ᐅ Bathroom Layout Ideas – Family Bathroom in 8 Square Meters

Hello dear forum,

I am currently planning the complete renovation of an old house together with an architect. If you’re interested, please take a look at my bathroom layouts. I feel they are not quite finished yet.

Picture 1 is intended to be the family bathroom. The options were a large bathroom (almost 15 m² (160 sq ft)) or a smaller one (9 m² (97 sq ft)) with space left for a utility room for the washing machine and dryer. We decided on the latter.
The bathroom will be used in the first years by four people: two adults and two children. Only when the children are older will we move upstairs (bathroom shown in Picture 3. You’re welcome to review that one as well. It is quite large for two people.)

My questions:
Is nearly 9 m² (97 sq ft) too small for a family bathroom?
We would like to have two sinks, a shower, and a bathtub. What do you think about this layout? There is a slight slope on the bottom edge, so the shower was not planned there.
It feels a bit tight when moving past the toilet on the way to the bathtub.
Do you have suggestions on how this could be improved?

Upper floor bathroom

Thank you!

Complete upper floor layout

Attic bathroom

Almost 5m² (54ft²) just for the washer and dryer, which are usually stacked anyway, seems like quite an expensive waste of space to me.
Why are you moving into the attic later with the larger bathroom?

This is a bathroom that will only ever be used by one person at a time anyway. No one sits on the toilet while you’re in the bathtub.

Why not remove the toilet and put it in the laundry room?

xMisterDx schrieb:

Almost 5m² (54 sq ft) just for a washing machine and dryer, which are usually stacked anyway, seems like quite an expensive use of space to me.

If you don’t stack them, you get a great work surface where you can fold clothes right away. So it’s not necessarily a given. Also, having space for a drying rack during bad weather is a plus.

Is there a separate guest toilet? Otherwise, I would actually consider adding a second toilet to the laundry room. One toilet for four people can be tight.

Please draw in the 2 m (6 ft 7 in) line.
What is the roof pitch and the knee wall height?
Where are the existing sewage pipes for the toilets located?

motorradsilke schrieb:

Is there still a guest toilet? Otherwise, I would actually consider adding a second toilet to the laundry room. One toilet for four people is tight.

Yes, there are enough toilets. One in the basement by the sauna and a guest toilet on the ground floor. So that's not the problem...

xMisterDx schrieb:

Almost 5m² (54 sq ft) just for the washer and dryer, which you’ll stack anyway, seems like quite an expensive waste of space.
Why are you moving to the attic floor later with the bigger bathroom?

That bathroom is one that only one person uses at a time anyway. No one sits on the toilet when you’re in the bathtub.

Why not remove the toilet and put it together with the laundry room?

Both points are valid. Somehow it feels like some wasted space. It would probably be enough if the whole area is 1.30m (4 ft 3 in) wide, right? Then you can still place dryer and washer side by side, and the bathroom would have more space.
We’re not moving to the upper floor yet because our children are very young. They still need a lot of support, and it would be annoying to run up and down the stairs all the time...

Do you think the layout with the toilet on the left and shower and bathtub on the right is sensible? Or would it be better to swap them?

I don’t have any other ideas right now, but for bathing toddlers, the shower gets in the way. It’s also inconvenient when cleaning. I wouldn’t like that.