Need bathroom layout advice please!
We have a main bathroom that we are wanting to renovate and are really stuck on the design!
It is approximately 2000mm x 2400mm with a window 660 wide opposite the door.
The photo attached is of the current design and the first thing you see is the toilet.
We would like to relocate the toilet so it can’t be seen and probably need to keep the bath as it is the only bath in the house (other option is that we put a bath in an en-suite we are going to build off the main bedroom but not sure about having the only bath in the house in an en-suite).
The door can not be relocated.
Thanks in anticipation!
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Kate
3 years agoJust found your post. Move toilet to next to door and put 1200 vanity along side wall. This is how my sisters is laid out
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Comments (20)Save the pink bathroom! The original floor and the pink bath are beautiful! And obviously appropriate to the era of your house. http://savethepinkbathrooms.com/ To give you a more spacious feel, have the door replaced with a cavity sliding door - it gives you an amazing amount of extra space, we did it in our bathroom I would replace the vanity, which is obviously not original, with a custom laminate vanity with cupboards underneath in pink (top) and grey (cupboard doors/sides) or even a boomerang pattern for the top (http://retrospaces.com.au/retro/images/laminates/Renovation/FirstLadyPink.jpg) have a skilled tiler repair any areas that need repairing and have the tiles professionally cleaned and re-grouted and re-do all of the silicone, Then replace all the tapwear with new chrome taps but in an appropriate style (like these for example http://www.caroma.com.au/bathrooms/taps/retro/retro-wall-top-assemblies) and a new glass shower screen. A really fresh coat of white paint (use the bathroom product), better lighting - put a light in above the mirror (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/00255303/) and a fan/heater/light in front of the vanity exactly above where you'll stand when you get out of the shower. If the mirror isn't in good shape (or it may be mirror doors on a cabinet? I can't tell) then think about replacing the mirror too. You'll save a heap of money over completely re-doing the bathroom and importantly you'll be in keeping with (and preserving) the midcentury design of your home....See MoreAdvice for bathroom layout please~
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3 years agoKeeping the toilet on the same wall by moving it sideways might make plumbing easier, the window might need changing? but the following would give you a shower over the bath
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agothanks siriuskey, have attached more of a floor plan.
i am leaning towards (hubby needs convincing) putting bath in master en-suite (new addition) as the bathroom we are renovating would be more of a powder room or bathroom to service the study if that was ever changed into a bedroom. As you can see the guest bedroom has an en-suite off it and 2 other bedrooms in another section are serviced by a bathroom.
Ceiling is currently at 2700mm all round, no sloped walls
Don’t know why it puts my photos upside down 😩😩😩
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3 years agoBecause you have already renovated a lot of the house including the guest Ensuite, depending on available space the following would give a bigger bathroom. Move the WC into the new space using existing plumbing and adding a door to the new WC, swing the entrance door to the other side, a new vanity between it and the WC with a shower /shower bath across end end wall
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