oh my goodness, Oklouise, you are incredible, thank you so much!! This is very clever!

Your second design is something we would have never thought of, and we think it's brilliant. Also, I'm sorry. Our bed width is actually 1.86m. But I still think your design design is better than what I came up with.

If I said I just wanted to maximise storage, and not necessarily have a walk-in, would your response change, do you think?

Hi Emily, I'am interested to know how the ensuite toilet fits, is the shower open so you sit with your feet in the shower?.

Ok's plan is great but It seems to me that it would be better to keep the robe as you would still have approx the same storage space with a much more spacious bedroom, I would look at having a new robe installed if the old isn't doing it for you.. cheers

Hi siriuskey, thanks for jumping in!

We were thinking that we would have clothes on each side in the walk-in, despite it being tight!

The shower is an enclosed one. The entry door to the shower is north (assuming the master bedroom windows are north facing.

Now that I think about it, i guess my question really should be - how can I maximise wardrobe space in our Master bedroom, with or without a walk-in!

Hi Emily, I guess that the toilet is just shown facing the wrong way. I still think having a great wardrobe would be best for your space. ie; at the moment the wardrobe is in the bedroom and you use that floor space to access it, with the robe walled off from the bedroom that walking space goes behind the wall, so unless you could get storage down both sides of the WIR it's a waste of bedroom space. cheers

Having the robe opening behind sliding doors with a narrow walking space might work

Hi Siriuskey, thank you so much for that design!!

Here is a photo of what the ensuite looks like. Is the toilet facing the wrong way?

The ensuite looks lovely, it's just the floor plan drawing that made it look strange, totally out of scale, is this a new building

the bed in my plan is a king size 185cm wide x 205cm long and bedlinen also uses extra space all around but the biggest issue in the room is the exact position of the windows and the available space to move the bedroom entry door..... another option to maximise storage without cramping the bedroom too much would be to sacrifice the existing biw and install new tall or ceiling height wardrobe with the back of the wardrobe facing the bedroom (painted or wallpapered??) without a dividing wall.. this would give the feeling of a wiw without the thickness of a wall and doesn't affect the windows still allows space for tall chests of drawers in the bedroom and 1m of walking space plus the bedside storage...the old wardrobe is about 2.5 wide and this new idea would create 3.4 lineal metres of custom sized wardrobe without the need for doors and, using chests of drawers (plus bedside drawers) adds an extra 2.6m x 500 of drawer storage...a total of 6m of storage wall (of varying heights) while still keeping the bedroom reasonable spacious ...checkout one of the on line flat pac wardrobe designers (eg IKEA or Kaboodle) to test some arrangements for the hanging and shelf space but i suggest that freestanding chests of drawers and bedside storage will offer lots of extra storage and be more flexible to use in different rooms and other homes

Thanks for the photos Siriuskey! Those wardrobes look amazing. If I could fit that into the room I'd be stoked. And no, our place isn't a new build. I think the previous owners jazzed it up a few years ago. I'd love to put his and her sinks in the ensuite!

Oklouise, that looks amazing. Thank you for all your ideas! Doing it without a proper dividing wall is sensible I think.

Hi Chris Joyce, thanks for participating! I had a think about your question.

I think what I really want is just to maximise wardrobe space in the bedroom. It doesn't necessarily have to be walk-in.

I probably started the question with asking how to get a walk-in because I thought the best (and only way) to maximise wardrobe space was to build it in behind the bed, which sort of made itself a bit of a walk in.

I mean, I guess it might be feasible to build a wardrobe behind the bed and move the bed to the side of the room, allowing a single in and out access from one side of the room? I guess that will make the room look a bit wonky though.

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heres' the two wardrobes without a wiw...this allows for an extra full height 3.4m wide wardrobes without changing the bedroom entry door or existing wardrobe and also allows space for chests of drawers and bedside table

Your suggestion of one entry into the WIR gives extra storage 3.4m x 50cm long, plus 1.75 x 50cm plus 2050 x 275 narrow open shelves for shoes , sweaters etc.

I have put the opening into the WIR on the sames side as the ensuite door for easy movement between the two spaces.

Narrow shelving replacing the old wardrobe which can also have a TV set into it.

Space either side of the bed can be 775, one side having a chest of draws,, both sides having either wall or hanging lights, Plus shelving above the bed high enough so that you can sit up in bed without hitting your head, great for books, hand creams etc.

Thank you all very much!

OkLouise, I really like your layout without the walk-in-robe. Cost effective, and I think it maximises the space nicely to boot. My husband can have the smaller robe and I can have the larger one! ;)

And thank you siriuskey! It is so incredibly helpful to see how it all fits together. Shelving about the bed for knick knacks is a great idea!

Hi Emily, another floor plan for you, hoping to keep the door to the bedroom in the same position, entering via the WIR with full height robes, then opening to another wall of robe storage&dressing, the jagged lines opening up those wall sections. The ensuite would now be able to have a double vanity with mirrored shaving cabinets above

Another idea

Oh my goodness Siriuskey, I love it!! How wonderful and clever of you. Thank you!!!!

Very pleased Emily look forward to seeing photos when it's done cheers

Definitely! It won't be for a while yet, but absolutely I will be sure to post up before and after photos

Oh dear Siriuskey. We just realised that the master bedroom's windows are too spread out. That is, there is a window right next to our ensuite, which is where you've put on of your robes. I'm so disappointed. Really loved your design idea, especially your second one!

Can you give me the position of both windows and size height width etc so I can look at it for you x

I haven't read through all the posts but to me the first thing I saw was that you could continue the wall between the staircase and bedroom right through the bathroom to the outside wall, removing the bath altogether then remove the existing wall between the bathroom and ensuite. Next (presuming your plan is drawn to scale) theres room to rearrange your ensuite by putting the basin on the outside wall and moving the toilet and shower over to allow space to build a new wall allowing more room on the other side for the wiw. You could also remove the wall between the existing robe and ensuite and bathroom, giving even more rooom in both the enusite and the bathroom - or in your bedroom. Personally I prefer the ensuite as close to the robe as possible as opposed to the other end of the bedroom - solely for ease of use - finding clothes, dressing etc after showering etc. Also it would drive me nuts having to walk through my wardrobe to enter the bed room - no matter how tidy you may be, a wardrobe always ends up with shoes, shopping bags or whatever on the floor etc and if its your entry to the bedroom you can NEVER shut the door and worry about that later... Good Luck :)

Hi Emily, The old WIR's were not arranged very well but now you can do amazing things to make them feel beautiful, are you still willing to share measurements, I don't think the widows will be a big issue as you can most likely have bench height cabinets under the windows and full height where there's no window. The bench height will give you a great opportunity to have seat in front of the window for hair and makeup, cheers

Hi Siriuskey! I would love to be able to share measurements, but unfortunately, I can't at the moment because the property is currently rented out. :(

I have a photo of the bedroom, if that might help? I think the space between the window on the left and the ensuite entrance is about the same as between the window on the right and the back wall where the aircon unit is.

We don't need measurements at the moment Emily, I think that the tall robe from the ensuite and across part of the window l can be changed to cabinets that come up to the base of the windows where necessary, these cabinets could be draws instead cheers

Thank you!

This chat has been so amazing, I just thought I'd leave my entire floor plan here, in case anyone had any ideas on how to better use the space/reconfigure. We're open to renovating downstairs, and for converting the garage into something since we have a carport. Would you anything?

Hi Emily, your floorplan is very wonderful and elegant. Love the floorboards and your deck is awesome. Gosh you have a lot of bathrooms. It's great that your place has a void on the first floor too, just like in my soul.

I really support your idea of a WIR and quite like Siriuskey's design of 18 July 2018, 9:30 am, which I think strikes a good balance between practicality and low impact.

While I personally would keep the garage (I'm into cars), single car households are rapidly becoming the norm so a conversion is a real option. Are you a creative (eg. arts, crafts, embroidery etc.)? If so, have you thought about turning it into an artistic workshop?

My only other thought was the fact that having a living, family and dining room on the ground floor is a very generous. I'd convert the dining room into an extension of your kitchen and build a giant kitchen island / chef's table.

P.S. the car in the garage of your floorplan looks like a Honda S2000 (told you I was into cars).