Co-living homes
Shared bathroom Furniture Planning for Co-living homes
Specify the occupied size, operating clearance and route into the building before choosing furniture by catalogue dimensions.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Use templates at the size of the actual furniture. Include seated users, open drawers and reclined positions where relevant.
- Compare
- Decide which items need to move independently and which benefit from built-in anchoring.
- Before buying
- Confirm that the largest pieces can turn at the entrance, lift lobby and corridor, or specify assembly in place.
Worked example
A freestanding laundry hamper occupies the only dry standing area beside the shower.
Mock up the hamper with the shower door open and person-sized standing space; move it outside the bathroom if access pinches.
How to test it
Overlay the furniture in its stored and in-use positions, then check both against the measured plan.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Separate dry grooming from shower use and give each resident a labeled portable caddy location.
- Detail
- Use wall-hung dispensers where maintainable and a bright mirror light.
- Trade-off
- Permanent individual shelves improve organization but complicate cleaning and turnover.
- Check concurrent use and door privacy
- Confirm surfaces dry and clean easily
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