JENAL's master bedroom is used for more than resting ones head, it contains; an en-suite wet-room shower & toilet, plenty of cupboard storage space and the barges domestic cleaning/drying facilities... more of that later.

We have chosen a wet-room shower facility to maximise on the space used. There is plenty of room to move around for ablutions because the toilet shares and extends this room area. The WC  is far enough away from the ceiling shower rose not to get wet. The rooms overall dimensions are 1.75 x 1.22m (5'9"x 5'), which isn't vast, just ample!

Designing for a house is, in many ways, easier than designing for a barge; the en-suite wet-room is a classic example. A house stays parallel with the horizon, a ships varying loads means it doesn't. A wet-room needs a constant angle to drain and evacuate the water... here's a potential problem!

To resolve this 'challenge' we re-designed the en-suite with a full width 15mm curved step down to the shower area, this prevents water-creep across the remainder of the floor and toilet area.

The wardrobes mentioned are the only full height ones in this bedroom, JENAL's gunnels prevent full-height cupboards each side hence, the addition of the cloakroom.

We planned JENAL with as much thought as time (and our 'grey matter') would allow, we focused on practicality as a key decider of equipment placing, hence the positioning of the NEFF washing and drying machines, here in the master bedroom.