Living in a 6'6" by 6'5" bedroom...

vivatifosi

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this OP, but when you have a room that small, where things already are in the room really matter. By which I mean the radiator, door and window. I have a very narrow room (5'7") but it is longer. It works fine but I have had to move the heater from under the window as that's the only place I can fit the bed. As others have mentioned, it is worth looking at either the door opening out or having a bi-fold door.

ash28

Alibat wrote: »

Our third bedroom is around 6'6" by 7'6". It was our younger daughter's bedroom until she was nineteen and it worked great for her, it just took a bit of planning. It has the 'box' thing in it above the stairs too which didn't help, especially as it is a big one, but we stood a double wardrobe on top of it. We wanted her to have a full size bed, so she did, but we got one that looked like bunk beds without the bottom bunk. When she was small she had a desk under her bed, and also a cupboard. She had a chest of drawers between the bed and the wardrobe. When she grew too tall to walk beneath her bed we swapped the desk and drawers. We put wide shelves on the wall opposite the end of the bed where she slept and she had her TV etc on them. There was also a bookcase against the wall where the door first opened. Not an inch was wasted and she had everything she could possibly need in there. The only thing I didn't like about it was having to stand on a chair to change her bedding.

We used to have a bedroom a similar size to the one describe and complete with the stair head box.

Dismantled the box and boxed in what needed to boxed in then OH built a cabin bed starting where the box used to be. There was storage underneath for his toys when he was young - room under there for a chest of drawers too. He had a wardrobe with 2 drawers at the bottom and ended up with quite a lot of room. He also built a pull out desk/table into the frame.

As the room originally was you could fit a bed between the box and the bottom wall or along the window wall - a 3ft bed just fit either way. Building in the bed made a huge difference it meant he had space at the foot of the bed that was the size of the original box - which was large.

When we sold the house we offered to put the room back to it's original state but the buyers and their daughter loved it and asked for the bed frame to be left as it was.

OldFartPlumber

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Leigh1987

Well I'm going to look at one of the properties tonight. It will be better if it is already being used as a bedroom, so I can see the size with the single bed in. I have been looking at solutions such as sliding doors, bifold doors, changing the door to open out (the floorplan has it opening in currently), a tall bed with desk/drawers underneath it etc. Thanks for everyone's advice.

neverdespairgirl

RAS wrote: »

Interestingly the Government insist that for the terms of the new rooms allocation for HB purposes it is a bedroom even though it is smnaller than the decent homes standard of 50 sq foot.

No wonder we live in the smallest houses in Europe.

I'm sure we don't. I lived in Poland for a year, and the average family flat there was absolutely tiny, either 2 small bedrooms and a living room, or 1 bed and a living room.

neverdespairgirl

It is pretty small - I'd go for hte larger, older house myself, but I prefer older buildings anyway.

We have 3 bedrooms, none are very large. Our room and the spare room are 13 ft 11 x 12 ft, and our son's room is 12 ft x 11ft.

To make the best use of space in our 7 year old's room, he has a cabin bed with chest of drawers and wardrobe underneath. That means he can still set out his lego on the floor without furniture in the way.

OH and I also have a cabin-type bed, with 4 chests of drawers underneath, and a wardrobe each side which doubles as a bedside table. We don't have any other furniture in the room, so it feels clean and not cluttered.

MiniSis

I have a mid terrace, originally 2 bed, but an extension was out in te ba k and have a 6x6 third bedroom (along with he narrowest bathroom!) but I have two huge bedrooms too. My son is currently in the second large room, and I hve a double bed (and that's it) in the third room. He's going in to te back room with a cabin be with storage underneath and the middle bedroom will become guest/playroom and eventually a study too. He's nearly three so have to wait a while. It's perfect for us too and would easily suit a family with two children!

thelem

Leigh1987 wrote: »

a small computer desk (with a slide-out keyboard shelf to save space).

Remember that those slide-out keyboard shelves are designed for a desktop computer with a separate keyboard, and don't really work if you have a laptop.

My vote would definitely go for a raise bed with a desk underneath - it's a great way of creating a bit of extra floorspace.

addyboy1982

Our family house growing up had a 8'6x7' 3rd bedroom which was my sisters room; she had a cabin type bed in it when she was younger then went on to a queen-size with some built-in storage next to it over the stair-box.

My current house only has two bedrooms but the spare is 11'x10'3" and my room is 16'8x11'7". A lot of people convert them into 3-bed houses so one room is 9'x11' and the smaller room is approx 7'6x7'6.

It's a 1950's ex-council house so probably explains why the rooms are generous. It definitely explains why it's so well-built and cheap to run with a properly insulated loft and cavity wall insulation.

Bossworld

Had a bedroom smaller than that between age 7 and 18 (6' 3" by 6' 0"). For reference, I'm 6' 2". First few years had a bunk bed type thing with the computer etc. underneath it. Final few years of living at home just had a small single (2' 6") bed and a TV/hifi etc rack in the other corner. Had to have a bed with inbuilt drawers to make the use of the space.

The house I've bought (I'm now 25) has a third bedroom that's roughly the same as the thread title, in there I've got a single Ikea fold up bed/chair, 2 guitars, wall mounted TV. There's an xbox on the floor under the TV (the bed fits over this). On the opposite wall, there's an Ikea storage unit that runs from the window to the door when fully opened which is full of DVDs/CDs etc.

It's certainly do-able, and liveable, but your main problems tend to be the placement of radiators (if it's under the window like it is in this house, it's much easier) and doors.