If being cooped up at home during lockdown taught us one thing: indoor space is precious. Being stuck in the same walls is frustrating, especially when you don’t have room to breathe!
Unfortunately, you can’t add space without extending, but you can make more efficient use of space by rethinking the rooms in your home.
Multi-functional rooms are an excellent way to make your home more liveable, and bedrooms are the most versatile spaces. This article will explore creating a multi-functional bedroom in the post-pandemic world.
Clever ways to free up space
Your bed, wardrobe, and dresser are immovable bedroom elements, but you can downsize without losing practicality. For example, you can get a narrower and taller chest of drawers or a small double bed instead of a double.
Instead of using lots of small furniture, use one more prominent piece of furniture that serves two or more roles, like a dressing table that doubles as a computer desk.
Store shoes and clothes out of sight. An ottoman bed has a lift-up base to unlock more storage, or you can get a bed with built-in drawers.
Hide your TV out of sight with a TV bed, or fix it to the wall. Install tiered shelving for your games console and electronics.
Keep clothes off the floor with a washing basket, get an overdoor hook hanger for dressing gowns, and get a coat wall hanger.
Pictured: Birlea Brompton 4FT 6 Double Fabric Bed Frame, Available Online on the Bedstar Website.
Separate spaces with lighting
Lighting is a simple way to create different zones in your bedroom for various activities, and you can do it cheaply!
For example, you can hang fairy lights above your TV bed to soften your sleeping zone and install a coloured spotlight above your desk to create a work zone.
Think about your tasks and tune your bedroom lighting for these tasks. Reading zones will benefit from amber/warm lighting, work zones can have cool lighting, and games zones can have dynamic multi-coloured lighting.
Make use of 2-in-1 furniture
2-in-1 furniture doesn’t just free up space; it also simplifies your bedroom’s layout and creates a sense of utility. Here are some ideas:
A dressing table that doubles as a workstation
A laptop stand that serves as a table and workstation
A buffet with storage for your games and accessories
We recommend multi-purpose furniture for small bedrooms because one piece that does two jobs is a surefire way to free up space.
Pictured: Kaydian Design Walkworth 4FT 6 Double Ottoman Bed - Oatmeal, Great Multi-Functional Bedroom Furniture.
Turn your closet into a space-saving office nook!
If you want a bedroom, office, and closet, converting it into an office nook is an excellent use of space. If you don’t need to hang clothes in your closet, it makes sense to use them for something useful!
Here’s how to do it:
Remove any unwanted cladding, shelving, and rails.
Measure the internal space of your closet with the doors closed
Buy a computer desk that neatly slots into the space
Buy an office chair that lets you close the doors properly
Install an electrical socket for your peripherals
Install a spotlight that illuminates the nook (or use a lamp)
Install tiered shelving for your office accessories
The only sticking point with a closet office is that the doors might not close appropriately with your office chair. You can remedy this by choosing a narrow computer desk with space underneath your office chair (measurements are crucial).
Have some bright ideas?
If you’ve completed an exciting bedroom makeover to create a multi-functional space, we’d love to hear about it! Share your story by commenting below.
