My biggest concern would be the actual noise from the bathroom which I don’t want to hear . Could you not put glass doors on either side of the bed and a transome type window at the top of the wall. IMO bathrooms usually still need good lighting anyway no matter what. I do not like the angled doorway and for sure not the toilet room

Give this layout more thought. The weekly cleaning around a freestanding tub is a PITA. The shower appears to be very small in comparison to the total floor area. The width of the toilet room seems narrow. Don't sacrifice function for your desire to have a "statement tub".

I've never seen what you're describing -- I think a lot of people wouldn't like the lack of privacy for toilette activities. How much glass to use would depend on the goals too -- if you want to be able to enjoy the view from the shower (?), then maybe the half wall, but if you just want light, I like the 3/4 wall or transom glass that Patricia suggests. I really hate back-lighting when I'm doing hair or makeup at the vanity, so I wouldn't want more than that, preferring lights around the room itself.

It is a bad idea.

Ok! We definitely appreciate learning from the experience of this group. My goal was not really to emphasize the tub, it was to find a way to have the bed face the windows which over look a nice pond, without being too far back. In the process we designed this and liked the pictures online of similar designs without thinking it through far enough. I will definitely give it some more though as you have suggested. Thank you team.

Truly horrifying.

If you can rethink the entry - you can make this work. the entry isn't welcoming.

If you want light consider frosted glass (or even a film) to allow the diffuse light and maintain privacy.

Unless you go to bed and get up at the same time and no one gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, someone is like to find the glass wall extremely annoying. Hotels seem to be doing this increasingly and though it looks nice, it is extremely annoying, especially if you have a husband who decides to get up at 5 am and shave. You would be surprised how much light will spill into the bedroom even from a very small glass area.

Can you post the plan including the closet?

Here's a rough layout idea...

Hi Jean, thank you very much for taking the time to do that for us. We have seen the error of our ways and will be separating our ensuite. I would include the closet for you but the most recent version is being updated and has some issues we are fixing. Basically it is a rectangle 7.5 wide and 14.5 long beside the ensuite. The only problem we have with putting the bed there is that the view is much nicer facing the window head-on or from the opposite wall. That being said, we are starting to accept that we might not spend that much time looking at the view from our bedroom after all and would just like to use the space efficiently at this point.

I like Jean's last plan. You could move the bathroom door to the angled entry wall in the plan posted just above your last post (from Jean ) and close up the doorway from the bedroom wall area that faces the windows. That will give you enough room to put the bed and two nightstands (I think) and sill face the widows with the view.

You could also make the door into the bathroom area frosted glass, so the light still comes through. In the previous layout you could put a bench by the shower, on the diagonal wall.

Below, I changed the door to be on the diagonal wall like Denita suggested.

As far as bed position goes, do you want to see the view when you come into the room, or the bed? And do you want wall space for a tv/dresser/chair?

Thank you for taking the time to make these suggestions Jean and Denita. Honestly this is very similar to what the builder suggested for us initially, but then I threw my thoughts into the mix. Best to stick to my line of work and leave them to there's is what this has taught me ;)

In feng shui, you should be able to see the head of your bed from the room's entrance for the most restful sleep. Although it is tempting to face the view from the bed, consider that you'll be asleep most of the time and the view won't matter. Better to put a few chairs by the windows to enjoy the view in the morning with a cup of coffee and put the bed on the wall that Jean suggested.

I know you have moved on from the open plan but some people love it. My mom's house has an open concept ensuite with a bathtub right in their bedroom really. It has a fabulous view of their very private backyard and is quite dreamy. They also have an alcove where the toilet is and a huge shower. Just down the hall is another private bath if someone wants a bit more privacy. To each their own!

90 degree angles allow for the best use of space. While other angles appear to add visual interest they seldom result in good design unless the home is very large.

Blechh.

I had a wonderful marriage for 40 years because of a solid bathroom door! Is nothing private any more?

I often have to stay in Asian hotels that have a full wall of glass between bed and bath. Gawd I learned to hate that, both for lack of privacy and lack of light control. They do provide a motorized shade that can be slowly lowered, but light control is always lacking. So the 2 am toilet trips (I'm a big tea drinker) disturb my partner. To me it's horrible.

Light is great, I'd find some other way to achieve it.

Very popular in France.