Primary Bath/Closet layout

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Needing help configuring primary bedroom bath/closet. 2 potential layouts attached here! Thoughts on which one is better? Other options im not thinking of? Have all that space to play with so open to any ideas!

Thanks in advance!

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Lisa Dipiro
last year
I like plan a what happens if someone is on the toilet and yu need something from the closet as in plan b?
But plan a I changed the entryways. So you can have a ‘hall’ to the bathroom
Tk the right sliders to access that
And opposite a pocket door.
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RappArchitecture
last year
I wouldn't want to walk thru the closet to get to the bedroom. Adding pocket doors as above is possible but I think makes the space very tight. I prefer plan B, and if the toilet is an issue it could be reoriented to be beside the chase with a small half wall to provide some privacy.
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I think you're showing the old and the new on the same drawing? As others have said, this is confusing. But the new master suite is a simple layout with a closet-bath-bedroom? Okay, if I'm reading this correctly, here are my specific thoughts: - Simple layouts are always best. Thumbs-up. - The hallway to the bedroom will make things private. But the hallway is something like 10' long and dull ... on the positive side, you'll be walking towards a door with natural light /makes for a good focal point. I'd like to see low-wattage motion-sensored lights in this hallway to make it pleasant at night ... if you place two lights midway in this hallway, the light won't spill onto the bed and disturb a sleeper. How wide is this hallway? I hope no less than 42" ... personally, I'd steal a foot from the ample bath and closet and add a set of built-in bookshelves into this hallway. I'd love to see it maybe 48" high with space above for artwork or display items. A 42" hallway with a half-high bookshelf on the left wall would feel luxuriously wide. This would give you a ton of storage and would create a more pleasant walk than an empty hallway. Imagine 10' of this: - I would definitely flip-flop the closet and the bathroom. Why? Because "as shown", you have the toilet sharing a wall with the bedroom, which can be noisy. In contrast, the closet is a quiet space. It also means when you want to use your own bathroom during the day, you're a step closer. - After making this flip-flop, keep the water items on the wall shared with the closet. This will mean more quiet for the secondary bedroom on the other side ... and if (when) you someday need service of some sort to the bathroom, a worker would be able to break through your closet wall, which means preserving your expensive tile. You could even ask for access doors to be left in the closet, which would allow you to reach the water works simply by moving the clothing out. - I'd definitely want a window in the bathroom, even if it's a small one up high over the tub. - Is that an open shower next to the tub? Eh, okay but not great. Personally, given that you have a very large closet right next door, I think I'd keep the tub at the end of the bathroom and create a shower that kinda "dips into" /steals space from the closet. I'd be willing to steal a bit from the large bedroom to make this happen. - In designing the bathroom, don't forget to plan where your towels will hang. - I don't know where you stand on closets-opening-from-bathrooms, but I think I might be tempted to close off the closet-door-from-the-hallway and open the closet from the middle of the bathroom ... meaning you'd enter the middle of the closet instead of the end. Maybe. - I note that you don't have a linen closet IN the bathroom, and that's something I really like. If you open the clothing closet into the bathroom, you'd be able to use that space for bathroom storage too. - I like the door in the master bedroom (fire safety), but I'd like to see a few more windows. The best rooms have windows on two sides to allow natural light from two different directions. - This is a fairly large bedroom, and you're showing only a bed in it. What do you plan to do with the rest of this space? My old bedroom was roughly this size (13' wide) and a king bed with two nice-sized night stands fit nicely on the short wall, but I was always a little irritated by the wasted space at the foot of the bed. - Where is your laundry? Ideally it'd be near the master bedroom as a step-saver. Your closet is large ... could you have a small stack-up unit in the closet?
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cpartist
last year
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What about this layout?

But I see other major problems.

For example, in bedroom 3, how does anyone reach into the closet on either side of the doors. There's almost 2' of space where you won't be able to reach hanging clothes.

In the second bathroom, you walk in and the first thing you see is the toilet?

Why is the closet in bedroom 2 on an outside wall? Also is the closet in bedroom 3 on an outside wall?

Why is bedroom 2 have an angled door into the room?

Why is bedroom 3 so narrow and long that it will be hard to place furniture. And basically all you can have in there is a twin bed.

Why is there no separation like a closet between the bedroom walls. That means that anyone in bedroom 2 will hear all the noises from bedroom 3 and the master suite.

Is this a custom home or a tract house?

Honestly if these problems are on the second floor, I'd hate to see the problems with the first floor.
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RappArchitecture
last year
cpartist's layout conveniently relocates the chase, which may not be feasible or even possible if it is brick. And her comments about the rest of the floor are beside the point, since presumably this is a renovation and everything outside of the master suite is existing. If this is a new build I would have expected the OP to say so. On the off chance it IS a new build, then indeed there is much room for improvement.
decoenthusiaste
last year
Skip the WIC. Do a hall from the bedroom to the bath with two standard depth RICs on either side of it. Then learn the Marie Kond method of folding.
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RappArchitecture
last year
Two reach-ins will work, but the one on the right side will need to be pulled forward to accommodate the chase and still provide full width. This will still leave ample hallway space between.
duli
last year
Not sure of the correct layout, but closets do act as sound buffers between rooms. If one occupant of the primary bathroom is an early riser and the other a night owl, having the closet to muffle sounds might help. My husband was a 4 a.m. riser for over 30 years as a fireman. Of course, this may not be an issue at all.
Jeanne Cardwell
last year
Where is the headboard wall? In Plan B the open closet door blocks the vanity access!!!
Back to the drawing board.
Lauren H
Original Author
last year
Thank you everyone so far! The home is 100 years old and currently has a stacked staircase. The stairs leading to the 3 rd floor enter through the current master bedroom so we are trying to rework the entire 2nd floor layout to make a proper entrance to those stairs. In a 100 year old home vs a new build, yes things won’t be the most ideal (ie the narrow bedroom) but this new layout should be much more functional than how it currently is.
I appreciate a lot of the points you raised and it’s all very good food for thought.
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RappArchitecture
last year
No drawing board needed. A pocket door solves the problem. So does reversing the swing.
Mrs Pete
last year
I like plan a what happens if someone is on the toilet and yu need something from the closet as in plan b?

The space-time continuum will be disrupted.

I do like Lisa's suggestion to add closet door, though I would maybe make the left side /reach-in closet into a set of built-in drawers.

For example, in bedroom 3, how does anyone reach into the closet on either side of the doors. There's almost 2' of space where you won't be able to reach hanging clothes.

I was going to point this out too.
Karenseb
last year
I would aim for a wider walkin closet. I would try for 81 to84 inches wide (wide enought to use a pocket door on the closet.

I have this setup with a set of drawers across from the walk in closet with doors on top and a mirror in the middle. I would do the same depth as the vanity.

I have a pocket door on the walk in which i usually leave open. I store loads of stuff behind the doors on top and all our underwear and more in the drawers below.

If you put your shower in a walled off area across from the vanity, you would not need a door on the bathroom entry.

The chimney may cause a loss of a small space, but you could store long term items there.

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