Master bedroom / ensuite advice
Hello, I am looking for some advice on how to improve the layout of our new house, in particular the master bedroom which at the moment we really don't like very much. The previous owners added an ensuite to the corner but the resulting effect is just a huge box that feels like it takes up half the room, particularly as it butts right up to the window and leaves the other side of the room really dark.
The current max dimensions of the room are 4.26m x 3.96m and the width of the ensuite is 1.4m (the shower occupies the space where the word "ensuite" is written). The solution that I am currently envisioning is reducing the ensuite in width to 1.2m so that it doesn't go right up to the window and then extending the wall all the way across to create a walk in wardrobe next to it.
My concerns about this are mainly that the bed has to go on the wall with the small window and is therefore just facing a blank wall with 2 doors on it. We do like to have a TV in the bedroom which at the moment we have on a chest of drawer where the current void is so we would like to factor this in too. My partner doesn't like the bed being right next to the door but I don't really see an alternative to that.
Extending over the garden room isn't really an option as this has an oak framed vaulted roof.
Any innovative ideas would be extremely welcome!
Comments (14)
Nicola M
3 years agoHi Emma,
I empathise with your situation! Do you have a toilet in the en-suite too or is just a shower and sink?
If you want a proper walk-in wardrobe, ideally you want around 80cm in addition to hanging space, 65cm might feel a bit tight so probably better off with normal wardrobes if you want them to run inline with the en-suite.
One quick suggestion is to move the entry to your bedroom to create a bit more space as you walk in before the bed. If your bedroom wall is just a stud wall, this isn't a massive job. I've shown it before in blue.
If you can move the door to the bathroom, you can make the 'entry' to the bedroom bigger.
Sam
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3 years agoEmma J
3 years agoHi everyone, thanks for the great advice. I have drawn out the room to scale to check for viable options and I think the only one that works is to keep the en-suite where it is but reduce its size slightly so it doesn’t encroach on the room so much, then extend the stud wall to create the wardrobe. Sadly I don’t think there is enough room for the bed between the two doors so it’ll have to stay where it is which is a bit annoying. The soil pipe is on the outside of the house but I don’t know which way the joists run.
C M
3 years agoI don't know how feasible rearranging the en suite would be, but I'd be tempted to create a walk through dressing room and lose the door at that end (excuse terrible phone sketch)
This would let you put the bed on that wall and put the TV on the wall opposite
Shauni
3 years agoHello, maybe my suggestion will help or at least spark more ideas/solutions. I have made the en-suite more narrow 1.10m at the widest and 0.90m at the narrowest which houses the walk-in shower. As my idea stretches the length of the wall there is enough space for his and her sinks with a toilet close to the window too. An option for a double width built-in wardrobe with sliding doors allows room for around all sides of the bed leaving both window walls free to let in all the light.
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