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By Lori from Chicago, IL
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06/16/2010
Your furnishings should be the smallest that will do the job, making the room look bigger. We used to have a queen bed and the room looked tiny, the double opened it right up. Then we painted the room yellow and that made it look bigger too.
By
05/30/2010
Be minimalistic. What can you really do without? Re-locate bulky things such as full length coats, or out of season clothing, or change of bedding to either one of those vacuum the air out of them bags or to another room/closet. Also, be brutal. Donate to those who are less fortunate. Another thing, think vertical. So many people only look at waist to eye level and at what can fit under a bed. Baskets, bins, and even tall furniture that is more slender will help keep your room from looking too cluttered. Also, although queen size beds are nice and roomy, a double can do just as well. Or have a futon, or another converter type furniture. Murphy beds and trundle beds (my Grams had a trundle bed that looked like a single, but the other mattress came sliding out, and hooked to the first bed, making a double bed. It took both single and double size sheets (depening on the obvious). It could also go into two single beds.
I am sure there are websites and magazines for small spaces. HGTV used to have a show dedicated to it. I am not sure what the name of it was, but I did catch parts of it from time to time.
I agree with previous posters. Light, streamlined, and mirrors.
Good luck.
Peace
KLS
By
05/24/2010
Use light colored paint on the walls, limiting a darker color for the wall the bed is on. Use a large mirror to reflect the light from the doors around the room. I would stay away from any tall furnishings, this will make the room look more cluttered. Use floating side tables for a more spatial feeling. Find storage containers to slide under the bed, you can buy stilts for the bed to raise it more also.
Lastly: simplify your wardrobe so you do not store items that you will not be wearing again. And use whites on the bed, pillows and sheets with a colored comforter rolled to the foot. Good luck:)
By
05/24/2010
I live in a beautiful penthouse, only 450 sq. ft.! I bought ELFA basket storage system from Container Store and placed them in a closet eliminating the need to use a normal bedroom dresser. My closet is half baskets and half hanging space. Baskets systems can rack up to almost five ft. high (14 small drawers or seven deep drawers) and as wide as you choose.
By
05/23/2010
I would avoid lots of fluff: ruffles and lace and the like. I'd use straight lines and simple fabrics. I'd paint the walls a very light color (actually I'd choose off white) to enlarge the space. I would try to keep pictures limited to the walls and then only a few.
I am looking for ideas, suggestions, testimonies of DIY bedroom makeover for a boy, age 12. The room is on the small size. He is sleeping on a full size futon, but that is really taking up too much room. Storage/shelves are really needed, it is a very unorganized room. I also need to make it exciting and clever. My budget is small. I won't have a problem figuring out curtains, bed covers, etc. I just need some practical ideas on how to make a small room more functional.
By Arlinn
By garnetgirl9
07/26/2011
Do like the college kids do and put a twin bed on top of two sturdy bookshelves.Somehow anchor the bed in place on top of these bookshelves and anchor the shelves to the wall. Place a desk, chair and shelves under the bed. He may need a ladder attached as well to get into and down from his bed.
I have a pretty small room. The walls are bright and colorful, but I have a bed, a desk, a wide dresser, and a tall dresser. My room's so crowded so I put one of my dressers in my closet. Please help organize my room!
By Michaela J.
By yoder178
09/21/2011
Buy some risers for your bed, they will raise your bed so you can put boxes under it; they are cheaper than buying the roller drawers to go under and will allow more stuff to fit under the bed. You can also buy over the door shoe organizers to fit over your closet door, you can organize shoes, socks, scarves etc. in this. Also you can put double rods in your closet to hang tops and bottoms in your wardrobe.
Hang your purses on the sides of the closet or use your storage shelf. Belts can be hung on a hanger and earrings can be organized by using a mesh attached to a fancy frame and hung on the wall. Socks can be thrown into bins to put in the bottom of your closet or under the bed. Good luck.
I live in a room very small; any organization ideas? I don't have much clothes and not much "junk" per say. Oh and I'm fourteen so keep it limited!
Thanks for the help!
By Charlie B.
By cdoss
01/06/2012
I raised my bed with the little feet you can buy at home improvement and organization stores and have plastic bins with lids for some clothes that I wear only about once a month and for some craft supplies. I like the plastic clear bins with lids as the keep dust and our pets from getting into my things.
In the past, I've used the boxes that office copy paper comes in to organize items. They are sturdy, have lids that fit well, and you probably know someone who works in an office who would be happy to bring you a couple of boxes home. Another thing to consider depending on what type of closet you have is how the shelves and bar are arranged.
Sometimes moving the bar a bit lower and adding an extra shelf, or spacing the shelves closer together, can help a lot. Of course, how easy and inexpensive this is to do will depend on how your closet was put together to begin with. One more thing, you can hang a rack on the inside of your door to hold shoes. Even if you don't want to put your shoes in the pockets, you could put hats, gloves, socks, etc in there, freeing up precious drawer and closet space for other items.
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 a very small master bedroom: 12 x 12 with a closet that measures 3 1/2 x 2.
I have a small bedroom and cannot seem to come up with a good plan for organizing it.
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