ONE ROOM CHALLENGE™ WEEK 2: THE DESIGN PLAN

We are into Week 2 of the One Room Challenge™ and things are going according to the plan.  This i s not our first rodeo in working on our home however the excitement wears off quickly as the dust and mess accumulates. The demo stage is just messy. There’s no way to get around that. As you may know, we are re-designing our Ensuite bath and closet.

A quick shout out to the One Room Challenge™, currently in its thirteenth season, is a widely anticipated biannual event every April and October. Every Wednesday, the designers document their process while sharing their sources and professional advice over the eight weekly posts.

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THE DESIGN PLAN

If you missed our first weeks’ post, you can read it here. As I mentioned in Week 1, here are some of the key features that I dislike in our current space.

1. The single sink. 

2. The wall separating the bathroom and the closet. 

3. There is no door currently to this space.

4. The built-in arches

5. The elements including the popcorn ceiling, all plumbing fixtures, lighting, tile….all of it.

AS IS

Here is what our current situation looks like:

AS IS

Here is what our Ensuite currently looks like.

As you can see, we have a 4 piece bathroom and within the space, we have a walk-in closet.  The big-ass soaker tub takes up a large footprint.  The single sink and small vanity combined with a very inefficient use of space in the walk-in closet has me changing things.

THE PLAN

The above image shows the red ‘As Is’ walls.  As you can see, there are a few things we are doing to create our new space:

1. We are moving the vanity wall to be in line with the closet wall to allow room for 2 sinks.  Will this make our master bedroom a touch smaller?  Yes it will however the space we are stealing is where our bench was located.  In essence, we are moving the bench inside the closet/bathroom area.  I secretly have a wish that the Mister will not just toss his clothes on this bench like he did with our ‘As Is’ space.

2. We have removed the two walls that once housed the walk-in closet.  I have designed custom built-ins for our closet.  As you can see from the red line how much this will open up our space.

3. The bathtub area is shrinking a bit in size (however the bathtub interior size is not shrinking).  Funny, hey? 

4. Our shower is becoming larger by 8” in length

A Little Sneak Peek

Just a little sneak peek at how this space will be transformed.

These are some of the key features for the construction portion of this project.  Stay tuned for next week’s post where I will dive into the nitty-gritty specifics of the changes we are making.

We’ll be utilizing Instagram and our stories to post more photos of what is going on in the space.