Help me do up sons tiny room

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My 3 year old son has the box room - it's 6 ft by 7 ft so tiny. He has a toddler bed and at some point I plan on putting a cabin style bed in there. At the moment he has a chest of drawers but I would prefer a wardrobe. I was thinking of a single wardrobe with two horizontal bars. I have found this but it would take up quite a bit of space ans is ££ for me. Any ideas? I was thinking of a cupboard I could paint and then have the rails fitted. I am going to paint the room white (well cream as white is a bit stark) and thinking of the dulux spave and light range. Any experience? Any other ideas on how to look like there is more space?

I am not sure if boys use wardrobes that much. Would you use it as a general cupboard? Or do you just have a much smarter DS than I do?

Or the Ikea leksvig linen cupboard used as a wardrobe? Put two rails in? Has a big drawer at the bottom too.

As its the box room is there space over the bottom of the stairs that you could make into a fitted cupboard?

I agree that a hanging rail for a boy is not as handy as a chest of drawers or shelves. You would still need drawers or shelves for vests and knickers and socks.

I would also paint it white, touch ups are easier if little fingers are none too clean.

My poor ds has to share a very pink room with his sister at the moment. I can't wait to get decorating a room for him.

Sorry I just checked your link and there are naughty drawers in it. I think its nice. But how much of your ds stuff would you hang up?

Sometimes I change my ds clothes three times a day. No way I am ironing any of it.

I have this fantasy of opening the wardrobe door and seeing a line of neatly folded trousers and tops hanging - all in colour order of course . At the moment he has a drawer for tops and one for bottoms and it drives me crazy as I can never see what's in there. I like the idea about the over stair cupboard. Just not sure about cost.

Another option is to have the DCs share (DD ages 5) but am thinking this may not work long term.

Maybe a low loft bed? It is not very far off the floor.

the room will not hold a twin bed, right? you could have a bed custom built, but I'm unsure of where you get a mattress. ah--you could buy a foam one and trim some off.

My dd has a similar sized room and there is a cupboard over the top of the stairs. At one point it must have housed the hot water tank. It had shelves in it and DH took one shelf out and put in a hanging rail. This leaves plenty of space above to store bulkier things.

She also has a chest of drawers from Argos, the Scandanavia range, that you can paint/stain/whatever. I use some metal mesh storage baskets from the Ikea Antonious range to put under her cot for toys etc.

I have a girly pocket organiser type thing that hangs on the outside of her cupboard door fot socks etc. This still leaves plenty of floor space.

My ds is in the titchy room here - similar dimensions. he has an over stair cupboard, it is a marvel. Full depth shelf at the top with rail underneath, half depth shelves at the back underneath that. Can fit TONS in there (think of the width of a stairwell).

Having said that he doesn't wear much of the stuff that's hung, it tends to be formal wear and out of seasons jackets/coats and stuff bought in the sale for him to grow into. I find drawers far more useful for day to day stuff. You can fold/stack tops and little trousers so they are all visible in drawers.

His bed is under the eaves (full height at head end) and has underbed drawers. Under the window he has a chest of drawers and a ikea trofast unit for toys.

Off-white has worked well for us for making it feel more spacious. Just try to keep some floor space clear for playing.

I would buy a thukka shorty bed now. you can get them with the drawers,desk,book case for the cabin bed but while your boy is 3 you can have the furniture free standing and the bed low. Then put the bed up with furniture underneath to make a cabin bed when he gets bigger. The shorty bed makes a small room look more spacious. You can then get an extension to make it into a full size single later on.
This bed is in GLTC catalogue and is also sold by a company called Rainbow wood who have an internet site.

We have this set up plus a wardrobe carved into the space above the star.

2 of our dc have this size room.
One has a high sleeper with sofa bed and an extending desk under. There are pigeon hole type shelves under the desk. He also has a bookcase.
The other has a daybed which sits quite high, so has baskets under and a bookcase, but there's also room for a 70 cm wide wardrobe. When she grows will also get a flip up worktop / desk made. There is room, but when open it'd block access to the wardrobe if it goes where I think it should (under window).

Could your son use a wardrobe in another child's room or your spare room? Our DS1 has a lrge fitted wardrobe which he shares with DS2 who has a much smaller room.