How to design/style this tiny bathroom

[DreamThrum]

I have this tiny 'main' bathroom which needs a complete refurb. Dimensions are 196 x 170. I don't think there is any scope to change the layout of the main items, but I'm just wondering if anyone has good advice on how to design it for maximum storage/practicality, and also what sort of style would best suit such a small bathroom.

Floorplan attached. The window is wider than the plan suggests - it extends most of the way to the left wall.

I would keep the same layout. I’d have a bath with shower over.

IKEA units are good for storage www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/godmorgon-series-15287/. Under cupboard lighting that turns on when you enter at night.

Large mirrored cabinet for storage. Larger than you think you need. I’m not sure if you would switch the loo and sink over so you can have a mirror over the sink? I imagine some people are funny about a loo next to the bath. In my old house the en-suite was built with bath, loo, sink but the main bathroom had loo, sink, bath . If not I have seen mirrors that move position, google sliding bathroom mirrors. Mainly American sites but John Lewis have a hanging mirror, you may get a fitter who can be creative with it.

Bath panel hiding storage.

Bluetooth Speakers in ceiling if you keep the bath. The children love them!

Decor I’d go relatively plain on the walls with a patterned/more unusual floor (easy to change in a few years if you want to freshen it up).

I like the Japanese soaking tubs but not sure you would manage that and a shower.

Overflow filler.

@maryzx

Immediate thoughts, OP:

1. Knock the two bathrooms through (load-bearing isn't such a big issue - if I'm imagining the dimensions correctly, you would only need one smallish steel, though this is obviously not a DIY job!)

1. Turn the existing house bathroom into a bigger 'Jack and Jill' type bathroom - useable either as an en-suite by Bedroom 2 (which has better overall proportions than the nominal Bedroom 1) or as a house bathroom, accessed from the landing (with lockable doors on both walls, depending on who's using it).

1. Use the very small remaining area for a loo/basin to serve the current Bedroom 1 (if you really feel the need for an en-suite - I personally think they're over-rated, though a second loo in a house is always a good idea).

Alternatively:

1. Turn the study into the house bathroom.

1. Turn the current Bedroom 1 into a bedroom and study. You could still have a bedroom that's 8' 8" x 9' (for example), and a study that's 8' 8" x 6'. You might need a tiny lobby area with two doors at an angle, depending on how the staircase works.

1. Turn the current house bathroom into an ensuite shower room for Bedroom 2, which would become Bedroom 1.

Thank you for this, and the diagram. I don't like ensuites either, and the room I want to use as the master bedroom is the one marked bedroom 2. So, the ensuite is a plus for when guests stay, but not critical I guess. So, the idea of knocking them through is a possibility, although it would make for a weirdly long thin bathroom.

I'm not sure about swapping the bathroom and the study. Presumably implementing drainage at the front of the house would be a massive faff? Also, although it's been termed a study, I think you could reasonably call it a single bedroom so it would be a loss of bedroom for resale purposes. Also, that is my office (permanent WFH), and while I don't need a massive space, the office is important to me and the bathroom spaces really are quite small.

Thanks so much to everyone who has taken the time to post. Lots of food for thought!

I have considered this over Christmas and am warming to the idea of taking some space from the ensuite. But if I did this, how best to lay out the new smaller version of the ensuite? The current dimensions are 1400 x 2640. I'm not sure if it would be best to take the whole width across, or do it L shaped.

In the ensuite I would take space from the bedroom. Put the shower opposite the toilet, the door opposite the handbasin.

Avoid moving toilets as moving external wall soil stacks is costly and big hassle.

@onedayoranother

I personally hate a sink under a window so there no way to put a mirror up, so I'd swap those and for storage and sleekness use this, you can get it with the toilet on the other side too.

It's pricey to move the toilet because of the soil pipe so that is not a solution

We have walk in shower in front of window ( you could add bath as same width), then toilet, then floating sink with drawer. The toilet roll holder is attached to the side of sink unit. Mirror above sink