The advantages of a loft bed for shared rooms

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Loft bed: the advantages for shared rooms

Parents who need to furnish a shared room for their children face real technical and organizational challenges. Indeed, the room can quickly become cluttered and everyone needs their own space. Fortunately, there are concrete solutions to facilitate this type of project, such as the loft bed for example. Clever, this piece of furniture can change everything in the organization of a shared room.

What difficulties should be considered in a shared room?

Creating a shared room is a real challenge for parents. Indeed, when there aren't enough rooms for each child to have their own bedroom, this type of compromise is often the most favored. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account certain issues for this project to be successful:

  • The two children must get along well, otherwise disputes risk being endless.
  • Each child must have their own bed and their own space in the room.
  • Avoid shared furniture such as desks, storage units, etc. as much as possible.
  • Choose this solution as temporarily as possible and when the children are still young (teenagers need their privacy).

The loft bed: the ideal solution in a shared room

A loft bed can be an excellent solution in a shared room. We most often talk about wooden loft beds as this is the most suitable material for this type of furniture. Whether it's a teen loft bed or a children's loft bed, it's a bed positioned at height. It's a bit like a bunk bed with the bottom bunk removed. The children's loft bed is therefore accessible by a small ladder.

What ceiling height is needed for a loft bed?

If you want to install a 90x190 cm loft bed (this is the standard size) in a room, you must ensure you have sufficient ceiling height.

💡 Most often, a minimum of 240 cm ceiling height is recommended.

However, this information should be verified directly in the assembly instructions.

What age for a loft bed?

To use a single loft bed, a child must be at least 6 years old. Before this age, using the ladder for a raised bed is considered to present too high a risk of falling.

How to secure a loft bed?

Some brands recommend securing the wooden loft bed by attaching the furniture to the wall against which it is installed. When this is required, it is specified in the assembly instructions along with all recommendations on how to fix a loft bed to the wall.

How to install two loft beds in a shared room?

In a shared room, one might easily think that a bunk bed is the ideal solution. However, there are other options, including double wooden loft beds, especially if you want each child to have their own desk.

Indeed, if you decide to install a bunk bed and two desks, that's actually 3 pieces of furniture taking up space in the room. By opting for a wooden loft bed with a desk underneath for each child, only the space of two pieces of furniture is taken up here. Moreover, each person's spaces are clearly distinct, which helps limit conflicts and allows each child to create their own layout and decoration according to their style, for example.

You can therefore opt for a children's loft bed like our HOYA 90x190 loft bed and install a desk underneath or any other type of space such as a bench or reading corner for example. But you can also choose a wooden loft bed with an integrated desk and storage.

How to proceed practically?

To install loft beds in a shared room, simply follow several steps to properly arrange the room.

1️⃣ Taking measurements

First of all, start by taking measurements of the places where you would like to install the two loft beds. We usually talk about 90x190 cm beds, but allow for more space for the structure. You can refer to the product sheet to discover the exact size of the furniture.

As mentioned previously, if you plan to opt for a loft bed and install a desk underneath, you might as well choose a loft bed with integrated desk. This way, you're certain that the desk can be installed underneath.

2️⃣ Installing the furniture

Take time to assemble the furniture in a large space to avoid any hindrance. Ensure their perfect stability, and if the instructions recommend it, secure the loft beds to the wall.

3️⃣ Use decoration to define spaces

You can certainly use decoration to define spaces dedicated to each child. For example, you can opt for a color code. One child could have decoration in green tones and the other in blue tones. Wall paint, bed sheets, rugs, everything here can serve to demarcate the two spaces. You can also ask each child to choose a theme to personalize their dedicated part of the room.

4️⃣ Help your children coexist

Finally, try to establish house rules with your children that will apply to the bedroom so that each respects the other's space, privacy, and needs. These can be simple things like wearing headphones to listen to music, knocking before entering when the door is closed, not using the other's belongings without asking, etc. Reminding or establishing these house rules will often prevent many conflicts.

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