Keeping clothes in a room on a different floor

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So I am currently tearing my hair out trying to make our bedroom situation work. We've got three bedrooms on the first floor (two doubles and a single), as well as a bathroom. The house also has a velux loft conversion with an ensuite. But the layout of the loft room is so bonkers that you can really only have a double bed in it and maybe a chest of drawers. We promised the DC ages ago that we'd take the loft room and they could have a double bedroom each. We would actually prefer that because then we'd be further away from them, able to shower in peace etc. I have now pondered over the layout of the loft bedroom for weeks and can't find a solution that doesn't end up with a crammed room where we'd be hitting our heads constantly. Adding a dormer/extending in some way is not an option btw.
I am now considering if we should just make the single bedroom into a dressing room/office. However that would mean either wandering the halls in our dressing gowns or being organised and choosing clothes the night before and taking them up with us. Is that a stupid idea? Has anybody got a setup like this?

It sounds tricky but not impossible. Could you have a small stand or something where you keep a selection of clothes? Can you post pics of the room in case anyone has loft room storage ideas?

Yes I do this and it does work.

If you don't want to choose clothes the night before, keep leggings/ t-shirt/ caftan in the bedroom for after showers / walking corridors.

I do this- my bedroom and bathroom are on the 2nd floor and all my clothes are in my dressing room on the first floor. Necessary because it’s a tall, thin house, so there’s no room for all three on one floor. It’s fine, I just go to the dressing room at bedtime and get into my night clothes and dressing gown and then go upstairs, and vice versa in the morning- get up, shower, then go down and get dressed. Not a problem at all.

I would rather have a hanging rail in the bedroom and some drawer/shelf storage (may need a carpenter to build in) but basically in the eves.

maybe a wardrobe in the office room for special clothes, for occasions where it's fine to specially get it & take it upstairs, but for everyday clothing, no, not for me.

I tried that but found it’s ultimately far more annoying and frustrating to have to remember which of two places a particular item might be in, and get it wrong half the time, than to just know that everything is in the one place.

You sure you want to move up to the loft? Above, and further away from your kids?
We did. Hated it. Felt kids were somehow vulnerable being on floor below us ... couldn't hear what was going on in rest of house etc. It all felt a bit unsafe. Moved back to first floor.
Maybe just us ... but it didn't work.

Yes we have this. Loft bedroom has an ensuite but no flat walls for a wardrobe. We have a small rail for immediate clothes (and being honest, a chair as well), plus small chest of drawers for underwear. Wardrobe is in small spare room on first floor. Works ok.

You can get rails to fix on sloping walls like this

I'd make the ultimate walk in airing cupboard come storage room there but also look at what small cupboards could be fitted in the loft. Nothing wrong with wandering a bit in your dressing gown .

If it really is the only option then you'll make it work.