Benjesbride, where does she lose the 2"? It appears that she is not aware of the loss. Rebeccamomof123, are you pulling permits to do the work, or do you live in an area where the city/town/county inspectors are going to become aware of the work and expect to come in and inspect it? Or is your area more like where I live and anything short of an addition is something that no one will notice and that inspectors don't drop in when workmen are around unless it is really obvious that a big job is being done? The reason I ask is that your clearance for the toilet-to-tub distance is right on the edge of being okay. Some towns will not let you get that close. If you could get inspected by the code enforcement officer, or if you are doing this with permits, you need to draw this up and get it approved before assuming it is going to be approved. If you need to steal back a couple of inches to make it fit, one option is a wall-hung toilet. Your contractor opens up the wall behind your toilet and puts the tank and flushing works inside the wall (not the stuff you have, it is custom made for this purpose) and then the toilet part actually hangs off the wall and never touches the floor. It is much nicer for cleaning. All of Europe has been doing it this way for years, I hear. http://www.geberitnorthamerica.com/en_us/target_groups/enduser/products_enduser/toilets_2/concealed_systems_1/for_toilets_1.html

Pocket door for sure, is this the only bathroom in the house? I would never have a bathroom with 2 access points so if the only bathroom I would close off the bedroom access and live with the fact there is no ensuite . If this is an ensuite close off the hall entry .Then your layout looks fine. Good lighting is the next thing to address and I like lots of good lighting in a bathroom that includes over head pots and a couple of over the mirror Halogen 150 watt or the equivilant LED fixtures the pots on one switch the over the mirrors on another.This is one of my favorite fixtures for above mirror it is called Oxygen halogen is very afforadable and I think Lowes carries it in the US.I like your idea of the dark floor and shower floor just remember the shower tile needs to be smaller than the floor tile so make sure the tile you choose comes in the 2 sizes.I love the inspiration pic.

I would use the wave tile only on the back wall of the shower as a design statement, but would use something else on the side walls of the shower where the shower trim would be located. There wouldn't be a flat surface to install the trim on that wavy surface. It would need to be caulked and some areas would have a thin caulk line and others a thick one. I agree that this tile should be installed horizontally like most waves are pictured and no accent boarder. Most shower floors need a smaller tile in order to have a slope to the drain and most wood look tiles usually come in sizes 24" and longer.

Robin, if you like the separate rooms in this set-up I do have some ideas to make them a bit nicer. First thing I thought of was that the things on the shelves in the shower room may get damp, making the shelves less usable. So I thought of closing off the front of the shelves and opening them from the other side, the toilet room. One might say that then things on the shelves could get exposed to malodorous air and not be so fresh. So, I thought of my Toto toilet seat with the deodorizing fan. It really does work to contain most of the smell, if you flush before standing. So, add an electrical outlet to the toilet room and add a Toto Washlet with deodorizing fan. It will make all the spaces more pleasant. Then you can have the closet open into the toilet room (though you can put a door on it, instead of having open shelves). If you don't want that, you could alternatively get an exhaust fan for the shower area that is turned on by humidistat, so that it is always on when the shower is used, to draw the dampness out of the room. That may make the shelves more usable. You still have to navigate two doors to get to them, though! The best solution for this space in my eyes is to remove a few walls and doors. It will open the room up and give you options. Even if you keep the same footprint, it will feel more spacious. Of course, this is all a matter of taste and if you like the rooms, then keep them. Do the corner med cabs have flat backs, or are they the ones designed to go into corners and have a deeper section in the back, being triangular shaped? Are they in good enough shape to look good with a new vanity? How is this set-up working for you? Do you like the window there? I have also seen a mirror suspended from the ceiling that hangs in front of a window in pictures of bathroom remodels. It can look nice. But squaring off the vanity and work space does give you more room. Getting rid of the wall between the vanity and toilet can give you at least 4" more width for a vanity. There may be more space available, depending on how close the toilet is to the wall.