The bathroom is 22x14? The size of two bedrooms?

I think you can alter the entire suite and surroundings to get a bigger shower. What size shower do you have in mind?

How will you lay out furniture in the bedroom? Which of the double doors will you typically operate? Where is the light switch when you come in?

There seems to be a jack-n-jill bath at the bottom of the image, so who is using the full bath to the right of the master? Why is it compartmentalized?

Since the laundry room is so close, does it need a door to your dressing area? If you close off that door, you have more storage opportunities for the dressing area and for the laundry room.

You could make the WIC smaller and the shower larger, which would also provide room for a linen closet. The WIC is very large and there's a lot of empty space in the center.

I‘d put both sinks together, eliminate the ”water closet”, put the toilet where the smaller sink used to be, extend the shower a few feet into the previous water closet area and use the rest of that space as a linen closet.

also, if I’m seeing it clearly, your bedroom is 19x17 so not sure how the bathroom would be 22x14

Yes good catch halo - I was thinking the existing was nowhere near 22’ - that said I think Marks concept layout is better.

However, after looking more closely I’d say that laundry should move (maybe create a his and hers closet in the hall to the master - laundry would be lower right where Mark is showing the closet.

For new construction, there seems to be some sloping roofs that might affect room placement as if it were a remodel (Master closet + other 2 bedrooms). The Master is too oblong (try placing furniture), has wasteful space, and the seating area is conflicted. So if you address that (plus maybe the angled walls and bridge shape), there may be more opportunities for the bathroom and better laundry layout. Also wonder about the split bath that is not assigned to any rooms.

Marks layout is far superior as it allows for windows on 2 walls in the master bedroom and eliminates windows in the closet where they are not needed, I see you don't have windows in the closet which means the exterior is blank wall. ugh!

Additionally angled interior walls do not make for living spaces that are easy to design around.

@bpath- The full bathroom to the right of the suite is a secondary bathroom for guests so they don't have to walk through a bedroom to use a bathroom (when we have bigger parties). There is also an office upstairs that you can't see that doesn't have a bathroom so that bathroom will be used by the person working in the office. I definitely want the door from the laundry room to the closet even if I lose space. This will be very convenient when doing laundry.

@Mark Bischak, Architect- Thanks for the angled wall advice. We are definitely going to adjust the rooms to eliminate the angled walls.

@3onthetree-All great advice. We are going to look at furniture placement to see what will work best. You are also right about the roof slope, so we are looking to adjust that as well.

@haylo33- my measurements were off. Bathroom right now is 20x12. The 19x17 is the size of the tray ceiling so the room will be bigger than that.

Thanks everyone for your input. I'll repost when we've done some reconfiguring!

I for one am not strictly anti-angled walls, however, here they don't seem to be a necessary solution to dig you out of a corner in any way (pun intended). You also have to be mindful of the floor structural layout - for instance where the bridge (the open hallway stair landing) shape and angles might cause some unnecessary beams or columns below.

Also be aware that tray ceilings will define the limits of the space below it's shape.

You may want to post the entire plans for better (and some not so good) help, however thicken your skin and don't take anything said by commenters personally if you do so.

So that secondary bathroom can be a powder room, yes? and the toilet doesn’t have to be behind another door. Or, if you really want a shower there, put THAT behind a door, but have the sink and toilet together.

WARNING: Posting your entire floor plan opens you up to facts you may not want to know, but should. Be prepared for suggestions that will make for a better design. Keep a thick skin, open mind, sense of humor, and a glass of wine within arms reach. You may not enjoy it, but everyone else will and you will be better off in the long run if you heed well the advice.

Just looking at this instinctually: Decrease the lower vanity length by a foot, and draw that shower out accordingly. Decrease the WIC by dropping down the size of that place by another foot. Place shower accordingly. The shower would need to be custom but I doubt that would be an issue.

I assume you do use a tub on occasion, but if you really don't need it or would use it, that could be eliminated for more re-design?

I do like you have separate entryways for the bath, WIC and laundry. Not always easy to do. But that it appears that the WIC takes up a highly good corner of window-available real estate is a concern.

Looking again at other comments... Mark's overall design is a good starting point.

Re tub... free standing is hard to clean behind.

Thank you for the advice. We made the laundry room bigger, got rid of the angled wall, and rearranged the bathroom lay out. Here’s where we are at today

Random thoughts about the upstairs:

- The theme here seems to be, Bigger is Better.

- The secondary theme seems to be, I love cleaning bathrooms.

- Yes to Mark's suggestion to bring the master bedroom to the exterior so it can have superior light.

- Does Bedroom 2 have to walk across the large hallway to reach the bathroom? I'm guessing this is the office, but at some point you (or the next owner) could want it to be a bedroom.

- Bedroom 3's bathroom could have a window -- when you CAN have natural light, you SHOULD have natural light.

- The two bathrooms that back up to one another have essentially no storage ... no space for a hamper, barely space for a trash can.

- I like that the laundry is upstairs near the bedrooms, and I like the connection to the master closet. Extra kudos for a dryer that can vent directly to the outside.

- The master bath and closet, though, are ridiculously oversized. They could be cut in half and still be comfortable.

- In the master bath, note that the extra-long vanity's sink is placed right in front of the door, meaning that with allll that space, someone's still blocking the door. And the linen closet door will "knock against" the bathroom door.

- Consider that if you are old in this house, you will want some "at the toilet" storage -- and now you'll want toilet paper storage "at the toilet".

- Adding a window above the toilet in the master bath will bring light in from a second side /make the room more pleasant.

Conclusion: Honestly, this upstairs seems to be substituting LOTS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE for good, functional spaces that will live comfortably and have ample storage.

Get rid of all the angled walls and double doors into interior rooms, unless you have a compelling reason to build inefficient space.

This very much feels like a layout driven by a complicated roofline vs a central organizing theme, resulting in strange undefined spaces, and privacy issues.

The large open space in the middle is a strange place to have right outside the master suite. If it ends up being a kid hangout area, that's just awkward.

Without (complete / legible) dimensions, it's hard to get a feel for things - but the master looks HUGE - with a shape that doesn't lend itself to a cozy sitting area (which is usually the goal of oversize masters) so it will swallow even the largest furniture placed up against the walls and leave a strange dancefloor in the middle. Master bath is similar.

I do love all the adjacencies of the master / bath / closet / laundry, but don't like the overall lack of windows in this end of the house. Again - I feel that might be a result of the roofline.

Would definitely like to see more windows in bathrooms - natural light is so important for makeup, etc...

I'd continue losing the angled walls, but I suspect you are locked into the roofline and general layout at this time, so the improvements will be minor.