Your current bathroom is dreamy, the ceiling height is very impressive. I think your suggestion will work but there is no room for a double vanity. I would just try and have it as wide as possible so that its not too much of a shock after the storage you are used to having. The access to the wall cupboard over the bath is not ideal, could you not have a shallow cabinet on the wall opposite the vanity, toilet, shower? If you didn't go beyond 200mm deep it wouldn't project too far into the space?

Thanks so much Isla, it is a lovely room, although the unit always looks messy!

I couldn't work out how to put a unit on the other wall as the wall is so long I think a cupboard on it would get lost. But I was looking at other ways to get some shallow storage in.

I also am struggling with visualising how the toilet/sink combo on the chimney breast wall will look. And how to fit the shower glass on as I don't want it tucking into the alcove and being difficult to clean if you see what i mean. The alcove is 100cm, but the standard shower cubicle is 90cm. Or whether there is a way to combine the shower glass with the end on the false wall for the toilet cistern.

When I google most bathrooms are smaller so different issues!

Do you need both doors into the bathroom? Am assuming the one by toilet goes into hallway and one by bath goes into bedroom? Could you close up the door into hallway in order to get a shower in that corner?

Hi CWD, unfortunately we do. The door near the toilet goes into a walk in wardrobe. I have tried to get the door moved to access to wardrobe from the bedroom, but it's too expensive as it's a solid wall. We'd ruin all our carpets as well, so we decided it wasn't worth the extra £1,000s.

Totally agree about not fitting the shower cubicle glass into the recess. It won't be possible to clean. Have you had a plumber around for a look as its not your average bathroom and they may have solved these problems before?

What an amazing bathroom!

I'd suggest using a 90cm wide shower (and perhaps 90 deep and/or quadrant/corner, because of wet feet when stepping out in front of doorway), as there's 10cm on the side for the toilet drain (and some hacking into the chimney plaster to get to 110mm pipe +surround*). Then 80cm width for the toilet. Which leaves 100cm for a vanity.

*) and if you can find some of these architraves+alike, you could widen the chimney breast so the 10cm won't look lost.

The positive with a faux low wall (for toilet cistern) behind the vanity, is that any dresser can be turned into vanity without losing too much drawer space, as the drain+gooseneck can go behind instead of through.

And a cabinet over the bath would not be ideal, just use the vanity drawers and for the smaller things hang some sleek looking mirrored medicine cabinets.

Perhaps a towel rack above the bench. Or replace the bench for a storage bench or chest.

Good afternoon,

What a beautiful space, it is such a shame the vanity does not fit your functional needs - this too is a lovely ornate touch

Some really great guidance listed here, even though it is designed for small bathrooms: such as alcove boxed shelving, discreet and slimline (above the bath) https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/organizing/tips/g810/small-bathroom-storage/

A focus on the new vanity unit to maximise all of your storage needs is the main challenge for you!

Please keep us posted with your project, would love to see the final outcomes

Warm and best wishes

Team SPEAK

That's a lovely space you have there and height of the room adds to the character.

I'd avoid having storage above the bath unless it's alcoves for shallow storage of bath items. Considering you have false walls, I'd maximise the use of alcoves / recesses to keep it looking neat and tidy.

In terms of the vanity, you can go for a large single unit - wall hung with built in drawers / cabinet along with a wall hung WC to keep the floor space clear (ease for cleaning and will make your space look bigger too).

I agree with the above comment about extending the false wall to fill the gap between shower and chimney breast.

Hope this helps and all goes well for you.

would something like this work for u?