Loft Space Help
Aimee Willis
3 years ago
I’m continuing to clean out the clutter in our house and trying to think of what to do next with my loft. I’m planning to get rid of all the chairs in this room, but I can’t decide whether I should replace them with a small space sofa or matching accent chairs and a coffee table. I do have a 55” tv that was in this room at one point that I haven’t figured whether I should move back into it. We just hung new faux wood blinds and was thinking of framing in the window, but i couldn’t think of curtains to drape around. The light fixtures have to go as well. The colors in my room are SW Dorian Gray with SW Sea Salt for the accent.
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PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
3 years agoI'd think about turning it into a cozy library/study. Fill the space on the wall you currently have your desk on with bookshelves and pull the desk away from the wall, perpendicular to the shelves. Get a couple of small guest chairs facing the desk, and maybe add a cozy armchair with an ottoman/reading lamp in the other corner. The current chair you have in there is too big/out of proportion for the space.
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Comments (4)We also purchased a home with some downright weird spaces. I'd use it for storage. Yours is weirder than ours! OMG! We were amazed that there was a door in the closet that went to a small room (no standing up straight) with a window and a door to a view deck, and a door to attic storage. Our weird place will have a cot and lots of toys for the Grand Kids. Yours is really weird. Our builder lost the house to drugs. It's how I explain the weirdness......... Good luck! Suzi...See Morelooking to update our small loft space.
Comments (8)Keep the cats. Eliminate the clutter of books and odd shelving by building matching bookcases on the gabled end or ends for them. Full-height, or even IKEA Billys of various heights. But matching and covering the entire wall or walls. Clean out the files and get rid of any paperwork you don't absolutely have to keep. You might be able to move it all to document boxes on the shelves. Put the desk where the light from the skylights is best. Perpendicular to the wall under the skylights might work, facing the LR area and the windows. That puts the bookcase behind you for papers and references. For the "in the eaves" storage, haul it ALL out into the loft and vacuum the storage. Get rid of the stuff you were storing "just in case", outgrown clothing and tattered storage boxes. Rearrange things in there so the stuff you need most often is close to one of the hatches, and the once a year stuff is near another. All the holiday stuff, all the heavy clothing ... whatever. Put it back in labelled boxes. Instead of a sofa bed, consider an air-bed for guests. Bring in a comfy chair for reading, maybe placed near that railing so you can sit there and see out the windows and check on the rest of the house....See MoreHow to finish carpet edge where meets empty space over stairs (loft)
Comments (3)I had the same situation in my former home/new build. I painted the stairs (I always paint risers white and treads an accent color) and did a runner up and over top step and across the loft floor. I had posts, as do you, and I used tempered glass instead of railings because I wanted to see the living room below. All around the perimeter of the room, my builder laid the same hardwood as the floor below…in my case it was Hickory/saddle stain. So have the posts ON the hardwood, not just at the edge, as in your photo. Not my loft, but this idea:...See MoreLoft space help
Comments (4)How old are your children? I think it would be a great desk/homework/computer area, and/or reading nook with a comfy chair...See More
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoGet rid of the two chairs, as you said. Move the printer to the right of the window where there is an outlet. Do you need a special table or center for your crafts or do they happen at the desk? If at the desk, then I would bring the TV back and set it on a credenza where you now have the printer. Then get a nice, comfy pair of swivel, rocker recliners and float them out in front to watch TV, read or relax. Don't let them get too big and bulky or puffy though. Keep a low profile with them.
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