lol, (and no. But why can’t we at least have a lovely drape to close if necessary? Which means I am really an introvert. She said she renovated this three-story, three-bedroom home in March and finished in September, which is when she posted the rental listing on Facebook. The bathroom itself has a poor layout. "If the format is for you, then you'll really like this, and if it's not for you, you won't.". Or, they just don’t care.ReplyCancel, My bathroom looks like that all blue tile bathroom. I find they just make things look too busy. It is more common to see people who don’t have bedroom doors that are living alone. (I laughed about your comment about the marital break-up!) That is kept closed. There are no windows, only florescent lighting. I was in a bar in Philly in 98 and in the center of the bar was the bathroom, a glass enclosed bathroom and when you went in, the double walls filled with steam. BambiReplyCancel, So entertaining and disturbing at the same time! A Quartz article by Rosie Spinks points out that some hotels find that eliminating doors or walls in bathrooms helps create more space — and, many times, single business travelers don't mind, as they're not sharing a room. It is painted high gloss, bold teal. Great colors and at least they put in a sliding garage door. Hi Jo, There were no doors anywhere! My better half and I are comfortable around each other in the altogether to a large degree, but what about the resale factor?ReplyCancel, For resale, they SUCK! I had to chuckle because I read about a famous actress (initials JF), who had glass walls between bed and bath because her husband at the time said a husband and wife should not have any secrets between them; yikes, where’s the mystery? One of the simplest ways to add privacy to a master bathroom is to install a simple separator between the toilet and the rest of the bathroom. The closet was SMALLER than an airplane lavatory. Yes, a couple of the traditional rooms look cool with the bathroom. I do like the storage unit in the first bathroom, a great idea. A couple of these appear as if the designer applied the open concept to their bathrooms to mitigate visual space considerations. I guess sometimes people live with something for so long, they stop noticing it. I especially appreciate you pointing out the folly of the tile accent strip! This one is mind boggling. The bed was on some Hugh Hefner platform and the bathroom was adjacent – behind a giant plate of glass. (I know. Didn’t Donald Trump say something similar about his wife? I have seen some very high end homes with beautiful marble combinations that I think are timeless if the patterns are well designed. Edits by Darcy Schild/Courtesy of Kamara Abdur-Rahim. You could also choose to simply not have a door at all in your bedroom. The open-concept bathroom may not be the most mainstream format for a home, but some hotels have started to embrace the layout. … I am in Germany at present and had no trouble loading any images btw.ReplyCancel, Oh phew! Interestingly, I’ve never lived in a home with a separate WC in any bathroom. (about the images) I held my breath a little bit this morning. Now we are building our retirement home and we will have our own bathrooms – with doors. 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No, you are not the only one who needs to get away. I did see that in Safari, but that’s alright now and it’s been good the entire time in Firefox. As the MONGSTAD mirror was too short for the opening, I cut plywood to close up the top and bottom. I often find approving the appearance of a room has so much to do with what I call “getting rid of the uglies.” And almost always the uglies are the things that were once the latest trend….. either that or clutter, dust, and film. There are some elements that I love here and some that confound me. Master Bedroom Floor Plans. For me personally, I'd say that it's not for them, honestly. But as I always say. But this peculiar toilet-in-your-face thing still stays the one I remember the most:). I liked both houses by the way, they had many redeeming qualities. I love my roommates, but I'd also love some privacy! Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. The fixtures are all white and so is the new vanity that we just put in. Faye asked - Just moved to new home in Florida and the doorway between our master bedroom and bathroom/closet is on an angle and has no door. I think this one works because of the opaque glass doors, the drapes. I did touch on the order thing (and rendering a home completely devoid of all personality) in this post about prepping ones home for resale. You’re helping the world! I just may use that idea!ReplyCancel, I love that idea too and have never done it but then again I’ve never had a client with a very small home with no storage.ReplyCancel, My daughter came back from a visit with old school friends in upstate Vermont and reported that [almost] every one she visited had an open concept bedroom/bath combo. Abdur-Rahim added that she respects that each person has their own design preferences. With a plastic mirror above. I love my husband, but when I take a bath, I enjoy my privacy and do not need someone showering at the same time. Some people see the subtle divide between master bedroom and master bathroom as an opportunity to change things up a bit with disparate color schemes and furniture styles. how do realtors call such a bathroom? Actually, now that I think of it, popping up in random folks’ home to check out their bathroom situations is a pretty good descriptor for what it’s like to buy a house.ReplyCancel, haha JD. Undoubtedly, this trend may have started in some boutique hotel trying to be different. Some Twitter users were confused by the lack of shower doors. Oh man, I do, I do! Sometimes I feel it’s just as important to talk about what not to do as what we should do. As for the aesthetic issue with the tile folks. Its got 2 doors, one to the hallway and the other to the master bedroom like an en suite. Hopefully, it’ll be all sorted out very soon. That’s ridiculous. My mother’s house had no door between the master bedroom and the master bath – just a wide opening. We thought it must be some back country quirk. Here’s a towel.” haha. Insider spoke with the person who listed the master. Some claim "master… But it took a while for folks to BEGIN to find me. So weird. lolReplyCancel. There is actually a trend to recreate these vintage bathrooms. Talk about taking things too far, namely the open-concept plan! I then read (can’t remember where) that his phenomenon was becoming more common with the societal and media driven trend of beauty and perfection for young women! In addition, open-concept designs were named one of the biggest bathroom trends of 2019 in an article from ELLE Decor. Or toxic fumes, after all it was Philly. And it has nothing to do with the size of the home. I love being out in public and getting a stall with floor to ceiling walls and a FAN thank you very much! They range from a simple bedroom with the bed and wardrobes both contained in one room (see the bedroom size page for layouts like this) to more elaborate master suites with bedroom, walk in closet or dressing room, master bathroom and maybe some extra space for seating (or maybe an office). One with a door. One into the master bedroom and one into the hallway. After reading your usually witty and informative post, I was compelled to leave a comment, and WOW, you have a lot of readers, girlfriend! They compliment me on the fact that my kitchen closes off to the dining area, and the dining area closes off to the living area. Thanks for your post! Like what you see here? (BTW, if one of these bathrooms happens to be yours and you feel highly insulted. Thanks for stopping by!ReplyCancel, Dear Laurel, Hi Betty, Water in the bedroom is just not right! I learn so much from you! Barfing, crapping with lots of people encouraging you to do so! Now I have seen it too many times to believe it is just crazy homeowners. And no one has mentioned the noise and the environment of odors that is created in any bathroom…..great post!ReplyCancel. But now I can embrace my ambiness. I am with you 100% on this post Laurel! Of course, the owner thinks that he has “updated” his abode and spent a FORTUNE on the frameless glass enclosure… So, no price break until the place sits and sits and sits… on the market. Oh well, to each his own. Bedroom-Bathroom and Closet; In this type of master bedroom floor plan, there would be an entrance to the bedroom and two doors side by side. You did have help when it came to the technical stuff. I thought it was bizarre. But humans is funny creatures.ReplyCancel, That vintage pink bathroom is quite scary and the blue one reminds me of the bathrooms of the elementary school I went to. The format makes it feel like one inclusive area, and that it's shared, not all separate. Like at least 2 years and then it began to build steadily for which I’m grateful. (please make note of the door to the bathroom. You crack me up! Rooms in a master suite need privacy! It can’t be overstated that, just because something appears in print, on a TV home makeover show, or in a model home, everything that glitters is not gold! It’s pretty wild! No sharing of bodily functions, thank you very much. What happens to all the steam and condensation?? Hopefully they’ve seen the error and renovated. It was a very talked about subject while I was on that cruise lol.ReplyCancel, Yes, shot on the gangplank, is right! I don’t read a lot of magazines anymore because I got so sick of seeing interiors that didn’t look like anyone could possibly live there. By Meg Escott. The color is everywhere, including the wall opposite the mirrors. A bathtub headboard? Most of the time it’s really best to stick with white for fixtures and tile, unless the style of your home definitely dictates something else. But did I ever have to fight with all the nice tile studio people to defend my choice! Another amazing post. I have heard a lot of cheap wood effect tiles..are they good in bathroom?ReplyCancel, I am not familiar with cheap wood effect tiles. I learned many years ago that the secret of a happy marriage is separate bathrooms. If you had company over everyone would have to leave the apartment when someone went to the bathroom or be sequestered to the kitchen? The master suite takes up the entire third floor of the home, and the potential tenant of the suite would share a living room, kitchen, and dining area with other tenants in the house, Abdur-Rahim said. I find the positioning of the shower stall very strange as well. I understand that it doubles as a hyperbaric chamber. We were just hired to furnish a house that our clients purchased, a newly renovated 1929 Spanish, could have been a stunner, bungalow. Yes, indeed. PRIVACY people! And they took off the door to make it fit and put a brown PLASTIC ACCORDIAN DOOR. Why not being racist isn't enough 14:29. And yes, please be warned that this one is pretty snarky, but not without provocation! It’s also butting up against the drapery which is a no-no. Here I must add that we have this open plan master suite in our old place, and will have a pretty similar in our new place. I don’t love the garage door on the later image, but those colors- mmmm, I want to sleep there!ReplyCancel, 31 Pondfield Rd West, Bronxville, NY 10708, Westchester County, NY Interior Designers and Decorators. This one feels genuinely like it was always like this. That sounds positively dreadful! I so agree with you that a kickplate behind the legs of that vanity would have saved having to retrieve hairbrushes etc- and stopped all that dust from finding a happy home ReplyCancel, I bet the floors are glorious! haha! Why to have master suite then if both people can’t use it simultaneously? It is cheaper than tile but I went with tile for the bathrooms and wood for the guest powder room. in several weeks because she was not able to “undertake” this basic bodily function if her husband was home (let alone in the same master suite). « Egads! There is nothing quite like an old pine floor. I just finished designing a house in which the master suite has a separate bedroom, bathroom and closet – each with it’s own, closable door. Never in a million years would I bathe out in the open, and the WC is just that – a water CLOSET. Kamara Abdur-Rahim, who posted the photos that later were included in the viral tweet, told Insider that she is the owner of the home. 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