The Teens Bathroom
October 28th 2017
The Town House Teens Bathroom, let’s talk ergonomics…
Two girls are very lucky as they get their bathroom renovated. It is not a very big space, approx. two by three meters, not taking in account the shower nook. The toilet is situated in a separate space on the same floor which leaves plenty of room for the basins, shower and bathtub.
The bathroom has a window and that window wall is a slandered. In the current bathroom, a bath is currently under that window and that slandered wall which makes perfectly sense to me, as you cannot stand in the corner of that area anyway, but relaxing in a bath tub you can!
The shower is in a nook, so that is a perfect space as well for the shower. Leaves me just with the design of furnishings and finishing’s and the position of basins and cupboard space.
See my floorplan and a visual for the bathroom I am proposing.
The girls have asked for separate basins and their “own” space. I translated that as follow; both girls get their own “wall”, so their own mirror, basin, cupboard and towels.
I have not-mirrored both ‘stations’ for three reasons. When opening the door, the basin on the left-hand side is a bit further away, creating a better flow. The tab for the bath is on the other side, so it is easier to get to the when the basin is away from the bathtub. Furthermore, the mirrors are this way not opposite each other, which creates less of a back and forth mirroring effect.
Both girls get their own cupboard for their toiletries and as it is just 20cm debt, I have a separate storage underneath the cupboard for the towels. I would like a socket in the cupboard for the electrical tooth brushes, this way they will be out sight. Obviously, I need to discuss this with the electrician. The towel heater will be behind the door and the room will be heated though floor heating.
I am still debating whether I should have a small wall build behind the basins as above. The wall can be used for the positioning of the wall-tabs and it gives a bit of space for the toiletries. The wall is also a “frame” for the basins giving the basins a right to stand there so to speak. However, the bathroom is just two meters wide and an extra wall will use up extra space and next to that, if there is no small edge for the girls to put toiletries on, they will automatically always use the cupboard making the bathroom look tidy!
Below the two options I am talking about…
Looking at these two options, I am thinking the following; I should check with the builder if I can use a tab coming from the ground. If so then I think a perfect solution to my problem will be a very narrow wall, let’s say 7 to 8cm. With the basin, diameter 42.5 cm, the total amount of space needed would be 52 cm (leaving some space between the wall and the basin). Having this on both sides of the bathroom, leaving 96 cm between the two basins “stations”. This is within ergonomically reason.
I hope you had fun reading up about the teens bathroom!