Monday, February 4, 2013

Getting Rid of Jack and Jill

Now that I know I have to remove an animal encampment under the bathtub, I'm planning to remodel the bathroom. My fond desire is to get rid of the Jack-and-Jill layout. There is nothing as confusing (and embarassing) to one's guests as the protocol of a two-door bathroom.

In the current floorplan, each bedroom has its own door into the shared bathroom. The bathroom has a pretty awkward L-shaped layout. And there is a closet in one bedroom that is so deep that you can't get to anything in the back of it without crawling under hanging clothes. In the other bedroom, there is a linen closet, requiring a guest needing a clean towel to go into the host's bedroom:

My idea is to remove the linen closet, shrink the bedroom closet to normal depth (which will involve relocating the attic hatch, but so be it), and add a hallway between the two bedrooms. A single pocket door will connect the hallway to the bathroom, and there will be a linen cabinet over the toilet in the bathroom. The pocket door will have translucent glass panes, letting in the light from the existing formerly-bathroom-now-hallway window:



I drew these plans with SketchUp, by the way, and I think I'm falling in love. SketchUp is amazing! I'm dumbing it down considerably for 2D graphics; it's really designed for 3D. Here, for example, is the new bathroom in 3D:


You can model almost anything in SketchUp -- houses, furniture, coffee cups... There are plug-ins for 3D printing, even. And I just discovered a couple of plug-ins (Unfold and Phlatten) that look like they can be used to create 2D patterns from 3D surfaces. Does this mean SketchUp can produce paper patterns for art and sewing projects? I'm on it!

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  1. Sketchup rocks! I've bee using it all along for the cabinet projects (which means I have been using it for way too many years!) Have you browsed the sketchup warehouse? I got our stove and dishwasher there.

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