You can see the bedroom entrance gets you more useable hanging space. I suggest you change the door width to 28". In that case it would be identical to the walk-in closet I have in my primary bedroom. I agree with millworkman that the whole setup is not ideal, but it does have the advantage of insulating the bedroom well from noise from the rest of the house.

I prefer the closet door in the passageway. I would not put a closed closet on the left, or at least not all the way, but rather design drawers and countertop and mirror. It becomes the perfect place for the last-to-go-on things like scarves, jewelry, or for purses, wallets, sunglasses sunglasses. Done attractively, it’s a more welcoming entrance to the bedroom. And whole space feels more open.

Having the closet open from the bedroom gives you a dark, narrow space to move around in, bumping into each other, and light and movement from the closet might wake someone trying to sleep.

Thanks for the feedback so far, folks!

@millworkman @kandrewspa

With respect to they layout/floorplan design:

The alternative was putting a normal hallway along the right side, then the rest becomes a bigger walk-in closet. See photo. The problem with this was that it doesn't actually create much extra room - the open space is bigger but it doesn't become a big enough space to do an island, or to create a peninsula (which we actually hate and wouldn't do, but could have given more room). We could technically add more closet space in Option 1 and the difference is only about 12-15" length of closet space.

So in either scenario, there was a plan to have a ~48" wide walking path to the bedroom, and instead of it being outside of the bedroom, it becomes a vestibule that creates a grand entrance for when you enter the bedroom.

It's essentially like the Studio McGee home's primary bedroom - when we saw her do that, we were convinced this was the better way to go. Theirs doesn't have the closet stuff on the left side, but they created a vestibule that you walk through to get to the bedroom, and the vestibule has the entrance-door into the closet (like Option 1).

@bpath

That's a good idea on the design for the left built-in! Would definitely make it less heavy. The way my wife and I were going to split it up was I was going to have that closed built-in and she'd get the whole walk-in to herself, so we might have to renegotiate that, haha.

Or maybe the first 1/4-1/3 of the length is open with a countertop space you described, and the rest is closed?

I assume below the countertop, it'd be something like drawers for all those things?

The biggest concern in Option 2 is the 28" of space - it did seem too narrow. Also good points on waking someone... My wife is a pretty light sleeper, and prefers that side of the bed, so it would definitely get to her!

I like having closets open off of an little entry hall to the bedroom, so I would choose option 1. I agree that the non-walk-in closet might be better configured with custom millwork drawers and cabinets if that’s possible within the budget.

What did you decide?