How do I arrange my bedroom?

8 years ago

My husband and I have a teeny bedroom. Everything is set, and we can't move anything like the heat register. There's a LOT of stuff making it hard to play around with the furniture arrangement. I have two doors in the bedroom, a closet, and a window with a heat register underneath it. I want to make it so I have LOTS of storage, but that's really hard with a tiny space. How do I make it work?

This is how it's currently set up. Closet space to the left, window to the right.

My husband and I thought we could set it up like this. Bed in the closet (shelves changed for something nicer to go over and around the bed), and some nice wardrobe pieces out on either side of the window as our closet/storage units (TV that would pull out is by the lower door beside a wardrobe piece). I need more floor space for exercise and general breathing space, so I think this accomplishes that. But, I don't know. I've had many ideas on how to arrange furniture, and it turns into something more inconvenient, like...on my side (the side furthest from the door), I only have about a foot or so to move on the side. So, I would be smooshed a bit. But, I don't know if that would be a big issue, considering I wake up after my husband.

Any and ALL help is appreciated! I want solutions that will last, as I don't want to put all this energy or money into something I'll only NEED to change later. Thanks!

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annkh_nd
8 years ago
Where do the two doors go?

I'm afraid replacing the closet with freestanding wardrobes will just move the storage from one place to another, and not free up more floor space. The way you have a wardrobe jammed into that little nook would never work in real life. If you do remove the closet, obviously you would take down the stub walls around it (not actually put the bed in the closet). That gains you a bit of space on your side of the bed, but of course you lose it on your DH's side.
quasifish
8 years ago
I feel for you- our bedrooms are somewhat odd in that they can only be arranged in certain ways, due to doors, windows, etc. It almost feels like the room dictates what you have to do with it :( I've made a point of just working with the most practical layout.

How much "closet stuff" do you have? Clothes and other items that you would want to store in an enclosure. I have to agree with annkh_nd that you would just be moving the storage around with the bed in the closet. It also looks like by moving the bed into the closet you lose your nightstands?

Could you put a dresser or other chest of drawers in one side of the closet? Then hang short stuff over the drawer unit in the closet, longer stuff on the other side? How about a small storage unit of some kind on either side of the door off the foot of the bed? Would you have enough room at the foot of the bed if you were to put other pieces there? How about storage under the bed? Either in a platform that has drawers/cabinets in it, or in the form of under bed boxes?

When DH and I lived in a small rental unit, we ended up putting our full sized bed against one of the walls. I didn't mind sleeping between DH and the wall, and generally got up after he did at that time. If I got up earlier, I would just go off the foot of the bed. Personally, I'd prefer the bed against the wall, to only having a narrow foot or so on the side that felt like a chasm.
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aloha2009
8 years ago
A murphy bed would solve the issue IMO.
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
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Actually, a murphy bed only frees up floor space during the day--it doesn't do anything for storage space.

My vote is this:

Get a bedroom wall unit to "frame" the head of the bed. You can put a wardrobe where each of the two end tables are, and have shelves that go across above the bed.

Here are some examples.

http://www.wwbeds.com/wallunits/ACCENT.jpg

You could mount skinny little ledges to hold alarm clocks, or hang things on hooks on the inside walls of the framing wall unit.

Or you could buy or make a set of pockets to hang beside the bed to hold stuff like tissues, alarm clock, eyeglasses, etc.

I've seen some w/ pullout trays in the side units to create a place to set your glass of water.

http://www.greatswfurniture.com/Twig_Full_Size_Aurora_Headboard.jpg

http://lumberjocks.com/depictureboy/blog/22281

http://www.wallbedsbywilding.com/wallbed-depth.php

http://www.devcenteronline.com/mck-bathroom-plan/bedroom-inspiration-wall-units/

Depending on how handy you are, you could fill that entire wall, floor to ceiling, left to right, with cabinets or storage. You could start w/ some Ikea units, and add on w/ kitchen cabinets. You just want to be sure things are well screwed together, and to the wall, so the cabinets over your head don't fall on you.

And at the end of the room, I might suggest you put your dresser so that its back is up against the footboard of the bed.
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
And of course, there's always the platform bed w/ storage drawers or cubbies underneath.

http://decozilla.com/2013/05/bedroom-storage-ideas/

One of the things on that link is a sort of extra-tall footboard/dresser/room divider. You could use a bookcase to create that as well. And if you got a bookcase the same height as whatever you do for a storage headboard, you could make a canopy between them, and it'll look like a decor choice!
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
Here's a DIY version, if you have a Kreg pocket hole jig

http://ana-white.com/2010/07/furniture-plans-cubby-hutch-for-storage.html
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
Some people make beds that lift up to reveal storage underneath--not that handy for immediate use, but space nonetheless.

http://www.hickoryfurniture.com/Calligaris-Storage-Bed-With-Deep-Buttoned-H/CS-slash-6021-GC-1000/ItemInformation.aspx
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
more: http://www.rtownliving.com/cool-storage-for-small-bedroom-spaces/white-storage-ideas-on-headboard/
talley_sue_nyc
8 years ago
Another:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c4/15/ff/c415ffbbbcb056c9ae9d10fae080fd89.jpg

http://www.leisuredays.co.uk/news/images/bk-bluebird-grosvenor-double-bed.jpg

This is *is* a murphy bed, which you don't have to have, in order to create the storage around it.

http://www.cooqy.com/stunning-murphy-bed-decorates-the-mesmerizing-small-bedroom-design-ideas/upholstered-headboard-in-creative-small-bedroom-design-plus-contemporary-wardrobe-and-wood-laminated-floor/

This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.

http://leealfred.co.uk/tag/wall-to-wall-wardrobes/

But of course, you can have whatever style of storage you need on either side of the bed. You already have a closet (and I wouldn't mess w/ that; I'd leave it as a closet), so maybe you -would- be happier w/ open shelving, or shelves w/ doors, instead of deep-enough-for-hanging-clothes wardrobes.

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