New Master Bathroom Layout Poll

[jserr68594]

I am renovating the bathroom in my house taking a single bath and making it into a master and secondary bath. I am also including a walk-in closet for the master. Also, I am planning on taking one of the existing bedroom closets and using it for a computer desk area.

What design do you like best? Any recommendations are appreciated as well!

 

[NUTTSGT]

I think I prefer "B" with the closet frame work left in place.

 

[mobetta]

putting a pocket door and a lav in the same will will be a challenge but can be done if you make the wall thick enough

 

[The Cobbler]

^^^ he's got about 30" at the back end of the pocket door to sneak plumbing in

 

[jserr68594]

Thanks for your input. After some thought, I think this will likely be my final layout!

 

[yeldogt]

Can't say I like any of them .. is that a glass shower? Will you use the twin vanities in a small space ? Have to go into bath to get to closet ?

Have been using wall toilets in my projects and they are great space savers for small spaces.

Bathrooms are expensive spaces to remodel and can make or break a house. I think spending some money on a pro space planner will give you better bang for the time and money you are spending.

 

[reader2580]

If someone is thinking about future resale the double sinks are probably a must even if you never use them. That said I sometimes see double sinks that are crammed in just because every master bath has them. The space used for the extra sink could be put to better use in those cases.

I looked at doing my own master suite redesign and decided that hiring a designer would make more sense. I found a designer who would look at the space and then come up with a design for about $1,200. I haven't had him do the design because the project is still in the dream phase. I need to get a garage/shop built before I redo my master suite.

 

[thammel]

I like leaving the closet in place but I also like having the walk in closet open to the bedroom directly. So a hybrid of B and C.

 

[atch]

1. I like minimizing doorways from the bedroom; and I like getting to the closet through the bath. That's the way our master is and we love it. We're fortunate in that we have two (his n her) walk-in closets. If we had two more doorways from the bedroom we'd lose that much more wall space. With all of Sherry's antiques we need every inch of wall space we can find for furniture placement.

2. We also have a pocket door leading into the bath. It stays open about 99% of the time. Only when company wants to use the jetted/soaker tub or huge shower in our bath room does the pocket door get closed.

3. Part of the reason for the pocket door being open is that our toilet has its own little room within the bathroom. Its door gets closed whenever someone is using the toilet. I HIGHLY recommend you give some thought to seeing if you can design the bath such that the toilet is inside its own room. I hope I'm wrong, but I think you're going to get awfully tired of opening and closing your pocket door. OR you'll start closing the bedroom door (while leaving the pocket door open) whenever you want to use the toilet.

4. 5'-6" is tight but doable for a closet with hanging clothes (or shelves the same depth) on one side and narrow shelves on the other side. My closet has hanging clothes on one long wall and 1' deep shelves along the other wall. These go the entire length of the closet. I also have a 2' deep cabinet on the end wall similar to what you've shown. I hate it. The clothes (both hanging and on the shelves) in the corners where that end cabinet is located are not totally inaccessible but they are quite a pain to get to. There is carpet in the closet and the shelves sit on small risers. The carpet is cut around these risers but not under them. Someday in the foreseeable future we're going to rip out the carpet in the bedroom and these two closets and install hardwood flooring. When we do I'm going to also rip out those risers and the end-wall cabinet. I'll put in narrow shelves floor to ceiling where that cabinet is now. I have tee shirts (hot rods, H-D, etc.), jeans, and shoes on these existing long narrow shelves. I bet there are tee shirts back in that corner that haven't been worn since we built that closet 10-12 years ago. I recommend you consider how hard/easy it will be to get to the clothes in those corners.

5. I'm sure that you've already considered whether having a bedroom desk area is more important than having a larger/better bathroom.

6. Sherry and I are both retired and no one else lives here. We never have to "get ready" at the same time. Therefore double sinks are on no consequence to us. Our vanity is an antique oak buffet restored and converted into a sink vanity. One sink does us quite well. Your mileage may vary. If resale ever becomes a consideration it will be for our children when we're either dead or in a nursing home. Not our problem.

 

[atch]

Did you use the layout you showed above?

 

[coljar]

I'm glad you moved the toilet to where it is in post #5. I like pocket doors for closets, but not for entryways into a room.

 

[rburke65]

I’m thinking B.....that’s the one I just voted for

 

[engineer2]

Sometimes my wife sorts laundry or puts laundry away in our walk in closet while I'm getting ready for work. I'd rather have a walk-in closet that has access from the bedroom. Otherwise it is essentially accessible only when the master bath is unoccupied. Of course for married couples it doesn't matter, unless you are on the ******* burning a mule.

Double sinks are essential to sell the house, but a better way to go is separate vanities in different parts of the bathroom. That's what we did because it was an L-shaped room. Of course she will need more space than you.

Your final layout is good though. I've seen other houses laid out in a similar manner. We don't use desks as much as we used to since we have laptops and can work anywhere in the house.