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Dividing a bedroom into two, can it work?
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Is it for siblings to share? If so, could you do something low cost like this: Teens room gets makeover after IKEA store inspiration - IKEA Hackers
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No it's got to be two separate rooms ideally0
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My stepfather was a builder by trade and we had to move into a two bed house after parents divorced. He built a stud wall, but divided the rooms so there was one larger room and one very small room. It had just enough space for a single bed, with a tallboy chest next to it. There was a small hallway, on the other side of which he built a wardrobe for the smaller room. A folding door was used instead of a normal door in the smaller room. It worked for us but not sure a buyer would be impressed.0
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I looked at a 5 bedroom house, when researching the area before viewing next door looked identical but was 4 bedroom.Turns out the master bedroom was split in 2. It worked in that property as the room was big enough to make 2 rooms of a reasonable size (I don't think you need massive bedrooms).I think the issue always is how you access the bedrooms.May you find your sister soon Helli.
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So glad you put this thread up OP. We are planning on splitting a large reception room into two to use as an office each for me and my husband. Is it only the windows that need Building Reg compliance?0
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Cleverest way of doing it was in a carpentry book I saw ages ago. Someone had made two bedrooms out of a larger one. The adjoining stud walls were vertically staggered so it was built around a pair of bunk beds, each bunk belonging to a separate room.
In one room the bed was under some fake cupboards hiding the neighbouring room's bunk and the other room the bed was up a ladder above some fake cupboards hiding the first room's bunk.
Very common in Japan apparently, where they know a thing or two about saving living space.
A bit like this: https://www.mattressnut.com/bunk-bed-room-dividers/There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0
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