If I could afford all those customized storage units and innovative hvac systems, I probably wouldn't have spent money on a house with a tiny bedroom in the first place.
Even if you don't, an "unexpected" earthquake hundreds of miles away😂, CAN knock stuff off! Happened 3 times when small quake in Southern Illinois, a big jolt way up in Wisconsin.... one corner of house, sounded & felt like a bulldozer hit it.... stuff flew off a corner cabinet; and one time from fireplace mantel !😊
@@mothermcready4417 I absolutely belive it. I'm in California so we get LOTS of earthquakes, but our buildings are reinforced for them. I can only imagine how scary and damaging they are in places that don't experience them often and don't have reinforced buildings!
You're not wrong. I (stupidly) have a KS bed in my tiny c17th cottage. I can _just_ about squeeze around the far side to make the bed, but it's always awkward and I always hate changing the bed linen because of it. Also, you can forget me ever wanting to turn the bloody mattress!
@@kwiwj17731 If it's a decent mattress - like a ViSpring for example - good luck with moving that about unaided every single week. Your osteopath might thank you, maybe... Also, if it's a couple, the novelty of crawling over your partner every time you want to get out of bed, rapidly wears thin. 🤔 Ultimately, the OP is correct - this is a sh1t piece of design/layout, I'm afraid.
In their defense, the cabinet is above the headboard, not the actual mattress part. But I agree, stuff over your head i dangerous (can also make you feel safe though. I had my desk over my bed for a while mattress very low, practically on the floor, never felt better sleeping. It was only temporary cause I had visitors, but I left it that way for quite a while after. I did hit my head a couple times though. I eventually fixed it to my normal arrangement again, I still miss it sometimes, regardless of how stupid the arrangement was)
I'll never forget the person who had a hotel art frame fall on their head while they were sleeping and they developed lifelong debilitating epilepsy afterwards
Probably the main reason to have the double bed out from the corner is because two people are sleeping in it, and both need access. Climbing over the other person isn't always welcome (particularly in the morning if one of you is getting up before the other has to). EDIT: I absolutely can't believe how long this comment thread has gotten. It's been over a month and still scarcely a day goes by without another notification popping up that it's been extended again. I guess it's a very identifiable thing for a lot of people; everyone wants to throw their 2 cents in. :P
These small bedrooms are usually kids. Also, we have a huge family bed on the floor against 2 walls in a small bedroom. Hubs sleeps next to the wall and just gets out using the foot of the bed. If you have mobility problems, not a good combo unfortunately
I've had beds against a wall with my partner and I actually prefer being between my partner and the wall. It feels so much cozier like a fortress haha. I just stand up and down the foot of the bed. Mobility might be a problem for some tho.
@@dodgek5270 Might even be a problem for *you* in another 10 years, and a worse problem 10 years after that. ...but if so, that's something you can adjust to then, so no worries.
Simply install those appliances in a ceiling cavity, and build a false floor two feet over the original, to gain a free 150+ cubic feet of extra storage area. Every bedroom you own has the extra storage space of a medium-sized shed with this little hack!
A proposal from someone who has never changed the sheets of or shared a bed shoved into the corner with another person. To leave even a 15” aisle next to the wall is a huge improvement in functionality with minimal impact on the other space in the room.
Thanks for saving me all the 1 finger typing 😊 Nobody wants to wrestle a mattress every week. I've never hung anything over my bed!!! Don't have a death wish that involves either a natural or mechanical disaster.
Speaking as someone with a double bed in the corner: It's not exactly had to change the sheets or even flip the mattress, (spinning a single top mattress is annoying, but that's a given).
Um. If I may. Am I gonna crawl over my husband in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom? That’s why people (adults) don’t put their bed in the corner.
@@Cloudy_SkieZ1 This is pretty clearly a design for a single occupancy bedroom. That means the whole "but climbing over people" argument is moot. It's also implied to be being designed as an older child's room. Also: As strange as it may seem to people who are all "you have to find a romantic partner and live with them," some of us are single and quite happy that way.
We got earthquakes. Never put something that can fall down over your bed. This includes locked wall hanging cabinets, the whole cabinet could still fall down with if a huge quake happens.
I feel the same way. I live in a place with far fewer earthquakes, but I still wouldn't risk it. There are no heavy things or shelving above beds in my home. The most I've ever felt comfortable with is a lightweight painting.
yup, that's why i don't hang anything above my bed anymore. woke up to my paintings falling down on my head once, and there wasn't even an earthquake. so never again, not paintings and definitely not shelves.
That's my first thought too when I saw that I was like nope. Grew up in Los Angeles I don't want nothing above my head shoot I'm even paranoid about the ceiling fans.
Some ppl only have 1 room to do all these things, plus children love their own desks in their room to do their homework. I would have loved it! My bed is on wheels, so its easy to scoot it out to change.
Before designing. Learn to care for a space, make a bed up against a wall. Clean the room etc. It really changes your perspective on design and finishes.
@@hinoron6528it's great that you don't have executive dysfunction (and you probably also have floors where you're fine moving the furniture weekly.) this is likely not true for many
And that isn't even touching on how you'd be bumping into wardrobe doors and the built-in desk and chairs constantly while trying to put the quilt cover on, or tuck in the sheets
Honestly as someone who has lived in this exact bedroom, I spent years with my bed against the wall because I thought that was all that would work. I randomly decided to move it to the middle one day and it was such a massive improvement on experience, game changer I can never go back. Bed has to be accessible from both sides.
Many disadvantages have been already pointed, here's one more. Having a window behind a monitor is awful for most tasks you will be doing on that monitor, especially if you're on sunny side. It's extra eye strain, perception of color and contrast will be changing throughout the day, it makes it harder to clean and difficult to access, if you want to open/close it, it might be either too hot or to cold to be around windows in some climates.
@@incaseofimportantnegotiationsonly blackout curtains would fix some of the issues that I listed. And it has to be one of 3 colors, white, black or grey. Good luck with using artificial lighting all day every day, adding that extra bit to your energy bill. Any type of curtain will also make the window even less accessible for cleaning and opening.
@@grapiegrapie4234 i use pink and soviet velvet standard and serbian flag. well i removed soviet and serbian flags oh no LED lighting. i pay 10$ per month. but in last 2 years i pay 0$ per month. the window is opened alright
@@incaseofimportantnegotiationsкогда лишусь работы, переду туда, где не светит солнце и нет смены сезонов, ослепну и полностью потеряю эстетическое чутье, обязательно воспользуюсь этой схемой, спасибо 🤝
I agree. I have that and I end up closing the window during day and turning on the lights. Its horrible position. But the opposite is also bad! I had that as well. The screen gets reflection from light. There is no win for computer screen and natural light. Mine is even a bit to the sides, but since the wall is white, it bothers a lot. I guess the best way is a high up window. Also yes, much harder to clean, but I guess americans are used to it? They put the bed blocking the entire window.
Ah yes, lets put shelves above the headboard. So high up that you'd have to stand on the bed to reach anything on the bottom shelf. Hope you have good knees, ankles, and balance! Otherwise you're gonna fall over and splatter your brains on the desk.
AAAAAAbove the headboard cabinets with GLASSSS. Hell yeah, let's sleep CALMLY with all that open storage and noise all around you and let's not think about hanging cabinets falling down on your head.
Thats only if you tuck blankets into the side of the bed which is a waste of time imo, just keep it separate because theyre gonna get removed when you sleep anyways.
Not really. I live in an old (early 1900s) apartment and my room is small. About 5 years ago I moved all my furniture in my bedroom to the corners so I can have more space to walk around and I make my bed everyday. I recently moved my bed about a foot away from the wall because last summer we had ants in the that window but even when my bed was flush against the wall, I was still able to make my bed easily.
Getting a fitted sheet on that corner of the mattress in the corner of the room is an awful chore if the bed is larger than a twin. And stuff a comforter down there too? Noooo. Sheets have to be changed twice a week. That’s a really awkward set-up. Maybe if I had a housekeeper. They’re smarter than me and probably have a clever method.
I think the convenience of extra space and better storage makes up for the inconvenience of moving the mattress to change sheets once every two weeks or so
If your bed is in a corner it’s more difficult to change the sheets, and your partner will have to crawl over you or scoot to the edge to get off. But if it’s in the center of the room it just makes mobility around the bed more comfortable and your partner has their own side to run and escape from.
Totally agree, all my life I swore by the corner bed and then I started living w my partner and its actually rage inducing to have to climb over or off the back 😂😂
I hung up a shelf above my bed once. Thought I did a good job. I did weight tests, and set my things on it because it seemed sturdy enough. Waking up with it next to me and a goose egg on the top of my head told me never again.
@@waves.of.change30as someone who lives in the california valley i agree but if you are able line up your shelves with studs you should be good but if not i understand how it can feel risky. I wouldn’t feel safe with having shelves so close to me in drywall.
@@idonotdosarcasm- I understand the desire for more space. I'm a big fan of generous floor space, and in the guestroom I love to provide an easy chair and/or a little workspace depending on who's coming. That's really hard to do in one of our bedrooms. But I'm not gonna make guests crawl over each other to get out of bed or make it any more work for me to change the sheets. If I had one bedroom and no floor space and really wanted that floor space, I would put the bed on wheels so it's easy to make it up every day and change the sheets every week. As for heavy shelves over your head, it is a terrible idea. Just a small two shelf unit fell after being secure on the wall for 15 years, no earthquake, nothing particularly heavy in it. If it broke the toilet (it did) it could sure smash someone's head or internal organs.
@@LucklessGun there are several issues with this particular overbearing shelving additions making the small bedroom uncomfortably tiny.... in interior design, first thing I learned was how not to over-furnish any room.
Why you ask? Well, because it makes it impossible to make the bed in the morning, and limits access for one of the two people using it. You're welcome. Now put the bed back in the center where it belongs.
@@Droid6689 I don't believe that "making the bed" is a skill you can be good or bad at, it's about *recurring* chores being practical and convenient to carry out 😉.
Bookshelf above the bed?..how you get the books that high nor store them up there whenever needed? Also, when earthquake strikes all of that could fall over their heads or the whole bookshelf, not really a safety-conscious plan.
most people in the world are lucky enough to live somewhere that doesn't have earthquakes, it's ridiculous to expect every room design out there to fit your region's peculiarities
Interior designer here. Let's always remember the space to open doors and pull out drawers. I think the space under the beed is more practical than above ones head.
@@arched8982 You may have a point there 'why not have both?' But in my opinion, is preferable to not have things above your head in the bed area. It can be overwhelming. But well, it depends on the person I guess, if they don't mind much having shelves/furniture above their heads. 😊✌️
If your bed doesn't have a foot-board, like mine doesn't and the ved in the example, why not exit at the foot if the bed? I prefer it to climbing over.
@@cannonrange9977: Or why not install a system of ropes and pulleys on the ceiling and exit the bed that way? For those that can't tell, I'm being facetious.
@@loriar1027 Our walls are much bigger and isolate much more. There for you need to create a air flow between your wall and any item. You lose alot of water when you sleep so your bedroom need alot of attantion for this.
Umm, rhe center positioning allows both persons occupying the bed to independently get in and out without disturbing the other person. Also provides for reading corners for both. This only works for a one-person bed.
1. If you want a nicer bed that is thick it’s pretty difficult to 2. It’s a pretty expensive setup to do that 3. Very difficult to do in a renting setup
I ha e yet to see one of these videos where the design wasn't super awkward. You have to stand on your bed to get ro those things! And it might fall on you. At the least I'd have nightmares about it falling.
Great idea, putting a giant shelf unit over the head of the bed, which is unusable unless you walk on the bed. Never mind that it and its contents will kill you in an earthquake. And the "design" 💯% ensures that you cannot make up the bed or change the sheets.
ya. my bed is same way. sheets arnt a problem. (I even have a small shelf above the bed, but 1) it has door so its more of a cabnit. and 2) I only use it for stuff I probly wont pull out for a while (its mostly old computer parts,a few stuffed animals,things I just want to not think about but I cant bring my self to toss)
Why can't the bed be placed on two walls? Making the bed is harder. It's harder to get out of bed if there are two people in bed and it's claustrophobic. Vacuuming is harder, and the wall can get dirty.
Why people kept saying this :') i change my bed sheet a lot of time but have no problem with bed leaning against the wall, also it's not like we changed the bed sheets 1x every single day
This guy should be forced to have his bed positioned against the wall exactly like he has shown in the video and then be forced to make the bed every day.
It’s usually in the middle so that both people can easily get into bed, the person next to the wall is going to have to crawl in from the bottom underneath the duvet/blanket 😂
Land ownership is 3x more expensive then it was for our Parents and Grandparents in the 60s but the dollar has lost 3x its value meaning if you want a home/land to own, you need 3 full time jobs to pay what only took them 1 full time job to get.
If my years on RU-vid shorts have taught me anything, its that you have to take into account where your bed is relative to the door. When you put your bed like this right next to the door and the fact that the door opens from the side of the bed. You get alot of bad "energy" coming from that door when trying to sleep. So. Now you know!!
@@UniqueGeekFreak In this case I'd say on the wall parallel to the door with the head of the bed closest to the door. You can also add curtains to the window so as to not have the sun in your face in the morning. Then i guess you can have a night stand on the right and the closet in front of the bed with a desk right next to the door where the bed is in this video. But i guess thats just preference. Edit, when i say closest to the door i mean towards the wall thats adjacent to the door.
Right: Because children back then slept in twin beds, which were much easier to make. Also, playing is kids’ priority - they don’t care how practical or aesthetically pleasing a room is.
Everyone talking about changing sheets or crawling over the partner, and here i am, not being able to sleep so close to the door that's facing me when opened
Most if not all of my friends as a kid, including me, had their beds in a corner. Quite common for a child's room where only one person will sleep in the bed, but every adult I've ever known to try that with a double to try and maximize space hates it so much. One couple I knew said the bed placement was the biggest problem in their relationship and the main reason they had to move from their old apartment, because they just couldn't stand climbing over each other to get in and out of bed.
Exactly! I would also add that there is no bedside cabinet on either side of the bed for essentials like where to place your glasses when you go to bed, an essential requirement when you are short sighted.
@@dacorum8053 Well, I always sleep with my glasses on, have done since I was 2 or something like that. My mom told me they tried taking them off me once I'd fallen asleep, but every time I woke up I would start screaming, and then one time she forgot to remove them, and when I woke up I was quiet, so she did the experiment and found that if I had my glasses on me I was alway quiet when I woke up, but if I didn't I would scream and cry, so they just let me and now it's just second nature and 0 discomfort for me. But I do agree you need some kind of bed side storage, to keep things like a book and an alarm clock (or your phone if that's what you're using) and maybe a water bottle so you don't have to get up if you wake up dry-mouthed.
Also there is the problem where the air-con is an actual radiator under the window (not everyone lives in US) and the door is exactly opposite to window which will make that wall unusable when it comes to putting the bed against the door. Great ideas for that particular space.
I would like to be able to acces my window to open and clean it every now and then without having to climb on my desk. That's why as an answer to your question!
Cleaning the window is only an inconvenience every now and then. The main reason why not is that it's inconvenient for the partner sleeping next to the wall to enter and exit the bed. Like needing to go to the bathroom at night? Or having to get up earlier than the person sleeping on the other side? Or even just getting to his side on the bed, period. Are you going to roll over several times from the left side or are you going to crawl in from the foot end like some toddler? Now imagine being sick one day or with a broken leg. Also, those cabinets that high above the bed are no substitute for a nightstand. How are you supposed to comfortably reach those books? Let alone keep a glass of water there? You'd need to stand on the wobbly bed to reach there.
I don't live in an earthquake prone area, but I'm still paranoid about the hanging cabinets above the headboard. Instead of a separate cupboard for bedlinen, store them in drawers under the bed. Too many vertical cupboards in a room makes it stuffy, which kind of defeats the purpose🤷♀️ Lastly, um this might sound stupid, but it helped me so...Don't keep a lot of books in your bedroom if you're allergic to dust.
Not true at all. My partner and I live in a small shared bedroom in a double bed, and to optimize space we have our bed up against the wall, otherwise all our stuff doesn't fit. We live in an apartment with a roommate so space outside the bedroom is limited also. We are fairly large human beings too but we make it work.
I usually don't comment on stuff, but when i was watching from start to finish, the question i had the entire time was "Where am i going to put my TV??"
I built a 3m long bunk bed for my daughter with storage and tv at either end, put a bedpoke computer/study table below it with wardrobes either end. Buikt a lower bed/storage unit with a storage unit steps for her to access her bed. Worked great, I built everything, themed it with dolphins.
3m is approx 10 feet. Are you sure that's what you mean? (This is one of the reasons I hate the metric system, the units are often not particularly intuitive and people often stuff them up.) Or are you referring to the sort of construction that is roughly the size of a room in and of itself, I saw a video about one about 5 years ago. The commercial version was something like $20,000 and, as other people have commented in relation to this bedroom design, if you can afford it, you could probably afford a bigger house.
@@resourcedragon Yes 10ft long, I built a bookcase behind her head rest, it looked like two whale fins, also some hideaway storage with fins as handles for her personal stuff. My daughter liked to read. At the end of the bed I made built in CD storage and a TV platform. Below was a computer table that was shaped like a whale's tail and the wardrobe doors had a dolphin cut out in the door. Previously in another house I built a bed of similar size and hung it from the ceiling with a rope ladder access. The table this time was of a dragon wing and body with the rest of the dragon body and head on the walls in mdf. Painted, the head was similar to the Dragon heart dragon. These cost me a few hundred dollars in materials and a little bit of love.
On paper this looks nice - but what if you like having a door open to see what's going on in the hallway? With the bed facing that way, expect mini frights when people just walk in without warning. You'll have difficulty hearing them with a sound barrier right next to you.
Aren’t there any other rooms in this abode? Why does everything the resident owns have to be stuffed into that tiny room? Also, the closets are deceptive-there’s no way two closets fit in that corner at that size. And why would one need two? Why not one closet against one wall?
To everyone in the comments, I think we should just assume this design is for single people without mobility issues. _Obviously_ if you share the bed with another person a corner bed is a hassle for the person against the wall, so just arrange the bed in whatever way works best for you. There isn't a rule that you have to follow this video! If functionality/mobility is a concern, then you obviously won't arrange the room like this.
But the bed in the video is a 2-person bed, it even has 2 pillows placed for 2 people. And as far as I can think of, there is absolutely no reason to put a 1-person bed in the middle of the room, I doubt many people do that (of they do they are idiots 😄)
@@PrincessNinja007 As another single person without mobility issues who's used to having a tiny bedroom, I think this layout is fine (minus the shelves above bed) but meh, at the end of the day it's really just up to personal preference.
Dont hang book shelves above bed (can fall down in case of earthquake). Dont put desk in front window (laptop gets wet, you cant reach it to open, in case of fire it will burn first blocking your posible exit). Place bookshelves above desk in corner, and slimer shelvs on walls.
I agree with everyone. Nothing should be mounted over your head in an apartment. And having the bed against two corners makes it dirty quicker,. You don't need a desk in your bedroom, its all luxury. Even the a/c is extra, unless there's no central heating in the room.
@@incaseofimportantnegotiations no it's not , bro feng shui is not a religion. It's science! It is true, having a door behind your back while you're at the desk wil keep you unfocused, you'll feel nervous. It is true. It's just the way our bodies work
@@incaseofimportantnegotiations I don't believe in the "spiritual" aspect of Feng Shui but I do think there's some lessons to be learnt. Having your back facing the door, pointing feet towards door, not having a good moving pathway, etc. are all things that we can look at and improve. The entire hanging crystals and whatnot side I'm not into, but using things like carpets to anchor furniture to the room makes sense. If you believe that this can't be extrapolated, however, please abandon the calendar system that was made by Christianity and other various things like government and holidays.
People have problems with beds to walls because according to them you have to jump over people to get out, but instead you actually have to slide down. Its not that hard it takes 2 scoots down.
Good feng shui indicates that if the bed is meant to be shared by two people, each one needs to have comfortable access from their own side. That is why beds are traditionally placed in the center. Some customs do make more sense.
Always preferred this for any bed for a single person. Very comfortable. Creates zones. Also with a less wide bed, you can effectively use more of the surface with a wall on one side. It was very common a few hundred years ago when beds were often sofas in the day, set up against walls. You can also section a bed off from the room a bit with light drapes from the ceiling. Super for small living.
I’ve always placed beds in the corner like that to maximize on walk room, no matter the size of the room. The only downside is you have to learn to make the bed without walking along the side next to the wall. You get use to it though. It’s not that difficult. Just don’t forget to pull it out periodically to thoroughly clean underneath.
Good luck going to the bathroom in the middle of the night without waking the other person,... You automatically vete one person to not have a cup of water by the bed, put phone under pillow, not having a night light ...
Turn the bed , so the head board is at the door wall The walk in space ( from entering at the door ) becomes the side of the bed Then utilize the head board space
And place lamp tables by each bedside to protect you from the door, through which the monkey and/or cat would try to attack your toes. 🐒🐈 So… NOW YOU KNOW. 😃
What’s crazy is that I did this exact design without focusing on the details. I just wanted more space and now it feels much nicer in my opinion. It’s pretty good having a desk with a window in the back.
Its not. The light is at your eyes, while the screen of the computer is dark, because the light is on the back of the screen. I have that. I end up closing the window and turning the lights on during day.
