“Our Dream House”, many times after the completion of the construction, begins to show the less seen face, namely the functional shortcomings generated by the short time allocated to the initial design of the architectural project. We all know what it is like to dream of a house of ours and not to have the patience to think leisurely. We already see ourselves moved in, living happily, with our family. It’s just that we all know, haste makes waste and it will cost us for the rest of the years spent there.
This is why we have decided to come to your aid, to all of you who are at the moment when you imagine the much-desired house, and to prepare a set of articles to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of certain functional and division decisions of the interior.
Today we will address the issue of the matrimonial bedroom, equipped with dressing and private bathroom. Are these functions a whim or a real necessity of any family? To answer the above question, we will ask you a set of help questions so that each of you can draw the conclusion whether it is worthwhile to allocate or not, from the design stage, the space required for the two rooms related to the matrimonial bedroom.
1.How many members have your family? How many bathrooms are designed in your house?
Unless the beneficiary is a single person who has the entire home, without being disturbed by anyone intimacy, couples with one or more children already know the need for private space. A minimum of baths to ensure daily comfort is calculated according to the number of permanent users and their habits. An adult bath with access from the matrimonial bedroom, a children’s bath, located in their sleeping area, and another for the guests of the day area, is the ideal one, taking into account these aspects from the stage of design and will meet all family needs.
2.What are the advantages of a private bathroom for the matrimonial bedroom?
Intimacy, first, but not only. A bathroom for two people ensures comfortable use, in the crowded moments of the day, morning and evening.
3.What is the utility of a dressing room with access from the bedroom?
The storage space is much more generous than if a wardrobe was bought in the bedroom. Several shelves, drawers and bars for clothes, bags, shoes, linen, towels, etc. and you could use the entire height of the room in this regard. One aspect of negligence would be to maintain a more orderly image of the bedroom, as all the clothes would be stored only in dressing.
4.But the disadvantages of these private functions?
The need to allocate this space from your entire dwelling would be the only real disadvantage with possible additional costs. Often, too much space is allocated to other rooms or areas of traffic, of which, by more efficient partitioning, the area required for the creation of dressing and bathroom can be obtained.
5.How large should be the space allocated for the bathroom and dressing?
Depending on the possibilities of the total space, the dressing can be created as a separate room with access from the bedroom or as a more spacious niche, back to the bathroom, for example. In both cases, more linear meters of clothing and footwear would be obtained than in the case of a normal bedroom, which would be a clothes closet for both persons.The minimum required for the bathroom would be a washstand, a water closet and a shower, serial or built-in, according to your preference. If space permits, you can also opt for bidet and bathtub.
With the hope that this article has been helpful, we will come back with helpful information in making other important decisions for a happy living in your future home. See you!