Room for Drama · What is wrong with it

You keep bumping into it Bathroom

The route through a room is furniture you cannot see, and nobody ever allocated it any width.

3 pieces.

Narrowed to Bathroom. Widen it back out

Same problem, one room at a time. Every one of these is a URL you can keep.

15 pieces Kitchen 56 pieces Living room 14 pieces Bedroom 3 pieces Bathroom 9 pieces Dining room 25 pieces Entry & hallway 14 pieces Workspace 2 pieces Basement, attic & utility 16 pieces Outside 5 pieces The whole house

Room for Drama card: a morning occupancy chart with four people's use colliding in one short band.

Function and Flow

7:12 A.M. Is the Real Bathroom Test

A bathroom can look calm at noon and fail every morning. Read the occupied room: doors, wet handoffs, counter space, towels, laundry and two people arriving at once.

A slim brass-framed pocket door slid fully open into a lacquered plum wall pocket, revealing a marble-top console behind it.

Awkward Spaces

Your Bathroom Door May Be the Bulkiest Thing in the Room

In a small bathroom, the door swing can steal more usable space than the vanity. Read the moving footprint before buying another storage piece.

Small aubergine-paneled room with a walnut pocket door half-recessed into the wall and a mustard velvet chair in the space a door swing would claim.

Small Interiors

The Door Swing Is Eating Your Small Room

In a tight room, the door can consume more usable floor than the furniture. Diagnose the swing first, then decide whether a pocket, sliding,…

What is wrong with it

It is too dark54 It is too small151 It is too big18 The shape is awkward60 Nowhere to put anything102 It is loud and echoey22 It has no personality18 It is doing too many jobs75 It is not mine to change17 Kids, pets and real life22

Not sure which of these it is? Say it in your own words instead, or read the room properly and let it tell you which one is doing the most damage.