tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470358424803603069.post3527940204854821892..comments2023-06-19T08:06:29.418-07:00Comments on Our Ryan Home: Kind of a Big Deal: Not quite measuring up...KevinChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04298787752566528311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470358424803603069.post-1043381817924628342012-05-28T17:28:41.779-07:002012-05-28T17:28:41.779-07:00You could look at buying a loft bed as an option t...You could look at buying a loft bed as an option to maximize space as well. Here is an image search via Google to help give ideas:<br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?q=full+bed+loft&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=h3V&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=1RbET_ngCIHZgAeHsfi8CQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CKwBEPwFKAE&biw=1920&bih=1021<br /><br />Personally I had a single bed myself all the way through college and I may have less space now with the dog and the young interlopers at night!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03386807936042986024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470358424803603069.post-9087850414698867402012-05-27T22:25:42.083-07:002012-05-27T22:25:42.083-07:00Hi Kevin, as you know we are building the Rome too...Hi Kevin, as you know we are building the Rome too. When we first decided to build back in February, I began searching for furniture online. I asked my husband to drive us to the elevation c model to take measurements of each room. I did this to be sure that the dimensions for the furniture would work based on the structure of the room. I literally spent hours searching for the perfect shape of furniture. For instance, I found the perfect office furniture for the study, the shape of tables and length for the morning and dining room. I have nearly 2000 books with existing book shelves from Ikea that may be a challenge to house in the loft. The loft is serving as our study lounge. My challenge is finding a suitable space in the loft for the swivel based wood grain floor model color television set my husband purchased from Circuit City in 1991 that he insists on keeping. lol I am still thinking of a clever way to keep the flow of the loft as a study lounge with the television and a desk for study. I may have to sandwich some book shelves around the television set and put the desk between the two windows or vice versa. For bedroom (3) we are putting our existing queen size bed into this room for the adult guest room. It is a post bed that is very slim with semi matching dressers which are tall and slim too. I purchased this style furniture to suit the townhouse we were living in some years ago. My strategy was to purchase furniture that was tall, slim, and sturdy to avoid over crowding the room with big furniture. The master bed was brought from a different store and the dressers were purchased from another. It was rather cute when the delivery guy brought in the dressers and said they did not match. I knew that. lol It was part of my plan. The other thing that I tend to do often which you may want to consider is rearranging your existing furniture to other rooms you may not have imagined them to be. For instance, after reassessing the current master bedroom furniture for bedroom (3) , I believe what I am going to do is place the post queen bed, one end table and dresser/mirror combo in that room and put the other end table and tall dresser in bedroom (4) with a twin over full size bunk bed with trundle underneath which we plan to purchase. Bedroom (4) is serving as the grandchildren's guest bedroom. This will save for having to purchase additional furniture and keeping the rooms with clean lines. I love interior design and being creative with the space. It is loads of fun. I have nearly completed the decorating on paper and cannot wait to go start shopping.RickandNadasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440625366611097007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470358424803603069.post-58794502718434434422012-05-27T18:04:02.315-07:002012-05-27T18:04:02.315-07:00Hi Timika,
The queen bed was the issue for us to...Hi Timika, <br /><br />The queen bed was the issue for us too. My son Alden will be getting Bedroom 5 (instead of the loft) and we planned on him getting the queen, but even with the extra bump-out, the queen bed didn't seem to fit very well at all. My daughter McKenna's room (Bedroom 3) also didn't seem like a good fit for a queen, but we had also added a second window in her room (she loves light and the view) and that impacted our decision too. Here's the good news - my other daughter Hannah's room (Bedroom 2) seems like a good fit for a queen since it is square. (I never measured Bedroom 4 because we are modifying that into a big bonus room). Good luck!KevinChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298787752566528311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470358424803603069.post-8063063710493998812012-05-27T17:45:42.036-07:002012-05-27T17:45:42.036-07:00Oh wow, I never really thought about that. I may h...Oh wow, I never really thought about that. I may have a problem considering the beds that I have for two of the rooms are queen size. Once they start building I will have Steve go over and measure the rooms to ensure that the beds and furniture will fit properlyTimikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511504738065255966noreply@blogger.com