There are zones of functionality to consider, though, within any bathroom, which will play a role in determining the best bathroom layout for your space.

While a successfully functional kitchen utilizes the primary work triangle, the bathroom doesn’t typically have a one-size-fits-all functional layout. Hardware, such as the bathroom doorknobs, and other features, such as the doorframe and/or bathroom door color facing the rest of the house, should be consistent with whatever is in the style of the home elsewhere. Colors don’t need to necessarily match, but they should flow to make the bathroom layout an appropriate part of the bigger whole. While powder rooms provide an excellent clean slate to really make a statement and a splash, design-wise, in your home, most bathrooms will be best received when they make sense with the design of the rest of your home. View in gallery Connect bathroom design with house style Lighting should happen from the ceiling, from the walls, in the bathing zone, and wherever else improves the use and safety of the space. The best bathroom layouts include a blend of four types of light: task, ambient, accent, and decorative. View in gallery Provide sufficient lighting.Īdequate lighting is another element that really makes or breaks the bathroom’s functionality as well as safety. If the tub/shower combo is at the far end of a hallway-size bathroom, for example, you’ll want to pay careful attention to the safety of your flooring choices. Safety is another very important lifestyle consideration for the bathroom layout. View in gallery Keep safety at the forefront. Of course, there are also regulations and standard requirements for spatial constraints (for example, a toilet requires a certain amount of space around it and in front of it, as does a sink, the tub, shower, etc.). That’s why an accurate study of the users’ lives will play an important role in striking the perfect design balance for the bathroom layout.

Every square inch, on the floors, walls, and even ceiling, plays an important part in increasing or diminishing the functionality and aesthetics of the space. This includes the number of people who will be regularly using the bathroom, the ages and even gender of the bathroom’s primary users, their size and height, and more. This means that it’s especially important to keep in mind the specific features you want and need to accommodate the household. Most people are constrained to the size and shape of their existing bathroom, unless, of course, they are in the planning and design stages of a new construction or are giving the bathroom an overhaul. For example, barn doors on a small master bath may be just the thing to maximize space in both the bathroom and the bedroom. In other words, a photographically beautiful bathroom will do little good and be little appreciated if it doesn’t meet with the functionality requirements of its users. Particularly where the bathroom is concerned, form follows function. Actually, the best bathroom layouts are the best because they’re thoughtful and deliberate. These factors will help you create a bathroom layout and overall space that will most likely fit the functionality and form requirements of your household. Realizing this, there are some factors to seriously consider before redoing your entire bathroom layout. It can be hard to know, in the midst of designing the ideal space, if what works on paper will actually work in real life. The best bathroom layout can be a somewhat elusive design concept, primarily because the ideal bathroom layout is going to be completely different for each family and existing bathroom space.

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