Help on "twins" bedroom layout! Pretty please!
Looking for layout help and ideas for my girls - ages 4 and 5, not actually twins :) We just moved and are trying to get situated. We actually have enough bedrooms for them to have their own, but they really LIKE being together in a bedroom. So, for now I'll have a craft room and later if they want their own space, we can change it up.
Currently they have toddler beds, but very soon we will move them to twin beds. I'm thinking something like cute, simple, white headboards with no footboard. Bunk beds are absolutely out. I'm open to the idea really short headboards, daybeds or really any bed that's not a bunk bed ;) Also - if I can't find exactly what I want, my husband will build it for me. So the bed design can be almost anything. Oh, and I don't plan to put any other furniture in the room, except maybe a bookcase. We keep all their clothes in the closet, and try to keep the bedroom to only stuffed animals (my youngest has an excess lol) and books. Though I am open to the idea of putting in a small area for toys in the future and/or maybe nightstands.
I'll show a pic of the room with their toddler beds positioned approximately where a couple of my layout ideas would put twin beds. Obviously crib mattresses are smaller, but this gives an idea of how it would look.
First a blank layout
Layout Idea #1
-What I don't love about it is one girl gets what would turn out to be a kind of cool built-in bed under the window and the other doesn't. I also want the beds to match in style. One, I like the aesthetic better, but more importantly I don't want any arguments over who gets which bed ;) I DO like that it leaves so much of the room open though. With head on long wall I could even give both nightstands.
Layout Idea #2
-I'm not usually a fan of headboards in the middle of a room, and I'm having a hard time actually picturing how it would look! But I like the idea of leaving that little nook area open for reading pillows and a short bookcase or two.
Layout Idea #3
-I'm sure one would kick the other in the face and/or bug each other all night.
Layout Idea #4
-Essentially eliminates the little nook area, but still leaves open floor space between the beds toward the closet.. But I like that the beds are both facing same direction.
Layout Idea #5
-They'd have to get out of bed by going to the bottom of the beds, and they'd have absolutely no private space. So I think it's out. But I included it because maybe it will spark an idea.
I would love ideas and feedback!!
Comments (8)
mshutterbug
6 years agoI guess I'm too wordy because it wouldn't let me include my inspiration pics :)
So here they are...
Inspiration for window bed. Though I could just do a regular headboard, which would help with my desire for the beds to be matching...
Allamanda Cottage · More Info
Layout 2 - harder to find inspiration pics because few people stray from the "headboard on a wall" idea :)
Old Village - Mt. Pleasant · More Info
Layout 3 - looking at this, I know this is out. But then again, maybe they'd like being so close...
My Houzz: Duncan Residence · More Info
Layout 4No specific inspiration... most have the beds side by side because the room is square.
Layout 5 - definitely out, I think neither would sleep well being directly next to each other. But it's a cute idea anyway!
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PROMDLN
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHave you considered putting both beds on the 167" wall? Twin beds are 75" long, could build a 2-sided headboard to put between them (would use nicer beds).
mshutterbug
6 years agomshutterbug
6 years agoGreat ideas! I did think of that but thought it would block closet... with a 2-sided headboard I think it would still only leave about 12" between end of bed and closet. But it could work. This is approximately how blocked it would be..
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MDLN
6 years ago mshutterbug
6 years agomdln - this one? Seems like a pretty good solution! Puts the "headboard" on a wall and I could do same thing on other wall. And it leaves the nook area open. I wonder though how they'd do...if they'd toss and turn into the shelving...
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MDLN
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoYes, both are from the Wayfair site.
When I first saw it I thought that too, but do not recall ever tossing & turning into the wall when my bed was next to it, as a child.
Know you said "no bunk beds," but how about loft beds?
MDLN