Turning One Room into Multiple Rooms

Do you have two kids but only one bedroom? Do you desperately want a playroom? Check out this multi-purpose space created from just one room.

This one room with high ceilings has been transformed into three distinct spaces. A bedroom for each of the kids and a playroom. The different heights of the lofted beds make for separate spaces, allowing for privacy and quiet time. The stairs separate the main level play area from the sleeping lofts above. We love the use of the staircase as additional storage.

Via: Table Tonic
Image: RealLivng

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prehaps i am a complete baboon, what is happening with the space under the loft bed???

posted by jackied302 on January 20th 2010 at 3:53pm
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jackied302:

we wondered the same thing! Because the photo only shows this perspective, we can only imagine that perhaps there is a little play area down underneath.

janie

posted by janie on January 20th 2010 at 3:56pm
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I was wondering the SAME thing...?!

posted by ChristinaWeedon on January 20th 2010 at 3:57pm
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Looks awesome, but I wish there were more pictures. Seems like a lot of work and money to set up, though.

posted by LinnyBee on January 20th 2010 at 3:57pm
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... and you'd still have to have a pretty large room.

posted by Angus on January 20th 2010 at 4:00pm
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how do they change the beds??

posted by ifmothern on January 20th 2010 at 4:31pm
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From the text on the photo, it looks like the area under the beds is a stairwell for the rest of the house.

posted by LaneC on January 20th 2010 at 4:41pm
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Love it, but hardly a do-it-yourself... I am thinking mega-bucks!!!

posted by se7en on January 20th 2010 at 5:51pm
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I have the original magazine this article appeared in. It is a stairwell underneath the higher loft bed. The owners (in particular the husband) did nearly everything in the house DIY. They've done a great job!

posted by cokeacoley on January 20th 2010 at 9:59pm
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That is awesome!

I can see the cheap, it's even an Ikea-hack! They were incredibly innovative with an originally strange shaped room. Those stairs appear to me to be made out of Trofast Frames (You can see the grooves for the tubs) http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/10091453 Ikea even sell the shelves they've used in it.

They've added a platform under one, a bookshelf under the 2nd, a Bannister to the side and the bed rails have gone on the edge of the sleeping spaces.

Very nice indeed.

posted by jocelynaus on January 21st 2010 at 6:52am
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i would still like to see the stair well under there ;). i love this idea though. i can see it being used in a older home where they have two doors to the front porch. great office space under the loft bed. definatly got my wheels turning.

posted by jackied302 on January 21st 2010 at 9:59am
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jocelynaus:

Check out our previous post on the Trofast as stairs.

http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/look/look-ikea-trofast-doubles-as-staircase-083941

janie

posted by janie on January 21st 2010 at 11:26am
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Does anyone know what issue of RealLiving this is in? So creative, I love it!

posted by jewelsbytrifari on January 22nd 2010 at 12:30pm
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Love the one on the right, but the top loft? Not so much. Doesn't look like there's any space for the kid to sit up. Claustrophobia, anyone?

posted by yourmom on January 31st 2010 at 12:06am
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I just feel sorry for the kid with the lower bunk. Appears to be accessible by either he-man leaping up or neck-breaking leaping down.

posted by Yotobari on January 31st 2010 at 12:34pm
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