Tiny little flat... where should we sleep? And what on?

[Libby34]

So DP and I live in a 1 bed flat - we love it, rent is a good price and it's a good location for us both to get to work. We would like a 2 bed in a year or two but the difference in rent between a 1 & 2 bed is huge plus we'd struggle saving for a deposit, agency fees etc. DP has a daughter who's almost 4. Currently, our bedroom has the built in wardrobes, a chest of drawers, a double bed for us and a toddler bed for DSD. That's it. It's so cramped, DSD has to climb over our bed to get to hers. It's driving me mad it's so cluttered!! The obvious solution would be me and DP getting a sofa bed and sleeping in the lounge right? Wrong. We can't have a sofa!! We've had three delivered that had to be taken back because the delivery men couldn't get them in our tiny doorway. We ended up getting a wooden futon because it was flat packed so we knew we could get it in the door. We could sleep on this but it's soooo uncomfortable and such hard work pulling it out and putting it back up etc. AIBU to just get rid of the futon and buy a day bed with a trundle? Has anyone else used one as a sofa as well as a bed? Anyone else have any ideas? If we could get us in the lounge it would mean little one could actually play in the bedroom, have a reading corner, anything! Sighhhh

What about looking for small bedroom storage ideas on Pinterest/ikea? Can you afford under bed storage, instead of a chest of drawers? Even shelves with storage baskets on would work. I'd avoid sleeping in the living room if possible. If your step daughter only sleeps there some nights, could she not perhaps sleep on a mattress that you could store under your bed, while having her own corner of the living room for toys, etc?

Is it possible to move the chest of drawers into the lounge? You could also consider getting a double bed that has the double at the bottom and then a single at the top?? Then you have more room in the bedroom. Your child has somewhere to sleep that you don't have to climb over her or vice versa. At nearly four she should be ok up high with a good guard rail. It's sounds like financially you are making all the right choices - just how to make it work.

What about something like this? www.amazon.co.uk/Double-4ft-HIGH-Loft-bunkbed/dp/B00E3V16XW so double on top and single underneath with curtains to make a cosy space?

We have something like this - a fold down bed with a sofa in front of it. It was built in the room. Not cheap but worth it if you're going to live there for a while:

www.bonbon.co.uk/clei/penelope.htm

How about a bed with pop up trundle in the bedroom? So it's a superking for you guys most of the time, then when she stays you can put the trundle away and she'll have more floor space in there - you could sleep on the futon those weekends?

You can get bunk beds that have a double on the bottom and a single on top.

I'd do a loft bed with her on top and you guys on a double below. Space wise it shouldn't take up that much more and it would free up the toddler bed floor space. Underbed storage boxes for toys?