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En-suite layout dilemma

4 years ago

Hi there,

I'm just about to have building work carried out on my house and will be converting one of the bedrooms into a walk through wardrobe and en-suite.

Can anyone recommend a better layout for the en-suite, it just doesn't look right to me!

Many thanks,

Jack

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Maths Wife

4 years ago

I'm not keen on where the doors are for either the walk in or the bathroom. I think they need to be in line with the end of the bed. As you walk across the end of the bed, you walk straight through and in to the bathroom. The first thing you see is the lovely double vanity with a mirror overhead. The shower is tucked to the left, and the toilet and bath to the right, affording better floor space.

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minipie
4 years ago
I think you might be better off putting the loo on the same wall as the sinks. The sinks and loo will be quite close together but you get a more generous feeling room.

Would you consider taking some space from the dressing room to increase the bathroom?
Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
The loo and the basin opposite create a visual pinch point and you may find in reality that actual arrangement doesn't work too well, moving to and from the shower.

Do you really need two basins? The whole room would be far more spacious if you could swap the loo for one of the basins, then the wall that has the loo on in the plan, would be clear for shelving, towel rails, radiators or floor standing/wall cabinets.

Plus it would make the plumbing easier, not having the waste & water on that internal wall.
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Wow, that is terrible! I think keeping the ensuite will help with your house value and I assume you'd have people stumbling up and down the stairs at night without it so keeping a toilet upstairs is a good thing. However, it's an easy fix! By straighening the fronts of the wardrobe and bathroom door, it will calm the whole room down. Also scribe to the ceiling so you don't get that very weird gap which makes the bathroom look like it's in a cupboard! Potentially look at not having the shower and just keep the toilet and basin if you feel something needs to go. However, from the sketch, you might only need to make the wardrobe fractionally deeper to fit the shower tray in (there does look to be a very deep panel behind it from the photos so maybe not) If you want to see this sketched up so you can really get to grips with the space, it will only take a few hours and could save hundreds of pounds if you get it wrong! Feel free to get in touch www.coveykitchens.co.uk Good luck Emily
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Walk Interior Architecture & Design
4 years ago
do you need a bath and shower for an ensuite?
Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
We currently just have a shower in our master en suite and I'm considering putting in a bath and a shower when we have the bathroom re-done.

If you have the space for it why not?
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Walk Interior Architecture & Design
4 years ago
might help with layout options that's all. without seeing room, plumbing/waste and other bathrooms etc etc it's difficult to design from afar, so just posing questions that may direct your thinking. other option to consider is a combined bath/shower, no bath might provide space for a really big/walk-in shower with minimal screen. if door can move it could align with window for increased light through to dressing
minipie
4 years ago
Just a comment on the dressing room - looks like there is only 70cm between your two rows of wardrobes. That works if you have sliding doors with only hanging or shelves inside but it’s going to feel very cramped. It also doesn’t work very well if you want drawers, as there isn‘t space to pull out a 60cm drawer and stand behind it . Could I suggest you consider making one side shallow depth (35cm deep works for shoes, bags, accessories, underwear, t shirts, trousers) to give more of a feeling of space in there.
Jonathan
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Personally I think the dressing area is too tight and the wc is in an odd position (might not be possible anyway because of the soil pipe.)
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Walk Interior Architecture & Design
4 years ago
design by committee?
rinked
4 years ago
I'm with Maths Wife. Great layout! Combine it with the 'one shallow wardrobe' idea and add a tall mirror on the middle of the wardrobe that goes sideways.
Jonathan
4 years ago
I still think splitting the room horizontally rather than vertically deals with the dressing room width and the doorway position in the bedroom and allows the WC to be on a wall where the soil pipe can have a direct path to an outside wall.
Maths Wife
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I think there's wiggle room for the dressing area any way. If you cut the bathroom down to 1700mm from 17500mm and move the main doorway over another 50mm along with the dressing room walls you get a dressing room of 2000mm, perfect. Depth of wardrobes either side 500mm + 500mm + dressing space of 1000mm.

I would also re-visit the use of pocket doors. I think opaque glass would be better, then you'll have some visibility in the dressing area.
Jack Harrison
Original Author
4 years ago
Many thanks with all your help and ideas so far, definitely gives me something to think about! I won't be having two basins depending on space, I think that was more something my architect put on the plans to jazz them up a bit!

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