Re arrange my room5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() You can still appreciate the classic, masculine look of the headboard from the other side of the room. It still gives Robert a place to toss his keys without risking a lamp in the eye. Robert also loved that we centered his desk under the window so he was no longer staring at the wall while he worked.Īnd now, instead of the practically walking into the side of the dresser upon entry, the bedroom door opens to this much lower-profile nightstand. A few other helpful changes were swapping out the large office chair with a lighter-looking one (borrowed from elsewhere in the house) and positioning the matching table lamps on either side of the space for a more balanced look (and consistent lighting throughout the space). ![]() The biggest difference was moving the hulking headboard out of your initial line of sight and exposing more of that big back wall to let your eyes “breathe” a bit when you first enter the room. Not bad for a no budget switcheroo, eh? Cleaning certainly helped a lot, but here’s a rough floor plan to show you where furniture arrangement really made the difference (note: Robert’s bedding is in fact a blue and brown combo, but it somehow looks purple in the pictures): Here’s the rearranged result (from the same view): So in about 45 minutes we cleaned, rearranged and spent absolutely no money to give Robert a more spacious feeling furniture arrangement. We noticed that it also felt crowded when you walked in – the biggest piece of furniture (the bed) stared you straight in the face while the tallest object (the dresser) practically bumped right into you as you entered. Robert had two main complaints about his room: (1) not enough space to move around and (2) an unused corner that collected junk by default. Here’s what his room looked like when we arrived (we didn’t really give him fair warning to clean up – but at his age I wasn’t exactly obsessively organized either). He was just struggling with a way to functionally cram all that serious furniture into such a modestly sized space. ![]() And the budget? Zero dollars and zero cents.įor a guy just out of college, Robert has a pretty sweet townhome and a surprisingly grown-up bedroom set. So when my little sister Carrie recruited us to give her boyfriend Robert a hand with his clunky bedroom layout (after we spruced up her living room last fall) we were totally up for the challenge. But then again, most guys don’t list “furniture placement” among their interests. Most guys don’t log time with their sister’s boyfriends by helping them rearrange their bedrooms. ![]()
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