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Loft room en-suite re-design - layout options

2 years ago

Hello,

We have purchased our first home and trying to figure out how best to re-design the hideous existing en-suite attached to the loft bedroom.

We do not want to make the bedroom any smaller and are torn between finding a better configuration for the bathroom (which is proving tricky and uninspiring) and getting rid of it completely and turning it into a clothing storage area since the rest of the room doesn’t have a huge amount of space for wardrobes/drawers after a double bed is in there. Any clever ideas?

It’s probably worth pointing out that the main bathroom is tagged on to the back of the kitchen.

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Comments (4)

kazzh
2 years ago
Wow, that's getting bathroom in there! It doesn't look cohesive with the room with it's lower ceiling. I can't think of another layout for it so can only think of improving it's place in the room. Does the light fitting or extractor fan have to sit in the bathroom ceiling? Could they be moved into the actual ceiling of the room so the room's ceiling can be removed and the wall extended completely to the room's height? Then a unifying paint scheme on the exterior - why draw attention to it with a differing wall tone...

If there are the funds for an all out refurb - would consider frameless glass shower wall, a toilet cistern in wall to free up floor space if it's possible and a free floating vanity. Where to locate? .....hmmmmm still thinking on that....
minnie101
2 years ago
I agree with Kazz but do you have a first floor plan? just wondering if it could be moved there
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The Kitchen Lady UK
2 years ago
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

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