There are two bathrooms upstairs. The guest bathroom contains a tub sink and toilet. The master bath contains a shower and toilet. The sink is in the master bedroom.

There are a bunch of issues with the two bathrooms.

• both are small, the master bath especially so
• for some reason the ceilings are dropped
• I hate the decor (knotty pine and marble. What were they thinking???)
• The toilets are terrible -- they don't flush well and when they do flush, the handle tends to stick "down".
• Did I mention the knotty pine?
• The master bath is painted completely dark red (including a very splotchy ceiling)
• The marble baseboard in the master bath is falling off
• The marble shower is starting to age
• There are no vent fans, so we're starting to have moisture problems.
• Hot water takes forever to reach the bathrooms because the heater is located at the other end of the house

Some first ideas:

• Replace the toilets (we'll probably do this ourselves pretty soon).
• paint the master bath orange (with a white ceiling). I already have orange paint.
• undrop the ceilings? Doable? sensible?
• install vent fans either directly out the wall or through the dropped ceiling.
• combine the bathrooms (I'm dubious about the good sense of this(
• re-arrange the master bath so that shower is on the window wall and toilet just inside the door.
• Relocate water heater and replace with gas

Floor plan:

TBD

Master bath pictures:

Guest bath pictures:

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