En-suite bath needs a softer touch
Eva J
2 years ago
I would like to make this room a bit softer, more feminine - without changing anything other than possibly light & mirrors? There is also a slight possibility of replacing the current tub for a freestanding one. Any ideas or suggestions are much appreciated! Thank you!
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Tara
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Jilly
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Converting Jack n Jill bathroom to two private en suite bathrooms
Comments (20)I'm assuming from what the OP said that they don't want or need hall access to a bathroom that one of the bedrooms isn't going to be used as a bedroom. I also LOL at how home builders are so overspecific in naming the rooms on their floorplans. Like everyone wants a game room in the middle of all the bedrooms and home office, just the thing to ensure a good night's rest or undistracted working at a desk. One small item I find really irksome in this floorplan: the door to the master bathroom toilet room is ideally positioned to (a) block the entry from the bedroom when open, which it assumedly would be when not in use, and (b) whack the person using the sink when unexpectedly opened from inside. Also, that door to the upper left bedroom is a weird one. Perhaps to keep it from blocking access to the J&J bathroom when open, it's hinged on what would otherwise be the wrong side. As it is, especially since the bedroom closet extends further than the door opening, the door must be opened an awkward 180 degrees to enter the bedroom from the hallway. Another reason that favors making the upper right and lower left bedrooms the two en suites. This post was edited by lee676 on Wed, Jan 21, 15 at 15:32...See MoreUpstairs bath - Option A or B? how important is en-suite?
Comments (17)The top of the stairs is west/left/by the upstairs master bedroom. Flipping the stair direction is not worth it, as it really doesn't work downstairs. "However... I would not go through the effort and expense of building a home without an en-suite bath where I intended to have the master for the foreseeable future." - so much this. I'm really questioning this part of the project because of this issue. DH thinks I'm nuts, and doesn't care at all about en-suite baths. He thinks its crazy to try and make it work, and that losing closet or loft space to have an en-suite bath is not worth the trade-off. I admit, making an en-suite is proving to require some convoluted layouts, all of which require sacrificing usable space for circulation space....See MoreCoordinating bedroom furniture and en-suite bath
Comments (6)Hello, here's a link to an article that doesn't talk about bedrooms and bathrooms particularly, but it gives several photo examples of how to coordinate wood colors, whites, and shades in between https://www.thespruce.com/mix-wood-shades-in-decor-4177331...See MoreDo you love your tiny en-suite? Thinking about adding one (4x7ft).
Comments (36)I wholeheartedly agree with adding a bathroom. My own goal is to convert four bedrooms and two baths to three bedrooms and three private baths. I am interested in your post to learn things. I like your proposed layout with the vanity as focal point. This positioning allows you to have a full base cabinet if you want, without shrinking the space visually. And in a master bath, you likely need the afforded storage. Of course a floating vanity will make it look like you have more space, even if you stick the bathroom scale under it. Maybe make it the same tone as the wall to help it blend in though and not jump out at you. It would help the entire space visually to color coordinate the bathroom with the bedroom. To add more storage, I will suggest a couple ideas that worked for me in my existing small bathrooms. Keeping the vanity counter clear will help make it look spacious, especially since it is the focal point of the room. Have 2-3 storage shelves over the toilet for baskets with your makeup, extra tp, lotion, extra roll of paper towels, whatever. I also put a basket on the tank to store even more stuff, so choose a tank with a flat top. Another is to have a trio of shelves in the shower on the wall opposite the showerhead. They hold so much in-shower stuff. I used stick on wire ones I got on Amazon and love the way everything dries and doesn't get moldy or soapy. I imagine you already planned for a medicine-cabinet mirror for more storage. You may be stuck with overhead lighting, but maybe you are young and beautiful and don't have my wrinkles. :-) Wrinkle are why we made side-lighting. I haven't seen side-lit medicine cabinets, but they would be worth looking for. The great thing about small bathrooms is everything is within reach or close enough. So, though it might not appear to make sense to have stacking towel racks for drying used towels across from your toilet, they are close enough and really the only wall space available, especially with a pocket door. I imagine before a shower I would fold them and place them on the vanity to grab when I was done, then hang them back to dry. I'd also close the toilet lid before flushing though. Some people feel like a small space feels cheap and therefore depressing. I don't, but I like the idea of compensating with high-end components. A top-end toilet with a heated bidet seat and skirted base, for example, will make your space feel luxurious. Or a wall-hung toilet? Luxurious towels are nice too. You can make your towel racks heated. Have a great lighted vent. Get radiant-heated flooring. Get a heated anti-fog mirror. Color the room with dark jewel tones and have lots of artificial lighting. Try canned ceiling lights in the shower ceiling, vanity lights, an overhead vent with light, and even some lighting in the toilet area. Pack that room with luxury and it won't feel small. Whatever dark color you use for the shower, continue it out beyond the glass on your back wall to prevent choppiness. Not everything in the room has to be dark. You can still have a white toilet, white towels, a white counter if you want. Just tie it in with the bedroom to mentally make a bigger space. Speaking of the bedroom… The bathroom light will shine on the bed. Can I suggest turning the bed with the headboard at the window so the light doesn't shine on sleepers? This may make you cringe, but it affords you advantages. Currently it creates wasted space by the windows. If the head of the bed is at the window you now have additional useful space. For example, you have room on both sides for floor to ceiling shelving functioning as uber-nightstands. You have room at the foot of your bed for a bench to sit on while you don socks and underwear, AND if it is a storage bench, that's where you can store clean replacement towels near the entry of a bathroom too small for storing extra towels. It also creates space for a pair of dressers on the walls near the closet. I agree that you probably could use more clothing storage, but don't see space for it, so maybe room for two dressers is the next best thing and now you have room by your closet for two dressers instead of one. If you agree there are reasons to move the head of the bed to the window, the next concern is how to deal with the blocked light. The answer is more lighting. You can have light-blocking draperies for night and open them during day. You can get a slatted see-through headboard. You can use mirrored-shelf etageres for your nightstands to bounce light up or mirror the wall around your bed to create visual space you can see through the shelves or etageres. You can install mirrored french-door-look gridded closet doors to approximate a walk-out balcony. You will want to make the closet wall a beautiful thing to look at, since it is now opposite your headboard. Maybe a tall fake potted plant with an up-light by the dresser would help. Or if it's all too fake, an up-lit meaningful tall sculpture and reeded or textured closet doors instead of mirrors. Maybe a lot of dimmable canned lights in the ceiling, like stars in a night sky. A small room can be very luxurious so you don't feel cheated. I hope some of these ideas have helped....See MoreHU-187528210
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Olychick
2 years agoI don't think it's a bad looking bathroom and I'm usually a fan of wood color, but I don't think much will soften or feminize it too much with all that dark wood.
This is a crude mock-up from a paint website visualizer...the color isn't exactly right, but just picked one to show how much different a light color would make it look. The details like the upper cabinet are too hard to paint in this format, but you get the idea.
Your countertop is gorgeous and would look wonderful with cream cabinets.
Eva J
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago 
lynartist
2 years agoEverything seems so “square”. A softer , more feminine shape in the mirror, a couple pretty side sconces. Loose the mosaic glass tile accent and replace with something subtle especially if you want to wallpaper. Yes to paint!
Julie Schmooley
2 years agoFor some reason I thought blush pink in here too, prob bc pink does compliment brown. I agree take down thatmirror and change the light fixture. Either sconces on each side or these Hollywood ones on top three in a row. Not sure your fav color? But a feminine chair for the makeup counter would be a nice touch and a bar cart by tub to fill with tub things and flowers. Again feminine lol and adding screenshots of wallpaper I like but no clue how to do photo shop like everyone else!
Maureen
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoMore delicate mirror and lighting. If you can give up the counter cabinet, make that area into a makeup area/accessorize and place your ottoman there.
I’d paint the walls cream to complement floor/lighten the space and add a large rug for more softness.
Dress tub area up, considering convenience as well.
Last but not least, a chandelier would have a huge influence.
Eva J
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