Help with a floor plan for a quirky master suite
Hi everyone. We have 2 bedroom, 90s build on an inner city, very narrow, terrace block which has resulted in some interesting design decisions such as a 10m long home office on the top floor and very little usable storage. We were planning to update our bathroom, but during lockdown this idea has snowballed into trying to convert part of the office space into a walk in robe and second bathroom. My idea is to turn the existing bathroom into an ensuite, and add a second shower room with a skylight as the "main" bathroom.
Obviously a big part of the issues with our house is theres not really room for hallways, so this is the best floorplan I could come up with, but would love any advice or ideas.
Im happy to pay to consult a professional but don't even know who the best person to approach is. An interior designer? A draughtsperson?
The first image is whats currently there and the second is the best idea I could come up with, which makes the bedroom slightly smaller but still allows for a usable home office space. Im also aware that I dont want too small a wardrobe space or we are essentially spending a lot of money for not much advantage. The second bathroom would mostly be for guests and for resale value rather than us really needing one. Ive talked to plumbers who cut a hole in our downstairs ceiling and there is apparently plenty of space to run pipes beneath the floor.
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Comments (19)Hi Guys, lets see if I can help! It appears to me that bed two has no robe...if that is correct we can help here too. Redirect some of your existing robe from the far end ie 1200? to bed 2. Then put 900 of hanging or shelving across end external wall...when arranged with long, short hanging and shelving this will work with more robe space for you both. What length of robe you loose is made up for in shelving and hanging design to suit your needs. Build a wall, new bed head, not full height if you like or with some top glazing and put door right next to room/hall door. Actually on your left as you enter bedroom. This leaves bathroom untouched, faces bed to the windows therefore to the view, gives bed 2 a robe and all with no dead corners! I do hope this helps you. Cheers, Margot...See MoreMaster Bedroom Addition Floor Plan Help
Comments (13)Thanks very much Paul, I really appreciate your ideas and feedback. We like your plan and agree this plan gives us a more practical user space. We're really focused on making it all "feel" right and would also consider how this canterlever out over the existing master bedroom would feel/look from the verandah and living area looking out. We're also extending the study out towards the side boundary by just over a metre and removing the existing linen to increased bedroom 2. Bedroom 3 will be the kids chill out room/spare room and the other child will move to the original master. New Linen will be under the new stairs and we're also building some storage into the study and extending the garage to the front boundary by 1 metre. We dont' feel like we need another living area (or massive house to clean) as we already have two separate living areas and bedroom 3 will be for the kids to hang out in. And this is why I originally posted (and which you've clearly identified) - because I'm stuck between having a limited use gallery landing to provide volume and drama in the stairs, and as you say I don't want to kick myself for not making the gallery area a more practical space. I know other families with parents retreats that never use them, so I'm conscious of this too. I think I was probably hoping to achieve the same footprint with the nook a little wider. I thought last night I could reduce the ensure/robe depth to 2.2 to 2.5 (and increase the nook to 1.7 to 2.0) by moving the toilet to the end of the shower. Maybe this would work as a compromise....See MoreMaster bedroom/ensuite/WIR floor plan help!
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Comments (6)We have a 2 slider entry from both sides and a sliding door in between. Very useful. Shower larger than standard and has a half wall for putting bottles on and on the other side the heated towel rail so can easily grab a towel stepping out of the shower. The shower has a triangular shelf = great to put feet on for washing/shaving. Also opposite the shower a cupboard added for towels, toilet paper, supplies etc. In wardrobe a chute for washing down to the laundry. Loving that....See MoreRachel McWha
2 years agoThanks. The long wall beside the stairs is a party wall and is straight, the other wall has lots of corners so the dimensions keep changing, but Ive included the measurements so you can see how complicated it is. The external walls, stairs and windows definitely cannot move.
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siriuskey
2 years agoWithout the extra details, I was considering something like the following to keep the plumbing on the same wall plus having the advantage of a window and making it more like 2 bedrooms with each having their own bathroom.
Light still comes into the stairwell from the windows and when the master bedroom door is open this will allow extra light and ventilation.
The addition of a skylight over the study area would add extra light
I found the measurements didn't work for the 10.100 (10.94) when taken as displayed, most likely my fault, but it still works.
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2 years agoOKL and I both agree with moving the 2nd bathroom, is there a bathroom or powder room down stairs, do you have the floorplan.
Another idea, changing bathroom layouts and WIR, the robe is ceiling height for 1 & 2, Robe 3 and shelving 4 with base cabinet facing bedroom are both at 2100 height, so floating as this will allow light back into the WIR
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