That's a great point about a mirror in that spot reflecting natural light back into the room. I think you would really love having very deep counters there too. Deep counters would also allow you to put sizable sinks in, which is a real benefit, IMO. Re: the shower. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do a drawing here. Let me see if I can describe what I mean better. The shower would be a walking, triangular, in the footprint of the jacuzzi tub there now. Facing the tub, there would be a glass wall coming out from the wall where your long vanity is going out to where it would meet the shower door joint. Shower door would be where the jacuzzi tub faucet is, right in the center there, facing the corner where the two sets of windows meet, attached to two glass panels on either side of the door. But then, where the shorter, single-sink vanity is now, imagine cutting that vanity, say, 1/3 from the right, so you have 2/3 of that space on the left. On the left you'd have a built-in cabinet to hold towels and such. On the right, the shower walls would be extend to include that area inside the shower with shelving to hold shampoo bottles, razors, etc. In other words, the shower would comprise of the entire window area. You'd have to speak to a plumber about where the faucets and shower head would be situation. You want to be able to reach your shampoo bottles w/o having to walk across the shower to get them and put them back. Maybe a shower head in the ceiling in the center of the shower? However, with glass walls and doors, you'll definitely want a hand shower nozzle in there too for cleaning, so it'd have to be figured out where that would go, probably by the shelving, near the old small single-vanity sink, since there is a water source right there. Knobs to turn on both the overhead shower and the hand shower could be on that slice of wall there vertically. You'd have to get into the shower to turn them on, though. Add some teak benching under the left window for shaving legs (or aging) and so you can reach the hand shower.

Overwhelmed by all the responses here -- thank you SO much everyone! This community is incredible. Trying to get back to every single message: Mark Bischak, Architect - A mockup is a brilliant idea. I'll put down some painters tape and get a better feel for the space. I really think AR/VR would be so powerful for floorplan visualization. I did think about accessing via closet, nice to have that separation from the bedroom for when only one of us is getting ready. But the boss nixed that one. Gas chamber I am still 50/50 on. Karenseb - I just measured, and a 36" width shower is plenty large. I like the idea of a two-person shower, but just big enough to where we are comfortable but don't sacrifice the ability to get nice steam build-up. Your second message with the floorplan is very interesting. Two closets and a more usefully dimensioned bathroom would be fantastic. I will run this by my architect. Thank you!!! Susan Davis - Lots of fun to be had!! Good point about the door that pushes in, I think that is ideal as well. North Texan - Thanks for the description, I will try to re-create based on your vision and post an update. Love, love the skylight. Of course moisture and energy efficiency loss, but natural light is a must. Virgil Carter Fine Art - That is a huge concern. What is a comfortable amount of aisle space for two to be in the bathroom? I think mocking up with tape will be very helpful here. Mrs Pete - I am searching for the floorplan that makes a 'WOW!' when you walk in. Yes, I agree, single hinge opening towards the wall would be ideal. We want to do shelves and a pull-out hamper in the 18"-24" ceiling height cabinet. Without the toilet room and making any major modifications to the master suite, this is my favorite floorplan as well. Karenseb's design is very interesting to me as well. shead - Thanks for the input on the shower. I agree; it's too large and will be both a pain to clean and will not be as steamy as we'd like. Not to mention, if it spans the entire wall, we only have one side of glass. A second side of glass will make it feel more open.

First, would definitely not use/add a free standing tub. Either buy or create a tub shower combination to put that in the 5' long indent with the faucet in the wall by the door to the room because that ensures more elbow room for a right handed person standing in the tub/shower facing the faucet. Then put the toilet -- choose a mid height rather than short one -- by the window at the end of the tub with its back against the same wall as the tub so you'll have a tub/shower wall partially blocking the view of toilet and give you a place to hang a safety rod and/or build in a niche for toilet paper holder into that wall just above toilet seat height. Create as much storage above toilet seat height in that wall as is practical such as for a toilet brush in a stand and a plunger and extra toilet tissue. Then, provided it is in good condition and still usable, add your pedestal sink directly across from and centered with the toilet with a medicine cabinet with mirror centered over that. Then, in lieu of a side vanity for the sink, add an alternative: between the pedestal sink and the door, add a shallow built in cabinet beneath that ?window? height? -- think stock tall overhead kitchen cabinet with shelves and doors -- but add a countertop atop it. Add a door stop the hinge of the door or to the floor or a wall (door knob) protector for the wall behind the door.

Thank you all so much for the responses. We definitely agree that the double doors are a waste of time! We are seriously considering moving all the clothes storage to the 7' x 11' "sitting area" so that becomes a walk-in closet. In this case, we'd have the full 16' x 8' for the bathroom, and we'd appreciate your opinion on how best to lay that out. While we don't plan on living here for more than a couple of years, that could end up being 4 years. We want to get more enjoyment from the house as long as we're living here, and we also want to make it as palatable as possible to potential future buyers in this area of the PNW.