HELP - Awkward & Small bathroom
7 months ago
We would love to sell our home in a few months but our kitchen & bathrooms are dated. How would you best update this bathroom? It can be difficult to find corner vanities so do I paint the vanity and try to find a new sink and new top?! SEND HELP!
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Comments (17)You are going to want more than 32" for the toilet. 36" is standard (and perhaps even code in some areas???? Not here in Maine but I heard people saying that on other forums...) We have 34" and it feels fine but I dont think I'd want to go much tighter. You could solve that simply by flipping the closet and shower. So, have your shower -rotated 90 degrees and witha glass end wall- at the end of the tub (which is a nice setup you can see in many bathrooms, the tub deck can actually protrude under the shower glass wall and be a ledge or seat in the shower). Then the passageway moves to the left, and you can steal a bit of space from the other closet for the toilet. Either that of have a shorter vanity. 48" isn't a size I'd fight for. It's too short for a double vanity, really (unless you're using one of the new two-faucet 'trough" styles) so why not go down to 42" and have a better toilet area? For resale, though, you should consider a double vanity. Some people I guess expert truly huge ones, like at least 5+' long. But you CAN get smaller ones, Ikea has some great ones for tight spaces. But if you're not selling anytime soon, do what YOU like!! (But I still think you'll want more toilet space...)...See MoreSmall bathroom, small budget, big irritation, big plea for help
Comments (55)I think we're going to have to have an electrician come in and rewire the house or something. The bathroom, the two fan lights in the kitchen, and the lights in the main room in the basement go out all the time. Doesn't matter what kind of bulbs we put in there, they burn out. Yet the light over the sink is on pretty much 24/7 and it's been replaced like once in 16 years. For the last long while, we quit buying the "good" bulbs b/c if we get three months out of them, that's a good length of time for us, but the cost is outlandish to replace that often for bulbs that rarely are used. The cabinet door goes to shelving in the hall. If we didn't have the shelving, we'd lose quite a bit of storage, so we can't take the shelves out to put a hamper in there....See MoreHelp! Awkward Bathroom Layout
Comments (1)Would something like this work? More closet space. Shower length might be 54 inches depending on exact measurements....See Moresmall bathroom layout - help!
Comments (18)My question to you is: how much do you like your knees? Love this little conundrum. Reminds me of so many awkward little bathrooms that were made at the turn of the century or earlier, Now I'm not a designer or anything and this is with MS Paint (10 pixels = 1 inch so it should be vaguely to scale I hope) so take this with a grain of salt but: I did move your window but if you don't want to move it you can just flip the position of the toilet/sink (though I believe Door 1 is the kitchen door so I left the toilet closer to the wall bc then it'll be kinda out of view if the door is slightly closed I hope?). Not sure if this would work bc I don't have the dimensions from wall to door trim on Door 2 and I'm assuming its the same size as Door 1 this one moved the window again but kept the same layout you have now. I just sized the fixtures to fit the room; same toilet but adding a shorter than average 30" x 54" 2-sided tub (you could probably get away with 60" length though) and a smaller 18" x 30" sink (and I'd suggest going even smaller with the sink tbh, shallow sinks might help in this bathroom) I went a bit crazy for number 3, no structural changes but a lot of plumbing moves! In this one I would suggest a corner sink if thats still a thing or a shallow sink if you're open to it, they're great space savers! The layout you have now is probably the most efficient one you could have in there with the location of doors and size of the room, unfortunately. My ideas at most have about 19" of walking space between the tightest fixtures granted thats all hip height and below obstructions so it might feel more spacious when walking. I've found with the tiniest bathrooms over the years that vertical obstruction height is the real killer since your arms typically take up a lot more space than your feet! Honestly I'm not sure if this is your main/only bathroom (I think so since you want a tub in a space you know is too small for one) and I'm not sure what things you'd prioritize over others (storage, view, movement, basement access, etc.) or if the non-door/window wall can be bumped out a bit, even partially (I assume not since bumping out that wall is an obvious way to get everything you want) Also on the point of barn/pocket doors: do NOT do it unless you have the money to spring for a top tier one and even then I wouldn't suggest it. Yes, they are space savers but honestly they come with a host of issues (getting stuck (pocket), coming off the track (pocket & barn), cleanliness (pocket), etc) and even then they wouldn't address the issues you have with this bathroom What you really need is to close off or move those doors, even moving the full bathroom to a different room entirely, which unfortunately is not possible. Changing the opening style won't give you more room to put the fixtures you want in there unless you want to crawl/shimmy/sidestep past your toilet/sink which I don't think would be up to code! If after all my rambling you're not into that might I suggest taking a gander at the old Sears (and equivalent) home plan catalogues? They have so many tiny and rather confusingly laid out bathrooms like yours so you might have a moment of inspiration! http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1908-1914.htm (granted some plans don't show the layout of bathroom fixtures but there are some that do like The Chelsea)...See MoreRelated Professionals
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24" Triadsville Taupe Corner Bathroom Vanity · More Info1. Have an extra $1k to spend? Hire someone to take out the current vanity, put in a $700 one like this and paint the mirror.
2. Get an expoy paint for the basin, and another kind of paint formulated for countertops. Paint them both. Do it soon so the horrific fumes can air out and you can see what it looks like.
If either of these sound like too much money or labor for you, then list your house for slightly less, or be willing to have your house sit a bit longer. (This depends hugely on where you live. Where I live it is expected that you'll rip out a bathroom and start over so the pink sink wouldn't matter.) - 7 months agolast modified: 7 months ago
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7 months agolast modified: 7 months agoPaint the vanity the pink of the counter, using a semi-gloss finish. The walls are white, so add a chair rail around the room and wallpaper above it.
Mirror is very big for the space, but replacing it might run you into money. Take it down and remove the crown molding so it just the frames around mirror are left. Paint it the pink of the vanity...same finish.
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