When we bought this house, this bathroom and the room next to it were set up as the primary bedroom. We thought it was a bit odd to have our bedroom right off the living room, so we have plans to change the layout a bit. This bathroom is the one we will want for our guests, so we want to make it look nice while being able to use more of the space for storage. Everything functions fine, but it’s definitely a room that we want to renovate once we are finished with other projects.

We have big plans to turn this whole area into a bathroom/laundry/butler’s pantry area to increase the function and storage space. The storage cabinet is a little weird, so we want to change that out. In the wall behind the cabinet is a closet (the third in that room), so we want to open that into this room and have a lot more space to work with.

Like the whole house, the walls, even the interior walls, are block. It makes moving things around a bit more complicated. I would like the bathroom and laundry rooms to be separate spaces, so extra kitchen appliances and serving platers are not being stored directly in the bathroom. The electrical is also old and a little funky, so it’s going to give us another set of challenges. For example, this bathroom does not have any outlets. It has a few outlets that have been added to the light fixtures, but it’s going to be something we want to change for sure! The ancient water heater is also housed in this room and that is something we will want to update as well.

There are some other projects that we want to get to first, so we have time to figure out the laundry/bathroom design. I’m excited to make this area more efficient and make it look a lot cuter! I’ll make sure to add updates when we are done!

The photos were taken November 17, 2019 and the post was written January 15, 2025, but was backdated for continuity of the blog.