I like you're suggestion and will sketch it out. There is a kohler or Moen commercial of a mom in the tub when the kids come in to brush their teeth and kiss her goodnight I always say - hey that's me! And sometimes I'm even in the tub (with the curtain closed) during this because I love an evening bath. My three kids go to bed at the relatively the same time and they literally create a line out the door to brush and wash. I never really approached the bathroom with that thought process too, just assuming the more fixtures I could cram in, the better. I just finished a remodel of my dream kitchen (style and function that I'm loving!) and I really thought long and hard about how as a family we would use each "station" we created within the work zones. Prickly, I'm thinking hard about your feedback and I think you're right. You could use a pocket door for the inner door to keep the swing from interfering with sink activity. Then in the small first room, have two sinks directly across from each other on either side of the doors. I'm not certain if the space would work (may depend on your door placement), but what if you walled off the toilet and tub with a door in the middle (directly across from your current door). If you have 2-5 people in the bathroom trying to get ready at once, is the minimum floor space going to suffice? Keep in mind that palimpsest is talking about minimum (code) space requirements. If you have one bathroom, what are you really going to do with a small shower and a small tub? It seems like sharing a bathroom with 5 people would have more benefit from having toilet and shower separated from a sink and/or having more floor space or more sinks. This allowed one person to be using the toilet or showering while someone else was brushing teeth, etc. That way you may be able to get a bigger shower than 36"Īs others have said, it sounds like you might be able to squeeze in a shower and a tub, but I'm wondering, is that what you really need in a single bathroom used for 5? I shared 1.5 baths with my family of 4 growing up, and the single best thing about our full bath was that the toilet and shower had a door to separate them from the sink. You may want to try tub and toilet on one side, shower and vanity on the other side and see how that works on paper. The other thing is that a good 54" or 48" (American Standard only) tub, is much more expensive than a typical 60" tub because of low volume manufacturing. I know this because I am doing a very small bathroom and using a 54" tub, which will mostly be used for showering. However, you could build that little end wall into the side of the shower sort of like the seat shown in your first picture, and be able to stay close to 36"ĥ4" tubs, the next size down, are pretty small for bathing and you have a very limited number of options (One each at Kohler or American Standard and the others are mostly very inexpensive options made for mobile homes). With a full wall at each end of the tub you would only really have room for a 32"-33" shower, and these are a little small. (Freestanding tubs of 60 or less are available but get a bit small, and there are many more options at over 60"). With a conventional 5' tub you need to enclose the ends so the free end abutting the shower will need another 4-1/2" or so of length. Traditional Bathroom by Melrose Interior Designers & Decorators Justine Sterling Design All ideas, tips and suggestions to best utilize this space are welcome!!! We are at the beginning stages so we're not committed to anything yet. I've read that a standard shower is about 36" and a standard tub is about 5 feet which puts me right at my max of 8 feet in length but I could probably find a smaller tub. I am in love with the idea of a small soaking tub and separate shower along one side then double sinks (did I mention this is our only upstairs bathroom for a family of 5!!?) and toilet along the other side. We are open to the idea of a gut job so plumbing is moveable. Currently the tub and single sink make up the right side wall, and the toilet is located on the wall opposite the tub/sink. The door is centered across the 7 foot wall in front, and a window is centered across the back wall, opposite the door. The Bathroom is a perfectly symmetrical rectangle, 7 feet in width and 8 feet in length. Given that it is our only full bathroom we need to make the most of it as a busy family of 5. We live in a 1950's cape cod style home with a 1/2 bath and laundry downstairs and only one full bathroom which is upstairs with the bedrooms. Hello GWebbers! Since I had so much luck getting such great ideas on my kitchen remodel last winter, I thought I'd reach out once again for help with my bathroom too.
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