Powder room reno: big gap if we remove tub

[Anonymous]

I'd like to redo our old powder room and it has a bathtub with window just above. The tub is unnecessary on our ground floor and we'd like to remove it, but we'd have a large unused space. Any thought on designing a large powder room? It is heavily used and we have 3 kids under 10. We don't really need additional storage either.

[Anonymous]

What? Remove a full bath? Nope, don't do it. Just leave it.

[Anonymous]

Leave the tub

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leave the tub

I'd leave the tub, or at least convert it to a shower if you want a little more room.

[Anonymous]

I just went through this and decided to leave the tub - we don't use it, but it is nice for resale to call it a full bath. One alternative we considered was to add a washer dryer there because there was already plumbing and a vent to the outside

[Anonymous]

For resale would it be odd to have a tub near the front entrance. The home is a 5bdrm craftsman with 3 tubs already.

[Anonymous]

Put a double sink in to take up some of the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For resale would it be odd to have a tub near the front entrance. The home is a 5bdrm craftsman with 3 tubs already.

Not necessarily. I've known people who look for full bath on first floor b/c they have an elderly parent living with them.

[Anonymous]

NP here. Would it decrease the value to change a first floor bathtub to a shower ?

[Anonymous]

Leave it.

[Anonymous]

I'd leave it, just update.

I am shocked you want neither the full bath nor the storage. I am so envious

[Anonymous]

Leave it! Our parents can't stay with us because the showers and tubs are all upstairs.

[Anonymous]

We have the same exact layout. Instead of a tub, we have a nice walk in closet. I store SO much in that closet: bulk tissues, bulk TP, cleaning supplies, vacuums, mops, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put a double sink in to take up some of the space.

I was thinking the same thing since you have kids who will use it a lot.

[Anonymous]

I think a double sink would look a bit odd in a powder room. If you remove the tub, put a nice table in it's place and put plants on it. Also, you could put a small chair next to the table.