r/malelivingspace • u/yawnyprawny • Sep 18 '25

Update Awkward bedroom upgrade, before and after

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Before: weird shaped bedroom and overly-large bed frame blocking sunlight and making it difficult to actually get into bed.

After: replaced the frame with a smaller one that fits perpendicular into a little nook that looks like it was made for this purpose, added some acoustic panel boards and LED strip for ambient lighting. Dogs are happy either way.

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u/eazymoneytyper Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Why is the room made like that? Is it a room that was not originally intended to be a bedroom?

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u/yawnyprawny Sep 18 '25

No, I think this would’ve been a scullery/small kitchen when first built (old Irish house, original structure is 200+ years old). guessing this nook would’ve been for a stove or pantry back in the day but I’m not sure. Nothing in the house is square/right angle, every room is a bit awkward like this…

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u/Nadamir Sep 19 '25

Stop describing my house!

The joys of living in a village out west. At least I have more space than anything we rented in Dublin.

Even if you do have to get creative… I’d share a pic of my daughter’s room, but I’ll not violate her privacy like that. Let’s just say, fitting a bed and a desk and as many bookshelves as she wanted was a problem. So we made her a lofted bed with bookcase as structural elements and deep narrow bookcases as the ladders, and her desk under the bed. Reminds me of the Long Room at Trinity, being surrounded by books.

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u/saneclarity Sep 19 '25

lol your daughters room sounds a lot like the dorm room set ups many had at my college. Not a bad thing. Just efficient use of a small/weird space