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Furnishing teen boy’s (small) room!

HU-118000932
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

Help! I’m not good at this stuff. I need to furnish my son’s bedroom. Attached is my rough plan of it.

ideally we need storage space for clothes, books, a bed and a desk.

any suggestions?! Any advice gratefully received - even if it’s where to put the bed! It’s painted a light grey. Thanks in advance!


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  • PRO
    Detail Movement Interiors
    4 years ago

    Hello again!

    Thank you for uploading the image. From what I can tell it's quite a small space and to fit all the items you wish, it will be a bit tricky. However, off the top of my head you could use a single bed with storage underneath (if you are thinking long term, you could opt for a full size bed in length-I don't know your son's age so I am not sure if this idea fits for you right know). You could use wall bookshelves to store books and a desk.

    Alternatively, you could opt for a wardrobe instead of the desk. It depends if you have extra space for clothes or the desk in another part of your flat/house.

    You could also opt for a two in one type of furniture, perhaps a wardrobe or bookshelf that has the bed integrated (that can be opened and push back up again). However, I don't know if you'll have any room left for anything else.

    Again, this is all just indicative to give you an idea as I don't know the details of your home or project. The best thing you could do is try and have a play around with masking tape on your floor (if that works) and recreate the dimensions of the pieces of furniture you want in the room. That will give you the best idea of how much space you'll use up and how crowded it could get. It might just be that you end up having the basics (as it is a small room indeed).


    Hope this helps!



    Comments (13)

    • PRO
      Detail Movement Interiors
      4 years ago

      Hello! There is no plan attached. Could you possibly upload it again?

    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/ng8u3MznXvXP3tXe8Py5RpEVrZRMHBQeP39ALsAdl4l

    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      Couldn’t Attach the image for some reason?!

    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. It really is small so very difficult to place furniture! X

    • rinked
      4 years ago

      You have just about the same layout as my boy's room!


      How much space is there between radiator and the 215 wall?

    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      Really? The corner is quite annoying! It’s approx 83cm. Would interested to know what you e done with your son’s room.

    • rinked
      4 years ago

      Well, currently he's 4 and still sleeps in a toddler bed (150x70cm) against the top wall.

      The 'niche' against the bottom wall is the only place we can fit a 'big bed', and it's just 2005mm.. Fortunately there's 98cm between wall and window, so a frameless bed would hopefully fit. Otherwise I'll have to build some sort of chest, 38cm deep, to come flush with the chimney, but then the bed would have to go to the left because of the radiator, preventing the wardrobe door from opening.. I don't want the bed to go sideways in front of the window, for it will need to much floorspace, as the top wall is the only place we can put a desk (or trofast boxes for now).. On the left we've already placed an open bookcase (billy) and 100+50cm wardrobe (pax 40cm deep). The chimney has a concrete base sticking out, which we can't remove, so have to work around that too. Already lifted up the bookcase on top of it, closed off the bottom part.

    • rinked
      4 years ago

      Would it be possible to get a narrower (+thicker) radiator?

      How far from the floor is the window sill?

    • rinked
      4 years ago

      Here is my layout in your room:


      HU-118000932 thanked rinked
    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      Thanks so much for your advice! It’s a small space and annoying that there’s that weird corner. Still he‘d rather move in there than share a room with his younger brother any longer! Thanks for your help.

    • PRO
      Brandler London
      4 years ago

      Interestingly enough Sam Potter had a similar situation and there were some great ideas posted to her thread which you can find at https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/5719375/tiny-student-study-sleep-space

      HU-118000932 thanked Brandler London
    • HU-118000932
      Original Author
      4 years ago

      Thanks so much!

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