Critique my bathroom layout

18 years ago

We are considering expanding the south wall of our bathroom about 3 feet into the bedroom and completely changing the layout. I asked for your help several weeks ago, but we've decided to do more extensive work than what we were thinking before.

1. The entire space will be 16' x 12'. This diagram doesn't show the window on the north wall. What look like windows are pocket doors and are flexible in placement. I'm also amenable to moving the closet entirely.

2. I want to keep a tub but I'm not married to the idea of a separate tub and shower.

3. I'd like to have the toilet sectioned off, at least with a wall, but I'd love to find a way to fit a totally separate compartment.

4. All of the pieces (vanity, toilet, etc) are just representative and really just placeholders. The squares between the tub and shower represent a storage cabinet.

Do you have any suggestions or other ideas?

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astridh
18 years ago
It is common to see the toilet in a separate compartment, but unless you have a lot of space it can seem a bit claustrophobic in there and/or a waste of space. We had something unusual in our last house: a separate room for the toilet and the bathtub. It worked out well, since we didn't take baths all that often, and never in the mornings when we were both getting ready for work. You could consider moving the toilet and bathtub to the "top" part of your room. Then you would have room for a spacious shower and double vanity in the "bottom" part of your room. You could even have a high window in between the two rooms over the door if the bottom window has no natural light. Or, put in a skylight.
kgsd
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks for the reply! I didn't make this very clear, but the top part of the room is the closet. I'm amenable to moving the closet, but it can't be eliminated.
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suero
18 years ago
Do you really want to have to go through the bathroom to get to the closet?
kgsd
Original Author
18 years ago
Suero, I don't mind going through the bathroom to get to the closet. I've had it in other houses and it seems normal to me. It's very common in my area.

I'm definitely open to other arrangements. Here are the alternatives I've thought about, but these seem worse than the layout I ended up with:
1. Have a long narrow closet running the whole North-South length of the bathroom (instead of the current East-West arragement). This makes the part with the tub/toilet/sinks too narrow.

2. Have the closet on the south side of the bathroom, where you go through the *closet* to get to the *bathroom*. This seems very strange to me.

3. Have two small closets on the south side of the bathroom with a small passageway in between. The problem is that with 3' of clearance for the passageway, the two closets would only be 4'x6' and 5'x6'. It gives me less overall closet square footage than having the closet at the back of the bathroom.

I'd love to hear other ideas.