Most bathrooms are small rooms ranging from 3-5 square meters. How do you fit multiple functions into such a small space? And which is better? A bathtub or a shower?

In the mikvahs that I design, the solution is simple: both. That is, there is a decision in advance about how many bathrooms there will be and how many shower rooms we plan. But in private homes, the situation is more complicated. Therefore, if there is a problem of space and it is not possible to create both in the same room, I recommend planning a large and luxurious shower for the homeowners, while for the children, planning a bathroom with a bathtub wider than the standard width of 70 cm.

Recently, I was asked to plan changes to an apartment that includes a master suite. The husband was happy to get rid of the narrow, outdated bathtub and accepted the idea of a spacious shower with a seat, a wide shower head (for him) and an additional sprayer (for her), and a long, beautiful drain. The next day he called and said that his wife had vetoed the matter and that she would not give up the bathtub. (Why there was no cooperation with the wife in the first place is another story for another article). I was unable to convince him that there was another bathtub in the house and that on the few occasions she used the bathtub, she could use the children's bathroom.

I changed plans, ordered different sanitary ware and a wide bathtub, and the room was renovated. At the end of the house-dressing process, the woman approached me and discreetly asked how it was possible for two people to shower in the bathtub at the same time.... And to that we said: End of action with forethought!