Decorating & Renovating
Sjoukje82
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Creative help needed with difficult bathroom
have the opportunity to rent a small apartment that I really like.
However some rooms have very odd sizes. Especially the bathroom is
somewhat of a problem.
The bathroom is 2.5 square meter and has two doors. One swinging inwards and one swinging outwards. You can find a picture of the current layout here (http://www.revelation-support.nl/badkamer.jpg), so you can see what I mean.
Since the toilet is separate in the next door room, the room only needs a shower, sink and storage space (and preferably also a laundry bin).
The current layout could work, but is very inpractical since there is no separation between the shower and the sink. The shower literally is a showerhead only, there is no showercurtain, tray or cabin. Because of this everything (including the door right in front of the shower and the bedroom behind it) will be wet every single time I take a shower.
However putting in a showercabin or something like it will quite effectively block the door.
Remember: it's a rental, I can not do any expensive renovations. I understand the room will never be a spa-bathroom, however I would like taking a shower to be a pleasant/relaxing experience and not come with the fuzz the current layout will bring.
No matter how much I pick my brain on this, I fail to come up with anything besides: "leave it as it is and deal with it" and "just block one of the doors". Please help me solve this creatively
Thanks!
Sjoukje
The bathroom is 2.5 square meter and has two doors. One swinging inwards and one swinging outwards. You can find a picture of the current layout here (http://www.revelation-support.nl/badkamer.jpg), so you can see what I mean.
Since the toilet is separate in the next door room, the room only needs a shower, sink and storage space (and preferably also a laundry bin).
The current layout could work, but is very inpractical since there is no separation between the shower and the sink. The shower literally is a showerhead only, there is no showercurtain, tray or cabin. Because of this everything (including the door right in front of the shower and the bedroom behind it) will be wet every single time I take a shower.
However putting in a showercabin or something like it will quite effectively block the door.
Remember: it's a rental, I can not do any expensive renovations. I understand the room will never be a spa-bathroom, however I would like taking a shower to be a pleasant/relaxing experience and not come with the fuzz the current layout will bring.
No matter how much I pick my brain on this, I fail to come up with anything besides: "leave it as it is and deal with it" and "just block one of the doors". Please help me solve this creatively
Thanks!
Sjoukje
Re: Creative help needed with difficult bathroom
I know. It will be hard to work around that.
It's an European apartment building from the 70's. I guess practicality wasn't high in the priority list back then... Using the other door would be an option, but I'd have to walk through the bedroom, livingroom, hallway and guest toilet in order to get to the shower. So ideally I'd like another solution.
Thanks for the thought though!
Sjoukje
Can you take the door off the hinges between the toilet and sink rooms? Put it in storage or something and put it back up when you move out. Seems like a lot of wasted space with a door swinging. Also, check out the storage cabinet that can be hung behind doors. It costs over $100 but you could always take it with you when/if you move and it could be reused in another location. You could also probably find a shower basin to set on the floor to help contain water. Try a local DIY store like Lowes or Home Depot. Or go to their websites. Then try a shower curtain on a curved track that you could close in a "C" shape in the shower corner to cut down on the water spray. Buy shower curtains that are long and will drag on the floor of the shower basin.