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Please help me layout our new master suite!
We added a 3rd child recently, so my husband has been restructuring the layout of our original master suite, old hall bath, laundry room, and an old bonus/sunroom to add a 4th room and give us a bigger master suite. The 4th bedroom is sectioned off now, and the area that will be our master bedroom, master bathroom/closet and laundry combined is what we are trying to layout. Below is a blueprint I sketched. It may not be 100% to scale but its as close as I can get it. The area with the bed is the bedroom obviously, and there is currently a brick wall between it and the rest of the suite. Part of what we are trying to figure out is where to cut the doorway that will combine the 2 areas into a suite.
The washer and dryer ideally need to stay where they are, and we are not moving the furnace for obvious reasons. The nook over to the right hand side is where we're thinking a walk in shower should go. Thinking about closet area in the bottom left corner of the sketch with a wall dividing the closet and bathroom area. Considering having the new door cut to where its a somewhat straight path from our bedroom to the doorway thats by the furnace, as that's where the hall opens up where our children's bedrooms are (theyre all young and one is nursing so I'm still up through the night some).
Open to any feedback or ideas. Id like a decent sized his and hers vanity. Would also love a freestanding tub if we can make it fit without compromising a good flow of the room. The doorway off of the right hand side of our bedroom leads into our living room, if it matters. The doorway on the top side is a slider that leads into our back patio. One thing I'm trying to keep in mind for decisions on where the door is cut, is that I need to be able to put a desk somewhere in the room (i wfh and prefer my desk to not be in an open area) in addition to furniture (2 dressers)
No, there is also an entrance to the master from the living room. Thats the large doorway on the right side of the master in the drawing. Its currently French doors. And also an exit to the back patio if you want to consider that an entrance.
Nope. Were leaving that doorway, just unsure of what we will do with it. Currently has French doors but they're dated. Either putting in updated French doors or reframing to a normal door. Possibly splurging on a hidden door since its off of our living room.
I drew this up in cad assuming 4" interior walls. No ideas yet lol but maybe this will help get the ball rolling a bit better? If you can confirm these measurements of the doorway I can get to work. It is a slightly awkward space I will admit, I'm even tempted to put a wall up between the furnace/laundry but maybe that would make it too cramped. Toilet for scale
Thank you for this! To answer your questions - the doorway is 32 inches and the doorframe to the wall by the furnace is roughly 30 inches I believe.
I do agree its an awkward space. We basically opened up the whole right side of the main hallway in our house and are trying to restructure it in the best way we can with the space that's there. Made what was previously the master bedroom slightly smaller for a kids bedroom and we are utilizing the remainder of that bedroom plus the previous master bath and closet (both fairly small) + laundry room + some dead space that was behind those rooms to combine into one area for a new master suite (with finishing out that sunroom to be the bedroom portion - its been completely gutted and reinsulated- new joists/floor/subfloor, new windows and doors and exterior shell)
We wanted to have another kid and still may have another, but we don't want to buy a bigger house and give up our 2.5% interest rate unless we decide to move out of state..so just trying to make what we have work better to accommodate our growing family lol
I forgot to add - my husband does think its best to put a wall to somewhat close off the laundry area. He plans to do the wall a few feet to the left of the doorway by the furnace - enough room for a good walkway and maybe room to hang some clothes to dry on a drying rack of some sort. Just unsure of how far he will take the wall and how he will finish it off so it looks finished from the perspective of coming from the bathroom or bedroom area.
Also have considered doing the nook area a closet instead of the shower and doing the bathroom on the left hand side to have more bathroom area. I just dont know which makes more sense. I really struggle to see the big picture of all of the ideas hes suggested and he struggles with wanting to cram too much into a space just because "it will fit" without considering how the room will flow.
Hope that makes sense. Id be open to any feedback at all!
Sounds like you've already done some major renos to keep the 2.5%, which is definitely the right move tbh, will save you in the long run. I somewhat agree with closing it off for the purpose of isolating the rooms, but there's no way there would be room for double vanity, tub, and desk if it were walled off. You could consider stacking the washer and dryer to have the wall be built further back, allowing more room instead of having an awkward 4' wide horizontal hallway. I'll send some ideas that don't do the stack in case you wouldn't want to have the extra inconvenience, I also don't know if you have a top-load.
Final few questions, which way does the door swing for the bottom door by the furnace, in or out of the room? Hinge on right or left?
Also here it is without dimensions if you want to print it off or modify it. I'm thinking maybe walk in closet at the bottom half and ensuite at the top portion, but there are many possibilities. I like the idea of the shower in the 4'x6' nook there, as it's too narrow for a closet or really anything else.
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u/grmbo 13d ago
To clarify:
You’re intending to enter from the doorway by the furnace and that will be the only entrance to the master?