Remodel SMALL master bath, HELP!

2 years ago

We are trying to renovate our 31-year-old bathroom. It's in the master, but it's much smaller than average and there's not a lot of space. I'm looking for ideas on what to do specifically between the tub and shower since they're so close together and also the double sink vanity, cabinets.
The floor plan is from when our house was built and shows a single sink although there's two but the space between the toilet tank and the tub shower combo that's in there now is 12". We will be pulling out the shower and replacing the floor with some lvp. Is there anything we can do that would keep the tub, but create a shower as well and possibly separate the toilet and the tub? I don't think there's enough space to put a wall there but maybe I'm wrong?

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Rho Dodendron
2 years ago
I'll be thinking of you and your smaller than average bathroom next time I go into my 48" X 57" plus shower stall Master bathroom.............
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
IMO a tub/ shower if you must have a tub and we need a to scale floor plan of the space showing the toilet placement since usually moving those is expensive and sometimes not possible . Do the drawing on graph paper showing window , doorway and all measurements clearly marked Is this the only bathroom with atub? Post the drawing here in jpeg format on graph paper and in a comment DO NOT start another post
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Norwood Architects
2 years ago
Are you able to steal any space from the master or an adjacent room to make your master bath larger? Is there room and clearance on the exterior of the house to create an addition - a lean-to with a shed roof perhaps?
kandrewspa
2 years ago
I don't see how you can have a shower and separate tub in that space. It's not clear to me from your description and pictures that you have that now. Do you need the wall between the toilet and tub and the rest of the room? If you removed it the whole space would feel less cramped. Then do a tub/shower combination or just a shower. If you're trying to save money by keeping the current tub enclosure that's fine, but then you will also be keeping the closed in feeling. If you don't use both sinks, go back to one as was shown on the drawing, but you could have it in the middle of the vanity and have more drawers. Why do LVP? There's no substitute for real tile in a bathroom. As long as you get something that is a standard size and color it's not very expensive.
ptreckel
2 years ago
Is there no door into the “dressing” area of your bathroom? Just the door into the toilet/tub area? I would remove the wall between the two spaces to open it up. Leave all the fixtures where they are. Decide if you want a shower only, or if you want to keep a combo. In either case, I would leave a short knee wall and replace the upper portion of your shower/tub wall with glass. Instead of LVP I would go with a gorgeous tile on your floor. Given the size of your room, as kandrewspa says, it won’t be terribly expensive. Tile the rest of the tub/shower alcove to the ceiling. If you need or want a tub, keep it. If not, replace it with a shower. Glass doors on the shower.