The Epiphany (And a challenge)

Wes guessed my idea.  Or rather, he tricked me into giving it up!  Surprisingly, he didn’t flip out about it.   LOL  So, now I can go ahead and share with you (if you didn’t already guess).

Currently, there is a private bathroom that is only accessible from one of the small bedrooms.

I don’t want to  eliminate the possibility of two bedrooms for a future owner.  If I had two small children, a jack and jill with a bathtub would be perfect.  Even though we will NEVER use that second bedroom as a bedroom, that doesn’t mean that someone else wouldn’t like to and I don’t want to limit options here.  I always have to think about resale and need to keep the floorplan as “general population” pleasing as possible.

FloorPlan of Small Bedrooms1

The Epiphany!

Some of you suggested creating a Jack and Jill…and that’s what I want to do.

I’ve played around with dozens of different possible layouts and I can not come up with a way for each bedroom to have a separate vanity outside the “tub/toilet” area and still have a decent closet for each bedroom.

 This is the best I’ve come up with.

How I woulda Done it

 

 

The Challenge!  

Can you come up with a better plan?

Current bathcloset configuration

Help me rearrange this space to create a show-stopping Jack and Jill Bathroom space (and closets).  I just can’t get there no matter how many times I redraw the space.

I don’t care about the walls separating the closets and bathroom.  They are NOT load bearing so I can reframe and the plumbing can be moved.

 

*The total depth of the whole bath/closet area is 102″.

*The width of the current bathroom is 58″.

*The middle closet is 50″ wide.

*The outside closet is 43″ wide.

I’d love to see YOUR ideas!  

Chicken Scratch a floor plan and scan it in, or use a computer program.

I use Sketch up.  (I’m not very good at it but it’s free and useful.)

Email me: (sawdustgirl (at) gmail (dot) com

Or post it on my Facebook wall.

I can’t wait to see what you come up with!!!

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29 Comments

  1. You mean the hallway bath? That one’s long gone. LOL

  2. It’s only bumped in about 12″. I didn’t measure the bedrooms but they are SMALL. Like 12×14 at the most. (I’ll get some more accurate measurements…)

  3. I agree. That’s kind of what I was thinking in moving the door to the closet in office/bedroom so it was more like a hallway with the closet to the right. Might still be weird though.

  4. Kind of what Kelly (above) said. It’s definitely a new idea I hadn’t considered. Mulling it over now. LOL Thanks for the ideas!!

  5. Ah…that’s a new thought. I’ll have to play around with that one. Thanks!

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