|
Post by shelby on Apr 16, 2016 16:07:22 GMT
Do you have a door on your master bathroom? Our daughter and her husband have a beautiful new home and I really like everything about it except for the fact that their master bathroom doesn't have a door. The master bedroom is right as you come up the stairs and has double wide doors leading into it. that they leave open most of the time. True you can't actually see into the bathroom from the hall but I still feel very uncomfortable using it. I'm so glad they have a guest bath with a door. Is this a new trend?
|
|
|
Post by Susie_Homemaker on Apr 16, 2016 16:11:41 GMT
We have a house that was built in 1997 and doesn't have a door separating the master bedroom and bathroom and also is that way in the the other two bedrooms. The vanity part is open in them but the shower and toilet area have doors (jack and jill style). I find it weird and don't really like it. The master bath also has clear glass all the way around the shower so it feels very open and exposed- no thanks! eta: the toilet area does have a door though other wise it would be total no-go (ha!).
Before this house I don't think I've ever seen it done this way. Maybe it's a new old thing?
|
|
|
Post by anonrefugee on Apr 16, 2016 16:22:30 GMT
I don't think it's a trend, but the way some houses have been planned. My next door neghnors just did what I consider expensive ($50K) remodel of their large suburban masterbath. They relocated some plumbing, weren't concerned about things staying in place.
The toilet is open in the room, not in a separate room. The room, including tub and separate shower is probably 20x8, big 90s bathroom. Most in this area enclose the toilet in separate 3x 6oom.
I know I sound silly, most smaller bathrooms have a tub and toilet. But they spent so much money (at least for me) and opened this up.
|
|
|
Post by cmpeter on Apr 16, 2016 16:26:32 GMT
Our current house does, but a prior house did not. The toilet was in it's own little closet though and the way it was setup you couldn't really see the tub or shower from the bedroom. No one but my husband or I used that bathroom.
|
|
keithurbanlovinpea
Pearl Clutcher
Flowing with the go...
Posts: 4,301
Jun 29, 2014 3:29:30 GMT
|
Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Apr 16, 2016 16:32:31 GMT
Our master bath (house built in 1982) had a set of louvered doors that didn't do anything except block the view (the light however still came through as did the noise). We took them down. You can see into the bathroom part with the tub and vanity, as well as the glassed shower. The toilet is behind a door, in it's own room.
I don't think much of it. We close and lock the bedroom door when we change/shower so the kids don't see us, but I don't have an issue with my DH or I wandering around half-clothed among ourselves.
Is the toilet out in the open? All the houses in our neighborhood were built in the 80s so very similar setup to ours. I don't think about it much.
|
|
|
Post by Linda on Apr 16, 2016 16:39:46 GMT
I strongly prefer a door on the bathroom - we've never had a house (as an adult - I had a childhood home with a separate toilet) where the toilet was separate from the tub/shower but my dream house has the toilet separate.
|
|
paget
Drama Llama
Posts: 7,029
Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
|
Post by paget on Apr 16, 2016 16:41:12 GMT
I've only seen a house like that onceand I think it is bizarre. Besides privacy, what if your bathroom is kind of messy and you just want to hide it. I don't like it at all.
Our Mather bath has a door and the main pet has a separate shower and soaking tub and two sink vanity. The toilet has its own little room with a door and you also access our walk in closet (also has a door) through the bathroom.
|
|
finaledition
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,896
Member is Online
Jun 26, 2014 0:30:34 GMT
|
Post by finaledition on Apr 16, 2016 16:43:08 GMT
Our house when it was being built was designed without one, but we paid extra to have one put in. My husband is an early riser and no way did I want to deal with the noise, lights, etc every morning. The toilet is enclosed behind a door, but still wanted a door at the entrance.
|
|
|
Post by bc2ca on Apr 16, 2016 16:56:18 GMT
It's not a new trend around here and, FTR, I've never used the master bathroom in someone else's house.
Our 1994 house has no door at the entrance to the master bathroom, but the toilet has a door. If our bedroom door is closed it means someone is using the bathroom or sleeping so I never have worried about someone walking in on me.
A friend with a newer house (2005) added a door at the entrance to her master bathroom after it was built. I'm pretty sure the most recent model homes I've looked at all have a similar set up, with 5 piece masters and only the toilet has a door.
|
|
|
Post by maryland on Apr 16, 2016 17:00:33 GMT
I have just seen that on house hunters. I may be in the minority on this one. I wouldn't like that at all for my house. But I like privacy while I am showering and getting ready. Also, I wouldn't want to wake my sleeping husband if I am taking a shower or getting ready and have all the lights on.
But everyone has completely different tastes in houses, so some must love it. But I dislike hardwood floor, stainless steel and granite, so my house preferences are different than most!
|
|
|
Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 16, 2016 17:07:33 GMT
Our master bath does have a door but we usually leave it open. You have to go all the way into our bedroom to access that bathroom, so someone out in the hall or even in the doorway to the bedroom wouldn't be able to see in at all. The toilet is in the same room with the tub and separate shower, but the view of it is blocked off a little in front by a half wall between it and the end of the tub. I have a little kid who usually follows me in there , and if she's not in there one of the dogs is. If I tried to close the door to keep any of them out, they would bug me even more by banging (or scratching) on the door until I got up to let them in which is even more annoying. Ha ha, I don't know what alone time in the bathroom is unless I'm in the shower.
|
|
|
Post by anonrefugee on Apr 16, 2016 17:32:08 GMT
I've only seen a house like that onceand I think it is bizarre. Besides privacy, what if your bathroom is kind of messy and you just want to hide it. I don't like it at all. Our Mather bath has a door and the main pet has a separate shower and soaking tub and two sink vanity. The toilet has its own little room with a door and you also access our walk in closet (also has a door) through the bathroom. My parents old house had the double vanity open in the master bedroom, set off in an alcove. One one side was door to bathing /toilet area and on the other a door to the master closets. My mother isn't one to sit at a vanity and preen, but she is a lovely decorator. She kept the stone counter quite elegant. If it was me, it would be a heap of crest tubes, tissue box and stuff. I'd never be a let o pull it off and it would be a negative while house shopping.
|
|
|
Post by wallyagain on Apr 16, 2016 18:37:41 GMT
We are taking possession of our brand new house on Monday and the bathroom off the master bedroom has a door. The toilet is in the same room as the other pieces. I'd be really put off if there wasn't a door.
|
|
|
Post by Darcy Collins on Apr 16, 2016 18:45:52 GMT
Toilet not behind a door is a deal breaker. But if there's a separate wc, I'm fine with the rest of the bathroom without a door. A previous house had that setup and it never bothered me. My husband and I are rarely on different schedules, so the light doesn't bother me - I could see that being an inconvenience if he was an early riser or late to bed.
|
|
caangel
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,667
Location: So Cal
Jun 26, 2014 16:42:12 GMT
|
Post by caangel on Apr 16, 2016 19:01:25 GMT
Our original master bath circa 1977 has no door for the sink area. Shower and Toilet are in a separate space with a door that is hard to close because the space is too tiny. Most of the homes in our neighborhood have similar open bathrooms.
Our new master bath has a door for the main area (sink, shower & tub) plus a water closet with door.
|
|
|
Post by refugeepea on Apr 16, 2016 19:05:15 GMT
As long as there's a toilet closet or whatever you call the thing, I'm okay with no door to the master bathroom.
|
|
raindancer
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,095
Jun 26, 2014 20:10:29 GMT
|
Post by raindancer on Apr 16, 2016 20:22:53 GMT
Do you have a door on your master bathroom? Our daughter and her husband have a beautiful new home and I really like everything about it except for the fact that their master bathroom doesn't have a door. The master bedroom is right as you come up the stairs and has double wide doors leading into it. that they leave open most of the time. True you can't actually see into the bathroom from the hall but I still feel very uncomfortable using it. I'm so glad they have a guest bath with a door. Is this a new trend? My house we just sold and the one we are building did/do not have a door to the bathroom, but the toilet is in a separate room with a door. When we shower we close the master bedroom doors.
|
|
|
Post by KikiPea on Apr 16, 2016 20:37:33 GMT
Yes. The bathroom door faces our bed. DH gets up at 5:15 in the morning. It would buy the crap out of me if I had to see the bathroom light on the whole times he's getting ready.
I don't like the ones that have doors, but an open ledge at top, either.
|
|
|
Post by epeanymous on Apr 16, 2016 20:40:42 GMT
As long as there's a toilet closet or whatever you call the thing, I'm okay with no door to the master bathroom. Our last two houses are both 100+ year old homes with master suites that are recent. One had a bathroom with a toilet closet but no door for the sink and shower area, and one had a door to the whole bathroom but no toilet closet separate. I really prefered the toilet closet model and don't care about the door to the bathroom as a whole.
|
|
M in Carolina
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,128
Jun 29, 2014 12:11:41 GMT
|
Post by M in Carolina on Apr 16, 2016 20:55:57 GMT
I hate master suites that don't have a door between the bathroom and bedroom. It's super annoying to have to use the sink area in the morning or middle of the night--you can wake up your partner and not have a lot of privacy. My dh bangs around and makes a huge amount of noise--his family are just loud.
It's nice to have doors to the bath so when he gets up in the middle of the night to get allergy medicine, etc. he can shut the doors.
We also like our bedroom cool at night and also use air purifiers, and it's nice to be able to close the doors. We have a little oscillating electric space heater we put on the floor of the bathroom on cold mornings, and the doors help--less room to have to heat and keep the room nice and toasty.
Our bathroom also has a separate water closet. I do wish it were larger than Harry Potter's closet under the stairs--just enough room for the toilet and your knees.
Dh and I have passed up apartments because there wasn't a separate bath. Dh gets up really early sometimes, and I have a super hard time falling back to sleep. Dh can sleep through anything--he likes having the TV on at first, and light doesn't bother me. I'm not like that at all.
If you do have a suite without a door, if the arch in the area isn't too wide, you can put in pocket doors that slide into the surrounding wall. Plus you don't have to deal with the swing arc of the door taking up valuable space.
Our bedroom has two small doors right by the stair landing at a right angle from the door. We like to keep the door cracked--so the cats can wander in and out and also so we can hear downstairs. If the door's closed, I've not heard dh come home until he opened the bedroom door.
I don't really like the placement of the doors--although there wasn't another way to do it. Whoever comes up the stairs sees right into the bedroom if they turn their heads to the right or take a step to the right, and the one wall without a door or window is on the opposite side of the door.
My creepy FIL would stand on the landing and look into our bedroom--just stand there. His behaviour was so bad that dh doesn't let his parents stay there anymore. It hasn't been a big deal because MIL can't really climb the stairs. So dh hasn't had to deal with the real issue. He's not happy with his FIL, but FIL is oblivious to why people find him creepy.
|
|
Peal
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,524
Jun 25, 2014 22:45:40 GMT
|
Post by Peal on Apr 16, 2016 22:08:28 GMT
When we were looking at houses in CO that was how almost all the houses were. If there wasn't at least a WC in the Master, the house was stricken off the list. We ended up with a house that had an open bath with vanity and shower, but a WC for the toilet. It really wasn't that big of a deal. But there were some lovely homes we passed up because the toilet was out in the open with everything else. There are some things I just don't need to share with DH.
In hindsight, I guess we could have just framed in a door and closed off the bathroom.
|
|
|
Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 16, 2016 23:36:38 GMT
Many houses in CA have master suites without a door. But they usually have the toilet in a separate area of the master bath with a door. Our house has a pocket door for the bathroom. In our rental that we will be moving into, it does not have a door but we plan to add a sliding barn door like you see on Chip and Joanna's show Fixer Upper.
|
|
|
Post by refugeepea on Apr 16, 2016 23:48:12 GMT
It really wasn't that big of a deal. But there were some lovely homes we passed up because the toilet was out in the open with everything else. There are some things I just don't need to share with DH. I was thrilled we were able to find a master bath in our price range! It is a vanity that barely fits one sink, a toilet, and a shower/tub combo. I guess it doesn't bother me because we never get ready at the same time. I also lock the door when I need my privacy. I don't like sharing those things either.
|
|
|
Post by lisae on Apr 17, 2016 0:36:12 GMT
Our master bath is in two parts. One part has a toilet and sink (DH's sink) and it has a door to the other part of the bathroom and a door to the hall as this is the only bathroom on this floor.
The other part of the bath with my sink and the tub/shower has the door that opens in the first part and does not have a door to the master bedroom. Like your daughter's house, we have double doors to the master bedroom but you can't see into the bath from the living room. I like having my tub/shower area in a room without a door as I never steam up the mirror. The only drawback has been when one us needed to get up and shower very early. You can wake the other person with the light and noise.
|
|
|
Post by Mary W on Apr 17, 2016 0:38:24 GMT
We have french doors that lead into the master bath, which we keep open. As you walk into the bathroom, you are facing the jacuzzi tub with 3 windows above it which look out into the back yard. We also have a glass enclosed shower which gives you a view of the the back yard while in it! The toilet is in a separate water closet. But it's just dh and I, and we live in the country with no neighbors on that side of the house. The openness makes the bedroom nice and bright. Neither one of us has to get up and get ready for work in the morning, so it works for us.
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Sept 30, 2024 4:26:20 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 0:55:10 GMT
Do you have a door on your master bathroom? Our daughter and her husband have a beautiful new home and I really like everything about it except for the fact that their master bathroom doesn't have a door. The master bedroom is right as you come up the stairs and has double wide doors leading into it. that they leave open most of the time. True you can't actually see into the bathroom from the hall but I still feel very uncomfortable using it. I'm so glad they have a guest bath with a door. Is this a new trend? My master bath might as well not have a door (it does). The arch of the door swing is a bad spot, right at the foot of the bed, so I have the door open all the way against a wall with a small piece of furniture against it which renders it useless unless a person is going to rearrange my bedroom furniture. If I have guests in the house I just close the bedroom door for privacy. To me the master bed/bath aren't areas a guest should be going. In the event I have a big family sleep over every one knows to just close the bedroom door for privacy. But in general guests use the guest bathroom. So the door issue is only between spouses. My parent's house which was built in the late 1990s doesn't have a door to the master bath either. Their toilet and shower are in a smallish "closet" in the bigger bathroom (tub and sinks in a larger dressing area) If they want privacy they just close the bedroom door too. Entering the master suite just seems to me to be too personal of a space even though they are my parents. I use the guest bathroom when I am there. Or the jack/jill bathroom between the other two bedrooms where I usually sleep if I stay over.
|
|
FurryP
Drama Llama
To pea or not to pea...
Posts: 7,214
Site Supporter
Jun 26, 2014 19:58:26 GMT
|
Post by FurryP on Apr 17, 2016 1:33:33 GMT
Our master bathroom does not have a door, and I am perfectly fine with that. The toilet does have its on little room/door, and when the door is open you cannot see the toilet from the bedroom.
You can see the shower and separate tub from the foot of the bed, but not from the head of the bed. If I want complete privacy, I lock the bedroom door. No big deal.
|
|
|
Post by anniefb on Apr 17, 2016 2:09:43 GMT
As far as I'm aware, its not something you usually see in New Zealand. I have an ensuite accessed through the walk in robe and there are 2 doors - one between the bedroom and the robe and one from the robe into the ensuite
|
|
|
Post by shanniebananie on Apr 17, 2016 3:00:07 GMT
The first night sleeping in our new home is when we realized our bathroom didn't have a door! The toilet is behind a door, so all good there, but the tub, shower, vanities and the 2 closets are all visible from the bed. We felt like morons that we never noticed, but 5 years later, we are used to it and don't miss it at all.
|
|
eastcoastpea
Prolific Pea
Posts: 9,252
Jun 27, 2014 13:05:28 GMT
|
Post by eastcoastpea on Apr 19, 2016 19:46:09 GMT
We don't have a master bathroom at our house. If we did, I would want a door.
|
|