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Thoughts on these plans? 8x13 rectangular master bath - big enough?

last year

Has anyone done a master bath with these dimensions? Have photos? We are redoing ours and have some play with the dimensions because we are also adjusting closets. I’m just wondering is 8x13’ a large enough space to feel worthy as a master bath? The attached picture is the bathroom layout. The blue space behind the vanity will be a walk in closet.

The main features we are including are 1. A large double vanity with plenty of storage and built in hidden power 2. Wall hung toilet 3. Large walk in curbless shower with partition entry 4. Large heated towel rack and 5. Heated floors.

We are forgoing the large soaking tub. We don’t take baths and we have a tub in our hall bath for bathing children. I also don’t think one would fit in the master without making the room feel cramped. I love freestanding but we definitely don’t have room for one.

We also aren’t building a separate water closet for the toilet. I know some people do, but I’m going for the look of big open space to make it feel like a larger room than it is. I hope that’s not strange!

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KJMR 320
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last year
And the size of the shower would be 3’2” x 8 ( the width of the room). Could make it 3.5’ wide. Anyone have thoughts on that?
dan1888
last year
Seems like you can move the vanity to the right wall and square off the closet. More closet with no loss of function in the bath.
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A couple of quick comments: 1) The toilet compartment door needs to open out instead of in. Safety and usually code. 2) The toilet compartment light/fan switches...consolidate the light and fan switches into one switch, with a timer for the fan. Turn the single switch ON, the light and fan come on. Turn the switch OFF, the light goes out but the fan runs for a preset time. 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc. 3) Shower ventilation...the shower is large enough to have a fan vent inside the shower. Your bathroom is large enough to have another separate vent outside the shower. You can get a single remote fan (more powerful, more efficient, and quieter) that can evacuate air from two locations. 4) I recommend the same shower light/fan switch for the shower as I recommended for the toilet compartment. You can set that one up for 20 minutes of extra fan run time to start with. 5) Shower bench. Just a recommendation, its implementation depends on the purpose of the bench. If this is for one person, then consider moving it to the wall that light switches are on, so the bench will be on the wall immediately to the right as you enter the shower. The edge can be cut at an angle to match the walk-in door angle. Moving the bench to the "front" of the shower will allow you to move your shower heads and bathing area further into the "back" of the shower. With it being doorless, it'll help minimize overspray out the door. 5) Can lights in the bathroom. If you really want them, I'd use three instead of four, with the middle one on the centerline of the two 4DB18 cabinets. Move the two outside cans so that the left and middle can light are centered on the left sink, and the middle and right are centered on the right sink. Got to run.
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LOL - I'm not sure what you are representing there. I think everything gets squashed up when you try to represent area. All I'm thinking about is the bedroom in question and the doorways. How about this. There is a rectangle which is roughly 13 feet by 10.5 feet. The Top wall is a 5 foot portion and an 8 foot portion of the nook. The Left wall is 8 feet and has a bathroom entry at the bottom. The Bottom wall is 13 feet and has the doorway at the far left side. The Right wall is 10.5 feet and has a window on it. At this point where do you put the closet? Let's say the closet is 5' x 2' - which is a nice size. -- If you put it on the Left wall it makes the doorways somewhat tunnel like. -- If you put it on the 5 foot portion of the Top wall it narrows one part of the room further to 6 feet but doesn't create a tunnel. Maybe this is better in that it creates a 5 x 6 nook with closet and two doorways, and then an 8 x 10.5 area. If you draw this out, does it make sense? And is this better than either the 8 x 13 room? or the 10 x 10 and move plumbing room? which you first wrote about. Rachel
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Wow! Thank you all for responding. You gave me a lot to think about :) awm03- your vanity is beautiful!!! I love that! beverly- is that your bathroom? Gorgeous!! I also am not fond of the ogee edge, gsciencechick. Yours looks great! lol- I still don't know what to do! Looks like I need to price it all out. Another reason I like integrated sinks is bc honestly, that's one less thing to buy, or 2 in my case bc we have a duel vanity. So not only is sold surface more $$$$ but I would need to add on an extra ~$400 for undermount sinks.
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I"m short on time, but wanted to post something that's been swirling in my brain. I think walk in closets are lovely if you have the space, but I just don't think you have the space; I'm pretty confident that the minimum recommended width of a closet is 5'. How about a walk- through closet to your bathroom? My guesstimate is that you could have 6' wide, reach in closets on either side of a 42" hallway. I've seen lots of pictures with a beautiful tub centered under a window and flanked by vanities, so I appreciate that look might be a priority to you. I just moved all that over to the other window. I tucked the toilet and shower around the corner. Depending on the location of the window, you might be able to have a pocket door, but if not, a wall would add a lot of privacy (avoid seeing the reflection of someone on the toilet from the entrance or the rest of the bathroom.) Anyhoo. Here's a rough drawing. If aging in place is a concern, I'd put the shower and toilet on the exterior or bedroom wall, so you have the option of creating a quicker route to the toilet (through the closet wall) in the future.
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bpath
last year
What are your restrictions? Does plumbing have to be where shown? What is the window like, how far from the floor? Does it have to stay as shown?

Why the strange nook in the closet to the right? What are your closet storage needs (long and short hanging, heights, drawers, shelves etc)?

What are your bathroom storage needs?
littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
last year
Big enough? Way big enough for me, with a lot of wasted space in the middle.
cubby14
last year
I would not like that there isn't counter space with that sink configuration. I would make the shower deeper if I could.
flopsycat1
last year
Way big enough for me too. Do you have storage for linens/towels!
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Mark Bischak, Architect
last year
Are you building a house or just a bathroom?

(that is a loaded question)
Lyndee Lee
last year
I wouldn't like that bathroom. When I take a shower, I like hot water and a steamy shower stall and that big open shower would not suit me. The proportions of the shower just don't sit right with me, too long and too narrow. My shower is 42x60 and I can't imagine wanting anything longer than 72. A width of 36 is OK but no more narrow than that and 42 is quite spacious.

I might try a 42 by 42 area inside the panel and 30 inch opening for a total size of 42x72. Use the remaining two feet for a nice linen cabinet.
Fori
last year
It's plenty big. You can use the space better I think.
dsdh
last year
We recently remodeled master bath that was 71"x 17'. We used 7' of the 17' for large wet room with tub and shower. The vanity reaches from wet room for 7' with toilet at end. We installed a modern sleek stlye barn door mirrored on bathroom side with hardware on bathroom side to maximize space and maintain more traditional look in bedroom. We are totally happy with it.
KJMR 320
Original Author
last year
Thanks everyone for the feedback! Super helpful! Just doing a bathroom/closet remodel. House has a funky 2nd story 2x6 random bump out which you can see in the picture. Single small vanity, small shower, pink jetted tub from the 90s. We have some plumbing and AC duct restrictions as most remodels do… The current bathroom runs the entire span encompassing the plans I showed all the way to the corner of the house. And the remainder is an oddly compartmentalized closet with three doors that drive us crazy. We are gutting the entire space and starting fresh. Tying to make the large but awkward shaped space more useful! Wish us luck!!!
littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
last year
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Here’s a thought: cut off the part above the red line and make it part of the bedroom. Or closet or whatever that room is up there.

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