Floor Plan - version 1

Now that I have collected sufficient materials and supplies, it is time to formalize the design of the bathroom.

"Wait a second," you might object, "shouldn't you have designed the bathroom before you started collecting the materials?"  Good point.  I imagine you might raise this objection based on previous experiences where friends jumped into some project without a plan only to give up due to poor planning.  In reality, I have had a plan all along.  Said plan resided mostly in my imagination, but I seem to be capable of including many details in my imagined plans.  So now it is time for formalize the plan.  Here it is.  Really nothing special, and just the basics, but it is the starting point for the rest of the plans.

The entry door is on the right side, and is designed to shield the stool, in case of accidental entry.  The sink is just to the right of the door.  The shower is on the other side.  The door on the lower left opens to what we will call a closet, but is the space beneath the stairway that connects the basement to the main floor.

Our next major decision is what to do with the space between the shower and the sink.  Presently there is about eight inches, which is too big to leave open, but too small to do anything significant.  Luckily, we have as much space as we need to put the left wall wherever we want it.  We may either move the left wall to the right, with nothing between the sink and the shower, or move it farther, creating enough space for a cozy linen closet/shelves.  Any thoughts??????

By the way, if you are wondering, I designed this floor plan very quickly with a great piece of software. SmartDraw visual processor software allows you to quickly create any kind of visual drawings, from flowcharts, to PowerPoint presentations, to building floor plans and landscape design.  After I created the floor plan, I opened a new file and created an elevation plan for the wall at the top of the floor plan that includes the sink and shower.  For designing floor plans, the software included several pre-designed shapes for all rooms of the house.  The floor plan only took about 30 minutes to create.

The software is available for a free download and seven day trial period.  And you know me- I like things that are free!  Unfortunately, you only get to print your designs 3 times in the trial version, and it includes a huge watermark  (I had to manipulate it to get the drawing above to show without the watermark covering the toilet).  In the end, the price of the full version is just too expensive for an occasional or single-project user, like I would be.  It costs $197 for basic use, and $297 for business use, which includes PowerPoint integration.  It is a great way to get an initial design!