Tiny powder room - make into mudroom?
My tiny powder room (4' 5" by 6' 3") is right next to the garage as you enter the house. I think it is perfectly positioned to be my clean-up-after-gardening room. A place to throw my gloves, take off my dirty boots, wash my face and hands before entering the rest of the house. I'd love to hear your ideas on how to make it a functional mudroom (new LVT flooring will be down soon)
I want to make good use of the corner but cant decide if open shelving or cabinets are best.
I removed the old medicine cabinet and soap holders. What should go here? Thinking about replacing the sink. What do you think?
Walls are plaster.
Ideas???
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- 3 years ago
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Comments (22)Oh, dear! Maybe some of these 'powder rooms' need a copy of the book my DS's psychiatrist SIL gives to young children. Title is: "Everybody Poops". Reminds me of an adventure a friend had while traveling by car in a rural area of Spain. She had some gastric distress and was in dire need. Her DH stopped in front of a modern home. My friend rang the bell. Lady-of-the-house answered. Friend asked if there was a 'bathroom' she could use. Lady proudly showed her three rooms with tubs and showers. Friend was dying. Finally the homeowner said, "Oh, you need the TOILET!" Time to take the pantaloons off the table legs, folks. The Victorian Era is O-V-E-R. Let's retire 'powder room' while we're at it....See MoreMudroom/powder room/pantry layout - advice needed
Comments (8)Given the limited amount of space you have, I think you've come up with a pretty good design. The main issue I have is that, in sketching your design I think you have underestimated how much space you need in the powder room and I don't think you have taken wall thicknesses into account quite correctly. It looks like you scaled your drawing to one square = 6". thus the walls around your powder room are only drawn about 2.5 to 3 inches thick. With 2x4 framing, walls are slightly over 4" thick once you get them sheetrocked on both sides. Then, you've sketched the toilet as being only about 16 inches from front to back. Round front toilets actually jut about 25 to 28 inches out from the wall and elongated ones jut as much as 32 inches out. Then, most codes require at least 21 inches of standing space in front of the toilet. Even a small, wall mounted sink will generally stick out 16" to 18" from the wall. So, with a toilet and sink across from each other, you'll probably need 5.5 ft (66 inches) from wall to wall in the bathroom. You might be able to squeeze the size down a few inches by using a small corner sink like the ones in the link below but I wouldn't try to make the powder room's interior dimensions less than 32" x 60" An exterior door is usually 36" wide (although it is possible to purchase 32" wide exterior doors) and it needs a couple of extra inches on each side for trim and hardware. You haven't taken that space requirement into account. All this means that, in order to fit into the space you have, your cubbies, cupboards, and bench are all going to have to shrink down a little bit. Those things are more flexible tho and frankly, I don't see any better options for using the space than the one you've come up with. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: small sinks...See MoreNeed small sink and toilet recommendations for tiny powder room
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Comments (16)I agree with Little Bug that if you have to actually go into the mud room to use it, no one will (at least no one in my family would). I'm not a pro but can we see the rest of the space? I am assuming the door in your picture is the one that leads to the garage. I think it would work best if the area is one big space (which means removing the door) than treating it as a separate room....See More- 3 years ago
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Here are some pictures of combo powder room and mud room. Not meaning that you'd separate the the toilet, just wanted to show you these bc the wall organization looks good.
Was thinking something like this:
And I found some pictures of attractive looking peg board types of systems. Maybe something like this will work. You could hang a folding stool and other things on the wall and/or have a shelf with baskets placed high up. The hanging system wouldn't encroach on the toilet clearance or crowd you when you're at the sink.
Or if you want more of a shelf type of unit on that wall, maybe something like this placed high up on the wall:
If you don't want open storage like that, I think Ikea has some very shallow closed cabinets that you can hang on the wall, maybe putting 2 of them so you utilize most of the wall, but I haven't been to Ikea lately to see what they are offering.
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