It can be done and IMO always a better choice than an awkward placed in swing. Get a good contractor to do this it needs some tricky work to look like it has always been that way.

My bathroom door swings "out" into the bedroom. I literally never, never think about this. It's not a problem -- the door "parks" against a plain wall. BUT if you reverse your door, it'll either cover the door on the left OR it'll cover ... is that a return air vent? on the right.

Another thought: Replace the current door with a set of narrow French doors. This would mean the door swing wouldn't reach the toilet.

@Mrs Pete - that's just wall panelling on the right, no air vent.

I would definitely change that. looks like it won’t be in the way at all and other door swings in. we have a tiny bathroom with door that swings out.

I'd think about putting in a pocket door with the pocket on the right side as you look to the bathroom from the hallway. I find outward swing doors to be a pain, since they take up room in the hallway and you would always have to keep the door shut to avoid that.

Personally, I would keep the door as is and the children will out grow that stool soon.

Photo of the right side of the bathroom. No available wall for a pocket door unfortunately

If you change the door to swing out (where the wall paneling is) and it’s left open, will it be annoying? To me, that is the major question.

Otherwise, do the two-door idea where each door is half as wide.

Swing out. If someone falls in there and the door is shut you have a serious problem. It happened to an ill neighbor. This post reminded me that we need to fix ours.

In your case I would swing out toward that wall with the wainscoting as you have shown.

Thanks for the mockup, Paul! Gives me a better understanding.

My master bath door swings out into our alcove/"hallway" with no issues. Do it as Paul F shows.

Personally, I would keep the door as is and the children will out grow that stool soon.

That's not a stool. It's a squatty potty.

and no one outgrows a squatty potty.

I changed the "swing" of my bathroom door when I remodeled as when it was shut it blocked the entrance to the shower and it also was intrusive.

My situation was a bit like yours since I was able to have the door swing into what was essentially "dead" space as it was the side of a framed closet.

In your situation I would swap the door hinges so that it opened outward to the wall.

The only downside - and it is really minor - is that someone who wants to close the door has to reach a bit to get the doorknob but that is truly minor as compared to making your bathroom both more functional and less visually cluttered

I have a teeny tiny bathroom and changed the door to swing out. It frees up so much space in the bathroom to simply maneuver without feeing like you are going to trip and fall. Go for it.