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Help with tiny bedroom

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LemonFrosting · 13/11/2023 08:45

Hello!

Please see attached measurements of sons bedroom.
I've seen a midsleeper that I like but I've read things on here on them making a bedroom look even smaller.

Please help with what to do! He's due a new bed as current one is a toddler. Room needs an update decorating too so thought I'd ask on here for help please

Help with tiny bedroom
Help with tiny bedroom
Help with tiny bedroom
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TotalOverhaul · 13/11/2023 08:54

Mid sleepers are fine if you get the right design. Underbed storage, bookcase/shelving at end of bed, flat ladder, pull out or drop leaf table and folding chair for drawing, craft and later homework. You could add high shelves for storing toys with our compromising floor space.

LemonFrosting · 13/11/2023 09:20

The pic I've attached has drawers under it which pull out. I'm thinking of taking those out and putting at the end of the bed sp there's a bit of space underneath as a cave kind of thing!

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LemonFrosting · 13/11/2023 09:21

That's what I'm thinking

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LemonFrosting · 13/11/2023 09:22

I measured to see if I could get it u der the window but sadly its too tall so it's got to go along the wall opposite the door.
Unless would a bed with drawers under under window be an option and get the radiator moved?

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WhoHidTheCoffee · 13/11/2023 09:42

We have a room a similar size (actually a bit smaller). Mid sleepers are great for storage but I do think it depends on what other furniture you have and whether you can position it in such a way that it doesn’t block the light from the window. In your room, I’d put it on the long wall opposite the door and try to be very thoughtful about other furniture.

When we had a mid sleeper in that room, we had it against a long wall, and a low Kallax unit on the other side for clothes, which worked surprisingly well. Our door and window were opposite each other but it didn’t block the light too badly.

LemonFrosting · 13/11/2023 14:52

Thank you for your reply!
Currently there's a wardrobe, three drawer unit and his bed, and a kallax (argos version).

I'd have to get rid of the wardrobe as not enough space in the room but there's a tiny wardrobe with that bed.

Not too bothered about a desk to be honest as he has a table and chair downstairs which he can do work at.

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LemonFrosting · 02/01/2024 13:50

I'm back! I'm looking for more advice please! Would I be better off getting a high sleeper rather than a mid? I'm thinking more space to play under, make the most of some floor space! I was looking at the IKEA Smasted but the wardrobe on the outside I won't have much space for me to get clothes out. And if have the wardrobe on the inside then the desk will have to come out and will come out too far (door would prob knock into it).

To be honest, not too fussed on a desk as he has one downstairs already. It's a wardrobe I'm really wanting as the one he currently has will have to go.

Tia!

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dinglyping · 03/01/2024 01:24

It's a matter of taste on high sleepers. Some people love them for fbd floor space, some people find even the child can't sit up from quite young and the bedding is very hard to change.

We have a mid sleeper. I would not buy again - child outgrew the "cave" space and drawers underneath quite young but refuses a different bed so we are stuck with it sitting there empty. My preference is a normal, or build in bed, maybe a few inches higher than usual, and some really good solid wooden drawers on castors underneath. Storage under a mid sleeper is often quite narrow and seems a bit wasted to me as there's usually a big gap behind the drawers. If you use floor standing drawers under a normal bed, they can go much deeper under the bed and they hold loads. Add a few drawer dividers if you like. And a normal height bed is nicer to read or play on than a high or mid sleeper, so my other child who had a normal bed ended up with more play space, I think, than the one who got the midsleeper "cave" kind of thing. The latter do work for loads of people and we spent a lot of money on ours because it felt necessary, but for us it wasn't our best decision.

You could look at an Ottoman style bed that lifts up, or 2x kallax 4x1s used as a bedframe. It's quite hardcore but you can line them up so you have 4 accessible (say) fabric boxes on the visible side of the bed and another secret 4 ones stored directly behind them, on the wall side of the bed, and accessed through the open side by pulling the first ones out of the way.

Also rehanging the door to open onto the landing would make a huge difference, and wall mount some shelves for books, trophies, Lego model display etc.

Africa2go · 03/01/2024 10:19

If you don't have a bulkhead or anything else that compromises the space, I would agree with a PP that a normal bed / slightly raised bed works best. The best thing that we did was to upgrade the radiator - we replaced the old-style radiator under the window with a tall column radiator behind the door - our room is about 2.7 x 2.7 and the radiator is only about 30cm wide (about 2m tall) and kicks out great heat - freed up essentially all the wall space so we could choose where to have furniture.

Have a look at Slakt/ Nordli / Hemnes at Ikea - all single beds with great storage. I would have it across the short wall under the window, then have a wardrobe / drawers on the opposite short wall. Think that would give the most spacious feel.

We've had all sorts of configurations in our box room - built in bed over bulkhead, an M&S mid sleeper / cabin bed and then a high sleeper and they have all been great - but were grown out of very quickly. If you're happy to change things every couple of years - we bought from FB Marketplace etc and upcycled good quality bed frames etc, then that will work, but if you're wanting a long term solution, I'd go with the normal bed.

GreatGateauxsby · 03/01/2024 10:23

If you look on instagram they have amazing bedroom solutions for small rooms (it’s all AI /CGI type stuff)

I would spend a lot of time planning / thinking about what you want from the space. eg. Do you want it to work up to 18 or is 10 good enough?

Perfect the design and use a combination of a joiner and some hacked kit from ikea to get you what you want.

LemonFrosting · 03/01/2024 23:09

Thank you so much for advice!

I've been googling so much! Ikea smastad is great with the wardrobe, the deeper foot steps too, but I don't want the desk. I can't seem to find anything else like it, they all have desks! The wardrobe in the ikea one seems to be a good size too.

Age wise he's only 6, so I'm not expecting the bed to last until late teens as he will either break it or want a different style before then.

Radiator wise, I had considered moving it but we've not long had the floor done in his room so didn't fancy the extra cost (or workload amd mess!!)

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