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Since many bathrooms are built adjacent to another room in the house, most often the bedroom,  it is a good idea to design it proportionally. The bathroom should ideally be smaller than the room that it is connected to. Bathrooms that are bigger than the room that leads into it will give an unbalanced feel to both rooms and may lessen the prominence of the connected room.

For this reason, you will need to take careful consideration about how the bathroom design will affect the room adjacent to it. If you determine that you will need to increase the size of the shower area in the bathroom for example, see if you can take the space from another area of the house instead of taking up more of the bedroom floor space.

You should also plan for your expansion needs accordingly. This can be quite hard to do with a family that is still growing, with more potential family members coming along later on. Planning things out so you can expand without compromising the rest of the house however will ensure that your bathroom does not take up too much prominence yet is large and spacious enough to meet your needs for the future.

The elements in the bathroom present another challenge. If you have to reduce space even further in the interests of having a proportionally sized bathroom, consider building a combination bath and shower in one space, and opt for bathroom furniture that fits neatly into the wall or with each other.