You can see the bedroom entrance gets you more useable hanging space. I suggest you change the door width to 28". In that case it would be identical to the walk-in closet I have in my primary bedroom. I agree with millworkman that the whole setup is not ideal, but it does have the advantage of insulating the bedroom well from noise from the rest of the house.

Thanks for the feedback so far, folks!

@millworkman @kandrewspa

With respect to they layout/floorplan design:

The alternative was putting a normal hallway along the right side, then the rest becomes a bigger walk-in closet. See photo. The problem with this was that it doesn't actually create much extra room - the open space is bigger but it doesn't become a big enough space to do an island, or to create a peninsula (which we actually hate and wouldn't do, but could have given more room). We could technically add more closet space in Option 1 and the difference is only about 12-15" length of closet space.

So in either scenario, there was a plan to have a ~48" wide walking path to the bedroom, and instead of it being outside of the bedroom, it becomes a vestibule that creates a grand entrance for when you enter the bedroom.

It's essentially like the Studio McGee home's primary bedroom - when we saw her do that, we were convinced this was the better way to go. Theirs doesn't have the closet stuff on the left side, but they created a vestibule that you walk through to get to the bedroom, and the vestibule has the entrance-door into the closet (like Option 1).

@bpath

That's a good idea on the design for the left built-in! Would definitely make it less heavy. The way my wife and I were going to split it up was I was going to have that closed built-in and she'd get the whole walk-in to herself, so we might have to renegotiate that, haha.

Or maybe the first 1/4-1/3 of the length is open with a countertop space you described, and the rest is closed?

I assume below the countertop, it'd be something like drawers for all those things?

The biggest concern in Option 2 is the 28" of space - it did seem too narrow. Also good points on waking someone... My wife is a pretty light sleeper, and prefers that side of the bed, so it would definitely get to her!

I like having closets open off of an little entry hall to the bedroom, so I would choose option 1. I agree that the non-walk-in closet might be better configured with custom millwork drawers and cabinets if that’s possible within the budget.

What did you decide?

Option 1

We ended up putting the steamer in the 10" open space part, so that bottom closet went to the corner.

Also moved that door lower (instead of being centered), which gave room in the top part to put a shallower depth shelf for shoes.

Option 2 would have been too tight - it would technically fit but would have felt way too cramped

I was thinking that if you did closet rods across the top and bottom, you’d have a total of 12’ of storage and no awkward corners, and still have plenty of room on the long wall for shelves or drawers, and on the walls on either side of the door for hooks. But I forgot about the steamer.