Making room for two larger bathrooms...
DC Reno
2 years ago
This is the floorplan for our second floor. It has two very cramped bathrooms, one attached to the Master Bedroom and one accessed by the stair landing.
We're looking for creative solutions to get two larger bathrooms. One option would be to combine the two bathrooms we have now and add an extra one in the sitting room attached to the second bedroom. However that will mean both are ensuite which wouldn't be ideal for visitors etc. I am struggling to see other options though.. any suggestions?
Many thanks!!
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lmckuin
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Tiny bathroom design - making it larger by visual effect
Comments (4)I agree, I'd leave off the tile. The wainscoting will give the room plenty enough architectural as well as decorative detail. Hope you plan on painting it white. That's my preference. Any wainscoting above 42" tends to bring the ceiling down and make the space feel smaller. The size of your bath sounds like my current bath. I have RH's Silver Sage on top and white wainscoting on the bottom. It looks fabulous and sorry I can't post any photo's of it at this time. As far a wall paint, a nice pale blue or blue green would be lovely. BM's Cashmere Gray is what I have in my master bath....See MoreIf I make the kitchen larger...
Comments (49)Cursivesailor, I've been using my CAD program (Punch) to see if I could do something similar to the design you posted on July 22 while using the footprint constraints (33' wide x 73' long) that you posted on the 15th. I'm going to go ahead and post what I came up with, but to be honest, overall I like Kellyeng's July 22 design better than mine! Plus, mine also suffers from the back porch not being accessible except via the master bedroom or the outside stairway. For me, that would be an advantage b/c I would want a "private" deck area as well as a more public one. Plus, I had to make the back porch smaller to make everything fit...tho I was able to squeeze in a dining room with space for a wet bar no less! If the numbers are a bit hard to read, each square in the grid is 1 ft by 1 ft. By the way, since you said you liked symmetry, I tried to keep the window spacing on the side street side symmetrical too although the window in the shower would have to be a frosted glass block or other opaque glass. I was also pretty conservative in how deep I made the garage b/c I'm not familiar with what kinds of constraints you have due to flooding. If allowable, I would extend the garage the full 33' width of the house and use the back for storage. That would make parking a big car/truck easier. On the side where the staircase goes up, you would probably only be able to park a small to midsize car that could nose under the stairs. 24' depth for a garage is better but, with the staircase going up the center of a 33' foot deep plan, that was just impossible. AS I said tho, I like Kellyeng's design better than mine and can see how the garage would easily fit under the livingroom/kitchen area in her design. Would still recommend a downstairs foyer area b/c that would allow you to get rid of the door at the top of the stairs. Or, if you decided to keep the door at the top, you really need to put the door on the side wall and open it INTO the kitchen because 1) that will be safer and 2) you won't be looking directly into the bathroom as you enter the house. Mobrian - will be happy to take a look at your plan this weekend but I GOTTA quit screwing around here on GW and get some real work done before I manage to get myself fired. LOL! BTW, I'm blushing that you called what I do "magic". It's really just pushing jigsaw puzzle pieces around till they fit....See Moremake bath larger if you have the room?
Comments (5)(still wide-eyed at the 7 thousand sq ft!!!) Well, like weedyacres said, if you've got the space & the money, why not. I'm firmly of the opinion that every bath should be a fullbath -- can't hurt. If they have a pull-out sofa in the media room for guests, they can shower there....if the walkout leads to a pool area, might be handy for the apres-swim shower....maybe the kids really each need they're own showers.......See MoreHow many skylights to make in this room, one or two?
Comments (27)I like the way they both look, but I choose two skylights. You already have large windows around your room. With two, you would be letting in light while pleasing the eye. That way it doesn’t look like you just added another large window on your ceiling. The two skylights would also look better from the exterior of your home. One skylight would look out of place and compete with the attention of the windows on the side of your house. Two skylights would be less noticeable on the exterior, while still letting in just as much light as one....See Morescout
2 years agoDo you need all three bedrooms?
Can you make the sitting room the master bathroom?
Of maybe something along these lines?
Denise Marchand
2 years agoDC Reno
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2 years agoDenise Marchand
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last yearHi all,
so I am coming back (finally!) with the detailed measurements - hope it's readable. I wasn't able to do it before as the house was rented out and we just got it back. I have a contractor lined up and again would love inputs on a new layout! In summary:
- we'd like to transform the current layout so we can go from two small/tiny bathroom to two larger ones- if we could add some more closet space too that would be ideal
- the sitting room is not really used for much now (combo a messy playroom and sometimes used for a guest) so thinking that could be transformed to a bathroom and some closet space potentially
- We need to retain 3 bedrooms
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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