It doesn't really look like there's enough room for both a pony wall and shelves. Is the vanity a stock size? If not ( if it's being custom made) I might be inclined to build the pony wall and have the vanity made "wall to wall".

FWIW, we have. 60" double vanity, then a space, then the shower, just like yours, although our shower has a curtain, not glass. The difference is our toilet is right next to the shower (couldn't move it - concrete condominium construction) so we needed the space to get in and out of the shower.

Hi hockeyfan-

Yes, that is what I would like--a 'wall to wall' vanity. Doesn't that make more sense to you than to have the empty space there?

I had a space like that in my old layout, hated it (although it was less than 10" wide, difficult to clean in there). If you build a cabinet to close up the space, maybe it could have shelves to hold rolled up towels or a pullout for toilet paper storage (I think I've seen a picture of that on this forum).

Here is the image of a pony wall with a pull out for tp or other storage.

Maybe you could enlarge the shower by four inches making it 36 inches wide instead of 32. Add in the pony wall next to the sink.
In the wasted space between the shower and toilet wall, put in a 12 X12 open storage cabinet facing the toilet?

That's not thedesription of a small remodel. That's the description of a large, expensive, remodel. Leave the layout alone if you want to keep expenses down. Changing, moving, and adding fixtures really adds up. Even with access to the plumbing from below through a basement, moving plumbing requires many hours of services of one of the most expensive of all of the trades, a plumber.

Karen--

I really like that idea, I think I will propose that to the contractor.

Hollysprings- I suppose our definitions of 'small' are not the same!

Meek- I really like that option as well! Thanks for the photo!