Right off of the family room and kitchen area, and next to the sliding doors that lead out to the patio/Arizona room lies a half bath. In the original plans for the house, the half bath was the laundry room, complete with extra toilet. The current laundry room was a storage space off of the car port (turned into the guest suite). When the Gumbin family created the addition, they moved around a few things so that it would be better for the live-in butler to do laundry and the like. That being said, the way the half bath is done makes no sense. A door leads into the half bath from the family room, and another door leads into the laundry room. However, there is no separation, so if you are in the laundry room and someone is using the half bath, one could walk in on someone using the toilet. Makes no sense. Not to mention the giant double window to the left.
So, I am standing in the doorway to the family room, and to the immediate right (next to the towel out of frame) is the door to the laundry room. As you can see, there was a closet next to the toilet - but the wall was made with cheap plywood, and a door was cut out of it, so it never closed properly. Not to mention the fact that the toilet sat about 3 inches from the closet wall. Nathan and I decided to take it out and put some storage there instead. While this will not be cheap to do, we need to move the window and add a wall/door. The other question we have is, should we turn part of the closet into a shower? The plumbing is there, and since this is the closest bathroom to the pool, it may be nice to have. Thoughts?
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