Thanks everyone! The wall color is actually brighter & greener in person. Thanks for the suggestions for artwork. I'm excited to pick up some frames & blue craft paint & let the kids paint them! My oldest daughter picked out the frame sitting by her sink that we thought we would hang by the door and it has words like dream, inspire, and believe so maybe they can write some words on pretty paper & we'll put those in the frames. I know my youngest would love to draw pictures but I'm sure my teen daughter would not be too thrilled with that! LOL But maybe we could compromise with 3 words & 2 pictures. Thanks so much everyone for your very kind compliments & suggestions.

It closes into a recess that has the same effect as a door jamb. Sounds awesome to me! My builder-grade hollow-core doors all permit light and noise to come through. I never really noticed until my daughter complained of light penetration into her bedroom (from the hall) at nighttime. Sure enough, I go in there when everything's dark, shut the door, and it glows. Maybe you have better trim/jambs/doors than I do? lol I've never lived with pocket doors -- doubt I ever will because I hate doors on tracks -- and the ones I've seen are from a few decades ago, but are your tracks on the ceiling or the floor? If on the floor, are they a pain to clean? Tracks on the floor would be another reason for me to dislike pockets. ;-)

I don't think you will hit your elbows in a 3'6" x 3'6" shower but a shower curtain will work just fine. If you think that adding a glass down the road is a possibility, I would talk to the contractor about the extra cost involved to add a glass later as opposed to now. I see no problem with the curtain but it would allow you to take an informed decision. A curtain is also less maintenance as it is very easy to put it in the washer. Yes this shower is beautiful and the color scheme makes it looks spacious. This is something I mentioned earlier, I encourage you to put the drain in the shower in a location where you don't stand when you shower. It is more comfortable to the feet. In this picture, they put the drain far on the opposite side. They also put the faucet where it is really easy to turn on before entering the shower so you can set the water temperature before you get wet.

Locking the hall door to this bath was more a reflex than a necessity in this 2 story home, with master on main with its own ensuite, powder room downstairs, two bedrooms up each with ensuite baths. This guest bath with door to hall had an office across the hall from it & a bonus room down the hall from it - that’s why it had a door access to the hallway. I think the answer for OP lies in what the entire layout of house is & how often they might have overnight guests & who those guests are. In other words, the decision for an access door to hallway & the kind of access set up for the guest room that bathroom serves isn’t one to be made in a vacuum & certainly not a definite No to pocket doors.