How wide is that door? 36"? If you can drop it to 24", you would probably have enough room to put the vanity to the wall on that side.

Great Point! Yes, it is 36". I didn't notice that. I could also make the shower smaller, ether to 30"x48" or 36"x36". If I put the vanity on the door wall, I am guessing the toilet goes to the remaining free wall. Which is a less bad plan out of the two?

Someone needs to read this and take it to heart. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2699586/getting-there-from-here-or-how-did-it-go-so-wrong

How often do you take baths? You are prioritizing this tub and view, I hope that you will use it enough to not feel cheated when you shower.

I shower daily. I take baths about once a year. I still want one so that I "can" - but I have prioritized my shower space.

Would you consider doing this: https://www.houzz.com/photos/corian®-rosemary-shower-contemporary-bathroom-sacramento-phvw-vp~3376930

janni, yes, I am prioritizing the tub. The question is how do I make it work as functional as possible with the tub not how do I install a most sensible bathroom. I never had a tub and always wanted one. To me, 3'x4' shower is huge. In my guest room, the shower is 32"x44". It feels roomy when I take a shower there. I stayed at a very decent hotel one night. I measured their shower. It was 30" by 52". It felt huge. I am playing around with fixtures. I reduced the door to 28" from 36". I can't believe they put 36" door in a small bathroom. Thank you again, weedmeister for catching it. The first picture is with shower 30" x 48", the second 30" x 60". The door opens the other way. My knees are safe now.

janni, that is a beautiful shower. Not for me tho. How do you enjoy beautiful surroundings when water runs down on your face? To me, shower is an action place where you get things done and get out. Soaking in the tub is, on the other hand, is static. You get in and stay. I spend as little time as possible in shower, about 10 minutes.

An observation about the tub. I have a freestanding tub and it is parallel to the window like you have yours. It's great to bathe in with the window right there providing nice light and breezes and I thought it was the perfect set up.

However, a neighbor just finished her house and she placed her tub perpendicular to the window along a side wall. Her feet are at the window so when she bathes, she can actually see out the window without having to look sideways. She still gets the view and the breezes and I think it's much better than my layout.

Maybe you could place your tub in line with the shower. That way you will have a lot more room on the opposing wall for the toilet and the vanity. You will be able to enjoy the view out the window better too. Just a thought :-)

That's a thought. That would certainly make the layout more sensible. Thanks.

Do you mean like this?

I'm glad my wife doesn't know about floor mounted tub fillers. We are about two episodes of HGTV away from bursting the budget.

Do you mean like this?

Yes, but I would keep the shower where it is if it fits. Include a larger vanity or a small vanity and a linen cabinet that will block seeing the toilet from the door.

Unfortunately, the shower and the tub can't be on the same side. Even vanity is being squeezed in.

" We are about two episodes of HGTV away from bursting the budget."

If we ever have a thread of classic quotes, I will nominate this one for inclusion.

"If we ever have a thread of classic quotes, I will nominate this one for inclusion."

Architect Runner Guy does a list every year.

I've never had one of those angled corner showers, so maybe they are a PITA, and I don't know your exact dimensions, so maybe this doesn't work whatsoever, but it's a thought (I moved the door closer to the shower a smidge to make room for a longer vanity).

Good point about the faucet at the end. It would be clumsy to turn on the water if the faucet is in the middle. I will move it back to lower right side of the tub. I think I am ok with the sink counter space. too much counter, it gets messy.

New arrangements, narrowed the shower to 30" and the door to 28"

or with a wall mounted toilet,

If you want a tub that badly, do a tub shower. But you really need to either give up the tub, or make the room larger if you must have separate tub and shower. The room is too small and poorly proportioned and designed for a Master. Something has to give.

I can't make it bigger. I would have if I could. This bathroom is still bigger than any of my current bathrooms. The room's square shape doesn't help. But that's what I got. A soaking tub by a big window is what I always wanted to have. I will just have to squeeze one in. Just hoping it to be least dysfunctional.

Hoping a brand new home is the “least dysfunctional” is sad. You can do so much better if you just let go of some on your preconceived fantasy ideas here. Like that dream life tub that will sit there unused for the majority of its life. Mocking you that you gave up precious space to squeeze it in.

Plan a home for the use it gets 90% of the time. Not the 10% Norman Rockwell fantasy in a magazine That never happens.

If if you want a tub, place a nicer than average tub shower in a secondary bath. Maybe with air jets and a laminar flow filler. That “master” bath doesn’t have the space for it. It fails spectacularly in any modern definition for a master. No large shower. No double vanity. Not even an adequate single vanity. Not accessible for future mobility impairment. But a big white whale of a useless tub showcased as dysfunctional art.

There is ZERO resale value in mimicking a poor 1920’s Before Bath here. It’s a giant turnoff. Even if this is bigger than your current bath, it’s still not as well designed as a standard 5x9 hall bath. Bigger isn’t better when it does not function. This does not function. Either turn it into that far more functional 5x9 hall bath and use the extra space for more closets, or add enough space to this to get that white whale to fit, and a double vanity, and at least a 48x48 shower. THST would be a Master Bath. Not what you have. A 30” wide shower won’t even meet code. The minimum size for a shower is 32x32, and that is INCREDIBLY TINY. The worlds smallest allowable shower is what you expect in a trailer out in the sticks. Not a zillion dollar custom build.

What if you went back to the tub flipped 90 degrees and did a shower next to it for the "wet room" concept? Then you could have the toilet and vanity on opposite sides of the door.

@Kristin, That would make it feel roomier, wouldn't it?

A wetroom with a tub in it is a major pain to construct. The substantial price increase shows that too. Plus, who wants to clean a tub every time you shower? That’s a 95/5 ratio. Which is why I do not understand the insistence on including something so seldom used in a room that will be challenged to even get a good shower layout.

Why don't you find a local bed and breakfast or airbnb with a freestanding tub like that and spend a week in it. Actually use it, and clean it. Every day. Get it out of your system. That should be a year’s worth of use right there. Your ideas don’t mesh with reality of owning a tub like that.

I'm not sure of any dimensions here, but working with the fixtures in the picture could something like this work?

- lets the bather look out the window (not at the toilet nor is their head next to the toilet) with some room to run a mop around the tub

- turning the tub comes somewhat the the expense of the shower - lose the corner

- definitely try and fit in some narrow-er storage between the vanity & door for towels, TP, etc

That would work. The shower below is 3'x4'. The shower head will be on the wall rather than as shown. I could have a sliding shower door. Or I could have 4'x4' shower and lose the corner as you suggested. I could have a wall mounted tub filler instead of floor mount, too.

That would work MUCH better with an built in tub, with the deck extended into the shower as a seat. There is much less wasted space, or awkward spaces to clean, with a built in tub. Your shower would be larger also, which would be desirable. A freestanding tub requires a lot of negative space around it. A built in does not. You GAIN usable space with a built in.

I have had a built in tub all my life. I'd like a free standing for a change this time. 4'x4' shower is plenty big. I could build a short deck between the tub and the wall. The tub will be free standing all around otherwise.

Here's the thing, though, you want a lot of things for this bathroom. If you can get almost all of them (nice shower, tub looking out the window, good layout, etc.) by going from a freestanding tub to a built-in, to me that would be a worthwhile trade-off, especially since all the layouts with the free-standing tub are just awkward.

What do you not like about your built-in tub? Perhaps there ways to resolve your issues without going to a free standing. For example, we currently have a drop-in style built-in; in the new house we're still doing a built-in but going with undermount with a solid slab surround for a cleaner look.

Heavy looking and the deck is always a bit wide. Also, my glass comes down to 18" off the floor. I have two drop ins in my current home. I don't enjoy getting in and out. I like drop ins in an alcove.

There’s nothing at all heavy or clunky about any of these. 18” is standard chair height, and perfect for a shower bench. If you don’t like a drop in tub, do an undermount.

I think with an undermount you can get a built-in that looks very sleek, particularly with the idea of the bench continuing from the tub deck. Here are some good modern tubs for inspiration.

https://www.dwell.com/photos/bath/tubs--undermount

To me, the deck is wide and clunky. And the surround is heavy looking. I have two just like them now. Two Kohler tea for two's dropped in with a nice marble trim with a reveal and a wood apron to make them look not so square and heavy. And they are in a alcove. Even then, they look heavy to me.

I think most people are far more receptive to a built-in than I am. I like it in an alcove. It makes sense there. Otherwise, it reminds me of a stone tomb. A cover is the only thing missing to complete a tomb. There's also something a bit grand, too, a bit like a mausoleum. Nothing humorous about it.

In that case, I'd seriously consider the wet room idea. It's not my thing, but I think it gives you the most space for both a nice shower and a nice tub without overly crunching the other items. The trade-off is cleaning, but it does mean you can just spray the floor around the tub, which is easier than getting back behind the tub with a mop.

Well, you know, if this house was actually designed around what you like and want, that bathroom would be longer, and the room wouldn’t be square. Since it wasn’t designed that way, you have to have compromises. Compromises to your aesthetics, or your function. Or both.

What good is a great looking bathroom that functions poorly 90% of the time, and has you cleaning for twice as long as the pleasant time you spent getting it dirty? On your hands and knees?

I guess I chose function :)

You are choosing form, not function. :-) Which is a perfectly fine priority, if you are willing to pay the price that it costs you, and I don't mean money, even though it is a big expense. I wouldn't be willing to pay the price of a wetroom with a tub in it. I don't like cleaning enough.

Incorporating everybody's input, I came up with a new configuration. Does this make sense? Reduced the door to 28". Also reduced the bedroom door to 30". Made shower 54"x42", And there will be a half wall between the toilet and the shower. Faucet in the middle of the tub. Turning the faucet on to fill the tub will be a bit pain. The tub is 30" wide. That helps a little.

Why not simply locate the tub faucet at one end of the tub or other? Wouldn't that make access easier?

The toilet is awfully crowded. And that’s the most used component in any bathroom, together with the sink (I hope together!) . It needs to be the center of at least a 36”x 66” clear, unobstructed, space. It should not be an afterthought because you are placement favoring the least used component in a bathroom. Design anything around how you really use it, not the fantasy of how you think you might use it.

It would make it easier. But if I put it next to the head, it may be in the way. If you put it neat the feet, it may be awkward to use the hand held spray, I guess you could turn around when it's time to use the spray before getting out. Thanks for the thought.

If you want a tub as an artistic altar sculpture, find someplace outdoors to place it that you can enjoy what it looks like from the rest of the house. And you can enjoy the exterior bathing as well. A couple of privacy screens, and that window transformed into a door is all you really need to make that happen.

The toilet is in 36" by about 7' space. I could make it to 42" by 7' if needed. I think having a half wall makes it somewhat more organized.

View from the bathroom. Can you blame me for wanting a free standing tub there?

Looks like a hell of a place to lose a cow.

It is. You will be always be welcome to stop by.

You may be able to have your plumber put the tub faucet as you’ve shown but put the handle/controller on different wall (that’s easier to reach), akin to scenarios where you turn shower on from opposite end so as not to get wet when doing so.

Does the window go down low enough to have a view while lying in the tub? I would want to see that view from the tub, shower, and toilet lol.

Yes. The window is 18" off the floor, the tub at 22".