Maybe I can help. Our house was built in 1962 and, interestingly enough, we are just finishing a master bath with exactly the same dimensions as yours and pretty much the same layout. All that remains to be done is for the shower door to be hung; that's another story. As I said, our bath is 7 feet long and a smidge under 7 1/2 feet wide. We also have a window over the toilet, but our wall with the vanity is on an interior wall, so no window there. The layout for our bathroom is exactly what you have in your plans, with a couple of minor differences. Our shower is 48" long, but only about 32" wide. We put a half wall between the shower and the toilet with a clear shower enclosure on the front of the shower and above the half wall. That provides a little privacy for the toilet area and prevents it being seen from the bedroom while maintaining the open feeling of the clear shower enclosure. We put crown molding all around the bathroom since the shower enclosure doesn't go all the way to the ceiling and so we weren't concerned about the humidity and the wood. The shower enclosure is tiled to the bottom of the crown molding and there is a bullnose decorative tile with a black pencil accent tile right below it that runs through the shower and extends all the way around the bathroom at wainscot height. We used a white subway tile for the shower enclosure and below the bullnose tile around the remainder of the bathroom. The subway tile and decorative tile form the backsplash above the vanity. Our plumbing for the shower is also in the wall between the bathroom and the bedroom. We used a black and white porcelain basketweave tile for the floor, both in the shower and in the remainder of the bathroom. The black accent tile on the walls and the black "dot" in the floor relate well to each other. Since we don't have the issue of the window over the vanity, we put two sinks in ours and there is plenty of room for them. The countertop doesn't feel crowded at all. As far as the grout goes, we used white epoxy grout (I don't know the brand) on the walls, and a dark gray on the floor. I've been using the bathroom, other than the shower, for a couple of months now, and the floor is pristine. While white grout was also recommended for the floor, I was too skeptical for that. The dark gray actually adds some definition to the tile pattern and there is no worry about the grout discoloring. Our vanity is 21" deep which is one reason our shower is narrower. We used standard cabinetry and the cost was relatively reasonable. It was amazing how much this small room cost! Our bathroom door does swing into the bathroom and into the shower. The only place we could find for towel bars was on the back of the door so we had to be really careful that the height of the towel bars kept them from colliding with the handle to the shower door. We also put a stop on the door so that it doesn't swing into the shower. It isn't ideal but the only way it would work for us. I don't yet have pictures; I'll try to post some in the next couple of days. Before the renovation, we had a bathtub and a small linen closet on the wall which now contains the vanity and the vanity was where the shower now is. We, thankfully, didn't need to move the toilet. I hope this has been helpful. While the bathroom is cozy, my husband and I don't generally use it at the same time. But if we did, there really is room for both of us with the double vanity. Good luck!

dana100, your requests are very reasonable and achievable. There's nothing unusual or unachievable about them. The way strong designers and architects work is to first begin with a series of small hand-drawn pencil sketches, talking with you and your spouse about the relative advantages and disadvantages of each concept sketch. Sometimes this is called by architects a "charrette", a French term for how design sketches where done and loaded on carts in Paris at the Ecole for jurying... The issue here is that the organizing concept and the development of the design as currently depicted is simply not working to your best advantage. What to do? Well the issue is whether or not the current author of the current design is capable of doing better...or whether you need to cut bait and go elsewhere. If you are working with a local architect, then simply have a discussion about needed improvements to this plan. The architect will understand and be capable of working closely with you for new concepts. On the other hand, if you are dealing with a builder, "designer" or CAD-driver (associated with the builder or working independently), then your options are more challenging, since their experience in design is most often limited at best and they only know to do what you tell them. The most important point, however, is this: it's much better, less costly, and always more satisfactory over the long haul to get things right and proper while still in the paper phase, than to proceed to construction and the related expenses thereafter for a less than satisfactory design. Get it right first. Whatever it takes. Then build it. Not vice versa! Good luck on your project.

I would square off the bathroom, no angles, by extending the right hand wall of the bathroom straight down. In that newly created space you could move the shower, add a linen closet, a bidet, or or something else that suits your needs. The catch is that means the walk in closet would need to be accessed from the bedroom not the bathroom. So that depends on your personal preference Also, *because you have the space* I would increase the toilet room by 6", and run the vanities to the edge of the tub

Ya, here is the dilleo. We met and talked for probably 3hrs. He has budgetted amounts for each item of the house build. i.e. excavation, cement, framing, kitchen fixtures, and basement (to my suprise) was an extra price. All good though. He is a great guy , i get the feeling. Won't know of course til were all done. I have gone and talked to people he built for and they all say what a great guy he is. I am leaving most if not all decisions about kitchen and bath fixtures to my sig other. She already has it in mind that she wants a walk in shouwer for our master bath. Said "were getting older ." She is , im not. But, ya, lots of decisions. He said as far as counter tops go , you could do 5 laminate tops for the price of a quartz or anything else. So, i guess , the laminate is the better choice. Yes, we are on a very tight budget. Home is only 1200 sq ft. Im bringing est. to the bank and letting loan officier there look at the prices. She deals with this all the time. Hopefully. We'll have composit flooring in kitchen and hallway. Carpet in bedrooms and sometype of waterproof flooring in bathrooms. Here's a question for the group : Country setting so, lp gas. Question: Woodstove down the basement, or heatmore outside ?? Love the idea of a woodstove downstairs in the den for those cold winter nights. Heats the whole house. And just a cozy feeling. Buddy has a heatmore. He loads that up and it brings hot water through a radiator in his furnace and heats his house and......... hot water What say ye all ???