Box rooms/small rooms - How to make them look less cluttered

[TheOriginalNutcracker]

We have 2 single bedrooms, both slightly bigger than a box room, but still always look too full.

One room belongs to 11yr old dd and one to 8yr ds. Both have midsleeper beds but the underneath of them just seems to become a dumping ground despite me buying boxes and shelves etc.

Ds's room has bed, mini wardrobe, chest of drawers and a narrow bookcase. The bookcase greatly improved the mass of books and spiderman/starwars ornaments that he has but the rest is a tip.

Dd's room has bed, 2 chest of drawers and a desk. Again underneath the bed is a tip.

I thought about changing the beds but we need the storage space underneath them so it's a catch 22 situation.

dunno- but am open to suggestions

impossible sorry

Lol alot of use you two are

I think what I am needing is an extension lol.

Considering getting highsleepers but not too keen on those.

Actually my ideal solution would be for dd2 to share with dd1 and then us have the small room as a storage room.

Hmmmmm wonder what i'd have to buy them as a bribe lol.

I currently sorting our boxroom as mine no longer want to share. no idea how this will work out!

my poor ds is in a proper box room - not much you can do but we had built in furniture, makes it look like a useable space and the estate agent we had to value it last year said it was exactly the right thing to do, frustrates me though! he needs more space

I'd love to have fitted furniture in there but it is out of my price range I think. My dad could do it easily, but the dc would have left home by the time he did it.

Will have to keep thinking.

Hi I have just bought a bed for my dd for her room which is tiny!!! Needed lots of storage, and the cupboards are huge in it!!!!! It has got everything off the floor and under the bed:

www.childrensbedcentres.co.uk/storage-beds/4-drawer-high-storage-bed/0/

I bought it for dd in white but they do it in various colours, it is solid and guaranteed for 2 yrs too, photos don't really do it justice.

DS has a slightly larger room but I was fed up with lots of plastic toy boxes everywhere looking a mess so I bought this from IKEA:

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50103086

I turned it on it's side so it's long rather than tall and filled it with these storage boxes:

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70138400

Had it 2 years and it looks as good as new and always looks tidy as the boxes fit flush into the unit. they do different colours