How would you furnish this small kids’ bedroom?
My sister is pending on this house. The two bedrooms pictured are for her 3-yo and 1-yo. They hope to stay at least 10 years with no additions or major renovations.
How would you furnish the office to accommodate a young/growing boy’s bedroom?
Their lifestyle is casual so he won’t have many or any formal clothes to hang.
i don’t see a good way to combine the rooms, which have large windows to the rear. There is a heater under the window but they’d be open to moving/capping it off.
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this is a very desirable city location so they know it’s small but the lifestyle bonus is worth it.
one of the kids basically hates sleeping so they’re probably best off in separate rooms.
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3 years agoThank you all for these great ideas! You know I never considered hooks but what a great idea for young kids, easy to hang up their clothing and can hang storage bags on them as well.
i sent my sister some ideas from IKEA
And I like this inspiration photo as a way to go up ... but it does look very climbable for a toddler
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amykath
3 years agoThis is in now way boyish but the layout could work. Her windows would be on the right hand side. I love this layout. Super cozy!
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just_terrilynn
3 years agoPottery Barn has some great inspiration.
At first she can get away with a little tot bed while getting the other things together to take the child well into the tweens.
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3 years agoSpeaking of getting things together, here’s what happens when the bed you ordered is a month out but you kid decides to be done with his crib NOW.
does this guy look familiar??
suero
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mama goose_gw zn6OH
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoFor a small child/toddler transitioning to a larger bed, I'd build an enclosed bed to fit the crib mattress. It would be built to convert to a closet for hanging clothes and coats, with drawers on the bottom and cubbies for storage on the top. When the child is big enough to be comfortable in a regular twin, I like the captain's or trundle bed style.
I built similar beds in what was supposed to be my guest room, then when my DD and SIL moved in, the beds instantly converted to closets. I made my own mattresses--longer than a crib, but shorter than a twin (IIRC they are 32"x72"), which are stored against the wall, behind the hanging clothes. We now have curtains hanging across the fronts--DD keeps her 'closet' closed; SIL never bothers. Here are a couple pics of the bed/closet side of the room, before the newlyweds moved in five years ago.
On left, almost finished, set up as bed. You can see the hanging rod and curtain rod:
Vintage shutters were added to cover the slide-out trays at each end (and to provide privacy if used as a guest room). Bed on right used as hanging closet--you can see the mattress against the wall in the pic below. Adult size shirts and folded slacks on hangers easily fit, with space for shoes below. I made the bed decks in three sections, so that the sections on the ends, above the trays, can be removed to accommodate longer adult clothing lengths.
There is a full sized bed on the other side of the room, behind the camera, with space for another small bed in an alcove (where you can see the cradle). The alcove with the changing table/quilt rack is just wide enough for a crib. The room was set up for a visiting family with small kids, but instead of visiting, they live here. And the cradle and changing table have since been reclaimed for their original uses. ;)
My beds are built into the knee-wall, but in a room with a full-height ceiling, cubbies for storage (with or without doors) could be built above. As the child grows older, the dresser could be replaced with a desk.
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rubyclaire
3 years agoI've always liked these acrylic shelves for books in a kids room - even if space wasn't an issue.
So nice your sister and family will be even closer!
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