Thirteen Tiny Bedroom Inspirations or Sleeping in the Beauty

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My bedroom is very small. And due to the fact that I just tear down walls whenever I feel the slightest bit of ennui, it is currently without drywall in some spots. So I've been staring and then searching for inspiration and then staring some more. And here's the problem, my bedroom is small. Like, tiny. It measures around 11' x 11'. And according to most sources, could fit inside the closet of a "small bedroom." I'm having trouble finding examples, is what I'm saying. "Small" to someone living in the midwest, where their kitchen is the same size as my house, 784 sqft, is much bigger than my "small." In California, and certainly Los Angeles, a 2400 sqft house in my neighborhood would start at 1.2 million. And my neighborhood isn't that posh! People move to it because the "housing prices are so much lower!"

The Day of the Bed or Dia de los Duerme

Traditional Bedroom by Carmel Interior Designers & Decorators Debra Campbell Design

Whilst perusing the images of painted floors on Pinterest, I became enamored with the iron beds I saw. And painted floor + iron bed made my  heart grow three sizes! Especially for my tiny bungalow house!

The above pic stunned me! Tiny room, giant bed; beautiful!

Then there's this one with the clapboard walls (and turquoise!):

Traditional Bedroom

What if the bed were painted? Love.

Eclectic Bedroom

This one is a little bit Spanish and lovely:

Traditional Bedroom by San Francisco Interior Designers & Decorators ADEENI DESIGN GROUP

I love this room...so simple and pretty...

Traditional Bedroom by Santa Monica Furniture and Accessories Marco Polo Imports

Another giant bed in a tiny room...It looks amazing! I could do this!

Eclectic Bedroom by Savannah Interior Designers & Decorators Linn Gresham Haute Decor

Another austere example. It looks so clean! 

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Sadly, I know my bedroom will never be white, but I can dream...

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When all else fails, make your own...this one includes instructions to make your dream bed...

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Since my bathroom is done and my kitchen is finished, I now get to focus on my bedroom. Which, according to my design instructor is the first room you should do...

It's easier to write checks and make decisions if you're sitting in your perfectly design bedroom...right?!

Plywood Walls or White Plys (Vision Dreams of Passion)

I'm still searching for the perfect walls for my bedroom. I like the exposed lath and plaster situation, painted white, of course. But we only want to do that to the interior walls of the bedroom, which leaves the exterior walls. Now these walls are trouble. The house is over 80 years old, and has had its share of leaks. So those walls are kinda...skanky. Due to the expanding and contracting of the wet lath, the plaster is no longer connected to the lath. It kind of floats in front of it. And under the window, where my feet occasionally dangle off the bed and push into the cracked plaster, it has been removed.

So my options are drywall...myself...and spend an eternity mudding the walls and sanding until I get perfection. Or come up with something else.

Anything else.

What about plywood?

When done correctly, it looks nice. I'm not a huge fan of the yellow wood, so maybe I could whitewash it, keeping the grain...?

How does one find no knot plywood?

This is more like what I would end up with:

A little busy, but still natural. And there a cool built in shelf on the left!

Very simple, used as a headboard:

Oooh! Green stained!

I love this look with the mint bench! Industrial and yet vintage at the same time!

Mid century, anyone?

And danish modern:

And here's one of the only whitewashed plywood photos I could find:

I think it's the one, though! Wood grain and white and clean...exactly what I was hoping for in my tiny bedroom.

All images pinned to my Architectural Awesomeness Board on Pinterest.

Gray Bedrooms or Monochromatic Adjustable Beds

Gray bedrooms. I am obsessed. I love, love color so much, and yet I am drawn to these moody gray bedrooms.

With a touch of turquoise:

Mid century flair:

Simple and cottage-ie. But no candles. Those wouldn't last a minute vertically.

Mostly white:

Mostly Gustavian:

Black painted floors? Yes, please. Windows opening in? My soulmate...

Dark gray closet doors with mirrors...I think I combine them all...in a tiny, tiny room...

All images from Pinterest. On my Bedroom Fabulousness board.

Ikea Hacks for the Bedroom or Snappy Dressers

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I am currently in the planning stages of my bedroom. And I'm trying to do it as cheaply as possible. Enter the Ikea Hacks! One of the best things about Ikea furniture is that you can enter the name of the piece + hack into google and you get a ton of ideas!

Here's the Tarva:

Simple, pine dresser. To get the dresser at the top, she sawed off a bit of leg and spray painted it gold. Then painted the rest white and bought new brass knobs!

Here's another hack, but in the campaign style:

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Here's another hack of the same dresser, they used wooden rosettes from Michaels as the drawer pulls.

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And this is a different dresser from Ikea, the Rast, painted awesomely:

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But wait, there's more! I saw this amazing lamp as well! Made from a shaving mirror and a clamp light!

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And this one, too!

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All this talk about Ikea has me craving meatballs. Which is not at all unusual for me...

Exposed Lath Walls or Plaster? You brought her.

Around the same time I found the above photo at houzz, my husband was working on movie that was filming at Big Red Sun in Venice, (California), and was looking at this all day:

When he came home every night to this, I think he put two and two together and figured we could just paint instead!

And maybe end up with something like this:

Although our bedroom has a flat roof, this is still pretty inspiration:

The Lettered Cottage actually tore down a wall to make a gorgeous feature wall in their dining room:

All these high ceiling make it all seem so amazing!

Another retail space with everything whitewashed. Maybe it would make my bedroom look cleaner, for once:

My only issue is the practicality of having exposed lath in a home in Southern California. We we're planning to only expose the interior walls of our bedroom, and then insulate and drywall the other two. The only information I could find on how hot/cold/drafty it would be were people saying it's gross and a palmetto bug telling me it's a good idea. Which is a nice change from him being on my channel changer.

Any thoughts on exposing and painting lathe would be lovely! Including the correct spelling!

All images available on my Bedroom Fabulousness Pinterest page.

Skeleton of a Closet

Traditional Bedroom by North Eastham Architects & Designers Peter McDonald Architect

I am in desperate need of some closet inspiration. In a fit of...anger? exasperation? boredom...there it is...I tore out my old closet. The old closet was built in the 1920's, and is not up today's mass consumerism standards.

Here's a photo of my old closet. After I demo'd the plaster, but before I took out all the lathe.There used to be a regular door that opened out, into the room, for the closet door. But then, with the bedroom door there were too many doors in one tiny room, so I removed it and hung a curtain.

 I had some espresso and frosted sugar cookies right before demo.

This is a better photo of the whole wall with the bedroom door and the opening to the closet. 

See?! Look at all that space that was basically unusable! How was I to organize anything?! You can see the little plastic drawer unit that sits inside the closet.

Here's how it looks now. I have a large Indian tapestry hanging as a door/curtain, and it's a lot messier now.  And I removed the dangling electric wires. I mean, I love the industrial look, but I do not like fires.

So, that's where I am. Trying to figure out how to finish the closet I started. Header or no header? And what kind of doors? It's a puzzler...

I could stick with the curtain look. But use a less busy curtain. The tapestry I have now is not very relaxing.

Eclectic Bedroom by Los Angeles Interior Designers & Decorators Susan Manrao Design

But then! Barn doors! How I love them. It might work, if I have two small ones. But my closet would never be fully open. There would always be a door covering part of it. 

Contemporary Bedroom by Mill Valley Interior Designers & Decorators Jute Interior Design

I love the idea of two doors that open out. These look about the right period for my house. And they are simple and clean.

Contemporary Bedroom by Norwich Architects & Designers Smith & Vansant Architects PC

I'm gonna have to figure out how hard built-in's would be. I'm married to a virgo, they are very,...exacting...

Because this closet looks spectacular!

Traditional Bedroom by Atlanta Interior Designers & Decorators The Belding Group, Inc

This closet is probably more like what I need to do. These doors look very much like the Ikea closet systems you can design and buy. Then I can just pop it in and frame out the space and I'm done!

Modern Bedroom by Other Metro Architects & Designers Shmidt Studio

Except that these mirrored french doors and gorgeous!

Traditional Bedroom by Manhattan Beach Architects & Designers Tomaro Design Group

Back to what I want for my bedroom. Clean, neat, bright, organized. I still don't think the curtain is the way to go, but I found this room striking:

Traditional Bedroom by Raleigh Closet & Home Storage Designers California Closets - Triangle, Triad and NC Coast

This Old House has another incredible built-in, and it makes me want to cry a little:

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Or! I could just shove my bed into the closet and get some dressers and wardrobes.

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Another built-in with french doors. I'm gonna have to keep my eyes open for salvaged french doors.

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It's totally the way to go...right?

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