I replied to you yesterday, but somehow my post ended up in the wrong thread! Here it is: ------------------------------------- I recently bought a Maytag HE toploader (no agitator; made by Whirlpool), and I absolutely love it. It is ULTRA QUIET; I can hardly tell it's running. If I were going to have one in my closet, that's definitely what I'd get. There is a handwashing cycle (among other choices) and the washer uses far less water and energy than traditional TL's. It has a HUGE capacity; I wash king-size comforters with no problem.

Yeah, I'd take it. Also, you can orient the bed in the other bedroom along the 10' wall, rather than the 13' wall, if you want. Plus, if you are worried about room for children, they don't need a queen bed.

I had Elfa installed in our garage, 2 boys closets, pantry, 2 master closets and an understairs utility closet. The total for all of these was not even close to 11K. Maybe 8K total for all. I did notice that Elfa has a new system that looks more like California Closets, maybe that version is the style the other poster mentioned as being 11K.

Lots and lots of MBs don't have toilet rooms. I prefer them, but we didn't have one in our last house and it was fine bc we had a lock on the door, and an agreement regarding privacy and the other person using a different bathroom. In our current bathroom there's no lock on the main door; just a lock on the toilet room door. A lot of people hate toilet rooms anyway; you do have to put a separate exhaust fan in there, so that's extra cost as well. So if you don't have the space for one, it's no biggie. You can still accomplish your above stated goals of a 6' double vanity, good sized shower, closet space and clearance for walking. One note about the "space for drying off." We dry off inside the shower. If you think you're going to be dripping all over your new floors, ask your contractor to waterproof the floor outside the shower to about 3 or 4 feet. We did this in all our bathrooms when we remodeled them bc they are used by kids. It costs almost nothing in terms of the amount you are spending to remodel.