I used the shower for the first time last night, and am SO pleased! The shower door was dear but worth it -- no leakage, and it felt so spacious while in there. The Whisperwarm fan is wonderful -- stepping out of the shower into a cone of warm air was just luscious. In retrospect, the corner shelves could've been bigger, or I should've added another -- I like to keep lots of shampoo bottles around and now I'll have to choose ;). Towel warmer and heated floor worked wonderfully too -- can you tell I'm a heat-whore? As I've gotten older, I've become more and more addicted to warmth. Squeegeeing the shower took less than a minute, and it looks great! Only design decision still pending is whether to do a curtain over the window. Thoughts?

Second GC came by this AM-- much more laid-back and casual than first guy-- got him from Angie's List and had very good reviews but he brought nothing except a business card--no list of references, no generic copy of contract, no list of their subs or any sources they use... he was nice but a little unsure about the "professional" aspect... He said that he thought moving the toilet 12 inches to gain more shower room in its current location wasn't very practical for the money/use tradeoff since it would be difficult to enlarge the shower w/o cutting off the space needed to come into the bathroom...he said they could move the back wall of the shower down about 6 -8 inches and all space for a niche to hold shampoo and stuff which would help open up the interior standing space. The first guy thought it was doable but expensive but haven't seen his sketch/diagram for what room would look like if that was done... After talking to both these guys my husband is more open to just taking out the tub entirely vs putting in a 5ft tub (maybe a jacuzzi version)... which surprised me a good deal since he was adamant about it before they came... Our daughter on the other hand says she really misses not having a tub in their master bath and would never give one up... If we put the shower at the end where the tub is, it could be a nice, walk-in 4x5 shower and make a great focal point in the room... we could also turn the shower location into more storage and have some nice (rolling) laundry hampers added so I don't have to use closet space for dirty clothes--I don't like that... How many of you would be willing to trade in a tub you don't use--as least we don't--for a nice larger shower? Photo shows the entrance into wet area from the hall w/dual sinks--

I'm calling this final until my next meeting with the GC: Deke, my current closet door is only 24", so I'm happy I'm gaining some space! Kirk, a towel warmer on the wall between the shower and entry door. I have almost 3' there, and the towel warmer in my current bathroom is 20" and pretty sufficient, so that's a go. Then a regular towel bar (also probably 20") on the wall between the tub and window. I'll see about doing a mock-up, but I'm picturing getting out of the shower -- with the entry door closed -- and having a pretty big space in front of me. Is your concern the space between the open shower door and the wall between the bath/bedroom? If the scale in the program is accurate, it's about 3'10" -- just using a tape measure, that feels like a lot of room to me. Maybe I'm not getting your question :)? Here's the current closet plan too -- I'm losing 10" of tall hanging space but gaining 110"+ of short! I might turn the double-hanging section on wall B into more long, or maybe make the drawers in B only 24" instead of the current 30". I love the hamper/linen wall A :). And finally, some 48" vanities -- the next to last one is the 55" one I can't use. My dilemma -- I really like the open shelf on 3 and 4, but really like the green glass on the others. Haven't found that combo yet in the size I want! Thanks for the ongoing dialogue -- very helpful. Here is a link that might be useful: Vanities on Flickr

Just did a complete remodel on our master bath (old house, only 5'x7'). Love everything, but didn't take the actual lighting into account. We chose a light/fan combo for over the shower, fan works great, but the light are small compact fluorescent with an odd green cast, and not bright enough. I talked to the manufacturer (Panasonic) and they said the bulbs shouldn't be changed to brighter ones, that the fixture was designed for those bulbs. Over the vanity is a mirror, medicine cabinet, light unit. The light in that uses an LED strip, very harsh cold lighting for over a mirror. The two different color casts is very annoying. On top of it, the contractor convinced us to block up the small window to make the space more functional, so we don't get any natural light.