Hubs and I will eventually have our master bath remodeled to get the walk-in glass shower we want.

The main design problem is a large window in an inconvenient spot. Leaving it in place means that our options will very limited. Replacing it with a smaller window or removing it means we'll have to deal with the brick exterior.

Have you ever seen a brick wall with a patch job that looked decent and doesn't de-value the appearance of the home?

Could you show pictures of the room as it is now? I have had to deal with windows in an odd place in a bathroom. They can usually be incorporated in the design of the room more easily than trying to deal with brick exteriors.

I've seen lots of older homes where windows have been sealed, insulated and covered by drywall on the interior. They still exist on the outside of the house, but not the inside.

Here is the current master bath floor plan. The problem window is centered above the tub. It is waist high and goes almost to the ceiling.

We'd like to take about 3' of the "Hers" closet and half the space where the tub is currently to create a large walk-in shower. We'd scoot the tub over so it would still be next to the shower on that same wall.

The current size and location of the window make it directly in the way of where we'd put the glass shower wall and would make it off-center in reference to the tub's new location.

Any suggestions appreciated!

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Could you go ahead and make your change on the inside and "fill in the outside with glass blocks"?

That way the "window" will still be the same place on the outside.

Is your concern that it won't be centered? How wide is the window and where will it be located in relation to the tub?

We had some what of the same problem in the living room. The solution was to paint the window black (on the inside) and then wall over it in the house. From the outside the window is still there but we now have the wall space we needed.

My husband is in construction and works in a major city on commercial buildings. They can't always remove a window because of height or other restrictions and this is what they do.

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Originally posted by SusanBradfordKent:
Is your concern that it won't be centered? How wide is the window and where will it be located in relation to the tub?

The window is about as wide as the tub. Based on where we want to put the shower and move the tub, the window would be right where the glass shower wall would need to go and would no longer be centered over the tub.

Hi Jewel,

Are you keeping a tub? Any chance of the entry door being moved?

Can you show us your proposed new layout? It helps to see what you are considering for the room.

Hmmm...I'm just questioning whether cutting down on that fabulous closet is a wise move??? So many today prefer huge closets and unless you have ample closets elsewhere in the master, perhaps you should rethink cutting it down.

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Originally posted by Froo Froo:
Hmmm...I'm just questioning whether cutting down on that fabulous closet is a wise move??? So many today prefer huge closets and unless you have ample closets elsewhere in the master, perhaps you should rethink cutting it down.

No worries -- the "hers" closet is big enough to lose a few feet without affecting it's use and it's the second of two closets in the master area.

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Originally posted by Beau's Rose:
Hi Jewel,

Are you keeping a tub? Any chance of the entry door being moved?

Can you show us your proposed new layout? It helps to see what you are considering for the room.

Yes, we'd like to keep the tub. We could move the entry doors, but why and to where?

Below is how we'd like to bath to look except that the window is in the way. The new glass wall between the tub and the shower would dead end right into the window, so the window needs to go so there will be a wall there instead.

I'm worried about how to make the change look right on the exterior since our house is brick.

Oh ,y goodness, I doubt I would EVER cut back on my closet space for a shower or additional space anywhere.

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Originally posted by CatieCupCake:
Oh ,y goodness, I doubt I would EVER cut back on my closet space for a shower or additional space anywhere.

You might if your husband could barely turn around in the size shower you have now.

Seriously, I understand your concerns, but as I mentioned to Froo above, taking 3' from this closet still leaves a lot of space there PLUS there's a second large closet in the bedroom. So much closet space, in fact, that I don't use it all now. That's why it's an easy place to steal space from in order to get the shower we want.

Now, to figure out what to do about the window... covering it over on the inside might be an option if y'all are convinced that there's little chance that brick repair on the exterior would look decent.

Jewel,

Would you consider a corner shower starting just on the other side of the window?

We re-did our shower to 4' wide from a typical 3' and it really made a difference.

You would probably need a single door on the closet entry. Then angle the glass door on the corner shower.

Perhaps moving the shower head to center of shower on window wall would work also.

Good Luck. Keep working on your plan and it will come to you.

I may be way off base here but since you are losing some closet space anyway could the toilet go where the shower is now and then you take the closet and toilet space for the shower.