Adventures in Renovation

Camillo came over work on my plumbing yesterday and he discovered a new solution that was really obvious. For a while now I've been planning on making an "L" shape sort of to accommodate the bathtub bumping out but not moving the pedestal sink or the toilet (because the waste pipe/vent stack runs right behind he toilet and I don't want to move that). So behind the sink and toilet would have been dead space. Above the dead space was going to be a linen closet cabinet thing.

So Camillo suggested I move the sink on top of the dead space (and put a cabinet below the sink) and move the toilet to face the door. I think my Dad had suggested something like that before. I think I couldn't visualize what he was talking about until I had rebuild the bathroom walls. We moved the sink and toilet into place and it was very easy to visualize then. This configuration makes the bathroom much bigger feeling. I also like this idea a lot because then I can get a better sink. I was keeping the ugly pedestal sink just because it was relatively new and free.

There is some debate on what direction the toilet should face. You know, if someone walks in on someone on the toilet, they'd be looking right at 'em. It might disrupt the feng shui of the room. But you'd also get to watch stuff out the window when you're peeing (if you're a guy).