I think I have the best of both worlds.

My vanity is flanked by two walls, and past the vanity is my toilet. No door, but still private.

My sister's bath is similar only her tub is flanked by the two walls and past the tub is the toilet.

Both of our toilets face the linen closet

IMO toilet rooms in side a main bathroom are just plain silly. No one should be using the toilet when someone else is in the bathroom so to waste space for a toilet room makes no sense. I think a bathroom has a toilet get a nice one and let it show.

Our master bathroom has a water closet as well (all homes in our neighborhood do) and I can tell you my husband would say the same thing. You just get used to having these things. So we will be keeping it in our master bath remodel (still planning!). I could go either way myself...

Would it work if toilet was adjacent to shower and if necessary, reduce size of shower. Could add door, or leave off if it felt too cramped. I guess it comes down to priorities.

I don’t have a water closet and don’t see the need. If I had one, and I knew DH was using it, I wouldn’t go in the bathroom at all. And vice versa.

I dislike the idea of using the toilet and then having to open a door without first washing hands!

Same thought as G W. I don't understand a door separating a toilet from a sink. Unhygienic unless you can trust everyone is using "the other hand" to open the door. Ugh. :)

I grew up in a home with 6 kids and one bathroom for the kids, one off my parents bedroom and a powder room off the foyer. The girls took baths at night - the boys took showers in the morning. We all shared the space and sometimes we had to pee while someone else was in the shower. If one of the boys was using the shower and one of the girls needed to use the toilet there was a curtain between us.

In a master the only other person in the room is the one you sleep with and have sex with. How much privacy do you really need?

Well, for a master bathroom "everyone" is just going to be you or your spouse, so you can probably figure out the trust part pretty quickly! Not all families will be the same!

Ours is not behind a closed door. The shower is partially on one side and bathtub wall on the other so the toilet is somewhat shielded, especially from the doorway. I personally dislike a water closet although I know it is the current standard. I think they seem stall-like, too much like a public restroom to me.

Fair point, @chispa. The germaphobe in me is strong. :) My number one goal in a bathroom is ease of cleaning and my bias is definitely reducing elements or "barriers" that need cleaning in a bathroom. In my mind, a water closet adds surfaces to clean and reduces maneuvering space when cleaning the toilet. Full disclosure: I've never had a WC but I just can't imagine liking one when my dream bathroom is basically a wet room that a push of a button would clean and disinfect. :P

If you are used to having the toilet behind the closed door, then imagine having it out in the open. Could you live with that!

If my husband is taking a shower and I have to use the bathroom, what am I supposed to do - wait(in response to poster who says no one should be using the bathroom when someone else is in there).

When we bought our vacation home, I also thought the WC was silly. But, what was even more odd was that the bathroom didn’t have a door going into the bathroom.

One of the first things we did was put a door there. Now, you can leave the WC door open if you choose.

That said, I would be fine without it. I think this makes sense with homes with only one bathroom.

In the case of my home, there is room to fit the toilet in the main area. That WC footage could have been used else where on the other side if the house.