A floorplan would help so much, even a simple hand-drawn plan. Dimensions, door and window locations, what's on the other side of the walls, etc.

If you're interested in moving plumbing, especially a toilet, it helps to know which way the floor joists are running. In a typical rectangular-shaped house, they will normally run from the "front" of the house to the "back" of the house.

For now, split vanities are fine. I do a fair number of them, they are becoming more common in larger master bathrooms. Neat-freaks seem to prefer them.

If you are not a tub person, it's also not uncommon to omit the tub in a master bath and instead put in a larger shower.

Very seldom do I put a sink in a true water closet that is inside of a larger bathroom unless the homeowner is a germ-o-phobe. In a jack and jill type of bath where the toilet is separated from the tub/shower so multiple non-married users can use the space, then yes, it's common to have a sink in with the toilet.

So there's no real right or wrong. It's good to keep one tub in the house for "just in case" issues. Resale. Therapeutic needs.

Other than that, consider your "work flow" when you bathe. How you move through a bathroom. Your spouse. Where you conflict when trying to use the same space at the same time. Does one person get up hours before the other.

Can you share intimate spaces? Some can, some can't. I have a pretty large master suite and my wife INSISTED on a single sink for the two of us.

Bathrooms are an area where to have a successful design you really have to be honest about what you want. A few years ago the single most important requirement I had from a couple was "we never want to see each other in the bathroom". I made it happen. They are very happy!

WOW! Thank you so much for taking the time to respond!! I drew the layout and hopefully included everything you'd need to know. We are on a concrete slab so moving the toilet I think is impossible, and probably the bath, too? My main question is do I keep everything where it is and just redo the finishes? Or would it be worth it to re-work things? For resale, for example, is a separate shower a must? We definitely like to have a tub as that's where we bathe the kiddos. Also, I wasn't sure if there was a way to get a bigger closet that would make sense.

Basically I just don't know if the current layout makes the most sense for the space. The only thing I know is that separate 64" vanity is a waste of space and I like having at least one sink outside of the toilet/shower area. Also I could use more vertical storage, right now we have nothing above any sink. Not even a medicine cabinet.

Any glaring recommendations? Thank you again SO much for anyone who's looking.

This post was edited by amandasplit on Mon, Apr 7, 14 at 0:59