in these in various configurations. The shelves and rods can be adjusted as she grows. She wants the same setup in our new house. I want it to for our master closets. So organized and nicely hidden. I wish I hadn't done the mirrors because it takes her much longer to get dressed with them, but she loves them.
Edited to add another pic I found that shows the whole wall. You could use the area behind the door to create a linen closet that opens into the bathroom if you don't need all that closet space. This wall is 10 ft wide.
PROMark Bischak, Architect
4 years ago
Jennifer Hogan
4 years agoI would take a bit of room from both the bath and the office, add long closets with both hanging space and shelves in each of the bedrooms and use the space between the rooms for built in desks sand some shelves so they have a place to do homework, have their computer, books, toys, weapons :-)
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