A Master Bath and Home Office in One? New York Magazine

Last week's issue of New York Magazine featured their Home Design Fall package. They looked at a few before and after gut renovations, including this master bathroom in Prospect Heights Brooklyn. We were a little confused by the choice of additions.

Architect Elizabeth Roberts opened up the second floor of a late-nineteenth-century brownstone to feature not only a large bathing area, but a home office in the corner. Yup, that on the left is a desk with a printer, meant to let you get some work one in between, um, dips in the large bath tub.

We don't know about you, but the least relaxing thing to look at while soaking in a calming bath is a printer and all that it represents in terms of work, deadlines, and a never-ending to-do list.

(Image: Sean Slattery for New York Magazine)

Comments (14)

Who wants to think about work when trying to relax in the tub?

And who wants to think about relaxing in the tub when trying to work?

I want those floors though....

Didn't Marat have a similar set up when he was visited by Charlotte Corday?

nice, if everthing gets wet

I'd put a bed in there before I would a desk and printer, but only if I was short on space.

It's such a tiny, tiny "office space" that you'd think you could squeeze it in almost anywhere else.

Gotta love the combination of fireplace and giant tub, though. That would be positively decadent.

Beautiful and elegant, but impractical. What about a dining room/bathtub?

Yeah, humidity will be a problem for your electronics and paper.

I don't see it in the pic, but I'd have a hard time working around a toilet...

As a writer, I've had many eureka! moments in the shower and have been forced to write them down in the mist on the glass shower walls. A computer and printer in the bathroom would be a very happy arrangement for me---not a looming threat of work to be done. Maybe that's the deal going on with the owner of this bathroom?

I like it. Its a great combo and really its creative. When one is working creative influences in/around one's space is a good thing.

Sido: You are very funny...

I can't help thinking that a bathtub in front of a fireplace was too great a temptation to resist. It's unusual to be sure...but as long as there's no toilet bowl...why not.

I'm thinking, why not sink the tub into the floor if you can? Then cover it when it's dry and not in use. As it stands, it's not that horrible, just unusual.