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Post by Lexica on Jun 8, 2021 23:53:24 GMT
I just came across these pictures of weird bathrooms. These are three of the ones that baffled me the most. I can see not wanting to have to go all the way downstairs to use the restroom, especially during the night, but on the stair landing?  This is a different home, but they thought the top of the stairs was a perfect place for a bath. 
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Post by Lexica on Jun 8, 2021 23:54:19 GMT
And finally, in this home, the family that goes together, stays together? 
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Post by lisae on Jun 8, 2021 23:56:12 GMT
That 2nd one certainly couldn't pass any building codes. You get out of the bathtub and your wet feet slip on the tiles and down the stairs you go!
On the first one, I like how they have the spare roll of toilet paper in the window sill. Wait, that isn't the spare roll. It is the only roll.
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Post by arielsmom on Jun 9, 2021 0:00:04 GMT
Good grief. Where are these houses located?
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Post by Lexica on Jun 9, 2021 0:05:23 GMT
Good grief. Where are these houses located? I have no idea. I was just dumping some stuff from my laptop and found a folder with weird bathroom pictures in them. I guess I found them during one of my insomnia surfing episodes and put them into a file to share later. There was another one with the normal singular toilet and sink, but they had 5 separate toilet paper dispensers lining down the wall. There was also one with the toilet in the corner of the kitchen.
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Post by Lexica on Jun 9, 2021 0:10:00 GMT
That 2nd one certainly couldn't pass any building codes. You get out of the bathtub and your wet feet slip on the tiles and down the stairs you go! On the first one, I like how they have the spare roll of toilet paper in the window sill. Wait, that isn't the spare roll. It is the only roll. Yeah, I assume you are meant to get in and out of the tub at the end there, but I would feel much better if they had put a railing along the side of the stairway by the tub.
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Post by katlady on Jun 9, 2021 0:44:02 GMT
The last one, one toilet is a bidet, so I can see having two in the room, but I don’t know why 3. And is that a smaller sink next to the large sink or another toilet/bidet?
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Post by magellen on Jun 9, 2021 1:32:00 GMT
Those are on a site for building fails. And I think most of them are in former Soviet countries.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 9, 2021 1:36:54 GMT
And finally, in this home, the family that goes together, stays together? View AttachmentWe have bathrooms sort of like this in malls, museums, and other family destinations here. There’s an adult toilet and a toddler toilet, then an adult sink and a toddler sink. I LOVED them when my kids were potty training. So this one doesn’t seem super weird to me.
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Post by Lexica on Jun 9, 2021 12:05:36 GMT
And finally, in this home, the family that goes together, stays together? View AttachmentWe have bathrooms sort of like this in malls, museums, and other family destinations here. There’s an adult toilet and a toddler toilet, then an adult sink and a toddler sink. I LOVED them when my kids were potty training. So this one doesn’t seem super weird to me. It looks like it is in a private home rather than a public facility. I get the regular toilet and the bidet. And I even get the two sinks and the toddler toilet. Just not all crammed into one small bathroom. I just can't imagine the logistics of all three toilets in use at the same time. I guess it would cut down on the panicked hollering of "Are you finished in there? I NEED to GO!"
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Post by pilcas on Jun 9, 2021 12:23:22 GMT
In many European countries, many years ago, buildings had one shared bathroom per floor. Often as the economic situation of the family improved, they added a toilet or a bathtub wherever they found a convenient spot. As a child I remember visiting my mother’s aunt. Her toilet was in the kitchen! I am guessing it was easy to access plumbing there!
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 9, 2021 12:35:45 GMT
I’m guessing that at least the first and third photos are from another countries. Many of the powder rooms in Belgium have those tiny sinks with only cold water running to them. We looked at one house that had a shower in an alcove that appeared to have been a closet, the toilet in one room with a small sink, and then another room with a tub and a regular sink/vanity. And that’s the house that we wanted! We looked at many houses that had similar odd fixture configurations. None with a toilet in the kitchen, but several with a tiny powder room off the kitchen. As others have said, you make what you have work.
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Post by Zee on Jun 9, 2021 17:03:17 GMT
I've seen those toilets on the stair landing but they at least had a door. I've seen them on TV in English houses and in person in Ireland.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jun 9, 2021 17:41:19 GMT
I only use one toilet at a time.
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Post by Lexica on Jun 9, 2021 22:20:59 GMT
I could never have a toilet in an open kitchen. I suppose if it was closeted in just off the kitchen, I could deal with that, but it wouldn't be a first choice. I saw the TV special where they put dye into a toilet and then flushed it, with the lid closed, and then went in with a powerful magnifier. There were dye droplets on the toothbrushes, towels, mirror, etc. Basically a fine mist traveled up to 5 feet from a toilet with a closed lid! I made my son move his toothbrush after that. My toilet is in a separate room from the sink with a door, but his was in the same room. He was upset with me until I made him watch the distance the mist traveled.
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