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Breaking The Bathroom Bottleneck
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By Jim Norman
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When there are two of you trying to get ready for work, theearly morning bathroom bottleneck can rival the rush hourcommuter traffic. The impatient knocking on the door isreminiscent of honking car horns. The steam from the shower is aprecursor of the exhaust fumes you'll encounter later. Temperscan grow short. Is this any way to start the day?
Of course, you could sit down and work out a minute by minutehis-and-her schedule to make things go more smoothly. That canwork out nicely if you're both as precise as a Swiss clock andneither of you ever, ever oversleep. On the other hand, youmight consider breaking the bottleneck at the source and givingyourselves a roomier, more luxurious bathroom where two can moveas freely as one.
Creating a master bath to do double duty isn't a remodelingproject that's particularly difficult or expensive. Dependingupon the existing space in your bathroom, you may want to go allout and convert adjoining areas into part of the new masterbath. Or you may opt to rearrange what is already there with aneye toward increased convenience and comfort. In either case,the working rule is to design it for two people with individualneeds.
Form follows function in this instance and since no room in thehouse is more functional than the bathroom, begin with thebasics. Two sinks with a double vanity will provide plenty ofroom for her to apply makeup while he shaves. An oversizedmirror creates the illusion of a larger space for relativelylittle cost. Lighting fixtures attached to the side walls willadd a dramatic, highlighting effect to help brighten up anymorning.
A double-sized, walk-in shower with dual entrances makes foradded convenience and a sort of tag team approach to washing forthose occasions when you're truly rushed. A separate, sunkenbathtub can be outfitted with whirlpool sprays for moreleisurely times. And the two toilets you put in can becompartmentalized for extra privacy.
Now if only the traffic cooperates, getting to work will be abreeze.
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