I showed you pictures my daughter’s room when I explained that we bought a neglected 3 bedroom house and converted the large bedroom into 2 smaller rooms. The kid’s bedroom you saw in that post was the right hand side of the original room. Here I’ll show you the left-hand side of the same room. Now it’s a spacious, separate bedroom. This detail was a large part of our complete extreme makeover.
As you can see, the light fitting (for some bizarre reason) was in the side of the ceiling. The old window was nailed shut because it was faulty. This old-fashioned, odd bed head took over the entire wall on this side of the original bedroom. This picture was taken from the far side of the room, which is now a separate bedroom.
Converting 1 bedroom into 2 kids’ rooms - bedroom makeover
All the carpets were removed, and the wooden floors stripped and oiled. The wall paper were all removed, the walls cleaned, holes filled and sanded. Painting then commenced.I obviously can’t take the new picture from the same angle, since there is now a separating wall blocking my view. This image and the one below is of the same wall you see in picture number 1.
The room is now large enough for ample storage, a bed, an armchair, a chest of drawers and bits and bobs - boy’s stuff. There is a cupboard behind the wall on the left side of the old bedroom in picture number 1 (it’s now green and is at the head of the bed in picture number 3 below). It was originally the airing cupboard which housed a giant-sized hot water tank.
We’ve now put in a new boiler elsewhere, so this cupboard is used as a wardrobe. Along with the chest of drawers at the foot of the bed, the room has more than enough storage space for a child.
If you like the headboard, go to this page to see how I made it - Make Your Own Headboard
The bedroom is big enough even for an armchair in the corner. The stuffed toy sits in it when the boy is away 🙂 Ultimately, this additional bedroom one of the best decisions we’ve made for the house. New windows and stripped, polished, wooden floors make the room secure, warm and easy to clean. After all, he has to do the cleaning himself.
Go here to see more pictures of the other renovated rooms in the house.
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I have young kids, and these are great ideas. We thought of doing a makeover of our kids bedroom, having more storage for their toys so that to keep the place tidy and clean. Of course, I am obsessed of storage since I am in the storage business. My wife also agrees on the same thing. As the kids get older, they have more and more toys and books that would sometimes be a hazard to them (they trip and they fall). These photos are great to start with in our plan for the makeover.
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I see what you mean when you said that you made the right decision converting one big bedroom to two smaller ones. Great job in decorating the kid's room, but am I seeing photos of just one bedroom? When can we see the photos of the other room?
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