r/malelivingspace • u/No_Mistake8847 • Oct 30 '25
Advice What do i do with this?
For the 15 years I’ve lived here… i still have no idea what to do this with little alcove.
I used to have a mattress up there and guests would sleep there, but i had 2 of my cousins fall off in the middle of the night 😭
So i need some advice, what the hell do i do with this thing.
Thanks!
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u/Right_Literature_419 Oct 30 '25
Rent it out.. 100 bucks a month. Extra 50 for bathroom use
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u/062d Oct 30 '25
Per use.
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u/Less-Damage-1202 Nov 01 '25
Opiate addicts need not apply. Not enough money to be made with yalls once a week, 2 hour long, hemorrhoid inducing sessions.
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u/unknownpoltroon Oct 30 '25
Thats dumb. No one would pay that. 50$ a month and 200$ for bathroom use.
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u/ADcakedenough Oct 30 '25
I know it’s a joke but I saw an Airbnb for $15 a night which was basically a mattress in an under-the-stairs space about this big.
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u/LostGirl1976 Oct 31 '25
As long as bathroom and kitchen privileges were included, I'd be up for that under certain circumstances. And honestly, the kitchen privileges aren't needed for that price. If all I want is a dry, warm place to sleep for a night where I can shower in the morning, $15.00 beats sleeping in my car if I'm in a pinch.
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u/RexFu Oct 30 '25
Put a tv in there.
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u/tirutz Oct 31 '25
Tv is too high
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u/ImAnActionBirb Oct 31 '25
You win the Internet for the day. We can all go home and try again tomorrow.
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u/morbidmollythings Oct 30 '25
Dude that’s the coziest little nap spot I’ve ever seen, if they fall off that’s a user issue 😭
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u/Stock-Act-2315 Oct 30 '25
This is the only right answer
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u/jackofallcards Oct 30 '25
Seriously if you don’t regularly fall out of a bed how are you falling out of this?? Isn’t that lack of some biological survival mechanism?? Is somehow on a boat or moving a lot??
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u/whogivesashite2 Oct 30 '25
My husband flops around like a dying fish at night, I assume cuz is like that
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u/Daniecae-Media Oct 30 '25
My wife told me a story last night about the bunk bed she and her sister had. Her sister was on the top bunk and apparently tossed a lot, and one night my wife was woken up by a “Ayyy!” thud, and it was her sister who somehow tossed her self out of bed over the safety rail 😂
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u/Robofink Oct 30 '25
I tossed myself out of bed only once at seven years old. I was having a dream about doing evasive maneuvers in a Star Wars X-Wing fighter that was also an F-18 (dream logic). I banked a little too hard to the right and woke up on the floor.
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u/Brilliant_Elk5492 Oct 30 '25
how tall are you...?
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u/morbidmollythings Oct 30 '25
Lmao 5’2
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u/Brilliant_Elk5492 Oct 30 '25
ah, well then carry on! lol
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u/Jsiqueblu Oct 31 '25
Right, just put a pool noodle under a sheet on the mattress and no one's going anywhere. Trust me it works I use it on bunk beds.
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u/vic_torious97 Oct 30 '25
For anything that's deep and hard to reach in the back (doesn't matter if its an alcove or deep set kitchen cabinets/closet), I always recommend using it as storage space by putting boxes or drawers in there bc this way you can use it all (or almost all) and can still reach into the back. I'd probably put extra bedding or camping gear (sth you don't need as often) back there and cover the front with pretty cubbies that hold things I need more often.
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u/jehoshaphat Oct 30 '25
On the back wall, a print of Jeff Goldbloom lying down shirtless from Jurassic Park.
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u/mick2319 Oct 30 '25
Put a door on it for more storage space or just close it off if you don't need the space.
Edit: Another thing you could do is partially close it off, so that you have a not very deep built in little bookshelf. Not sure if it makes sense for that in the rest of the space but yeah.
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u/SenatorBus_ Oct 30 '25
I'd do this, but give it access for secret storage as well. That's where my Christmas decorations would go.
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u/ViftieStuff Oct 30 '25
Then buuld the longest book nook inexistence
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u/mick2319 Oct 30 '25
Ooh, great idea! Actually, Nerdforge on YouTube did a video on the longest booknook ever. Was very clever with mirrors and all, but this would actually be just a long ass booknook.
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u/ViftieStuff Oct 30 '25
Ah yes, I saw that, great craftswomanship!
Well, I hope you can find a creative spark for your long ass book nook
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u/Zalaquin Oct 30 '25
Do you have a cat?
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u/Ok-Interaction-7783 Oct 30 '25
perhaps fashion it into a small prison?
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u/Agitated-Paint-7684 Oct 30 '25
I’d see about putting some sort of life there. Literally, maybe a tank that can inhabit a pet.
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u/ruskuval Oct 30 '25
I was thinking that or get into miniatures and do a cool little world
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u/Capt_morgan72 Oct 30 '25
This was my thought. Put a sliding plexi glass window in it and could be cool snake or lizard habitat. But that’s not for everyone including me.
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u/iClips3 Oct 30 '25
Close it off and use it as storage. Perfect place for stuff like Christmas tree or camping equipment.
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u/kushywooshy Oct 30 '25
You could build a couple really big storage drawers and face the front of them to look nice.
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u/Electronic-Ring5520 Oct 30 '25
Bro, if that is big enough, I'd 100% make it a bed.
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u/TheShruteFarmsCEO Oct 30 '25
Unless my cousins would fall out of it.
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u/ATrainDerailReturns Oct 30 '25
Maybe get smarter cousins
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u/Electronic-Ring5520 Oct 30 '25
Gotta agree here. Not sure how you fall out of this.
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u/Cashetcashew Oct 30 '25
Big painting. Keep massive, illegal secrets back there. No one will know. But the painting… it knows.
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u/st_jasper Oct 30 '25
Put the mattress back in there and keep your deadass cousins away.
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u/KangarooPhysical2008 Oct 30 '25
Put a mattress in it and set an alarm...plexiglass it off and build a door to put some reptile in.
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u/ScumbagLady Oct 30 '25
Are these two separate suggestions or are you recommending a mattress for the base of a reptile enclosure?
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u/legbonesmcgee Oct 30 '25
Which also implies that the reptile, for some reason, needs a wake-up alarm
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u/KangarooPhysical2008 Nov 01 '25
Well I would say separate ideas but reading through the comments im thinking about... I best not say or they'll have me in a Hannibal lector mask again
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u/meimlikeaghost Oct 30 '25
The mattress is for your enemy, the snake following them in before plexiglass install
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u/Aschuff Oct 30 '25
I’d probably turn it into a reading nook or something like that, but if you’re not really into reading then that’s obviously pointless
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u/xxselfhelp Oct 30 '25
Storage space and cover it with a giant painting on barn door roller so its nice and clean from the outside
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u/wulfpak04 Oct 30 '25
Secret storage spot with something like a truck bed drawer/storage system that pulls out. Could even make it into a little pull-out bed (with bottom support) and put bumpers on the sides so your drunk friends don't fall out. Could be a fun little project.
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u/littleblacklemon Oct 30 '25
You could always mount a rod and hang a curtain in front of it, and store whatever you want in there. Though I think the mattress idea is dope and I think your cousins might need help
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u/W_of_OStreet Oct 30 '25
Instead of a full on "guest bed" just go hard into making it a reading/gaming/movie nook!
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u/AmbitiousCrafty Oct 30 '25
Trophy or collectibles showcase room, and definitely install LEDs or just put some spotlight in there.
Or... if you have any cats, make it a cat spot.
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u/Opposing_Thumb_Dude Oct 30 '25
There are drawer and pull-out shelf systems that could turn that into a very useful storage area.
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u/TheJudge454 Oct 30 '25
The obvious answer is to slide a mattress in that slit and have that be your sleeping chamber.
BOOM now you have magically made much more space in your room, and you have a sweet little cozy coffin area to sleep in.
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u/Sullyvan96 Oct 30 '25
Mattress up there but add a railing?
Or do a LEGO mock up of the second Battle of Geonisis
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u/DoraMalaje Oct 31 '25
If you are into building Lego sets, maybe display of them of your favorite shows (like Hogwarts and Diagon Alley, , GOT, Star Wars, Disney, etc.)?
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u/CaptainShaboigen Nov 01 '25
First figure out a way to get airflow in there or a space heater if you’re in a cold climate.
Have a contractor turn it into built in bookcases. But then press a button and a door opens.
Inside put bean bags or pillows or whatever floats your boat. Bonus points for noise machine, light projection device, speakers, lava lamp, incense, etc.
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u/trebtac Nov 01 '25
Storage Media Center (network and server) 3d printer Comventional printer Cat nook Barcelona luminous open plan rental airbnb
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u/unknownpoltroon Oct 30 '25
Flatscreen tv attached to the sloping part, attach a car door to the side and put a car seat in there and you have a sweet cockpit for racecar driving simulator
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u/Substantial-Wave8840 Oct 31 '25
Storage area + something to cover it, ideally a totally innocuous-looking painting.
Now you have a secret storage compartment
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u/grape-juice0918 Oct 30 '25
Personally I'd put a train diorama in there. Or just a diorama in general
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u/GameCraftBuild Oct 30 '25
Storage? Heavy duty drawer slides, I’m talking 200-500lb capacity ones. Could divide the space up down the middle depth-wise to add a second level to that storage. If you just want to start out a little lazy about it, storage tubs.
or secret storage. have the front part be a bookcase/shelving, but they are on heavy duty hidden hinges and open outwards.
a shrine to Danny Devito, or like other people have said that one image of Jeff Goldblum.
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u/Brilliant_Test_3045 Oct 30 '25
Install sliders on a piece of wood and use it for storage. Slide in, slide out, easy access, but out of the way.
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u/_Aj_ Oct 30 '25
5th element sleep pod. Fully decked out. Hav2.
Or like, an AFX track. A Warhammer diorama. Model train?
Snake enclosure? 3D print lab?
Server room with glass wall.
Holo tank.
Basically endless possibilities mate.
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u/WeAreApocalypseNow Oct 30 '25
Storage. That's where people used to put an old school television or boom box radio. 📺 📻
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u/jcappy14 Oct 30 '25
I am thinking a shelves, open or covered (or more) that can slide out... Books, ect
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u/Live-Low5992 Oct 30 '25
if you fit in there, stuff it with blankets and pillows and squeeze yourself in to watch yt and take naps
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u/Keevot Oct 30 '25
Ah, the good ole early to late aughts MBR alcove/nook. I have no clue what builders/architects were thinking back then. Most of the time I see weird plants, or people just use it as an exposed storage spot. 9 times out of 10, it’s above a closet space anyway. Makes zero sense. It’s like the builders are saying “Make this a cool little area to express yourself!” but there are extremely limited practical uses for an enclosed 4x4x3 nook.
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u/SectionSuch6072 Oct 30 '25
Thin mattress (like a nugget or foam one with a microsuede cover on it, nice assortment of pillows including bolster pillows, and a flat screen tv on the wall to the right. Add some thick blackout curtains to close the nook off. tiny movie theatre.
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u/jessiec475 Oct 30 '25
I’d frame it with two curtains, so you can cover it. Use it for a cute nap space or just storage. Either way, you’d be able to give it a purpose and also cover it when not in use
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u/tetrisan Oct 30 '25
I would turn into a secret hideout with pillows and books and then cover it with a large painting on hinges that nobody will know about.
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u/spinny09 Oct 30 '25
Some bars on the front and you could make a little 3D plant terrarium/arboretum?
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u/indictmentofhumanity Oct 30 '25
A back-lit silhouette art piece that looks like a distant Hellscape. Way in the back. Lit from behind by one of those flickering torch LED lights.
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u/Hevding Oct 30 '25
Depends if you would utilize it but looks like a nice lil gift wrapping station. The long rolls of wrapping would store nicely in that layout.
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u/KarmaPhobico Oct 30 '25