Susan has an original brochure showing the layout of her 1962 Jack and Jill bathroom
JACK AND JILL bathrooms… or Jack ‘n Jill bathrooms were a design that saved space by letting two users, or sets of users, have their own toilet and sink — and share the tub. Here, it’s called a 2-1/2 bath. A famous Jack ‘n Jill bathroom: The one shared by the Brady Bunch kids.
Susan writes:
“The Jack and Jill was to be the bathroom of the future! Many of the homes in our neighborhood have them (or had them. People tend to redo them). The bigger, more narrow side of the bathroom is the guest bath which is accessible from the hallway. The smaller one is attached to the master bedroom. We are pretty sure the star burst light fixtures are original. The tile is in sad shape but we think a good professional cleaning and sealing will make it almost new again.”
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Well, this is a new one for me. I have never seen or heard of such a thing, but what sense it makes. My only comment is — doesn’t it deserve a name of its own? I mean, jack and jill bathroom is used to describe one bathroom shared by two bedrooms. This is one tub shared by two bathrooms. So, maybe jack and jill tub???
I’ve seen Jack ‘n’ Jill bathrooms a couple of times, but this is a new configuration for me.
Oh, and I think that anyone who has one of these needs this item (tee hee hee):
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Hey Tikimama, you are so right. I added you etsy suggestion to the main post.
The Brady bathroom had no toilet, tub, or shower (I’m 100% sure of the first and 75% sure about the last two), so it’s more of a room with sink and mirror. They needed the space for the three doors that little room had.
Guest bathroom combined with master? I don’t know–for me there are some privacy issues with that configuration.
Hello,
A) I don’t see the starburst light fixtures, are they pictured and I missed them?
B) I don’t get the privacy, say you are using the toilet on your side and then one needs to use the toilet on the other. Where is the privacy? The wall to divide, from this picture it seems like you could just stare at the other person through the tub area.
C) Privacy again, you are on your side, but then someone could come in on the other side and just see you as do you step through the tub to lock the other side’s door?
Robert
I’ve never seen this arrangement either, but it’s certainly interesting! I suppose the protocol is to just leave the shower doors closed on both sides when not in use…otherwise it would indeed be a privacy issue.
We have what we’ve always called a “Jack & Jill” bath between our two smallest bedrooms. It’s a pale brownish color tile and has no tub, just a tiled shower stall. I’ll see if I can take some photos this evening to share!