Design dilemma- Tween room
For my daughter’s 11th birthday, we want to give her bedroom a bit of a makeover.
Our challenge is relating to storage, room arrangement and lack of wall space due to full length sliding doors and an awkward opening of a wardrobe door that intrudes on valuable wall space.
I don’t think we can rearrange the furniture (but open to ideas!) - ie the bed needs to stay against the wall where it’s currently located and the desk needs to be opposite the bed.
So I’m thinking our only option is to get a narrower and possibly lower shelf next to her bed so we can better centre the bed and give her more room for a better bedside table.
I’ve been looking at the Koala tall/narrow shelf as an alternative which would provide an additional 30cms in width and is quite a bit lower.
But would love and appreciate any advice and open to all ideas!
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3 years agoBee Phillips
3 years agoHi Austere :) I think loft beds are brilliant and would solve so many of the space issues but the double is her preference as my husband and I still do story time and often fall asleep with her.
I was also thinking of some lower and narrower profile shelving in place of the bookcase next to her desk - like photo below but they are tricky to find at the 100wx80hx28d dimension.
Long term, custom joinery of combined desk and low bookcases would be great but a bit out of the budget range right now.
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