Protruding box in a small room

3 years ago

Hi guys, I'm sure a lot of other people have had the same issue so I thought I'd ask for advice and ideas first before doing anything. I have a small room where the ceiling of the staircase protrudes into the room thereby creating a slightly awkward box. I was thinking of perhaps creating a wardrobe and shelves on top of it. I wonder what other people have done and if you have any pictures that would be great. Thanks

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M Ahmed
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Lots of ideas....couldn't resist adding my two cents. i copied your photos and did a little cut and paste- it's messy, but hopefully gets the main idea across. i'd put your sofa in front of the large book case, chair by the fireplace, tv on the stand on the wall opposite the fireplace - so you can either look at the fire or the tv. Someone suggested using frames of one color for your photos - an inexpensive way to do that would be to spray paint them all a dark color-black goes with everything. Since your shelves are a medium tone wood, display things that are dark or light so that they contrast against the wood. Limiting your display items pallette to a few values usually helps to unify things. (I think that's why so many people want to paint the shelves or put inserts in the back to help your nice things read more clearly...some get lost). If you want to "splurge" -you may consider having a carpenter make a few solid tall cabinet doors to provide a visual break in the shelving. I'm showing 3 doors - 1 on the right side of the fireplace and 2 on the left to leave two open vertical shelves for display on each side - with things arranged to frame the fireplace as the focal point. To add some height to your big vases, consider stacking some books beneath them. Enjoy experimenting untill you get something you're happy with - good luck!
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M Ahmed
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3 years ago
Ellie
3 years ago
My FIL extended the base of the box further along the wall and put mattress ontop to make a bed!
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Sonia
3 years ago
Those awkward stair boxes! We’ve got one in our bedroom and we had it incorporated with new wardrobes. It’s on the right. It couldn’t be completely incorporated as it is next to the door so we couldn’t build outwards, so we colour matched the box paint and frame with the wardrobes. I think your idea sounds great but I really like the idea Ellie has suggested!
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