Beach house bedroom layout help

3 years ago

We just purchased a beach house and anticipate quite a few visitors. We used to own a vacation home (in the mountains) and had 2 twin beds in each spare room. The majority of the time each of my sons would be in the room by themselves but if either of them had a friend up, we would be ready with an extra bed in each room. If my parents or other friends/relatives came, they would take one of the boy's rooms- each sleep in a twin- and my boys would share the other room- each sleep in a twin.

For this house, I was thinking of a queen in each extra bedroom (it's a 3 bedroom house-the main will have a king). However, if we have visitors that don't share a bed then I was thinking of having a twin with a bedframe in the closet of each bedroom to pull out if needed. This would mean that the queen would have to justify to one wall and the twin to the other, but it would then allow 2 that don't share a bed, or even 3 if necessary.

The rooms are 11x11- so not the biggest, not the smallest. This is how the room would be the majority of the time and my teenage boys would each take a room. The piece in the corner is a desk.

Then when the need arises for more bed space, I would slide a nightstand into the closet and add the twin. I don't love justifying the beds to the wall but this would only be for certain circumstances.

We are not planning to rent the home so we're not looking to consider all family circumstances, but any thoughts on how best to maximize potential that isn't bunk beds? I could do twins again in each room but then the beds would need to be justified toward the walls unless I did a trundle. A trundle would be OK yet it limits the rooms to 2 people max vs 3. I could do a full with a twin but the same thing-it limits the room to 2 vs 3 as most don't share a full comfortably.

Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you!

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Sabrina Alfin Interiors

3 years ago

What Susan said. Push two twins together and get one of those foam "fillers" to fill in the gap between the two beds to make it into a King, and then separate the beds when you have your teens or their friends staying over. You could have an upholstered headboard made to go the full length of the wall and anchored to the wall, so that the beds in any configuration will have a headboard.

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Susan
3 years ago
Two twin beds on movable frames offer the most flexibility and comfort. They can easily be pushed together to make a king bed, which most couples prefer. Three’s a crowd in a bedroom. Since this seems like a vacation home, better to make sure the closets can accommodate all of the vacationer’s clothing, luggage and gear…I’m thinking baby/toddler gear like a pack-n-play/porta-crib/car seat/stroller/booster seat, etc…to keep the bedroom itself uncluttered with only the beds and night stand(s) or nested tables, so there is room to accommodate a pack-n-play or portacrib if needed.
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latifolia
3 years ago
To make a king, get two extra-long twins. We have done that very successfully.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
I have often used a trundle bed in a spare room that when opened can either rise to make a king or just stay low and move out to make 2 twins.
kooopons
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you for the ideas.

Ideally, I don't want to do the 2 twin setup all the time as I'd have to justify them more toward the walls and I didn't want to do that. I also would prefer to give my teen boys a bigger bed to sleep in for day-to-day use (hence the queen.) However, I didn't consider the 2 twins->king because having a king set up in there most of the time will be taking up more space and I think overwhelm the room if set up like that the majority of the time.

I also wasn't a fan of doing twin xl because the length eats up more room and cuts into the space for a desk with a chair. Yes, the queen is 80" long but it's 16" less in width so it's not eating up as much of the room. But using two standard twins doesn't actually make a king and complicates bedding a bit more. I'll have to think through the options more. Maybe I'll do a different setup in each room.

@Sabrina Alfin Interiors I do like the whole wall headboard suggestion.
Maureen
3 years ago
Maybe consider accommodating three in one room, with one twin being a trundle and other with drawers for added storage, arranged in an L shape (which also opens up floor space). Add organization in closet to eliminate the need for a dresser and add a chair or bench.

In other room, as already suggested, add twins and just move as needed. If bare floors, add felt pads to make sliding easier and to protect from scratching. Making a headboard is not very difficult.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iAXZg3rp7IA&feature=youtu.be
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kooopons
Original Author
3 years ago
@Maureen Thank you! That's a great video and a very doable project for a wall-length upholstered headboard. I was definitely wanting to do something on the bed wall and had thought about a fun wallpaper- the house is at the beach in Florida.

I did consider the L configuration for the twins but then one of my boys would be sleeping in a twin regularly. Not a huge issue, but they are both used to and prefer a larger bed. (I added a comment with a little more information on that) If I were to configure twin XL mattresses that way, it would leave space in the middle of the room open, but then the beds would be justified to the walls- which I don't love. There is only one way to make that work with the door and closet locations.
HU-621247907
11 months ago
Zip and link narrow twin beds that join together to form a short queen. Or two narrow xl twin to form standard queen. See vispring or hypnos for usa zip and link custom options. Pricey though.