Master Suite Ideas - Tell me your dream ideas!

[Anonymous]

We're about to redo our master in the next 6-8 months. I'm still contemplating ideas, but feel like I'm missing really cool ideas to make our en suite truly special.

We currently have the following:

1) Large walk in closet
2) Separate Sitting Area
3) Master bath with shower and tub.

We are currently thinking to do the following:

1) Build out the walk in closet to create a "linen closet" in the attic. It's not big enough for a separate office or gym, and our current hallway linen closet can barely hold pillowcases.
2) Convert the sitting area into a small office, with a cabinet with a fridge for a coffee maker and water. I'm not sure about this one, but we barely use the sitting area anyway and I'm open to ideas to make the space really useful. We could also close it off and turn it to a separate bedroom.
3) Expand the bathroom into the attic and have a separate toilet and sink area and a W/D upstairs. Keep the tub but add built in wall shelves for towels.

My biggest question is what are the things that you wish you could do for your master, in particular for the bathroom and sitting areas?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know what it is called, but I love the design where there is a wall that doesn’t connect to the side walls of the room.

This wall acts as a room divider. And the headboard is along this wall. Behind it (accessible from both sides) is the bathroom or a closet/dressing room.

I love having a WC separate from the rest of the bathroom. We don’t really use our sitting area, but our MBR would be just one big square room without it.

[Anonymous]

One of my life goals is to have a fireplace in my closet or dressing room.

[Anonymous]

My ideal bedroom would be separate bathrooms!!
But short of that I my bathtub in its own space. Shower is at one side sinks/counter then toilet - in its own space - and then my sanctuary bathtub room. I may only have time for a luxurious bath 1x a week but love it!!! I have plants and big window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my life goals is to have a fireplace in my closet or dressing room.

How much time do you spend in either, lol.

[Anonymous]

Why are you doing this?

[Anonymous]

How big is your master bedroom SF?

[Anonymous]

I can’t picture what you mean by building out a closet into the attic, and having a linen closet in a master suite would not be a dream for me. How much space are you working with?

We just redid our 80s master bath/closet area, and the things I love best about the renovation are:

*DH and I have our own WCs and separate walk-in closets
*We now have a wet room with no glass (so I no longer need to worry about squeegeeing DH’s gloppy Dove body wash and shampoo) and it’s entirely flat so the roomba knockoff can easily vacuum several times a week
*There’s a lovely skylight in the center of the wet room and a heat lamp over the tub
*The floors in the master bath and closets are heated—this is the absolute best!

Preferences for bath renovations are all so personal and of course depend on space.

[Anonymous]

Heated towel rack (or better yet, oven warming drawer)
Heated tile floors
Rain shower and wall jets

[Anonymous]

- Two walk in closets with room for dressers.
- Morning/coffee bar.
- If you create an adjoining office in your sitting area, recommend being able to close the door or some way to visually hide it. I hate seeing work computers in an area that’s for rest - makes me anxious and I hate clutter.
- Heated floors are a big plus in the bathroom like others have said.
- I don’t like open bathrooms to the bedroom like the loft style someone described earlier.
- No clue if you have this orientation but I love facing east for the sunrise.
- Wall sconces above the nightstands so you have more room/no need for lamps.
- Figure out your curtains/shades ahead of time because if you want it, you can build hidden rods/mechanism for the curtains to open/close. Other people probably know what this is called. It looks luxurious.

[Anonymous]

In order of desirability to me:

Heated bathroom floors
Wall scones above bed or bedside table.
Remote control curtains/shades

Pure fantasy:

Separate closets and bathrooms
A door in my closet that leads to a small sitting room with a fireplace and a window with a great view. The room would be secret so my kids couldn’t find me

[Anonymous]

We have separate walk in closets - will never go back to sharing.
Heated bathroom floors
We have a large walkin shower with multiple heads/sprayers and it's heavenly.
A separate w/c in the bathroom, don't have a need for 2 bathrooms
I would create another separate office or even a bedroom (maximize value) rather than a sitting area - we already have a family room and a formal living room, and our kids are off at college - what do I need another sitting are for?
Gas fireplace in the bedroom would be great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're about to redo our master in the next 6-8 months. I'm still contemplating ideas, but feel like I'm missing really cool ideas to make our en suite truly special.

We currently have the following:

1) Large walk in closet
2) Separate Sitting Area
3) Master bath with shower and tub.

We are currently thinking to do the following:

1) Build out the walk in closet to create a "linen closet" in the attic. It's not big enough for a separate office or gym, and our current hallway linen closet can barely hold pillowcases.
2) Convert the sitting area into a small office, with a cabinet with a fridge for a coffee maker and water. I'm not sure about this one, but we barely use the sitting area anyway and I'm open to ideas to make the space really useful. We could also close it off and turn it to a separate bedroom.
3) Expand the bathroom into the attic and have a separate toilet and sink area and a W/D upstairs. Keep the tub but add built in wall shelves for towels.

My biggest question is what are the things that you wish you could do for your master, in particular for the bathroom and sitting areas?

These ones seem like they're going to give you the most practical improvements - separate toilet (WC) area, W/D upstairs (this one is huge for me), space for linens. If the linen closet is a no-go if you do the expansion in #3, maybe consider if you can do linen storage in an extra dresser somewhere.

Separate walk-in closets.

[Anonymous]

separate bathrooms and dressing areas, my parents had that growing up and it was awesome. My dream

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In order of desirability to me:

Heated bathroom floors
Wall scones above bed or bedside table.
Remote control curtains/shades

Pure fantasy:

Separate closets and bathrooms
A door in my closet that leads to a small sitting room with a fireplace and a window with a great view. The room would be secret so my kids couldn’t find me

Sign me up for this too! What an excellent fantasy. Mine would have a cat door so my lovely cat could join me and birdwatch.