I don't mind bathrooms that open into the bedroom - in some cases they can add extra space and light. But the wc should have a separate cloison or its own chamber!

If you want the best of both world.....saw an open bath/bed like this.....except there were shutters enclosed in a glass wall that could be opened or closed - or drawn all the way up. Privacy is key for me....also I wouldn't want the steam into the bedroom. (Not even going there with the toilet!!)

No, I have to nag during mealtimes, (close your mouth when you chew, it's not a race!), I don't want to know what goes on in there. Give me a break.

Having read all that, I agree with chookchook2, but would be quite tempted to have just the bath in the bedroom (shower loo vanity closed off please!) I rather fancy sitting with a glass of champers chatting away! (preferable to a dream boat....oooh)

No!

"It's a great way to reduce the walls in your bathroom"

I'm puzzling over the purpose of that? There's never enough walls.

Where do you put the towel rails? Less options for using beautiful tiles as features. Increased visual clutter from the adjoining room, going both ways.

And of course things you really don't want to see.

Are we really still debating this? Bathing, showering thats grand watching your man shave so sexy, sex intthe shower or bath, way hey! but the loo..............totally and utterly forget it, a man may get away with a piss, but for us ladies...........some mystique please

And while we are at it....why is Aussie land so lacking in bidets? a girl essential if there was one lets forget blokedom girls need bidets in the bathroom next to the loo, and if you can get boys using them.....even better!

hello, not only could it be off-putting for your partner to be doing their ablutions in full view but my dad went away one time and he was staying with a friend... however the bedroom he was sleeping in had an open bathroom and the main door had no lock. During his shower he heard some footsteps and looked out and the friends little boy was standing at the shower door saying "hello, what are you doing?". From then on I have said NO to open bathrooms. Hope this helps!

Its not so much the privacy issue for me as the moisture issue.... I dislike having moist areas like bathrooms open and adjacent to areas with lots of soft furnishing like a bedroom or wardrobe. I think it would just invite unhealthy mould and mildew issues.

No No No, for so many reasons!

Lets compromise, large folding screen doors, then you can have it out or in, depending on your mood!

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naughty chookchook2 !!

Wha? Maggie wrote it.

Okay you're both in the naughty corner then. So closed loo -yes, open bath tub - yes if it comes with champers, shower - either way but no exposure to peeping toms, vanity - share if you have to with the other half. Are we done now?

yup! But don't forget the champers :)

Lol @maggiekn, no champers in the naughty corner surely!

Due to downsizing, the naughty corner is in the bar.

I don't mind them, but I don't love them either. I stayed in a hotel in Seoul that had a glass partitioned bathroom in the hotel suite - it had a glass that would frost to give privacy when it was in use - Now, while the trip wasn't the best ever, I thought that the suite was incredibly cool

We think open plan bathrooms/bathrooms into the master bedroom are appropriate in the right space, but not always appropriate. Whether the toilet and shower and separate or not, we recommend ensuring good ventilation, either with windows or a good fan - this prevents terrible smells lingering and problems from condensation.

You can still maintain an open feel whilst keeping the two rooms very separate, however, by using glass walls and glass shower screens, if that is something others have been considering. Some examples are below :) what does everyone else think?

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NO No noooo! The nearest I would come to that is if I had my dream bathroom. The entire dividing ensuite wall would be an aquarium. That would be bliss, one Powerball and it will happen..

I once went to an open house which had the bath in the bedroom- 2 metres from the foot of the bed but in a sunken floor. All i could think of is how many times I would fall into the bath after a late night out!

Everton, more reason for no than yes, for example even that attractive plain white bathroom is visual clutter which draws the eye away from the artwork on the bedroom wall, and the glass wall lets light through if someone needs to use the bathroom during the night while the other person is sleeping.

I agree that the toilet needs to be enclosed ALWAYS - aerated fecal matter can be propelled 6 metres - enough to infect every toothbrush. Ugh.

As to the rest of the bathroom, if we are in the situation of having such a master bedroom, I will be investing in some Japanese sliding screen doors toot sweet! It's incredible all new builds have this design as clearly so few want it.

bargainhunter..that's the only con..as for the moisture you just need a fan..I find our steam dissipates quite fast..

we have a separate toilet..no room so we have no door to our ensuite ..the only thing is if two people doesn't go to bed at the same time it would be annoying..too noisy and the light off and on the other person can't sleep

other then that don't mind ..just picture a fire place..a rug near by and a nice bath tub or shower..views of the ocean..

No, not something I would like to have in my home. Luxuriating in a bath is "me" time; in private & in peace.