minor change to design #2b
one thing i kept putting off until tonight was the question of where to put the bathroom door. the plans thusfar have all had the door in a default location, which kind of works except for the fact that it gets in the way of the other things i have planned for that area (some sort of table surface with a microwave, coffee machine, etc.). on the other hand, sticking the door on the other wall has its own complications since i have to work with an existing 28" run of concrete block. to preserve all that block and then frame out a door along that wall would make for a rather large powder room (and somewhere between the block wall and the door i'd want to have enough framing to do a recessed double junction box for lights and the mandatory sink-area GFCI). i decided to go back to one of my earlier ideas, which was to frame the door at an angle.
this allows me to have enough framed wall adjacent to the concrete block to do the recessed electrical stuff, keeps the door free of the table area, and makes for a sanely-sized bathroom overall. an added bonus to the angling is it gives a couple of square feet back to the lounge and gives a slightly more open feeling to the space as a whole.