Hi, from my experience she will hate the ladder up as she gets older as it will remind her of being young and she is just about to go through a time where privacy and personal identity are everything. She will need something that will span the tween years like the built in beds others have suggested. Get ready for the door slamming years my friend!!

yes I like the jungle idea possibly, though not sure if should keep with ivy as it matches whats currently there.. , not sure about the shelves or seating by the TV though. In the room next door there is an an 8 seater table, and a kitchen island, so its not as though this is the only place to have seating I guess. I like the ideas of natural look, almost Japanese, bamboo, bringing the garden in, just having difficulty with which wall colours, what to do with the post? keep white or make a colourful feature of it, and also what colour sofa bed, rug, paint on the walls to make everything blend in. It's so difficult, can't go for a lightish sofa, as it would just get too dirty, but I'm open to all ideas and very very much appreciate both yours and Rukmini's I have no idea how to put a room pic together like that so it helps massively. They have a lot of friends round, so a comfy rug /beanbags are also great, as long as we can also put them somewhere away too, so they're not in the way

I’m not too sure which way right is on this photo but for storage, have you considered a wardrobe? It doesn’t have to be fitted but if it was it would really maximise the storage space. Since the room isn’t massive stick with white or other light colours. I would recommend a full size wardrobe not really low kids ones because soon their clothes won’t fit in it! The low draws could make a really cool seating area if you add some cushions. To display their items a shelf could work well anywhere in the room. Make sure any storage works hard and the potential wardrobe has space for all their clothing. Hope this helps!

Not thought about draws there instead … but this could work a treat. The radiator, is under the window at the moment. I was proposing to move it to the location on my plan - as the window position is rubbish with a bed in front of it. It creates a gap, heats up the side of the bed but not the room and provides a hot shock in the morning on your leg! I was planning to put in a very small vertical (best heating) to take up the least amount of space - not wedded to the position in the plan though.