Primary Bathroom too big--need ideas?
This is the original bathroom in our 1990 home. As you can see, the tub is wayyy too big and the shower barely fits one person. Also there are zero doors on anything. Weird...
We will be hiring someone to assist with the plan but I was wondering what people here would do if this was YOUR bathroom. I'm thinking complete gut but then what???
I want to demolish the tub and make one big shower somewhere...maybe where the shower already is but extend it along that whole wall.
Add doors, especially to the toilet area
Replace the vanity
My husband was thinking of adding a laundry area/room. Our main one is on the main floor of the house in the mudroom. I am on the fence...
What else would we put in the room? As you can see from the photos, we already have a really large closet and linen closet.
Vanity, from listing photo. You can see how it opens to the master bedroom; no door!
Swimming pool bathtub and puddle shower:
Linen closet
Toilet, again, no door:
Looking into bathroom from bedroom. Vanity is to the left
Here is what I have from previous owner
First floor. Kitchen is below bathroom in question
Comments (19)
millworkman
last monthNeed a floor plan with all dimensions to really offer help. Also are you willing to move plumbing, walls, etc? The entire floor plan of home or floor if multi-story would be most beneficial as well.
JAN MOYER
last monthlast modified: last monthDrawing please ? Really accurate , every single wall, window, doorway, opening , passage etc in feet and inches. Bold, legible, and if possible , use 1/2" to one one foot scale, no issue if you need 1/4" to fit it on paper.
Load it below as a jpeg.
There is no way to advise until you do that: )
If you have the floor plan ( builder ) of that living floor? Extremely helpful as well.
K Laurence
last monthAgree with advice re dimensions . My 2 cents based upon personal experience. In my previous home I had laundry room relocated to the second floor, best thing ever since most of our laundry was generated on the second floor. We also had a huge ”Roman” tub removed and replaced with a large walk in shower, loved it. It was so large that water rarely spattered onto the glass enclosure.
Debbi Washburn
last monthI think you could consider making the tub 5ft instead of 6, adding that ft to the shower - changing those windows and run the shower all the way to the wall incorporating the angle. Change the linen closet - make it wider, add the laundry and linen as one closet. Move the sinks over to the right.
The toilet room is long at 7 ft. You could get away with 5 but thats another window to move.
I'm sure you will get lots of great ideas!
Painted Peggies (zone 6a) thanked Debbi WashburnPainted Peggies (zone 6a)
Original Authorlast month@debbi thanks!
We want to remove the tub altogether—there is another tub in the homeDebbi Washburn
last monthOh well then do a huge shower where the tub is and make the current shower a linen closet or upper and lower piece that looks like furniture and stay with a wide vanity and stackable where current linen closet is - if it fits in depth. It may choke the hallway too much depending on the size of the units.
Kendrah
last monthI have more questions, rather than ideas:
Is your bedroom as large as you want it to be? Do you have any need to steal sq ft from the bathroom / dressing room side of the suite?
Any advantage to your walk-in closet doors opening into your bedroom instead?
Do you ever used the seated vanity or are you happy with two sinks no vanity? Or one sink?
I think the squished a small shower in there so they didn't have to figure out what to do about windows in the shower. A medium to large sized shower will feel like a huge improvement. Some people like jumbo sized showers, though I have heard they can get really cold. What do you want in a shower - a bench, multiple shower heads?
Excited to see how this unfolds.Painted Peggies (zone 6a) thanked KendrahShawna
last monthYou could do stackable laundry units on the one end of that vanity or where current shower is.
JAN MOYER
last monthlast modified: last monthYou need the second floor plan . Nobody can read as you posted, and unless ALL walls are in identical placement it is rather meaningless.
You need to either do the homework with a tape measure, or come back when you have have gotten a plan from a pro and we'll opine.
Too hard? Welllllll it's the only way: )
There is no "just do this" way to a great bath.
Sabrina Alfin Interiors
last monthAnnKH
last monthI think what Jan means is that floor plans are better than words. The pictures help, but the builder plans you show probably are not the same as the as-built dimensions - the bay window in the kitchen is not matched upstairs. We need accurate measurements of walls, doors, and windows to give the most useful advice.
shirlpp
last monthCan you clarify? you can’t read what I posted?
Yup! The blueprints are hard to read not unless someone will take the time with a magnifying glass.You have the ear of good designers on this thread - Girl! Use it to your advantage and create layouts on graph paper(readable) and post.
JAN MOYER
last monthlast modified: last monthDon't make us guess? Print , measure/correct walls or lack of wall , return as a jpeg uploaded to comments. All walls, windows Everything.
Yes..all. : ) Bold/legible.
Painted Peggies (zone 6a) thanked JAN MOYER
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