Closet layout for primary?
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How can I fit a larger bathroom and closet into my primary bedroom?
Comments (4)Definitely along the lines of your first option. And try to move the door to the primary bedroom back a foot or whatever so its wall is in line with the rest of the hallway. It’ll make for one less awkward jog and give you more room to walk around the bed and access the new closet....See MorePrimary bedroom closet and bathroom placement
Comments (4)Given the apparently large sizes of your bedroom, closet and bathroom, I don't think that "losing" space to a hallway is a problem. There is this weird idea that hallways are wasted space. They aren't. You need space to walk from one place to another. That space will exist whether a walled hallway is there or not. But with an actual hallway, you define the traffic pattern, provide a sense of separation, transition and privacy. These are all valuable and should be part of your thinking when designing a space. All that said, if you intend to hire an architect or other design professional, you'd be wise not to show them floor plans. It stifles their creativity and you'll end of getting something that you could have (and mostly did) design. Your job as a home owner is to carefully explain and prioritize your requirements for the space. These requirements should initially be about how you want to live rather than measurements and hallways....See MoreHelp with primary suite layout - bathroom + closet
Comments (10)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?...See Morehelp with primary bathroom layout
Comments (39)If a wheelchair is in you future, rethink the entire layout of the entire house. If you're not in a wheelchair now and don't have a degenerative disease, your chances of being in a wheelchair as a part of natural aging is fairly remote. You're more likely to need a cane or a walker. And it would mean we are sude by side and we would still bump into each other. Lol. Eh, how often do you actually use the sinks at the same time? If one of you is an early riser and will be up and out before the other, why do you need duplicate sinks? Just closing the door off from the bathroom to the closet will pick up space in both rooms. One of the best things about this layout is that you can access the closet from the hallway ... and that it's just across from the laundry room. Given your desire to have an early riser not disturb the other, I think it's a great idea that you're able to get into the bathroom and get all of your clothes from the closet, and even escape through the closet without ever having to go back into the bedroom. Yes, this makes sense. I know others may disagree, but do what works for you. I think the OP's trying to figure out works for him or her. Had a friend with a dryer fire so I am paranoid about it. That's not paranoia ... that's good sense. Try to place your dryer on an exterior wall and clean your dryer vent twice a year. Other thoughts: - I think you'll have some trouble with that sink that shares a wall with the closet ... the pocket door won't share nicely with the plumbing for the sink. - On the other hand, a pocket door would work nicely on the laundry door. - Where will you hang towels for the tub and shower? - Where will you place the trash can for the sinks? - Curbless showers are hard to build right /may end up leaking. Consider instead a 2" threshhold (that's the minimum); it's next to nothing and a hospital wheelchair can even roll over it. - Since you are concerned about aging in place, consider taking the toilet out of the closet. Toilet closets are harder to clean and don't provide storage for medical needs at the toilet. Consider, instead, placing it at the end of a vanity behind a small pony wall. A bit of privacy without the negatives of the closet. - I'd forget the island in the closet. I'd rather have storage all around the edge of the huge closet and a nice stuffed stool in the middle where you could sit down while putting on your shoes /lay out your suitcase while packing....See MoreJP Haus
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