Finishing ideas for narrow shower room extension
Hi all,
We are planning a first floor extension to add a shower room above the hall, cloakroom and utility room, all of which are currently single storey. The planning application is in and we are now turning our thoughts to the design of the interior of the space. We’re open to ideas on walls, floor coverings, lighting, and anything else you can think of.
We’re thinking we’ll go with large panels in the shower area rather than tiles, and maybe even the rest of the room too.
The shower is by the front window, so we’ll need good obscure glazing and/or a good shower-proof blind. The house is Edwardian and we are changing our other front windows to sash, so this will also be sash, although probably pseudo sash, ie uPVC, rather than timber. Maybe even some stained glass involved. (I can dream eh?)
We’re thinking to have shower controls as you enter the shower rather than on a shower bar under the shower head. And I’d like a second shower spray for when I just want to wash hair, or clean, or maybe for dog washing if we get a dog. Not sure about rainfall shower, probably just a good adjustable height shower head.
The room will be very narrow, (about a metre) so we’ll choose a short reach wc. The opposite end to the shower will house the washing machine so we can use the utility area for other things. And other than fine days in the summer, we dry laundry upstairs so it makes sense for us.
Hopefully we’ll include storage for towels and cleaning products. And will have the laundry bin in there too.
I’m happy to spend time searching online for ideas, but thought I’d share here as I see so many inspiring ideas put forward!
Heating is another question. Add to the existing heating system, or go electric?
Do feel free to chip in with suggestions, and thanks in advance for having a look. 😃
Angie
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Angie
3 years agoEstate agent plan here with room sizes on. The extension will be 1028cm wide and around 4750cm long. Final measurement tbc, but it’ll be more than that, maybe 5m. Also estate agents picture of front of house. Extension will be above the front door, which will be coming forward and new steps. New front door ideas is for another day!
Angie
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Comments (5)Thank you Jonathan, i really like your design, especially the ‘his and hers’ wardrobes! We would have hoped to have the master bedroom at the back of the house overlooking the garden rather than the street, but realise it would be tricky to place the door given the location of the stairs and landing. Can’t have everything! It has been suggested to us to extend at the back 2 stories. I’m really torn, I know it’s a very sensible idea (and realistically I think we are not going to be fitting 4 beds and 2 bathrooms in the space on my floor plan) but I’m worried it will impose too much on our garden. The length of the garden is 12.36m from the original rear wall of the house, and 10.83m from the rear wall of a small double storey extension that was done before we moved in (next to the side access) A 3m double storey extension at the back would reduce it to 9.36m in length. Garden is 8.56m wide so essentially it would turn into a square garden. Only other option to increase bedroom space is going up into the loft but that would mean raising the roof which is v pricey) Also we were keen for the 1st storey to be a little ‘longer’ than the 2nd storey so to allow some roof lights or something like that - south facing garden so plenty of sunshine (when the weather allows!) - but if we do 4m rear extension for the first storey this would mean reducing garden size even more. I think we wouldn’t be able to have the downstairs toilet door where you’ve suggested as it would mean moving the location of the front door, which is currently directly opposite the stairs and opens onto the wall where you’ve put the toilet door. But we could have the toilet accessible from the utility instead, and move the washer and dryer to under the stairs - I think there’s a good 2m of space before the height under the stairs would get down to 1m so probably fine to pop that in there. I’m glad you suggested scaling down the side extension, I think I was just wanting maximum space as possible but then it created that awkward corner in the open plan which I didn’t know what to do with! Plus could then fit some Garden storage in the side access without having to take up more garden space! Thank you for your suggestion it’s very helpful...See Morehow would you design a kitchen in a narrow extension
Comments (11)Thank you Ellie for your comments but we have decided not to extend after all. So the original family room will become the kitchen, the dining room will be still be a dining room, the old kitchen will be divided in half and become the new utility and new downstairs shower room/cloakroom. So....any ideas for a new kitchen layout? i guess it will be a galley kitchen but it will be quite wide. What sort of combination of units and where would you have them? We will have the washing machine in the utility room....See MoreShower room tile ideas please.
Comments (11)I would (if the tile stripes line up) do the back wall that has the shower and the bath on it with the striped tiles, but put them in vertically. Since I'm not a huge fan of corner baths (they always look dated to me) and you have space for a free standing tub, I think, I'd go for something like this... But, if you go for the plan you have now, I still think that the back wall in the striped tiles will look modern and not overpowering if you keep the rest fairly plain....See MoreExtension Layout Idea- Feedback Wanted!
Comments (3)First question to me is: do you have a tight budget? If you don;t I would take the opportunity to open up your ground floor more - on the other hand if your budget is tight than look at the finishes, make sure you are selecting neutral/white/light tones - the plan is deceiving - let me know if you need help. M_...See More
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