What do you think is best use this bedroom space?
We're hopefully going to soon (finally) start building our extension.
We're extending one of the upstairs bedrooms and turning it into the master. It's going to be a massive room (bigger than it really needs to be, but due to various factors (no family bathroom, no real upstairs hallway) there wasn't a way to create an extra bedroom, and we decided to extend it out the same depth as downstairs)
My query is, do people think we'd be better building a walk in wardrobe with new stud walls at the same time as everything else is done - (the big yellow box with a ? in it) or just having free standing wardrobes in the 2nd picture and then probably draws between 1 of the wardrobe and the door to the ensuite.
The X in both is where the loft hatch is, so we can't add a wall across that section.
If people think a walk in wardrobe would be better, how deep do you think it should be? as obviously we'd want enough space if we went for a walk in area, but still want the bedroom to feel spacious and luxurious
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Jonathan
4 years agoI think I would put the ensuite where you are considering the walk in wardrobe- this would mean you could use the ensuite position as a dressing area making the entrance to the bedroom more spacious
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Maths Wife
4 years agoNot sure there's the room for a Walk in . What are the dimensions of the entrance in the blue box, and also what does the room measure in length from start to beam ?
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoRough scetch:
Note: the blue rectangle could be anything, from a desk to dresser to bench, or all in one.
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4 years agoThanks for this Rinq.
It's interesting that everyone's gone for it that way round! when I'd been thinking about it, I'd imagined the door in facing the bed. Hanging rail on the wall opposite , and the draws either side, to try and minimise the depth of the space more like this ...
But still wasn't sure how big others would expect something like that to be if we were to sell in the future...
I think I'm definitely being swayed back to just having free standing wardrobes! Will probably keep it feeling like a more generous space overall?Gabby Wong
4 years agoKinda like this when you look in?
So with a rail going all the way round, so shorter stuff could hand above the chest of draws on either side, and then space for longer hanging things in front.. and then a shelf running along the top above the rail for bigger things to be stored, suitcases etc.
I was thinking with something like this might only need it to be 150-170cm deep for this kind of set up (60cm depth for the hanging space at the back and then about 1m in front of it
Which would then leave me with more space for the room?Gabby Wong
4 years agoOh! I hadn't fully appreciated you hadn't boxed it in in your version... I must admit I feel like I'm struggling slightly to envision what you're intending.
I think you're right there'd definitely be enough clothes storage there, we're don't actually use all the wardrobe space we currently have for clothes, as half of my bf's wardrobe is full of other boxes of stuff (that have overflowed from his man cave). I worry slightly that if it's not at least a normal wardrobe depth then we'll end up lacking the storage space for that and it'll end up looking messy... if we have the wardrobes at the sides (in my original post) he can get a 2nd 2 door wardrobe, to give him some extra storage space for his non clothes stuff. (He also has boardgames all on top of his wardrobe as there's no more space in the games cupboard lol)
It was my brother who suggested that as walk in wardrobes as floor to ceiling it's useful for hiding all that extra stuff that makes the place look messy
as to the rest of the floorpan, everything else is already there - the somewhat excessive number of bathrooms, all the doorways and the smallest landing possible! We can't extend backwards from the ensuite as it would block light for next door.
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4 years agoSo... managed to find time to discuss it late last night, and we definitely like the idea of being able to make bed 3 larger.
I've taken it slightly further in some ways but less in others to try and minimise the cost hopefully as bf thinks that regardless of what we do, it'll end up being prohibitively expensive to re-organise upstairs.
This plan would :
Keep doorways off the landing to bed 2/3 the same as they are currently (I appreciate the benefits of moving them in terms of not having it right at the top of the stairs, however there's still room for a stair gate at the top of the stairs (should we ever need one), and has never been a problem for us since we've been here regardless of who's stayed (almost 6 years).
Removing your study area - we have a separate office/mancave downstairs, and I always work at the dining table even when I had an office space if doing work at home, allowing us to have a bigger family bathroom (maybe a pocket door) with hopefully room for a bath and walk in shower? (as actually the 2 bathrooms we'd be joining are quite compact!)
Still quite a small landing area, which I appreciate is useful for general circulation space, but we'd be reluctant to cut into bed 3 more than we have to, and there'd be just enough room I think to have a small window which would hopefully make it feel more airy at least.
FYI the pink line I've added is where we get full height ceilings back, as the front half of bed 2/3 mostly have sloped ceilings, except for where the dormers are, but they drop to about waist height at the front.
The back wall of the ensuite would be the current back wall of the ensuite again to help reduce costs... Ideally I'd have preferred to creep it forward an extra 10-20cm to give that room to bed 3, however I think for such a small distance it's probably not worth having to knock down, and build another wall.
What do people think? ?
Obviously would still need to ask builders re cost etc and bf thinks I'm getting hopes up and it'll cost too much... (Anyone got any rough thoughts how much it might be?) but I did point out we could fit most of the bathroom stuff at a later date.
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The end ensuite really is somewhat squashed! Not entirely sure why the previous people were so keen to squeeze in 3 ensuites!Gabby Wong
4 years agoJonathan
4 years agoI suppose I hadn’t actually imagined refitting the bathroom just moving the basin.
If budget is tight I think you need to consider how often a full shower is needed in the family bathroom. I have one in the main bathroom which has been used probably ten times in 4 years...... thinking about it it’s has been cleaned more often than it has been used.
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