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437737 No.437737 [Reply] [Original]

Can we have a thread for small rooms/spaces? Storage, building furniture, stuff like that?

I'm moving into a new house soon and it's very small. Before this I've had relatively large, open rooms so I'm not used to decorating such a small place. The only thing I know for sure is that I will need to incorporate as much storage as possible and that I want to have a loft bed in my bedroom for added storage/floor space.

>> No.437751
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Will post some pictures of small bedrooms I have, most if not all have loft beds.

>> No.437752
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At least it's easy to find images like this, seems like small houses/rooms are "in" right now.

>> No.437755
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...although a lot of the sites and magazines I've looked at have a pretty warped sense of what they consider small. I mean I know it's kind of relative but you could fit an elephant in some of them, do these people live in mansions or something?

>> No.437758
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>> No.437760

houzz is good for these kind of pics

>> No.437763
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>> No.437766
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>>437760
Looks useful, thanks. Looks like that's where most of these came from originally.

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>> No.437823

>>437763
This is the only room that appears to have cra.. i mean stuff in it. the rest of these are good if you live on a set or have a closet the size of a bed room.

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>> No.437836
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>>437823
>>437823
Yeah, no actual human being's room looks this spotless unless they have OCD or can fit all their earthly posessions in a shoebox.

It's better to just look at the details, like the space for a hamper in >>437824 or a sliding curtain to hide junk like >>437752.

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>> No.437875

>>437737
How small are we talking, OP?

>> No.437888

>>437875
About 10x10 feet, possibly a bit smaller.

From what I've heard it's enough to cram a full size bed and a dresser in with very little walking space, which is why I'm thinking loft bed. The only good thing is the closet being on the same wall as the door, so that frees up a wall at least.

>> No.437902

>>437888
Is that the bedroom or the house?

>> No.437905

>>437902
bedroom

>> No.437914
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>>437888
wait...
you are agonizing over 10x10?
I lived in a 10x10 for ~19 years. really isnt that bad.
plenty of room.
The loft is a good idea though.

My current place is something like 11x10.
Ive got a couple feet between where the photo ends and the wall, and its mostly taken up by bookcases.

>> No.437923

>>437914
Oh I'm not agonizing, I'm just used to having a somewhat open space, like lots of walking room between stuff, so I'm looking to condense furniture to make it feel a bit bigger.

>> No.437928

>>437755
>>437763
>>437824
more like these ones that actually look like real people live in them. i have a relatively small 1br because im poor, so i cant afford all kinds of expensive ass furniture and shit like the vast majority of small house/apartment pics show.

>> No.437929
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437929

Been collecting related of late. I'll dump what I have.

>> No.437930

>>437822
what is that, a 19th century hooker's bedroom?

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#2

>> No.437936
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#4

>> No.437935
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#3

>> No.437937
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#5

>> No.437938
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#6

The now-famous Charlie's apartment, from the series 'Girls'.

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#7

>> No.437946

>>437929
>books stacked on the floor

>> No.437974

>>437931

Those step-shelves look they're designed to fucking kill you. Leave one open then step in it in the morning when you're groggy and not looking where you're going and helloooo newly broken neck.

>> No.437983

>>437974
You could just close them when you're finished with them, and get an appropriate amount of sleep so you're not wandering around your house in a sluggish daze all the time.

>> No.437985

>>437983
Yeah, that sounds like a realistic plan.

>> No.438030

>>437928
Yeah I hate seeing all these nice places when I'm broke. But a lot of it you could build somewhat cheaply, at least. If you want it bad enough, you can usually make it happen.

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>>437985
>can't maintain a basic sleep pattern
>incapable of closing drawers
>being that incompetent

>> No.438111

>>437974
Who the fuck leaves drawers open? What are you, 8 years old?

>> No.438198

Hide drawers in everything. EVERYTHING.

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What the fuck guys:
>>437939
>>437938
>>437914
>>437836
>>437824
>>437766
>>437763
>>437755
>>437758
>>437751
>>437752
>>437737

mfw when all those are larger than my 8x10 student bedroom.
What do people even need to pack in there besides bed, desk, wardrobe, chair and some shit to put clothes on (like the floor)

>> No.439677

bump

even though I have a perfectly normal house I still find these fascinating

>> No.439744

>>438221
A lot of them are solutions intended for one room apartments.

>> No.439756
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>>437737
I had one of these beds when I was atalented /diy/er It seriously rocked. Two beds, six dresser drawers, a fair sized desk, and a closet the length of, and half as wide as the bed, all in the footprint of a bed.

>> No.439775

>>437846
Amazing

>> No.439942

>>439756
But you can't put your legs under the desk. Doesn't it get uncomfortable?

>> No.439955

>>439942
your legs sit under the slide out desk thingy

>> No.439983

>>437751
I'm about to build a corner loft bed like that with the outside corner tied up. I'm 165lbs. Any design considerations to keep it collapsing under my fat ass weight? Not having posts on the ground is a major plus

>> No.440018

i have a pretty small room, 10x10, i think, but i have a taller triangular ceiling, with a ceiling fan in the middle of it, any suggestions on things i may be able to put on the walls for extra storage?

>> No.440030

Bump.

I need some ideas too. Real space savers.

>> No.440032

>>439942
this.

>>439955
Still, both shelves (monitor & keyboard) would have to come out some to get a comfy set up.

>> No.440109

>>439983
>165
>fat

>> No.440119

>>437737
i lived in a 6X9 room for about a year in my early teens, i had room for a bed and two big reptile tanks, you just need to have somewhere to spend your time cos that shit was oppressive when i was hiding from my parents friends.

>> No.440123

>>440109
Depends on how tall that is.

>> No.440183

>>437737
Where do you buy these things?

>> No.440210

>>437938
where can i get something like this done?

>> No.440239

I'd like to make something like >>437752 in my bedroom. How tall should my roof be for me to have comfortable spaces under and above the bed?

>> No.440274
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440274

geek loft bed

>> No.440284

>>440239
Depends, if you want a desk, you'll want to be able to stand upright as well, totaling about 2.5m (8')

>> No.441543

bump

>> No.441634
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>>437935
i've just fell in love

>> No.441654

you're american right?
because i just find it funny that you would consider these rooms small... they're fucking huge in comparison to the bedrooms in England... i mean, i'm in student halls and i have a 10x10 room that has a desk, bed, wardrobe, en suite, ironing board, fridge, tv, bedside table, clothes and rubbish bins, etc and there is by far more room then any person needs. but then again, everyone over here is used to small houses... i dont know what id do if i had space to walk around in

>> No.441660
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>>441654

this makes me want to stay in the US. i live in a 390sqft apartment, and i feel cramped as hell.

>> No.441662

>>437935
>hit my head on the lights
>hit my head on the metal corner brackets
>questionable clearance for cowboy position
>no clearance for doggie style

Would not bunk.

>> No.441667

>>441660
man, too much space, i can't handle it, gimme a fuckin hobbit hole any day

>> No.441671

>>441667

that sounds like agoraphobia.

>> No.441672

>>437974
They should slide back to close by themselves, look at the angle from the steps of the stairs.

>> No.441678

>>441660

>tfw 400sqft apartments are $1500/month here

>> No.441697

>>441678
>mfw a 366sq condo is 200K
Montreal condo bubble here

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>>441662
>cowboy position
>cowboy
>boy

>> No.442081

>>440032
just get a slim lcd monitor on a crane neck mount, also how the fuck did they closet work?

>> No.442092

>>440274
>Y-Wing

Ew.

>> No.442094

>>442092
I know, right? B-wing was totally the superior bomber.

>> No.442096

>>442094

True, but when I have kids, I'm making them Imperial beds.

>> No.442099

>>442096
As long as they're not gungan subs, you won't hear me arguing.

>> No.442252

Bump

>> No.442643

>>437846
Any details on this place? Floor plan or something? I love it

>> No.442685

>>437936
I do NOT trust two flat planes of plywood to take an adult tossing in his/her sleep
Not even a goddamn crossbrace?

>> No.442731

>>442685
Worry abated: it's for a kids' bedroom.

>> No.442955

>>441678
>tfw your new 720sqft apartment with washer/dryer, dishwasher, fridge, microwave, oven, and giant ass windows in a nice safe neighborhood is only $620/mo here
>tfw it's in the middle of nowhere
At least it's near a bus stop.

>> No.442999

>>442955
>tfw renting a 1400 sq fthouse for $675/month.
>tfw meth heads errywhere

>> No.443040

Question, /diy/

How does all this shit work for rented rooms? Don't landlords get pissed if you've got, y'know, giant wooden potential deathtraps hammered and nailed into walls and floors and such?

>> No.443103

>>443040
loft beds can be free standing if done properly as far as other shit if it isn't specified in the lease then your golden as long as you fix unreasonable damage before you move out. Also helps to do it right so you don't do too much damage in the first place.

>> No.443139

>>437846
>tfw don't live in a time where it's socially acceptable to live in a tinyhouse that you make yourself

>> No.443661

>>441662
>questionable clearance for cow(girl) position
>no clearance for doggie style
This is my primary concern every time the thought of making one of these crosses my mind. What kind of experience getting laid in these things do people here have? Are girls not completely turned off when they see your "bunkbed"?

>> No.444209

>>443661
I have really tall ceilings in my house, so I can do just about any position in mine (aside from any standing positions). Mine can take the rigorous movement quite easily, because I over-engineered the fuck out of it.

I've had girls that wouldn't fuck in it. But none in a "lol grow up fag" way. The only ones that wouldn't were solely concerned with fucking in a diy loft bed and then having it collapse mid way through. So you just fuck them on the couch.

>> No.444211

>>444209
But then again, mine looks similar to this one:
>>437755
Maybe if you had something like this one they'd be turned off (no girl wants to fuck in her baby brother's bed after all):
>>437935

>> No.444767

I was considering a loft bed for my tiny room for a while.
But I want to be able to have sex.