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I'm moving into a 3-bdrm, 2 ba apartment and just found out that the en-suite bathroom is not really an en-suite bathroom! The sink/vanity is in the bedroom and the "bathroom" has the shower and toilet! I'm in way too deep to back out, any ideas on how I can hide this sink?

Thanks!
 
Posts: 2 | Location: Stockton, CA | Registered: Sep 23, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Is it actually against a bedroom wall away from the rest of the fixtures? Or perhaps in an alcove or transition hallway leading to the toilet/shower area?
 
Posts: 8549 | Location: Plains & Mountains | Registered: Jun 08, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It is tucked in a corner, but it's just so bizarre looking to me. It's just 'there' and I just don't see myself using it like I regularly would. Any suggestions on what I can do to hide it?
 
Posts: 2 | Location: Stockton, CA | Registered: Sep 23, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Free standing, folding screen comes to mind? This is a rental, right? So assume no structural changes are possible.

A hinged or easily removed, folding cover over the sink...to create more of a dressing area counter?
 
Posts: 8549 | Location: Plains & Mountains | Registered: Jun 08, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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A folding screen came to my mind too, but be sure it's sits soundly on the floor. Sometimes, plush carpeting can make this choice unstable. A free standing bookcase is another option if it's stable and you can use it for additional storage. It will act as a wall. Keep in mind that shelving units aren't always standard bookcases. Some have cube or random cutouts in which to place art, books, baskets, picture frames, etc..BTW, DIY room screens can be fashioned by hinging doors or tall shutters together in a zig zag configuration by alternating the direction of pairs or three sets of hinges between to pairs of doors or shutters.

If a curtain treatment is doable with tie backs, that may be another option. If your headboard is large/tall and the room layout and size can accomodate it, placing the bed's headboard backed to the sink can create a division also.
 
Posts: 16751 | Location: Right here, duh! ;) | Registered: Nov 03, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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nouvang2: I have the same floor plan with the sink in the bedroom along with a mirror, next to the bath in a separate space with the toilet and shower! What was the builder thinking!

I don't like it either and have yet found a way to hide it. But one other house in the neighborhood with the same floor plan has curtains (as Froo Froo suggested)hung and it looked good.

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