Theater room vs bedroom
Jess K
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Boy's theater bedroom ideas needed...
Comments (10)One idea..make a feature wall (maybe behind the bed or the opposite wall?) Paint a BIG rectangular box in silver metallic (the 'silver screen') on the wall..with red velvet drapes on either side and a valance over the top of the screen. Within the silver screen-you could highlight 8x10 pics ..or larger..of famous movie stars he admires-all in the same black frames. By placing a bullet or can spotlight on a dimmer over the wall-it will certainly showcase it. Maybe a lamp place could use an old projector & make a lamp out of it. If you can find a bunch of old movie reels-a grouping of 6-8 of them over a dresser or chest-or behind his bed-would look great also...paint them silver as well? Perhaps even stencil a length of black film amid the reels..there has to be a stencil of such somewhere-but easy enough to make your own. Oh and in front of the "silver screen"? How about one of those thick red velvet ropes hung from 2 silver poles on a round base..(used to hold the crowd in line.)...See Morebedroom vs. dining room
Comments (20)We actually did this, although our home is two levels. We turned a second back bedroom on the main floor, adjacent to the kitchen, into an open dining. Our LR is a little larger, about 13x21'. BUT we do acknowledge that we reduced the value of the house, going from 3bd down to 2bd. For us this was not a huge concern, as it turned out, but for others who are trying to maximize their RE return, it might be. I will say that long narrow LRs are not a pleasing use of space - I use one end of the LR for a full-scale business office - and I think that many buyers would probably prefer to see enclosed bedrooms with a LR/DR combined into one. The term used out here is 'dining nook'. We had a little more flexibility because of the upstairs/downstairs layout (840 sq. ft. each floor). We were able to put a full master bedroom and master bath suite along with a huge storage/laundry area/utilities room downstairs, giving us two full bathrooms. We've been told by RE agents that having an updated 2/2 puts us on the low-end of 3/1 sales, because it's so expensive to remodel baths and kitchens out here. If there is no room for a second bathroom, keep the 3 bd layout for maximum value, would be my suggestion. That is a different proposition than maximum LIVABILITY....See MoreUpstairs vs downstairs bedrooms
Comments (10)Just to offer another perspective....I would consider using the upstairs as your actual bedrooms. It doesn't sound like huge house, and if you use the downstairs rooms as bedrooms, the upstairs could become space that you rarely use. It might be nice to create a playroom and office space on the first floor. Not ideal to go downstairs to the bathroom, but certainly not awful, and to me it would be worth it to have a more functional, fully-utilized space. A big consideration for me would be the bathroom right off the nursery. Time goes by quickly, all of a sudden you have a toddler, who knows when the day is that he can suddenly reach the doorknob and get into the bathroom. Very dangerous. I know you don't want to do anything major, but does the layout lend itself to closing off the bathroom door to the little downstairs bedroom and creating one to the largest bedroom? Also, keep in mind that whatever you decide, it's not impossible to switch it around if things aren't working. No one likes to lug a bunch of furniture up and down stairs, but it IS possible!...See Moresingle flush mount vs pot lights for bedrooms?
Comments (0)Hi! We are currently building a home and we have 2 small bedrooms and a den that need lighting and I have no idea if it’s a smart move to go for a single flush mount light or if we should do pot lights instead. Current situation: we live in a one bedroom home and our bedroom is around 110sq ft. We have 4 dimmable pot lights. We have never used lamps or any other source of lighting. We also have no flush mount lights in this home - all pot lights. I ask which is better because I have no “experience” with flush mount lights and since the rooms are so small, maybe it would be enough? The bedrooms are ideally for me and my husband, and two kids below 8 years old. If you look at our layout, we only have a few windows for the room. LED Flush mount we are going for (we are not open to changing this to something else): https://www.matteolighting.com/ceiling-lights/flush-mounts/m13702bk/ Rough sizes of rooms are 85-90sq ft. Image of layout: https://imgur.com/a/R3RGNgylayoutflush mount Note: it doesn’t matter to us what “looks” better. It’s more of functionality as we would like a clean and bright rooms :)...See MoreJess K
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