Design the bathroom so it doesn't open from the bedroom space.

My master bath suite is entered through a hallway with 2 walk-in closets on the left and bathroom on the right. The bedroom is at the end of the 16 ft long hallway.

You can't see the toilet from the bedroom are or living/public areas outside of the master suite.

Is the issue privacy from guests, or from bathroom noises, or from walking in on the one who didn’t close the door, and one just don’t want to see what the other is doing?

I think on of our members here put a swinging door on the toilet room in their bathroom. CPArtist.

Sounds dangerous.

I’m trying to understand your issue. Most of the time you will know the other petson is in there, correct?

Only the two of you will use this bathroom?

Only my husband and I will live in the house and when we have overnight guests they will have their own bathroom. I would like there to be some visual and auditory separation. Since Hubby can't be relied upon to close the bathroom door in our current house I would like to solve the issue in the next

A lot depends upon the layout of the bathroom and the surrounding spaces.

I think its the sounds that bothers me the most. A swinging door guarantees the doir will be completely closed.

Design the bathroom so it doesn't open from the bedroom space.

It's nice when the bathroom door can open from a small hallway (or similar) because it means when one spouse is sleeping, the other will never bother him or her with opening the door or spilling light from the bathroom.

A swinging door guarantees the doir will be completely closed.

It's an unusual choice, but it's also a small thing. Likely no one else will ever really notice. Or care.

The stairs will be eliminated and the bath will expand into that space. Pushing the shower further to the right. The sink will turn to face the door. The bedroom wall on the top will push out and the bed turned to have the headboard on the left side.

We looked at a house many years ago with double swinging louvered doors into the master bath. That’s about all I remember about the house because the doors were so unusual. The louvered part was much more concerning to me than the swinging part. (We did not buy the house.)

A swinging door has gaps all around it, no? Or am I thinking of the wrong thing. So it would not be as private/quiet as a real door. Instead, look into self-closing hinges on a regular door.

I'm sure someone talented here will give you an idea for creating a little foyer or another way to approach this problem.

Are you able to configure the bathroom in order to add a WC for the toilet? If yes, I would "sound proof" the WC in order to help with any sounds. Also, if you can locate the WC away from the entry to the bathroom, that will help.

When I think of swinging doors - I think of the louvered ones littlebug had in a previous home. Please add a photo of the type of door(s) you would like to install.

If when you reconfigure everything with the extra space added by eliminating the staircase, you are able to create a hall (the type chispa has in her primary suite) that would work well.

If you provide a scaled drawing of the space to be used for the primary suite (including dimensions for all of the walls/windows/doorways/etc.), people will be able to provide suggested layouts for you. There are some very talented people on here!

Here are some swinging doors. No glass.

Moving the entrance to the bathroom may help but right now if someone is upstairs in the ensuite with door open anyone on our 1st floor at the other end of the house will hear them. So it concerns me in a new build with the master bedroom off the living dining area..... I do plan on requesting the interior walls of both bathrooms be insulated.  I dont have exact measurements as I only have a study guide until we submit changes to architect. We do not want the shower on the exterior wall and trying to keep toilet next to it as aiming for aging in place and you need to provide space next to toilet in case an aide is needed. The open no barrier shower provides that.

Have you started construction ?

The reason I ask is there are very few situations where I would consider that bathroom layout good.

Haven't finalized the plan yet. I'd be interested in alternatives. As mentioned before the room will expand into the staircase space. Moving the shower and toilet to the right.

Mark, what do you suggest?

The space picked up from the staircase space will have less headroom/ceiling height than the rest of the bathroom, only the designer of the house may know how much. If you have a three foot wide bedroom door for wheelchair access, a person in a wheelchair will have a difficult time using the bathroom.

The rest of the spaces shown appear to be designed to minimums which could be problematic. A wood stove in an alcove will limit its radiation of heat.

If you are brave, but want the best house possible, start a new discussion with floor plans, exterior elevations and proposed site plan asking for suggestions to improve the design.

The entire staircase is being eliminated. So full 9 ft ceiling. The wood stove will not be there.

I could post the whole plan but really don't see what I would be asking. The bathroom could be better but there has to be compromises. I may do it.

Do you have a floor plan that accurately shows what you plan to build at this point?

You asked about the bathroom door but a valid answer is effected by other factors.