I have a very small master bedroom: 12 x 12 with a closet that measures 3 1/2 x 2. Two walls have six foot long windows and another wall has the closet door and the door to the 1/2 bath, that is equally small. The fourth wall has the door to the room.
So there isn't one wall in the room that is uninterrupted. Finding a place to put our bed has been difficult. We've had it placed on every wall possible, but the room is so tiny. We're having a difficult time finding space for the bed, the dressers, and a vanity.
The vanity is a must, because the half bath is so small there's no way I can do my hair or makeup in there. Plus the swamp cooler is in that room so when it's on it's like trying to do hair in a hurricane.
Any help or advice would be great. I'm looking for storage solutions, layout design, and decorating advice. Thanks in advance.
I agree with louel53. We have a very small bedroom and took the closet door off to make things easier. To keep things looking nice and neat, we put up two panel curtains on a tension rod in the space used for the door. The door curtains match the window curtains so everthing looks like it belongs.
First of all, you are not going to fit all that furniture into the bedroom and still have room to move -- dressers are big. Take a wall and either make a full-wall built-in or hang a curtain from the ceiling about 2 feet out to cover shelves that you've built to hold your clothes. This floor-to-ceiling "closet" will hold lots of stuff and take little floor room. By doing this, you will only need to add the bed and vanity to the room.
Consider placing the bed on an angle if it helps. You may be able to do this and add the curtain behind it (floor-to-ceiling) for out-of season clothing storage. I'd also skirt the bed and use the storage space underneath it for clothing storage boxes.
If you are super neat and organized, You could remove the closet doors. Visually, this makes the room appear larger. Then perhaps you could put the dresser inside the closet? I would put the bed in front of one of the window walls.
Use two sets of curtains on each window. The lower curtain set remaining closed, while the upper portion lets in natural light.
This could be the wall where headboard of bed could go or put the dressers in front of each window and vanity inbetween if there's room enough.
With a small room, clear plastic containers with lids can be used for storing things under the bed or closet. Add a shelf unit in the closet if it's tall for more storage area.
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Request: Organization Ideas For Small Bedroom (07/15/2009)
I'm 14 and I have a very small bedroom that never seems to stay clean. I have a twin size bed, a small 3 shelved book shelf (that is full) and a dresser type thing.
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I'm 14 and I have a very small bedroom that never seems to stay clean. I have a twin size bed, a small 3 shelved book shelf (that is full) and a dresser type thing. I have very little room on either side of my bed, but still it seems to just get messy. So if you have any organizational tips that will be easy for me to keep track of that help it would be greatly appreciated. I can't start to decorate my room until my organizing gets better.
Kayla
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You can organize and decorate at the same time. You can cover shoe boxes with fabric that fits your decor, for instance. The key to organization is "a place for everything and everything in its place" pile all your clutter and see if you can organize it into categories (including what you can get rid of). Once you do that you can assign everything a place (a labeled place). Then adjust your daily habits: never put anything down anywhere except for its assigned spot. Then you will never have to de-clutter again, because you will do it one small item at a time.
By guest
RE: Organization Ideas For Small Bedroom
If you have space under your bed, be sure to use it. But get rolling carts or bins so that you can easily get to your stuff so things don't get shoved under and forgotten about. My son (also 14) has two of these under his bed and uses them for items he doesn't need everyday. He also put one of his dressers in the closet to free up floor space and has plenty of open shelves (rather than a book shelf) that are attached to the wall that go almost all the way to the ceiling. He uses these for books and displaying his "treasures".
We also have a door organizer on the back of his door that holds his laundry basket and has pockets for gloves and hats that he can grab on the way out of his room. A magnet board holds important papers and notes, but a whiteboard or cork board would work well, too. Use bins with lids that can stack to keep like items together like school supplies, collections and hobby items. Hope this helps you out in some way. Good Luck. CB (10/28/2008)
What we did was make my bed into a loft. It takes a bit of construction and planning, but it gets the bed off the floor and allows for more room for other furniture or cubbies to help you organize. (10/29/2008)
By Marie
RE: Organization Ideas For Small Bedroom
I too have a small bedroom and I have 3 doors in the room, 2 of which swing into the room. I have to keep the door to the bedroom open, but I put up curtains in the doorway for privacy and insulation. Basically I have to keep the room around my bedroom clear so as not to block traffic. Even with these limitations I have found ways to keep things organized. I am in the process of renovating my closet with shelving units based on Schulte storage designs (http://www.schultestorage.com/). I'm getting my supplies (metal brackets, screws, shelf supports, wood and dowels) from the hardware store and designing a configuration to suit my needs.
You may not have the closet space for this, but you might have the wall space to build up, as long as you don't live in earthquake territory. If you can build up shelves along your walls, you can make them decorative by putting curtains or fabrics on them with some strategically placed Velcro strips. I also use 2 small plastic dressers as nightstands. They each have 3 drawers that can work as excellent storage, too. Overall, get creative and think in new ways. I'm constantly going to Apartment Living, HGTV and the Style Network websites to get ideas, and then tailoring those ideas to fit my budget and needs. (11/08/2008)
I've found that the key to keeping things where they belong is to make where they belong wherever it is you happen to keep them. If your coat is always on the floor by the door. Put a hook right there, it's just as easy to put it on the hook as it is on the floor. If you always read in bed, make sure you can reach your bookshelf from your bed. I have my hamper right by my bed because otherwise, my floor will fill up with dirty clothes. My hamper is in exactly the spot that I was putting my clothes. (11/23/2008)
