They Combined His-and-Hers Bathrooms Into One, but Kept Two Showers
Many primary bathroom remodels replace the finishes while keeping the same basic layout. This one removed the layout itself. In a renovation shared by Reddit user u/GeezyMart, two separate his-and-hers bathroom spaces were gutted and combined into one large room with two showers, two vanities, a freestanding tub, and a separate water closet.
The $65,000 remodel changed how the entire footprint was used without giving up the separate fixtures that made the original arrangement work for two people. Removing the wall also brought two existing skylights into one open bathing area, where a tub now sits between matching shower stations behind tall glass panels.
Two Doorways Led to Separate Bathroom Spaces
The original layout divided the primary bathroom behind two adjacent doorways, creating separate spaces instead of one room. From the hallway, the arrangement looked more like two bathrooms placed side by side than a single primary bath.
One side also had a door connecting it to a guest bedroom, even though that bedroom had access to another bathroom across the hall. Closing that extra doorway became part of the remodel as the homeowners reconsidered how the entire area connected.
A Curved Glass-Block Wall Defined One Shower
One side contained a shower enclosed by a tall curved glass-block wall, with dark floor tile continuing through the narrow room toward the toilet. The wall gave the shower privacy without blocking all of the light entering from the windows and skylight above.
The glass blocks became one of the most discussed parts of the original bathroom after the project was shared. Some commenters wanted them preserved, but the homeowner said the wall could not be salvaged during demolition and had to be destroyed as it came out.
The Other Side Had a Vanity and Separate Bathing Area
Across the dividing wall, the second bathroom used white cabinetry, a long countertop, a wall-size mirror, and light tile flooring. Another toilet and bathing area sat beyond the vanity, giving each side its own set of fixtures.
Both rooms had enough floor area to function on their own, but walls, cabinetry, and separate circulation routes consumed much of the combined footprint. The remodel would keep the two-person setup while removing the divisions between those functions.
Demolition Exposed the Space Behind Both Bathrooms
Once the fixtures, flooring, wall finishes, and cabinetry came out, the scale of the combined footprint became clear. Plumbing lines rose through the exposed floor while open wall cavities revealed the framing, insulation, wiring, and connections that had supported the previous arrangement.
The crawl space below the bathroom made plumbing relocation less expensive than it might have been on a slab. That gave the homeowners more freedom to move fixtures around the new floor plan rather than designing around every existing drain and supply line.
Removing the Divider Brought Both Skylights Together
Two long skylights had already been built into the raised ceiling, but the old bathroom division separated the spaces beneath them. Demolition exposed the full ceiling structure and opened a direct sightline through both skylights.
The homeowners found that the wall dividing the rooms and skylights was not load-bearing, so it could be removed without preserving a structural partition below. Both skylights could now sit over the same open bathing area instead of belonging to separate sides of the bathroom.
New Framing Created a Water Closet Inside the Open Layout
Removing the old divisions did not mean leaving every fixture exposed. New framing created a dedicated water closet for the toilet, with a pocket door planned for the opening.
This kept the toilet separate without rebuilding the bathroom into two halves. The rest of the floor could remain open for the vanities, tub, and shower while the one function that benefited from a closed room received its own enclosure.
One Large Room Replaced the Split Floor Plan
With the new walls finished, the former boundary between the bathrooms no longer controlled the room. Wide sections of uninterrupted wall replaced the old cabinet runs and partitions, while recessed ceiling boxes prepared the space for new lighting.
At this stage, the new layout was no longer about assigning one room to each person. Separate functions would return through paired fixtures placed within the same bathroom.
The Shower Took Over an Entire End of the Room
Cement board covered three walls at one end of the bathroom as construction moved into the wet-area phase. Two drains were positioned across the new shower floor, with the pair of windows centered between them.
Instead of rebuilding a conventional shower enclosure where the glass-block shower had stood, the homeowners dedicated the full width of the room to bathing. That decision created enough space for two shower stations with a tub between them.
Two Drains Revealed the New Shower Layout
The unfinished wet area shows how far apart the two shower stations sit. Each side received its own drain, leaving the center open for the freestanding tub that would arrive later.
This arrangement preserved one of the main advantages of the former his-and-hers bathrooms. Two people could still use separate showers at the same time, but neither needed a separate room to do it.
A Wood Vanity Replaced the White Built-Ins
The finished vanity side bears little resemblance to the previous white cabinet run. A freestanding wood vanity with a stone top now sits beneath an arched mirror, with brass hardware and a three-globe wall light repeating the curved forms.
A tall wood cabinet beside the window adds closed and display storage without recreating the wall of built-ins that occupied the previous bathroom. This is one of two vanities in the new room, maintaining separate sink areas on opposite sides of the shared space.
Two Showers Now Share One Wet Area
The finished wet area stretches from wall to wall, with a freestanding tub centered beneath the windows and a shower station positioned on each side. Vertical textured tile covers the walls, while pebble tile distinguishes the shower floor from the wood-look flooring outside the wet zone.
Large glass panels stand between the showers and the rest of the bathroom without dividing the bathing area into separate stalls. The homeowner said the panels measure about four feet wide and seven feet tall, helping contain steam despite the open entrance between them.
Both Skylights Now Sit Above the Same Bathing Area
Removing the center wall changed more than the floor plan. The two skylights now form one continuous overhead feature running above the tub and shower zone, bringing daylight into a section of the bathroom that spans the width of the room.
The high ceiling raised questions from commenters about whether the open shower becomes cold. The homeowner said the tall glass helps hold steam around the showers and ceiling heaters provide another heat source.
Two Bathrooms Became One Without Losing the His-and-Hers Setup
The remodel removed the physical separation between the original bathrooms without eliminating the features that allowed two people to use them at once. The finished room still has two vanities and two shower stations, while the tub occupies the center of the shared wet area and the toilet sits behind its own pocket door.
What changed was how those fixtures relate to each other. Instead of duplicating rooms on opposite sides of a wall, the $65,000 renovation uses one open footprint for the shared features and keeps separation where it serves a function.
Image credits: Reddit user u/GeezyMart