Master Bdrm/Bath Layout Input Needed

16 years ago

Three years ago, we found the Kitchen Forum extremely helpful in designing and building our kitchen. (Indeed, the term "extremely helpful" is probably the understatement of the century.) Now we're designing a major 2-story addition to our house of which the top floor will be a new master bed & bath that opens onto a deck.

We would really love any input you may have in the layout of the master and its bath.

Bath "Wants"

- water closet

- soaking tub (no jets or bubbles b/c I don't want to deal with the extra upkeep)

- large shower (possibly multi-head, but not steam)

- two sinks would be great, but not essential

Bedroom needs lots of closet space, and we like the closet adjoining the bath so it acts as a dressing room, and walking throught the closet to the bath is preferred over walking through the bath to the closet.

Here's a link to the latest version of the layout from the architects:

(I lose too much detail when I try to resize it to post the picture directly here.)

Although this layout has all of the aspects we want, it's all kinda crowded in there. Also the the right of the closets is a "make-up" area that we're not sure what to do with, but we do know make-up isn't it! (When I saw "make-up" on the plans I asked if it was make-up air for the new heating system, and my husband had to explain that it was a place for me to do my make-up...if I ever did my make-up that is.)

- It may be a possibility to push the back bathroom wall back, thus eliminating the little roof and making it flush with the back of the house.

- We may consider eliminating the little roof behind the bump-out on the right (aforementioned make-up area) to widen the space back there.

- The stairs may end up getting shifted back a little which may give us the option of moving the door into the bedroom if that would help.

- We'll have a panaramic view of the mesa, sand dunes and ocean from the deck, so the space near there is the prime area of the room.

- All of the footprint in front of the bumpout on the right has to stay the way it is so that out house doesn't end up too goofy looking.

Any and all input greatly appreciated! Below you'll find links to a few more pictures of the overall project that you may find helpful. (I'm going to post the bottom of the addition in the Building a Home forum to get some input on it.)

3-D exterior elevations:

(probably most useful)

Thanks!

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Comments (4)

suero
16 years ago
My first impression is that it's a long, involved walk from the bed to the toilet. I'm assuming that your architect never has nature calling in the middle of the night.
Which way is north?
alku05
Original Author
16 years ago
The house faces roughly south, so the deck is the south side, and the bathroom end is north.

We currently have a walk-through closet to get to the bathroom, and never considered it a long haul in the night. But you're right, the new master is significantly larger than the current one.
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desertsteph
16 years ago
I don't think the WC is that far away. I don't see a door on either end of the hall so having the WC back there will keep the flushing and water running sounds from disturbing the still sleeping spouse.

do you need the 'bumpout' on the shower? no dimensions given so I don't know how big the main part is... you could put the shower door on the same wall as the WC door and give some of that bumpout area back to the left closet.

the left closet should be dhs anyway - it's smaller.

is there anything else you might want to use the bumpout on the right for? bookcase along the back wall of it and a comfy chair for reading? a chest on either end of it? other built ins? the linen closet there instead of where it's drawn in?
alku05
Original Author
16 years ago
The bump on the shower was put in so that the shower didn't need doors. I know that the bump isn't absolutely necessary, but it will allow us to have more shower heads (and possibly more people) in there with less fear of splashing. We'd like to have the option of bringing a kid in there.

As for the "make-up bump", we're open to any and all suggestions on how to use that space. I suggested to DH that we move the linen closet into the nook created by the closet overhang. However, he seems to be a fan of shifting everything back so that the closet doesn't extend past the bumpout and the using that space as an option to place the bed.

Does anyone see any advantage to moving things around and doing one large shared closet? If we did one closet, it would be placed on the left side so the bathroom could occupy the right and get the morning sun.