Teeny tiny children’s bedrooms

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Dd has the box room and whilst she was a baby and toddler it was manageable. Now she’s older and needs a desk for homework but still floor space to play, it’s getting much harder to organise.

Any tips? I was thinking about a mid sleeper type bed but it would probably need to go next to the window, is that a no-no?

She’s not the tidiest of people and I don’t think the small bedroom helps!

I think mid sleepers overwhelm an already small room, how small a room are we talking about?
What I find works best is bed under the window, one with enough space under it to have fitted drawers, or you can purchase these type of drawers and some have castor wheels on them. Lots of shelving put up on the walls.
I suggest looking on pinterest for small bedroom ideas as it is great.

Dd2 has a mid-sleeper in our smallest room. It does take up the majority of the room tbf but it's worked for the last 3 years.

I think she's about outgrown it now though (10yo) so have been browsing other ideas but not got very far atm.

Let me quickly go and measure it.

Interesting about growing out of the mid-sleeper, dd is 10 this year!

If she's at an age where she still needs floor space to play, does she really need a desk? My primary age kids manage fine and the kitchen table doing their homework.

A friend's dc has a Stompa bed with a desk and wardrobe underneath which seems quite good for saving space.

She’s 9 and off to middle school this year so a definite shift in homework, will need a laptop etc.

my son has a very small room and he has a scallywags captain bed. it is a slightly higher bed than normal and has space enough underneath for those ikea kallax boxes with sliding doors over the space underneath. There is loads of room under there for lots of stuff but the bed still looks normal and doesnt dominate the room. He has the small single size which is still ok for him at 11 but he'll need the wider size within a couple of years. I see they do standard, narrow and short versions and various combos.
This is it :(we have the 3 white door option):
www.scallywagkids.co.uk/product/box-room-beds/captains-bed-narrow?

dont know how a sad face got in there!!!!

Ok so it’s 2.3m x 2.4m. That’s tiny isn’t it!

Rather than a mid sleeper, could you go for a high sleeper with a desk underneath at one end? Then either a futon/chair or wardrobe/storage at the other end.

We got a desk for ds at a similar age. 5 years later he has never used it. Still does his homework in the kitchen or lounge

Ours is slightly bigger at 2.7m square, but we've just got rid of a midsleeper for soon to be 11yr old DD. I think they are for younger children. We have an IKEA bed now (Nordli) which has 3 drawers underneath and just before lockdown had a joiner in to make fitted wardrobes + shelves, plus a desk to fit the space. Look on pinterest for ideas. The other really useful thing we've done is replaced the radiator with a tall column radiator. I think its only 26cm wide but gives more than the recommended BTUs for the room. Its meant that furniture placement / wardrobe has been much easier with almost all 4 walls available.

I appreciate in some households a desk might not be used. I’m a childminder so downstairs isn’t always the most conducive place for producing homework. She is our youngest child and the older ones have always used their rooms for studying.

Can she swap with an older teen?

my husband slept in the box room when I met him at 24! He had a mid sleeper that went over the stair bulk head and had drawers under along with a TV on the wall and a desk under the window. He shared a wardrobe in his brothers room

Are Ikea beds standard sizes? We already have a mattress.

Have you thought about a Murphy bed that turns into a desk? They can be quite expensive though.

Underbed storage would be handy - but agree don't go for a mid/high sleeper. A desk could double as a bedside table. Tall skinny wardrobe would help (ikea).

My 9 year old is in a tiny room, she has a high sleeper which makes it look a lot bigger and spacious than the mid sleeper did. She has storage under the bed for clothes /toys. She does her homework downstairs but when we were debating a desk I did wonder about a folding table attached to the wall. I think IKEA sell them.

In answer to your question, we've used a standard mattress on the Nordli. The bedframe is 200cm long and the mattress is 190cm I think but I've made a headboard (the Nordli doesn't have one) which sits behind the mattress and goes up the wall so it all fits.

What about a small table at the door end of her bed that she can flip or pull out over the end of the bed to make it bigger?

Honestly I would want to be keeping an eye on what she is accessing on line...

Alternatively, could you accommodate her clothing in your room for now? She Can Just keep a dressing down and maybe her pjs in her room. Then she won't need a wardrobe.

Hi op, dss has the box room and it is the same size as your dds.

He has a high sleeper from ikea, then under it he has one of the ikea fold down table tops as a desk, then a futon at the other end. Behind the door he has the narrow but tall Billy bookcase and then we bolted 2 hanging rails to the side of the book case and the wall to give him a wardrobe and then a small set of drawers for his pants and socks. He has had that from 11 he is now 17 (I don't live there anymore as his dad and I split) but he's always been happy with it and him, dsd and dd all play in there regularly.

The bed goes across the window so it does block the light a bit but not too much. We did have the child safety catches on the window when he was younger just as a precaution

She can’t swap no, we have two teenage boys sharing the other bedroom (and obviously us in the third). We have room in our room for her clothes so that could be done.

Is your room big enough to create a workspace? I put the desk in my room which saved space in DS room but also separated work from play.

Oh I love the long desk in that second pic bernadette. She could have her tv etc on the bit by her bed.