leelee, we bought the smallest tub we could find, within our budget, and my husband doesn't like the idea of a tub in with the shower. Thank you for the pictures!

tatts, the diagram doesn't show the full size of the vanity, but it will be much smaller than the current one. My husband stood under the slant, and he can stand there without bumping his head. It is true that we're doing all these manipulations to fit in a tub that won't be used nearly as often as the shower, and I'm seriously wondering if it's worth it. I don't know if we can return the tub. I have always enjoyed a bath, and that's why I pushed for it. We don't have another bathroom we can put my dream tub in. Our other bathroom is a powder room.

ElleN, I didn't know HD had such a bad reputation for tiles. Have you had a bad experience with them?

The brown tile we're thinking of for the floor is very similar to the floor tile in your second picture. Thank you for your pictures.

About tile, I like the wood look tile for bathroom. As far as layout, I had similar issues and desires for my master. I ended up with a nice corner tub AND the vanity storage. All colors in beiges and white with a grey wall. Custom dual sink vanity cabinet with plenty of drawers even under the sink cabinets.

Teleshia, what are the dimensions of your corner bath? We looked at that option, too, and couldn't find a corner tub that would fit.

Mine is 54” from Signature Hardware online. They have smaller ones too. Great customer service and free delivery. I researched a lot of corner tubs and this one works well for us. My husband and I are 6 feet and we still enjoy the tub, we’ve had it 2 years.

https://www.signaturehardware.com/54-santorini-freestanding-acrylic-corner-tub-overflow-white.html

I just remeasured my bathroom and compared them to mine. The dimensions of my bathroom are within 6-10inches of yours. So it will work
My MIL has a slant wall like that and she had a hamper and cabinet built to incorporate the slant. It is functional and adds an interesting design to her bathroom, no pic sorry. Hope that helps! Post a final pic please.

Teleshia, thank you for the recommendation and the personal experience with this tub. I'm checking it out.

I will post a final pic after all this turmoil has finished!

Am I seeing this correctly? The vanity will be placed under the slanted wall? Will anyone be able to stand there and look in the mirror without bumping their head or having to lean to the left? This is confusing to me. In your current bath, you have a storage shelf there....perhaps because it really isn’t appropriate for a sink. Mock up a sink under those stairs and see if you can even use it before committing to this location for your sink or vanity. Please.

ptreckel, my husband, who is over 6 feet and taller than me, stood under the slant to make sure he can use a vanity there. I know it's not ideal, but he says it can work.

bigger vanity and no tub, or see if its possible to fit the tub inside of the shower.

This is required reading (or should be) for any tile work.

Designer Drains, putting the tub inside the shower would make the tub extend very close to the toilet, and it would cut out a lot of space inside the shower. I don't know if I want to give up the tub.

Hal Braswell Consulting, thank you for mentioning this. I'll check it out.

A few thoughts: I understand not moving the toilet. The other reasons for the layout make little sense to me. In a large open room such as a kitchen or living room, I could understand concern about wanting a decorative range hood or fireplace being a focal point. But while this is a good-sized bathroom, the sight lines are not long.

Second, concern about the tub being too open to the door seems misplaced. This is the MASTER bath, not a hall bathroom where a guest or kid might accidentally open the door while you are bathing.

Hal Braswell Consulting, the guide looks good, but we live in Canada. Do you know if there is an equivalent to this guide in Canada?

Hal Braswell Consulting, could you please explain what you mean by the sentence "But while this is a good-sized bathroom, the sight lines are not long" in the first paragraph? If I may also ask, what other reasons for the layout don't make sense to you?

On your second point, I have had a male guest open the door while I was using the bathroom - we don't use locks but close the door when the room is being used - and it was very awkward. But we would put a good lock on the door. Do you think a tub against that wall would be a better design?

Get a hot tub to put in the back yard or on the deck instead of the tub.

Remodeling a master bath is quite expensive! I hate to see you spend $$,$$$ and end up with something less than wonderful. The vanity will be strange even if hubs can stand there without injuring himself.

So you're thinking about soaking in the tub. But the reality is that the rest of the bath is more than the tub. But the tub is ruling.

leelee, a hot tub sounds good!

What do you mean that the tub is ruling?

I appreciate your concern, and I don't want to spend lots of money on a poor design, either. Even thinking about resale value doesn't help, because we have no plans to sell.

I don't know how to make up my mind about this, and I don't know if I would miss a tub if we took it out of the design, and by then it would be too late.

Can you put masking tape on your current vanity the size of the proposed vanity and try to live inside it for a few days?
I personally don't have any experience with HD tile, but if you search this forum you'll find plenty of people complaining about it. There's a reason it's so much cheaper.

You're letting the tub dictate the rest of the bath. A lot of what we create in our minds won't translate to the real world. You picture yourself relaxing in tub. Light the candles and get the wine. How often would you really do that? .

There's no good place to put it so it demands the space that would be better for the vanity which you and hubs will use maybe even several times a day. That's why I suggested a hot tub. Relax but do it outside.

ElleN, I'll check out the reviews on HD tiles. Thank you.

The masking tape is a great idea! Hubs and I are going to look at everything we have in our vanity and on the counter to evaluate whether we need it.

leelee, I'm thinking of how cold the winters are here, and how I would love to sink into a tub with some Epsom salts. I think it comes down to how much it means to me to be able to do that (and definitely with the candles and wine). I mentioned the hot tub to Hubs, and he's not into that option, so that idea didn't fly.

He reminded me that the counter top is larger than it looks in the diagram and the sink is much smaller than what it appears in the diagram. There should be about 14 inches to the right of the sink and 6 inches to the left.

Having said that, all these discussions have helped me, because now I want to establish that we will have enough storage space in any scenario. I told Hubs I'm not comfortable with the layout and the amount of storage it presents. I don't want to go any further until we have that straightened out. So our two issues are space and tiles.

I am terrible at math., but can anyone figure out if turning the vanity to the wall to the right of entry would help? Perhaps it could be bigger.
Definitely incorporate the space under the stairs.....linens, etc.

Thank you, R M, we thought of that, too, but Hubs can't stand at the vanity in that position because of the slant that's the riser for the stairs leading to the third floor. We can't use the space under the stairs because there would need to be support beams put in that space for the stairs, and what space is left would not be large enough. Even if we opened up that area, we wouldn't be able to get into it if we had a vanity there. Small spaces are very challenging!

There are ways around the solid waste issue. it's basically a garbage disposal, I know, gross but effective.
If you have the option to open up the slant a bit I definitely would.

I'd look into removing the skylight and using that area in the remodel. Maybe you could fit the shower and tub on that wall that has the tub now. Then you could do a large vanity. The skylight can't can't let much light in going from the roof down three floors. You'd be better off with good recessed lights. Unless this is a really huge skylight!

I would sacrifice the tub. Add custom built in cabinet for storage under the slant, have a beautiful double sink vanity with lighting and mirror, ditch the storage over Toliet

Then I would make the shower as spa - like as you can. Bench (maybe even place for wine glass :) multiple shower heads, steam option etc.

Ps. Plan several hotel with great tub get a ways for Jan, Feb, March

Moving on to tiles.

Sorry, but I don't think brown and beige are going to translate to "warm".

Think about a spa feel to your bath. Soothing and uplifting.

Add the tub you want. I understand wanting a tub. I would want one also. If you can, increase the size of the window so that it is more central over the tub. Can you add open storage shelves on the walls? You could neatly fold towels etc and put in open shelving. Save your space under your sink for hair dryers etc. Try to find a vanity with a drawer or two for toothbrushes etc. if you skip the wall tile possibly you could put open shelving there? Don’t give up the tub you really want. I would not buy a house that doesn’t have a tub.

In an early house we had an outdoor hot tub open to the stars. It's best use was in the cold of winter even tho I loved it year round. A later house had a huge garden tub which we had to walk around to get to the shower and climb inside to clean. How often did I use it in 10 years? 3 times for me and numerous for grandkids. Hot tub was better investment...and made for great new year parties!

ElleN, everyone we've talked to has recommended we don't move the toilet, and we don't want to spend the money on moving it, especially if the experts have advised against it.

We had someone come in to see if we could use the space underneath the slant, and he said that it wouldn't create much usable space because we would need to put in support beams for the stairs going up to the third floor.

Karenseb, it would all work out very neatly if we removed the skylight, but it's an integral feature of our house that lightens up all three floors both physically and in the imagination, and we don't want to remove it.

syoungs, I really want to keep the tub because I would like the convenience of having access to my own tub. We will make the shower very spa-like, with special jets, a bench, and a rain shower. The getaways are a great idea, too!

leelee, I'm having a lot of difficulty seeing gray tiles as warm. It's been my block since we started this project because I see it as a reminder of gray winter days. Am I exaggerating that impression too much? It was a difficult winter here on many levels. Aren't brown and beige warm because they contain more yellow?

Kristy C., we will put lots of shelving in, possibly over the door and in the shower. The vanity will have drawers for organizing small things like brushes, combs, and toothpaste. I'm assuming that if we tile the wall, we can put shelves on the tile. We still haven't decided on whether to tile the wall. I'm looking forward to the tub because it is very comfortable (I tried it out at the store), and I think I belong to the people who like baths camp.

ma in Michigan, that sounds like a great experience, but we really don't have room for a hot tub in our yard. We're in the downtown of a major city, and outside space is limited.

A master bathroom would normally have a mirror or a mirrored medicine/storage cabinet over each sink, certainly not a window. I would change the multi-bulb light fixtures because they provide little light from the wrong locations. Since you are having significant work done, maybe you should consider doing a total job adding good ceiling and sconce lighting and closing up the old window to add a mirror or mirror/storage cabinets. Is there another place to put a window?

apologies if I missed it in the floor plan tangent, but you don't say what your style is or what the rest of the house looks like, but I liked the ideas ElleN posted way up thread, and here are a few others in the brown family I saw that looked "warm"

Did I say gray tiles? I'm not a big fan of gray. What I was warning against is going with beiges and browns. Instead of warm I think they could easily read muddy/boring.

OK, is this what you're thinking of as gray? They're actually a pale blue/green. That's why I said spa-like.

A whole lot of the feel of the bath depends on how you accessorize with towels, art, etc.

I do like the green tiles a lot, and the ideas of accessorizing with bright pastels. You could even do it in bold prints like you'd find on a carribean vacation.

leelee, ElleN, and everyone else who contributed to this post, I want to say a big thank you for all your suggestions and comments. We are going to go with a spa-like green. I didn't know it was that color because it shows up gray on my laptop, but green on my monitor. I think we've got a good direction to go in now, and I'll post a picture when it's done. Thanks again!

Are you done yet?

Hi leelee. Our renovation is starting next Friday, and should be finished in four weeks. I'm so excited to finally get started on it! I'll post before-and-after pictures when we get it all done. Thanks for asking!

Thanks, just wondering. Don't forget.

There is no ceiling light over the vanities. Those side lights do not give enough light for both vanities.

And where is the mirror which normally goes over the vanities? It’s over the toilet!!!
I think this whole bathroom needs to be rearranged. It’s big but does not meet standard needs.

Tile choices will wait until you have a proper layout.

Old post starting re-hab next week.