Help needed with main bathroom reconfiguration
Merrin Hodge
6 years ago
We are planning our main bathroom refurb and keen on ideas for an alternative layout. My bugbear with the current layout is that the toilet is visible when the door is left open, and with small children in the house this is more often than not (despite constant nagging!).
There is a second bathroom (shower only) and also an ensuite in the house but as the main bathroom this will need a bath and preference is for a decent size one that an adult can relax in.
The current vanity is quite small so would like to also maximise size of that.
Options that we have come up with so far:
1. Rotate the toilet 90deg to back onto side wall and build small nib wall to block visibility of it from the entrance way. Increase size of vanity and replace built in bath with freestanding
2. Put the toilet behind the door and vanity alongside and have bath on opposite side wall (would possible need to be angled across the corner to fit
3. Put the bath on the wall opposite where it is currently and change the entrance door to other side so that the vanity is visible when door is left open.
Hoping that some of you clever people may have a great idea for is! Thanks in advance for your help.
There is a second bathroom (shower only) and also an ensuite in the house but as the main bathroom this will need a bath and preference is for a decent size one that an adult can relax in.
The current vanity is quite small so would like to also maximise size of that.
Options that we have come up with so far:
1. Rotate the toilet 90deg to back onto side wall and build small nib wall to block visibility of it from the entrance way. Increase size of vanity and replace built in bath with freestanding
2. Put the toilet behind the door and vanity alongside and have bath on opposite side wall (would possible need to be angled across the corner to fit
3. Put the bath on the wall opposite where it is currently and change the entrance door to other side so that the vanity is visible when door is left open.
Hoping that some of you clever people may have a great idea for is! Thanks in advance for your help.
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oklouise
6 years agothe problem with rearranging the fixtures is that none of the alternatives leaves enough walking space except the last, which is the same as what you have already
first try an automatic door closer and consider a custom vanity with a small drop in sink in a counter that has a narrow section that continues across the top of the toilet and a wall mirror or mirrored medicine cabinet the maximum width of available wall under the windows...widening the counter will be useful and the mirrors and gorgeous new tiles, bath and vanity will help to distract from the view of the toilet
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6 years agoHere is more detail of that section of the house - to scale but not with measurements. It is a ~1920s californian bungalow. The ensuite (and extension to bathroom and bedroom) were an extension I think in the early 1980s.
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