Closet or Shower Stall

**bmaxey** · 10-27-2006, 10:51 AM

We have a 1940's 2 bed 1 bath home purchased for re-sale. In the 1 bath there is a tub with no shower in an alcove on the left. On the right side of the bath is the toilet sink and a small stall shower.
Since the main bedroom's closet backs to the bath wall and is only about 4 feet wide, would it be more benefical for re-sale to enlarge the main bedroom's closet by utilizing the space the stall shower takes up(inside shower is about 28"x28") and making the tub a tub/shower combination or is it more important to keep the small stall shower so the bathroom has both a tub and seperate shower.

**Rusty** · 10-30-2006, 09:00 PM

Since you can combine the tub and shower, I'd go with the expanded closet if it's easy (i.e. inexpensive) to do.

**mWoods** · 04-02-2010, 02:17 PM

If you can make the tub a tub/shower combo and get rid of the smaller shower stall for a reasonable price I would say that is probably the best way to improve the bath. Big closets always bring big smiles

**amasters** · 04-16-2010, 05:06 PM

I'd expand the closet. Obviously, no one is going to be enamored by the size of either, but I think functionality takes precedence here. A tub/shower combination preserves the functionality of both the tub and the shower stall while allowing room for a more reasonably sized, functional closet.