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Master bathroom + closet - how can I maximize space

4 years ago

Given the current floorplan which has a small master closet and an awkward bathroom shape, how can I maximize the space or relocate things to make a larger master closet and reorganize the bathroom



Comments (10)

  • 4 years ago

    What is the room below the water closet? Can you move plumbing & electric? Can you fill dimensions? How about the entire floor plan?

  • 4 years ago


    The room behind the toilet is just a storage area

  • 4 years ago

    The bedroom is huge. I’d love this wall of reach-in closet. And then you’d have extra room in the bathroom area, maybe for creating a laundry closet, office nook, linen closet, etc.

  • 4 years ago

    Unfortunately that storage area next to the toilet is like a crawl space. It has like a 3ft height.

  • 4 years ago

    How much money do you want to throw at this? A total redo or a simple storage fix like Emily showed? That shower size looks small in comparison to the space so you could turn the current closet into a huge shower, current shower into a linen closet, current master could have a large walk in at the entry with a reduced bedroom - but that’s mucho$$$

  • 4 years ago

    A lot of dead space by that tub…so again, how aggressive are you with your plans?

  • 4 years ago

    As others have posted, the tub and the shower seem dysfunctional in terms of the allocation of space. If I were remodeling I would want to have a great shower in lieu of what seens to be a small tub shower.


    In terms of closet storage you have enough room in the master to frame out a closet. It wouldn't be walk in but it would provide a lot of storage. My parents did that in my childhood home and created large closets in a home that had the tiny closets of homes built prior to WW I.


    My current master bedroom doesn't have a walk in closet but has two large closets with sliding doors and they hold a lot of stuff because I designed them well when I remodeled in terms of what I did with their interiors.

  • 4 years ago

    These are all helpful suggestions. Thank you for providing your thoughts on this. I agree that the shower is pretty small so I would probably create a bigger shower and use some additional space in the master to create more storage even if it's not a walk-in. Thanks all:-)

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    The first problem here is space allocation ... you have SO MUCH space in the bedroom /space enough to have three beds, yet the closet and parts of the bathroom are small, cramped areas.

    The second problem is the angles, which make for odd usage of space.

    You probably can't do anything about the angle in the hallway, but you can square off spaces within this large master suite:

    - Block off a large master closet just inside the bedroom ... this also provides a sound barrier between the bed and the staircase. You can also have a smaller master closet on the other side ... or this closet could open to the hallway /could serve whole-house purposes.

    - You still have a large bedroom space.

    - This could give you a larger vanity ... the one you have now absolutely can't support duplicate sinks. A part of this vanity could easily become a linen tower.

    - By stealing space from the over-large tub deck, you can have a larger shower.

    - Note that your toilet-in-a-closet doesn't work. You can literally see that the door is hitting the toilet.

    - A storage space beyond the toilet seems odd and difficult to access. Perhaps a door could be opened towards the bedroom /which wouldn't require squeezing past the toilet. Or you could use some of the storage space to enlarge this toilet-closet ... it could give you some storage space next to the toilet. Better yet, do away with the closet.