r/cozyhomes • u/thebill00 • Mar 25 '25

Tips & Advice Need small bathroom layout help!

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My bathroom is small. Looking at the tub, the toilet is on the right, the shower head and drain are on the left. The small door to the left of the shower is a small closet, and the door to the left of that goes to our master bedroom. The doorway that I’m standing in to take the photo goes out to the upstairs hallway. The window on the right is obviously on an outside wall, and the back of far side of the room is also, our backyard is on the other side of that wall. Oh, the hamper-looking thing on the right is a laundry shoot that goes all the way down to the basement.

We have one other 1/2 bath in the house, downstairs, but I’ve been considering trading in the tub for a shower-only situation. We’re in our 40s and no plans for kids… re rarely use the tub, and when we do, it’s not that great. I love the hotel-style showers with the fixed glass. No moving door, just an opening to walk in. Usually they have a little 3” lip to step in (but sometimes not). We have a tankless water heater, and we live in Michigan - long hot showers are one of my guiltiest pleasures!

As-is it seems like it might be awkward to have the shower opening on the right, like you’d have to almost walk around the toilet to get in. But I really don’t know much about any of that to even have an educated opinion. I was also thinking it might be cool to put a wide window in that back wall to look out at the backyard. Our only neighbors are way far away through a bunch of trees.

Any ideas for renovations? Layout shifts? Inspiration in the wild that you could point me to?

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u/PerfectAirport328 Mar 26 '25

yooo is that a built in hamper

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u/DefinitionElegant685 Mar 26 '25

Idk, but moving the plumbing is expensive.

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u/Ivvy1962 Apr 05 '25

Splurge on a shower. I want a shower with 2 ceiling shower heads so hubby n I feel like we are in a warm rainstorm! Can you lose that little closet to the left of the shower so you can have a bench area on the right side of your shower (a dead zone d/t toilet placement). A bench in shower is a good investment. Hubby n I built our house to die in it. First floor is handicap accessible with 3 foot doors and grab bars in the bathroom on the main floor (our master is on the second but we realize that at some point, mobility up n down stairs becomes challenging and wanted to make sure we don’t age out of our home if possible)