#reallife

Side note; I know that there was nothing really wrong with how my room was, but after 5 years I wanted a change.

The plan;

So before I had my wardrobe, desk and bed all in a line along the "brick wall" and a desk of drawers on the opposite wall behind the desk. I had space but I felt a bit squeezed in, and my bed could only be accessed via one side. Sims 2 pic for reference - note furniture and room scale is not the same as IRL obviously, but these were the vibes.

Why did I ripped the walls off;

So my new plan is to have built in wardrobes / drawers either side of the bed and shelving on top (see image below). Majority of my sockets (3 double USB but only the older USB) were on the wall with the window (originally I wanted the sockets there for my comp and all its bits, but hated it there) and 1 double socket on the brick wall. The light switch was also on the wall next to the window, so you have to walk past the door to switch it on... a minor inconvenience.

The plan is to have 2 double sockets with both USB C and A above the bed and two on the wall with the door on it, again with USB C and A for my desk area. There will be a light switch for the ceiling lights on both these walls - so I can be lazy and turn it on / off whilst in bed ahaha! It will also be on a dimmer.

ATM there is no ceiling lights, only two wall lights, now that is fine but since I am redoing the whole room I always wondered what it would be like to add ceiling lights, so yes, the wall lights are being removed and 4 spotlights are being added.

The desk will now be on the wall with the door, this leaves way more space behind the chair.

So to answer why I ripped the walls down, it was so that I can rewire my whole room and make it simpler for the electricians. I didn't want patch work and I wanted seamless lines on my walls. I also wanted to know what was behind my walls (I blame the autism) so now I know where my timbers are, where my wires will be, and I always wondered if my room had insulation everywhere; turns out it didn't in some spots / or very thin insulation. So explains why I was very cold this winter and needed a hot water bottle ahaha.

The info on the built in;

I am custom making the built in, I tried using the IKEA and other room builders but I couldn't configure something I liked, or wanted for my space. So I changed measurements in blender to match my room, and viola; I have my plan;

Swatches / design elements;

The white is just a white matt, and the wood details will be Baroque Gold Oak. ATM my desk is not part of the reno so will be using my black standing desk but with the top in this same wood.

This will be my new bed frame;

Walls - I am going dark, mainly because I had such a light bedroom prior so I thought I would mix it up, it took me a little while to decide, but fundamentally I went for a dark green. (ballina)

Floors;

So I will not being the floors at this time, as I would like to have lovely oak flooring throughout my whole downstairs, so when I do that I will redo my rooms floor then so its all matching. I did not want the expense of the flooring as well as the whole room! But nothing a big rug cant hide!

I will update as I can! Peace out!

Extra bonus images - I threw together a foam version of my built in... and taped my walls to figure out sizing (you can see how little space I had for my bed and probably now see why I want access all around.