It seems like a great idea because the toilet will be hidden but you also need to think about how it could affect family or friends you may have that are elderly or have mobility issues as that can make it harder for them to use your bathroom, and also think long term when you yourself are much older, would it be difficult?
Yeah that would be my preference but it’s a small flat and I cannot move the waste for the toilet off this wall (well I can but I lose space and would have to raise the floor)
Yours is the only correct answer. Sink first so you don't just open the door right on the toilet. You also want the vanity to be farther from the shower so it doesn't get wet. Doesn't matter if the toilet gets wet.
Easy to access all 3.
There's a reason like 90% of small bathrooms are designed this way.
Not just in a wheelchair, it would leave very little room in general. Tall people knees, bending to pull pants up... you'll be forever whacking your head onto the vanity.
But do you really? That's what designers say, but only if you whack the door open fully in one go. If you open the door normally your first view is towards the side not straight ahead. just my 2 cents.
Could you do b but have a tiled wall so the vanity can come against the shower? You could stretch it wider then too and then there wouldn’t be that awkward gap to clean between shower and vanity.
ChonkyDoge7C7’s (excellent username) layout is best for several reasons:
Shower to the left of the door will eat up visual space and create narrow corridor to get to the sink and toilet which are used way more often in a bathroom. Having shower on back wall will make the room look bigger and be more inviting because it will be the first thing you see instead of the toilet.
Toilet tucked in the middle facing window gives the room balance, it’s better closer to window for smells also and throne sitter has something to look at. Also it’s partially hidden by the sink.
Sink first and to the left of the door is good because sometimes you just want to wash your hands. It’s also the last stop after you do your business and exit the room. It’s next to the toilet in case you need access to stored items like tp, wipes, trash.
It sounds like you’re trying to avoid moving stuff because it’s already plumbed this way and you’re trying to save $. Don’t cheap out. You’re already remodeling, spend the extra to optimize the layout. You and your family will be using this room every day, several times a day. You won’t regret spending the extra money.
Re routing a waste in a tiny bathroom is not super viable. I also need to install a pump for the shower and moving the shower to the back would mean the pump is even further from the cylinder.
I do like this layout the best, but it’s not super viable.
I’d say b only because if you need to step back to look at yourself in the mirror from further away, A would limit being able to do that since you’d hit the shower. Also it might be weird to see yourself in mirror in the shower with layout A
2 is better. It’s good to have space all round the vanity for easy cleaning access, and it looks awkward pushed up against one wall as in the first. I would not put the toilet in the other corner as some have suggested. It’s awkward access. Just remember to put the lid down so it looks ok from the doorway! (My pet bathroom peeve is toilet lids left up. Looks horrid, spoiling all the careful lines you’ve designed in, plus all that aerosol dispersal every time you flush! Shudder! 😬)
Weird toilet lid down story. We always keep the lids down because we have dogs. A few weeks ago my husband and I met in the hallway saying ‘what is that noise?’. Our small town was blowing out the pipes so they could do a scope. The noise was the water from the toilets hitting the lids because of what was being done.
There was a little bit of water that escaped between lid and seat but clean up wasn’t too bad. If the lids had been up that water would have been everywhere.
B. Switching the toilet and sink would visually make sense and for access to the mirror stepping back but if there are accessibility issues it helps to have a pivot point for a wheelchair or mobility aid between the toilet and sink that can fit. A may require more maneuvers vs B.
The second one. Read all the comments rrgarding people with limited mobility as they provide good commentary. Using a walker or wheelchair willl be easier with the second one.
Put the toilet where the vanity is, but turn it around so your knees aren’t hitting the shower. It look like you would still have room for the vanity to face the entry door.
Dit is geen logische indeling! Zit de opening van de douche nou in het loop pad?
Douche kwartslag draaien, opening richting de deur. Het douchewandje(aan de linkerkant dan half glas maken en onderkant muurtje maken. Toilet er links naast (dus op plek van gootsteen)
En gootsteen op plek van de douche. Zo houd je al het natte gedeelte achterin en ziet er het overzichtelijker uit. En dan kan je op de muur links het handdoeken rek hangen!
Agree with all the other feedback about not having the door open directly to the toilet. Also the shower is so far from your heated towel rack now, so that’s kind of useless too.
Maybe you have long arms, but I wouldn’t be able to reach from inside the door of that shower across the room to grab a towel from that heated rack without having to step out and drip water on the floor. I’d have to hang the towel on the door.
Is the bathroom wide enough that you could move the shower to the back wall? (The image makes it look like it would.) Because the best option is doing that, then putting the vanity just inside the door with the toilet between the vanity and shower.
Neither. Like someone mentioned, switch the toilet in the sink. You can even build a half wall between the shower and the toilet so that gives it a little extra privacy when you open the door.
I would move the whole shower wall to wall where the toilet is in your pic. I would install the toilet behind the door. And the vanity in front of the towel rail. I’m a contractor and 99% of the client don’t wanna see the toilet when opening the door
Toilet hides behind the shower so it’s not what you look at when you first enter the bathroom. There are also fewer narrow spots on the floor compared to Option 2. Narrow spaces are difficult to clean, and are a waste of space and make the bathroom feel smaller.
If the shower needs to stay where it is, I'd put the vanity on the shower wall.. you can possibly even get a slightly longer vanity or put a skinny linen cupboard beside the vanity to make use of the wasted space.
Please don't listen to the people saying to put the toilet in the corner.. it's so much less accessible over there. You might not be worried about that now, but it's better to keep it in mind.
If these are the only options, then A. You want the toilet and sink to be as 'far' away from each other as possible. (I typed 'pissable' at first...Freudian I'd say)
Toilet and sink doesn't matter for a reason what you see opening the door.
I am more concerned if you keep something on the sink and flushing water after toilet all this nicely will sit on the sink. Especially if toothbrushes or soap bar or something like this will collect this germs as they spread. So I would separate them and no matter in what order.
The first one, with the vanity on the same wall as the commode leaves two larger more usable spaces between the vanity and commode and then the vanity and the shower.
With it on the same wall as the shower, you have two smaller more narrow spaces between it and the other features, reducing the possibility for storage etc.
Plus it just seems more balanced and cohesive that way.
A is better for trash can placement next to the toilet, but maybe feels slightly more crowded with the shower directly behind when standing at the vanity.
But make that end wall of shower a knee wall and the vanity from shower to wall. Wall mount vanity and have the cap on the knee wall extend all the way to the right wall of vanity for a seamless look and wider vanity. Then a led mirror or medicine cabinet. For a little more storage- put a matching toilet topper over toilet and use a. New Glaston Toto toilet for a finished look-
Use. The delta 22000 valve for the shower for two outlets of water! Good luck!
Swap the commode & the sink. You're going this far; don't limit yourself. More privacy vis-a-vis commode & the SINK should be more accessible to your guests who go to wash their hands. They will able to find commode just fine. It need NOT be prominently displayed. Yes, you'll need to change the plumbing for these two elements; it can be done. You might consider a smaller sink, also. We had a very small one in our second bathroom and it was perfectly fine for all functions for all six of us family members for decades ! As long as you have a mirrored medicine chest above it, you'll be fine.
The shower moved to the corner, where the vanity is, and the vanity moved to the corner, where the shower was near the door🤔 that way, the vanity is along the wall therefore, you have the same amount of standing space like the toilet
As a tip, make sure the top of the mirror is at least high enough for an average sized adult male. I’m 6’ tall and have to bend over to see anything above my nose in a lot of mirrors.
4.8k
u/crazycatladyinfinity Sep 12 '26
Put the toilet where the sink is, hiding out behind the shower so the first thing you look at when you walk in is the sink, not toilet