Help to furnish tiny master bedroom
clairemdew
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
We have 2 double bedrooms that are pretty much identical in size - 200cm wide by 370cm deep. The placement of the window, to one side of the back wall of each bedroom, makes the rooms even more awkward. The rooms are at the side of the house and are overlooked by the house next door; they get little natural light.
We can fit a double bed longways (head to foot) under the window, but then one of us has to climb over the other to get in, as there is no room to walk around the bed, so that's no good. At the moment, we have a bed in one room and are using the other room as a dressing room, as we cannot work out where to place any more furniture/ what furniture to use in the main room. However, we would like to be able to sleep and dress in one room and use the other room as a spare room where guests can stay.
This is our double bed: http://www.getlaidbeds.co.uk/wooden-beds/low-beds/floating-platform-wooden-bed-frame in chocolate; it is new and we would like to work with it in the room. The walls were recently painted jasmine white (Dulux) so we would like them to stay. We also have a new, light beige/ cream carpet. The door is the original and has been stripped and varnished to show the original bare wood.
The space behind the door is just over 100cm wide, from the door to the wall. We can fit an Ikea Pax wardrobe behind there (we have a 100cm wide white wardrobe and a 50cm one in the spare room) but removed it as it looked very boxy and too big. At the moment we have a comfy chair there but this needs to go. We also have 150cm to work with at the foot of the bed, along the wall where the pictures are, but again, found the Pax wardrobes overtook the whole room, so not sure if an open unit would be better? Any suggestions on furniture or decor very welcome!
We can fit a double bed longways (head to foot) under the window, but then one of us has to climb over the other to get in, as there is no room to walk around the bed, so that's no good. At the moment, we have a bed in one room and are using the other room as a dressing room, as we cannot work out where to place any more furniture/ what furniture to use in the main room. However, we would like to be able to sleep and dress in one room and use the other room as a spare room where guests can stay.
This is our double bed: http://www.getlaidbeds.co.uk/wooden-beds/low-beds/floating-platform-wooden-bed-frame in chocolate; it is new and we would like to work with it in the room. The walls were recently painted jasmine white (Dulux) so we would like them to stay. We also have a new, light beige/ cream carpet. The door is the original and has been stripped and varnished to show the original bare wood.
The space behind the door is just over 100cm wide, from the door to the wall. We can fit an Ikea Pax wardrobe behind there (we have a 100cm wide white wardrobe and a 50cm one in the spare room) but removed it as it looked very boxy and too big. At the moment we have a comfy chair there but this needs to go. We also have 150cm to work with at the foot of the bed, along the wall where the pictures are, but again, found the Pax wardrobes overtook the whole room, so not sure if an open unit would be better? Any suggestions on furniture or decor very welcome!
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Luciana
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI think the room in the pic below is about the same size as yours.
Google 'narrow bedside tables' (under 30cm) or look in Ikea - they have some slim ones. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40219285/
Place them on either side and get some cute bedside lamps.
Bottom of the bed can take a chest of drawers; this one is a bit smaller than your bed: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S39021346/
Or if you want one on the side: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00214553/
Lastly, get an open unit for behind the door - again Ikea can help; see their Stolmen range: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S99875629/. Oh, and place a shelf (or three) on top of the radiator - great for storing books!
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Good luck!
PS: love your platform bed!
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7 years agoI would consider switching to a vertical radiator to help free up some wall space for furniture. We have some very flat panel minimalist designs that would work like the Dansk radiator pictured.
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