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Sounds just like the same thing we've been discussing for our son's room.
When we pull the trigger I'm drawing up the plan/idea for my cabinet guy. I'm going to get him to build it out of MDF- and paint it.
Build it in modules so it's easy to transport- and lots of stowage- sorry, storage. My nautical side took over for a moment!
Good place so look for attractive but cheap euro-asian furniture would be West Elm and IKEA. Neither will be heirloom funiture but will definitely fit the bill for cool enough for the teen and something you won't shed a tear over sending off in the Good Will van a few years from now.
Are you placing the beds adjacent to the 10' walls or the 14' walls? If you place them along the 14' walls you'll have half the room as bed space and half as sitting area. Placing them along the 10' wall gives you a nice usable space between them but its tough to make good use of that 3'x3' area at the foot of the bed (especially if you are dodging door and window placement. Using trundle type beds might also help if you can avoid also having dressers in their. A bed, a bean bad and desk space for each child can typically get the job done.
I work in an area where alot of the high $ homes are actually the tightest on space and this issue comes up a lot in regard to shared rooms. I've even seen people stack all the kids in one room & use another as a play room when was no decent compromise to giving them equitable space within rooms.
Good place so look for attractive but cheap euro-asian furniture would be West Elm and IKEA. Neither will be heirloom funiture but will definitely fit the bill for cool enough for the teen and something you won't shed a tear over sending off in the Good Will van a few years from now.
Thanks for the West Elm tip. Already checked IKEA. Hope West Elm has something I like.
If not, I was considering having them custom built like K'ledgeBldr plans to do.
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Are you placing the beds adjacent to the 10' walls or the 14' walls? If you place them along the 14' walls you'll have half the room as bed space and half as sitting area. Placing them along the 10' wall gives you a nice usable space between them but its tough to make good use of that 3'x3' area at the foot of the bed (especially if you are dodging door and window placement.
I considered running them the entire length of the 14 foot wall but the room heating is along that baseboard. Instead, I'll put one on the 10 foot wall and the other on the 14 foot wall. I plan to use a big square table for the 3'x3' section in the corner. There are no windows and doors in that corner so it should work out.
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Using trundle type beds might also help if you can avoid also having dressers in their. A bed, a bean bad and desk space for each child can typically get the job done.
I don't want to use a trundle. I need the beds to serve for as much seating space as possible. My teens live in their room and always have tons of friends over. No room for bean bags. Need to have dressers because there is no closet. I'm buying two super tall dressers and placing them side by side along one wall. Then I need an entertainment center to pull all of their electronics together into one place. Plus a desk is super important too.
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Originally Posted by mrpeatie
I work in an area where alot of the high $ homes are actually the tightest on space and this issue comes up a lot in regard to shared rooms. I've even seen people stack all the kids in one room & use another as a play room when was no decent compromise to giving them equitable space within rooms.
The reason I'm running out of space is because I'm taking in two teenagers within the next few weeks. Their families kicked them out of their houses. One is a boy and the other is a girl. I need to bunk the boy in my son's room. They are best friends. He still has a year left of high school so he's going to be staying with us for quite some time. Just want to make it comfortable for everyone.
I would loft the beds and then put some beanbags or futons under them for sitting space, much like you see in college dorms. That will give you a lot of room for friends and the beanbags/futon are a lot easier to sit on then a bed.
Hopes, I don't want to rain on your parade but have you been to west elm or just looking online? IMO west elm has some GREAT designs, love the look of their stuff but the quality is very very shoddy. I would say between west elm and Ikea, Ikea has far better quality, which isn't saying much especially since west elm is much more expensive.
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