Bathroom Design help & ideas
Yessenia xoxo
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good bathroom idea book for smaller bathrooms?
Comments (4)Hey Gibby -- 6 x 10 bath here [finally demo'd last week!] and I know that my size isn't even that small. I've been on the lookout for 3 or so years and it's been surprisingly difficult to find ideas. Aside from "recess whenever possible," of course! There's the "monochromatic = more spacious" school of thought but IMO there are alternative ways to lead the eye around the room and create interest in a small space. Things to consider: * color / color contrast * the lines of an object (round vs square) * judicious use of oversized scale * having some consistency with eyelines/sightlines of your vertical elements Here are some of the apparently-smaller baths I've found that put at least one of the above into action: We're adapting this built-into-doorway cab for our bath -- ours will be built out from the wall, perpendicular to the sink, and serve as a med cabinet. I'd use a wall-hung if this were a full bath, but I do love this! [Note horizontal cladding] I was involved in this [5 x 8 with TWO doors!] bath: Grabbed space from kitchen to make this 15" cubby: IMO one of the biggest challenges with small baths is to create negative space that serves to set off what IS in the room. In our case, we splurged a bit on a demilune/semicircle vanity instead of a square or rectangular one -- given our bowling alley dimensions, it helps carve out some pleasing curves. However, having lived in a place where the tiny wall-hung sink, toilet, and clawfoot were all accessible from one spot I know negative space is sometimes non-existent! I've enjoyed the book below, which has a mix of sizes and lots of materials in it --"ideas for tiny half-baths, medium-size his-and-hers, and large, luxurious home spas. Specifics on ventilation, waterproofing, faucets, showers, tubs, and more." Here is a link that might be useful: New Bathroom Idea Book (Taunton Press)...See MoreI'd love design ideas for a bathroom
Comments (2)I suggest: tub along the 9 foot wall in the lower corner. toilet along the 5' wall; enclosed in its own 3x5' room with door to main bathroom. Vanity with 2 sinks between tub and door on lower wall. How does that look?...See MoreI have no idea what I'm doing. Help me design my bathroom
Comments (33)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...See MoreBathroom Design Help & Ideas
Comments (16)Ok. So over the weekend we went back to the house. I did the best I could in getting measurements of most of the rooms. There are things in the way, so I did the best I possibly could. Measurements shouldn't be too far off. But until we can rip stuff out, I cant get exact measurements. We will be totally redoing this bathroom and the kitchen. This is the bathroom, hall and closet measurements that are between two bedrooms in the front of the house. The entry into the bedrooms are from the living room. There are two doors on each side of the hall that are not included in this drawing. I tried to post it above in my orig post, but Houzz would not let me saying it could not find my post. Suzanne_m: I like your ideas so far. Wished I had a drawing planner like you and I'd do this myself. I've downloaded a couple and they are hard to understand, so I gave up. Hope this drawing gives you a better idea of what the measurements are. Thanks so much for helping. I'm trying to get my hubby some visual on the possibility of what could be done to that bathroom. I'm very visual and all I knew is that I believed that the bathroom door wall could come down to open up and have use of that hall. I personally dont feel its needed. The need here is to make that bathroom bigger and roomier. Let me know if anything else is needed. I can post the whole house if I need to. Because its kinda a weird shape of rooms and the kitchen needs redoing too, but I planned to do a new post on that. Sorry, I forgot to write 71" in the bathroom area. Bedroom 1 looking down the hall to bedroom 2. Closet on the right. Bathroom on the left inside the hall. The plan is to rip out this entire bathroom and hall. All baseboards and trim in the bedrooms and redo the walls, etc. House layout. The two bedrooms and this bathroom are in the front of the house bottom left side. Two bedrooms 147" x about 120" each. Living room immediately to the right of them. Part of the kitchen is directly in front of the 2nd bedroom, so part of the living area. The back square is a bedroom, bathroom, closet, laundry and a small dining area....See Morecat_ky
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