Bathroom(s)

We're dividing our ~6x10 bathroom into two. Originally, the plan was to have access to each off of each of the two bedrooms, but we decided to have the new, smaller bathroom maintain "public" access off the dining room. We reused the same door, but had to move it 18" or so toward the living room because the existing door would otherwise have opened into the space where the shower will go. You can see the zig-zag dividing wall above, and how the door moved to where there used to be a wall dividing dining and living rooms below.

This smaller, public bathroom will have a couple of cool green features. It will be lit with a Solatube, a type of skylight that reflects sunlight down a shaft and then spreads it out, looking pretty much like a largeish can light in the ceiling. This one will integrate a compact flourescent in the shaft, so when it's totally dark it'll also work on a switch. You can see the unit below (without the tube yet) up through the attic. It's quite bright!
There will be no sink in the small bathroom at first. Believe it or not, SF code does not require a sink in a bathroom. But what I'm going to put in there eventually is a toilet tank lid-integrated sink, that daylights the clean water used to fill the holding tank, allowing you to wash your hands when you flush. The soapy gray water from your hand washing then goes into the tank, ready for the next flush. All toilets get filled with clean, potable water -- how dumb is that?! This way you get to use it first.

The "master" bath will be off our 9x12 bedroom. Here's where the new access door (actually reused from the front bedroom closet) went in (plus you can see where we're getting a nice big skylight):



The master has a clawfoot tub (I'll do a separate post on that), toilet, and two small basins crammed into a 36" wide "vanity." For the vanity I'm reusing our old wooden IKEA kitchen island, given to us as a gift from my folks (thanks!). I modified it's width by removing the butcher block top and removing a section from the middle. The big thing now is to make a mold for the concrete counter top and try my hand at pouring it...wish me luck!