Walk-through Closet to Master Bath?
We are in Los Angeles in a tiny house (800sq ft) and expending the bottom floor and adding a 2nd floor where it will just have bedrooms (total will be about 2,400 sq ft). Our new master suite will be a decent size, however we are not sure if the idea of creating a larger closet that will be a walk through to the bathroom is a good or bad idea. Originally we had a balcony and a 5x7 walk in closet, then we removed the balcony and used that extra sq ft to expand the room to have a bigger closet, which could now be about 10x5, but we felt that the hall way could also be used as closet space, hence the idea of a walk-through. We would try to have nice built ins to make it neat looking but we know this is not a traditional idea so want to know your thoughts. Here is the design with the walk through idea for a visual.
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PRO5 years agoI think it depends on how neat you are in keeping your hanging clothes looking nice. Some walk-in-robes have the aesthetic of a tornado hitting a 2nd hand clothing store. You have three "dead" corners in your proposed walk-through robe which are always tricky to access clothes. For a walk-through robe I would always prefer two opposing rows of built-in cupboards with nice doors and door hardware to avoid any potential mess.
Contemporary Bedroom · More InfoAt the end of the day it is your home, and it is your private sanctuary so it has to be right for you and I wouldn't care about "tradition". So many "traditions" in building design are about saving builders costs, and not about good design for the way that you live, which is the most important thing.
Best of luck with your considerations,
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i think your very generous master suite will be excellent and there's plenty of space in the walk through closet (quite common in Australia) for deep storage with or without doors and no out of reach corners but i'd be concerned about the number of windows as, depending on your local climate, there's potential for overheating in upstairs rooms..perhaps you could discuss this with your designer to see if it's possible to restrict windows to the best aspect for views and winter sunshine without too much sun inside in summer
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