Minimum master bathroom size
Claire
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Nataliya Vakulenko
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Comments (19)olychick, thank you for taking a look. :) I'm relieved to hear you think a white shower pan is best. I am heading out now to find porcelain marble look tiles for the shower walls to pick up the gray as you suggested. I want a shiny finish to the walls. Tell me if you think that's a misstep. I am avoiding marble as I have a marble topped vanity now that is pock marked with etchings. As far as seeing myself in the vanity, yes, I think I will be able to do so. I was planning on a black framed mirror spanning the vanity. My current vanity is 32 1/4" high (as will be the new vanity) and when seated on my vanity stool my reflection is seen up to my chest. The only issue currently is that my knees are pressed against drawers. I failed to mention that I was thinking of using absolute black granite for the vanity top for two reasons: one being cost and the other being to avoid etching. Will doing so deviate too much from my inspiration? Lastly, I had the idea of applying pieces of beveled mirror framed by black molding floor to ceiling along the back wall and continuing behind the toilet (similar to this only floor to ceiling with the exception of base molding & crown): [Traditional Bathroom[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-bathroom-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_712~s_2107) by Northbrook Architects & Building Designers Michael A. Menn Thoughts? Suggestions? Thank you for reading this far. :)...See MoreMaster Bathroom Remodel – Shower size, sprays etc HELP
Comments (4)For several years I've been measuring friends' showers and hotel showers, and -- in my opinion -- 5'x4' is the ideal shower size. This is large enough to feel spacious and luxurious, large enough to house a shower stool, large enough to go door-less, if that's something that interests you ... yet small enough that it "warms up" and small enough that you can reach grab bars on both sides at once. In saying that, I should note that I'm a very small person. If you top 6', your mileage may vary. Also, the amount of glass in your project will affect its feel (if not its actual function). I wonder if you could take it down to 5' wide and use the extra space for towel storage; something like this -- pretend it's next to a shower: Do you own that many towels? I don't. For your space, I recommend something like this: Let the front half of the shelves open to the room for storage of towels, etc. You could include baskets in these shelves, or even a tall, thin hamper in the lower half. Then let the back half of this shelf unit open into the shower. This'd give you plenty of space for toiletries, etc. IN the shower (too much storage, actually, but it would be out of the line of sight from the main room), and you could use the lower portion as a hidey-hole for a teak shower stool (teak is best for water-purposes). I recommend a moveable shower stool instead of a built-in bench. You can buy them at Bed, Bath & Beyond for maybe $150. You can place it exactly where you want it: Under the rain shower today, out of the shower completely tomorrow, to the side for a child (or a sick person) to sit upon while someone else washes his hair. And if you ever have a truly sick person in the house, you can remove the small shower stool and bring in a full-fledged hospital shower chair (ugly but functional). Furthermore, wood isn't cold on the rear end like tile or stone. Shower heads ... How many /what type are you considering, and is it realistic that you'd want to run them at the same time? Without knowing exactly what you want, I'll take a couple stabs in the dark: - I don't see any point to a plain shower head PLUS a hand-held. I do see the point to a hand-held on a sliding bar so you can slide it up/down, but I don't think it's a make-or-break. - Remember that you want your hand-held to be accessible to your seat; if you go with a teak bench, no problem -- the bench can go to the hand-held's location. If you go with a stationary bench, you might want a second hand-held over the bench (which you'd never use at the same time as the main shower head). - If you're doing a rain shower head, this is a whole different function /not really good for washing yourself. Typically this'd be placed dead-center (a good reason to have a moveable seat), and it wouldn't be used at the same time as the get-down-to-business-of-cleanliness shower head. And related thoughts ... - Where are your wet towels going to hang? Or, are you considering a heated towel unit? - A big shower can be cold. Are you considering a heated floor, or a heater for the main room? -Think through your on/off switches. You definitely want them to be able to reach in with one hand and turn on the water without walking into the shower all the way /exposing yourself to that first burst of cold water. And even though you say you want to run the shower heads all at once, you definitely want each one controlled by a separate control. Get the shower you want! Agreed, but in any number of house-related things as I've investigated "the best stuff", I've realized that the status quo isn't what I really want. The shower YOU really want will require some homework....See MoreDifferent size sinks in master bathroom
Comments (5)I think it would look better the way you planned. We are just finishing a gut-reno of a 6'x12' master bath with 2 vanities on perpendicular walls: one 30" and one 36". I only just noticed after they were installed that the sinks are different sizes (its noticeable when you stand at one, then at the other, but not when you are just in the room looking around). It is functional for us as DH likes a large sink and I don't. That said, just do what is functional for you. The aesthetics of it really aren't going to be noticeable from 10' away especially b/c one vanity is longer (so the eye won't notice the different sink sizes as easily I'd think?)....See MoreTub size for master bathroom?
Comments (3)We have 60”x30” Toto 1525 tubs in both our hall bathroom and master bathroom. We didn’t have the space for anything longer, though if we had I’d probably have chosen longer tubs. More room to stretch ones legs out while soaking....See MoreNataliya Vakulenko
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