Transform your ensuite - space-saving solutions with pocket doors

Of all the home improvement projects you can undertake, adding an ensuite bathroom is one of those that brings immediate lifestyle enhancements and also a sense of luxury and style. Not having to creep around the house in the dark for the toilet during the night, or the ability to leap straight from bed into a shower in the morning, brings instant benefits and also frees up capacity in the main bathroom, which for a large family can have a positive knock-on effect. So an ensuite is a luxury that many homeowners are looking to add, and the pocket door could be the key to making it happen.

When designing a home renovation, perhaps an extension or a loft conversion for example, it is common to utilise space to the maximum by incorporating an ensuite bathroom. This enhances the home with an additional feature that brings everyday benefits and also adds value to the home. In a large bedroom space, a new stud wall can incorporate a pocket door system and block off that space to create a new room, which is ideal for an ensuite bathroom. But if you already have an ensuite bathroom that has a traditional hinged door, there is a good chance you are enjoying some of these everyday benefits already, but not all of them.

How to use a small space for an ensuite bathroom

The key benefit of the pocket door is that it opens into a wall cavity rather than swinging into a room like a traditional hinged door. A typical ensuite bathroom is around 32 square feet of space, and ideally you want to include a sink, a toilet and a shower as a bare minimum. But the traditional hinged door prevents this because the open door is a clear obstacle that takes up considerable, valuable space. And therefore you may only include a sink and a toilet, and will make do with using a shower in the main bathroom. This isn’t usually a huge problem, but is slightly impractical and a bit of a nuisance, and means your ensuite isn’t delivering the luxury lifestyle enhancements you really want.

Installing a pocket door will transform your ensuite bathroom and could be the conduit through which all your lifestyle enhancements can be delivered. The extra square feet of space now created by the pocket door opening into a wall cavity and therefore disappearing from view, can unlock the full potential of a small space, and with an ensuite bathroom you want it to be exclusive to you and self-sufficient, in terms of providing a sink, a toilet and a shower. This means you have everything in one place and a self-contained ensuite bathroom gives you complete ownership and frees up the main bathroom for other people.

And this extra space created by the pocket door installation can also help to accommodate other features such as a towel rail on the wall. This would have been an obstacle and therefore impractical if you used a hinged door, as the door would bang into it when opened. You may also be able to fit a bin, a set of bathroom scales or a laundry basket in this newly created extra space, or you may be able to install a set of shelves for storing folded-up towels or bathroom accessories. Or there may be sufficient floor footprint to have a small set of drawers for towels and bathroom accessories.

The main point is, the installation of a pocket door now allows you to fulfil the potential of the ensuite bathroom and to make it the luxury space you always wanted it to be. Ultimately this will give you the lifestyle benefits you craved and will make the property more appealing for future users, should you wish to sell it.

Pocket doors for your ensuite bathroom

You can choose from the full range of Eclisse pocket doors supplied by Pocket Door Shop for your ensuite bathroom. Standard pocket doors are the most common type to use for an ensuite bathroom, while people do adapt glass pocket doors to create the privacy you need. Using a satin opaque finish means you have a frosted effect which people can’t see through. This provides the privacy you need in a bathroom and is particularly sufficient given this is an ensuite bathroom, ie. a bathroom within a bedroom, rather than the main bathroom which visitors and anyone in the house could walk past.

So choose from our great range of bathroom pocket doors for your ensuite bathroom and enjoy long-term practicality as well as crucial extra space in your bathroom, which enables you to deliver the home luxury you deserve.