This is a decent sized room. You've done good with the layout, I like it. I assume the door is a cavity slider? I think you've allowed enough space for the toilet. The only change I'd make is the the shower taps. You've got the tucked right in where you will be standing under the shower whilst trying to regulate the water. I'd put the taps on the same wall as the window. Good luck with it!

We can't fit a cavity slider, we're just going to swing the door out into the hall. I know it's not ideal, but seems like our best option. It's at the end of the hall, so no-one will be walking past and get brained by the door.

I've been trying to research minimum space for a toilet and it seems like 750mm is standard minimum. I've only been able to allow 640mm, this is what I'm worried about...

The inspiration pic is misleading, to the naked eye I would've guessed that it's about the same size as our bathroom, but it's not. Proportionally it looks like it would be about 40cm wider (based on similar shower width). This mockup shows a more accurate comparison (if you click on the pic you should be able to see it).

I see your concern. Do you know a builder who could comment? If you live in Sydney, I found WC Bathrooms really helpful with our Powder Room config.

I can see how you could swing the door inwards against the opposite wall to the toilet.

With the shower- could you pinch some space from the width (say 60mm) and put the shower rose on same wall as the window? OR have the shower rose come from the ceiling would prevent you losing the look I think you are probably after (having all the PC's on same wall). Only difference would be you would shower facing the door.....depends how tall you are I guess. I'd be hitting my elbows in an 850mm width shower whilst washing my hair.

We're a bit restricted with shower size because we want to use a tileable base. 900-910mm seems standard - I haven't been able to find any narrower.

We're in Melbourne, but you're right - we might just have to ask a professional. I really don't want to get it wrong!

Hi eliesharae,

We completed a tiny bathroom project not long ago. Excuse the photo quality, but it might be a layout worth considering.

Good luck with your project!

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I've not used bases before. Either just waterproofing or copper sheet base. Gives total flexibility of size.

I'm in the process of configuring 2 tiny bathrooms myself. It's not easy, and we have few choices....our downstairs bathroom width is 1.2m x 3m long.

We might have to look into that Mel. Hubby is being very difficult with any kind of compromise...

Thanks Kitchens by You - we had considered a similar layout, but neither of us are big fans of the corner shower idea.

What Cathi Colla said. My bathroom is a smidge smaller then yours and there is no way the three things would fit across that length...unless you are exceptionally small people! I have however taken the gyprock off where you have the medicine cupboard and put a cupboard back into the wall flush with the gyprock behind it so the only thing that will protrude into the bathroom space is the door of the cupboard which will be floor to door height. The 120mm deep cupboard will be in the wall. This has freed up heaps of space.

Cathi Colla Architects - thank you so much!! This is exactly the kind of advice I needed. We were concerned about having the three items across the wall, but really just needed someone to say yay or nay definitively!

Is this what you were thinking (pic attached)?

Also - we really liked the idea of having the doorless shower (as our inspiration pic), but do you think it would work with the new layout? Or are we going to need to enclose it? We want it to be really clean and simple and loved the look of the black frame.

Hi again eliesharae. Happy to help.

A doorless shower will spill water onto the adjacent surfaces. Having a doorless shower in this position is not advisable as any water on the floor will be a significant slip hazard.

Also, have your builder locate the WC and basin 400-450 mm from the face of the adjacent wall.

Best of luck, Cathi

eliesharae, I have a very small bathroom in my apartment. Door is located where your medicine cabinet in original plan is, with sink/vanity and medicine cabinet directly in front as you walk in, toilet to the left of that (facing towards door) and shower to the left of that again. So L>R: Shower, toilet, sink all on that wall. It does get a bit tight with two people trying to get ready though, and I prefer the look of the latest layout you've posted above. Good luck! Keep us updated!

You might get away with a door less shower if you rotate it 90 deg so the glass is perpendicular to doorway and shower outlet is on same wall as door, as you have a little more room in this dimension. However, I would be inclined to put a door on the shower and make the wall between the shower and toilet a half tiled wall /half glass.

OK! Thank you so much everyone for your advice! This is so much better than I could've hoped. After consulting with hubby this is the current plan:

Build a tiled nib wall to shower height to give the toilet a bit of privacy, creating a little "toilet nook". Put a black frame glass door on the entrance to the shower, which will keep the clean minimalist look we loved in the original inspiration image.

Because we've freed up space on that wall we think we have room for a narrow "pull-out" cupboard for storing excess toilet paper/shampoo, etc

Have a "medicine cabinet" with mirror doors running the length of the other wall (built into the wall, will obviously have to work around studs, etc, that's fine - we've done it before) - which will give us heaps of storage, plus the mirror should hopefully make the room seem bigger!

Centre the vanity under the window which is where the current vanity is - this looks nice and symmetrical and will also leave the window ledge for every day stuff (moisturiser, hand wash, etc). Have a wall-mounted "floating" vanity, which will hopefully also give the illusion of more space.

If anyone can see any problems with this design pretty please let me know! We're going to try to build it out of boxes on the weekend.

P.S. Extra specially thank you to Cathi Colla Architects! Your advice has been invaluable!

That sounds great! Also, are you actually tiling in "Standing room only?". If so, awesome.

Your latest plan seems like a great use of the space. One consideration I feel is important is towel rails/hooks

Thanks eliesharae

Happy to share our experience.

We are tiling "standing room only" - that's been our one idea that hasn't changed since the very beginning! It was the first thing my mum said when she first saw the bathroom three years ago!

Towel rails under the medicine cabinet opposite shower - I'd love to get heated ones, but depends on costs (and getting hubby to agree!)

Final design! A huge thank you to everyone for your advice - I can't even believe what a huge help this has been.

DETAILS:

Towel rail underneath medicine cabinet (not heated).

IXL Tastic with 4 heat lamps on the ceiling (it's a small footprint, but 3m high ceilings, so we're going with the most powerful model).

We're going to reduce the arcs on the door to gain a liiiittle bit of space for the shower, but 900 x 800 seems pretty substantial. We'll do tiled recesses for shampoo, etc in the shower.

We don't like frameless showers (just our personal taste), we did white frame in our above the bath shower in the other bathroom, I like the idea of the black frame in this one.

We've gone with a smaller vanity basin, with nothing underneath to give the illusion of more space.

Pull out storage will give us somewhere to store all the toilet paper, giant costco bottles of radox, toiletries bags, etc. Medicine cabinet will be for every day use stuff. There is a large window sill above the basin which I already use for toothbrush holder, moisturiser, candle, etc.

Tiling all walls to 2.4m (same as our other bathroom).

Door will swing in towards shower.

If anyone can spot any issues with this - please let me know! But otherwise we're breaking ground next week. I will share photos when we're done :)

Please do share photos! I think it will look fantastic.

Like all good DIY projects things are proceeding much slower than originally anticipated! However, we have begun and are feeling positive!

New floor complete, walls levelled and plumbing done!

Hi Eliesharae, How is the project going? I love the inspiration photo you used. Where did you get your tiles from and what tiles are you going to use on the floor? Is this your main bathroom , a second "main" bathroom. Just wondering what era your house is? I am in Qld and so styles of houses are different between the states, but I am also having my brain work overtime trying to compromise on price, remodelled and beautiful, function/storage (which my house really needs), classic so it won't date and still trying to have the 1960's vibe (but still conversation which is my nature). What package did you use to create your plans? They look great. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product. When you say that you are tiling up to 2.4m, what is the height of your ceiling? My ceilings are 2.7m and the builder who I asked for a quote from yesterday, said that I should tile up to the top of the doorway because that would allow me to keep a cornice and have it look more the 1960's era....I have no idea if he is correct or not. I asked a bathroom shop yesterday and they told me to allow 750mm width for the toilet and the builder said 800mm (when I said how about 780mm, he just looked at me). I have only seen your post today, but I think you will be happy allowing the wider space for the toilet.

Just thinking with your door swinging into shower...I am not expert, but maybe it will allow the room to look more "open" if you have it swing inwards to the left, as I assume the shower will block it from opening fully and it may make the room appear more closed up...

Great idea to put big medicine cabinet with mirrors on it...reflect lots of light and makes room look bigger.

Hi Creativelychallenged! Wow - lots of questions!

The plasterer is coming today, so things really starting to take shape for us.

Our wall tiles are 6" x 6" Johnson tiles from Bunnings and our floor tiles are hexagon mosaic tiles also from Bunnings (we got quotes from a few different places, but Bunnings turned out to be by far the cheapest).

This is sort of an "ensuite" - it's not actually connected to the master bedroom, but we have a "main" bathroom with a shower over bath, vanity & toilet.

Our house was built in 1948 and is a very traditional Melbourne redbrick - they're everywhere around here. Ornate cornices and mid century ceiling roses. We have tried to keep a lot of the beautiful old features of the house, but mix in modern elements to make it more "us".

I made my plans in Adobe Illustrator - I'm a graphic designer by trade, so I have the skillz :)

Our ceilings are 3m - just for aesthetic value I would recommend going at least one tile above the doorway, but I think it just comes down to personal taste.

We ended up allowing 780mm for the toilet - we spent weeks measuring cubicles in public toilets, Ikea, etc, etc and this seems like plenty. 760mm is generally the recommended minimum.

The door swing direction is more about privacy - which is something Cathi Colla Architects brought up (above), otherwise you're pretty much looking straight into the shower when you open the door. The door isn't going to be open any further the other way either.

Thanks for the comments!! I will keep posting progress pictures as we go :)

Thank you so much for the feedback and advice. Much appreciated. I think I will leave the Graphic designing to the experts. :o)

Tiles going down this week! We're nearing the finish line (FINALLY!!)

Cool tiles! Great to see how your design is taking shape.

The (almost) finished product!! Just waiting on shower screen and bathroom door to be installed and I will FINALLY be able to use my shiny new bathroom. What do you guys think??

** It is very tiny and therefore quite difficult to take photos!

For those still reading this thread. We just recently completed a bathroom reno in almost identical sized space though turned the other way. A lot of reflection in the photos sorry but there is a lot of glass and mirror.

A cavity slider, while an added big expense, made the whole thing possible. To create the space I used the adjoining separate toilet room for the 1200 x 900 shower and shallow tall cabinet on the left and gained a closet in the hall outside with the rest of that corner. I also recessed the towel rail which helped give room to the shower entrance and not stick out in front of the loo. Wall hung vanity and toilet. Porcelain wood planks on floor with underfloor heating and also used in shower base. Excuse the towels, they are not my normal ones !

It was a big decision about joining the rooms and whether to keep the bath / shower but I think it paid off. There is just the two of us and it's a real pleasure to use and no longer feels like "standing room only"