traingang

my sister's house (no mansion, just a recent build) has double sinks in the master bedroom. the layout(s) of the bathrooms house-wide are annoying to me. it seems all new builds are just large for largesse rather than utility; laid out more for the listing than for use.

it's a 4 bedroom 4 bath house. upstairs, the master has its bath complete with two sinks like post (toilet is relegated to a weird claustro-closet). one of the sinks in her bathroom is a junk drawer ha!

The other 3 bedrooms: one has its own master bath and shower, and the final two bedrooms have a shared bath n' shower set between them. none of these bathrooms are accessible from the hallway, you must go thru a bedroom to do your business.

there is one "public" bathroom on the main level....now lemme talk about that stinker.

This damn thing is a half-bath, set right between the kitchen and living area. i don't know how the architect managed it, but it is somehow accoustically perfected to deliver your performance to the rooms nearby where everyone's tryina hang out.

Exaggeration? Not even. Like, forget stealth mode, you need a battle plan with flawless execution. You think things are going well? One slip-up and the people watching tv or chatting will be interrupted by your public broadcast. The noise is seriously noticeable.

No, I'm not scatalogically shy, nor do i possess super-hearing. It's a problem. A bad enough problem she eventually had another bathroom installed basement-level so guests might poo without detailing exquisitely to everyone what they ate that day.

i live in the master bedroom of our housr, and for some reason there’s the bedroom, and a small hallway leading to the bathroom. in the small hallway there’s a sink, right next to the sink in the bathroom.

i don’t know why they would do it like that. it would make sense if it was a kitchen sink, like maybe if someone wants to have a kitchenette. but why is there just another bathroom style sink 2 feet from the one in the bathroom?

too much restaurant work. the third sink is the toilet.

In case this isn’t a shit post, it’s because it takes me 2 minutes to get ready for bed and it takes my wife 15 minutes, and it’s nice to not have to wait for the other to be finished at the sink.

If you check Zillow for mansions for the absurdly rich it's actually pretty common to have his and hers toilets/bathrooms off the enormous master bedroom, often through huge his and hers walk in wardrobes the size of normal peoples bedrooms.

why do they put their toilets in their bathrooms? i understand why people with small houses/apartments do it, but why not have a separate toilet room if you have a 9200 square foot house anyway?

they're weird.

I once rented an apartment where within the one bathroom, the shower and sink were behind one door, and then the “front” area had a toilet at a second sink. That way when you have guests over they don’t have to wash their hands around or even see any of your personal hygiene items. I think this is an absolutely brilliant design idea and an actual good use of a second sink if you only have one bathroom, but I have yet to see this design anywhere else.

his-and-hers sinks give big 'wife bad' energy. Everyone I know who wants them is a guy who complains about how much space his wife's make-up and hair products take up. (source: I've spend a fair bit of time working in custom home construction) The stuff rich people prioritize for their houses is nuts to me.

The question really is side by side or front to front. Are you holding hands when you haven't had enough fibre? Or are you looking into each others eyes while you pass that log?

one sink is for washing underwear, the other is for washing the baby

just kidding rich whites don't even know how to use a washing machine, and don't want to break a sweat unless it's power yoga or playing squash (a weird tennis spinoff game for managers and finance bros)

My grandmas house had one of these. The bathroom area had two entrances leading into the SINK ZONE then there was a toilet/bathtub behind a door. She had a lot of grandchildren visit and it was more common for people to have 3+ more kids in the 80’s/90’s so having two sinks made things more efficient.

His and hers sinks.