14x7 Master Bathroom layout help

4 years ago

Hello All,

We are at the beginning stages of a home addition and remodel. One of the addition is a master bathroom of about 14x7 feet. The architect's layout suggests a wet area with the freestanding tub inside the shower.

My wife and I are looking to keep the tub and shower separate but we are having a tough time coming up with ideas on how to make that work.

Here is the architect's plan:

First idea is to make the shower a 60x36 inches or 84x36 inches shower going wall to wall on the most right side of bathroom and stickling the tub of about 59x21 inches perpendicular to the shower on the wall opposite of the tub:

My concern here is not enough walk space. I think this gives me a foot of walking room between toilet and tub.

The second idea would be do decrease the size of the laundry room and moving the closet in that area. This would give us more room to fit everything we want but sacrificing for a smaller laundry room. We currently just have the washer/dryer combo in the kitchen and looking forward to that addition.

The laundry room would be going from 6x10 feet to about 6x6 feet. The only plus to the bigger laundry room would be more cabinet space. But with a 6x6, we could do a stacking washer dryer and a floor to ceiling cabinet.

My concern with the bathroom would be does this layout make sense? Walking into the bathroom to see the tub and toilet and the 60inch vanity is off to the corner? And lastly, would a 4x6 closet be sufficient enough. Our current closet was 6x2.5, the door was in the middle and was hard to reach things from most left/right. Plus the acritarch's plan has the closet at 4.4x7.3 feet, so not that much bigger.

Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated! Thank you!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
IMO the stupidest thing ever is a tub inside a shower what possible reason for that in any way. Everytime you shower thetub gets wet so now not only do you need to wipe down the shower walls and glass but you need to wipe the tub down which was never used. Architects in my experience are not good at kitchen or bathroom design so get an actual independant designer for both spaces .Freestanding tubs need a min. of 12" all around for celaning the walls do you need a tub? This is an odd size for a master bath and I do not see where the closet is going an d IMO a closet needs to be bigger that what you had for sure . You never have a closet in a batrhoom nor do you go through a bathroom to reach the closet. Get an actul interior designer please .
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emilyam819
4 years ago
The closet is not deep enough for a walk-in and is for ing a bad layout by being accessed from the bathroom. So I like the idea of using some of the laundry space. And if you can make the bathroom 5 or at most 6 feet wide, it would give more space to the closet/laundry area. Plus the extra width isn’t needed in this layout below. It’s my ideal bathroom layout- everything you need and efficient on space. Tub better than shower by the window.
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calidesign
4 years ago
I agree about hating wet rooms. The tub would always be dirty. While you're remodeling, you might consider moving the closet to the other side where you currently show the tub, with a door directly from your bedroom. Then make another door all the way to the left into the bathroom. Take some space from the laundry area - you will appreciate it more in the main bathroom. You could fit the shower into the alcove where you have the laundry, with the tub and vanity on the long wall, straight ahead as you walk in the room, and tuck the toilet to the right of the bathroom doorway, behind the door, so it's not the first thing you see. You might also consider combining the shower and tub or eliminating the tub if you want to keep the laundry space. If you keep the closet location, another option would be putting up a wall between the bathroom and closet, reducing the size of your laundry slightly and increasing the closet size, accessing the closet from your bedroom wall. Either way, you'd want the vanity in front of the door and the toilet behind it.
Moore4
4 years ago
Seems to me you have plenty of room for a 4-piece bath with 6foot double vanity, a real walk-in closet (19feet of hanging rod length), and a small but functional laundry.