A crowded room can have enough storage on paper and still give too much floor to the furniture. In our project near Balmedie, the original room had a compact enclosure, pedestal basin and separate storage pieces. The finished room combines a larger shower with basin drawers and storage built into the walls around the sloping ceiling.
To understand the change, compare how much usable floor the two arrangements leave after the furniture and shower are in place. Include the space needed to open a drawer and stand to use the basin. Then check which shelves or drawers can hold the items from the old furniture. Some of the room's improvement comes from deciding which wall depths can hold belongings, so the central area does less work as storage space. The result is a layout where the bigger shower and the new furniture support each other.
