Houses with an attic room are in great demand today, which allows you to increase the usable area and decorate any building with your appearance. As a rule, it is distinguished by an individual layout and an unusual atmosphere. Usually, these features are repelled - only then you get a beautiful and cozy bedroom in the attic.
Design Tips
- Furniture is better to choose light colors so that the space does not visually decrease. A great option is to use wicker patterns.
- If you need to combine the bedroom with the work area, then the bed should be replaced with a retractable sofa.
- Do not cover small windows with long canopy curtains. This leads to a narrowing of the space.
- In the attic, lamps should be correctly placed, and a sufficient amount of sunlight is also needed. Its flow can be controlled by roller blinds.
- Experts recommend finishing the ceiling and walls with the same material or decorating them in the same color scheme. Thanks to this technique, they achieve a visual effect: they push the walls apart and raise the ceiling.
- The interior of the attic bedroom is done in warm light colors if it is located in the northern part of the building. Eastern and southern location requires the use of fresh cool shades.
- Contrasting tones look very nice. For example, bright rooms can be equipped with dark furniture, bright floor carpet, colorful pillows, etc.
Space zoning
To divide the attic space into zones, a screen, furniture or plasterboard structures are usually used. The most affordable option is furniture zoning. Just do not need to make partitions from cabinets or other large-sized furniture. In this case, all zones must remain open. It is better to place a sleeping place in a niche, which is formed by truss structures.
Zoning with a screen allows you to quickly divide the space. If necessary, it can be moved to another location. Usually it is placed at the foot of the bed or near the closet (it turns out the dressing area).
Attic bedroom can be divided into zones using drywall. Permanent partitions are made from it, so you need to evaluate the feasibility of such work.
Attic nursery
With the help of slanted walls, unusual windows and original design, you can get an amazing children's room. When finishing, you can choose any shades: surprisingly bright or calm pastel. As for artificial lighting, it is placed in accordance with the “working” areas of the child (for example, abovetable, bed). It is very important to choose the right furniture: a loft bed with built-in wardrobes would be a great option.
The design of the attic bedroom can be done in a pirate style. Children will be surprised by special furniture, decorative life buoys and beautiful blue colors. The girl's room can be turned into a royal castle: put light furniture with gilded details, a four-poster bed and hang lace curtains.
Small attic
Even a small room can be made comfortable, cozy and spacious if you follow some rules. In this case, it is better to choose multifunctional furniture. For example, the table can turn into a mirror, and the bed can be hidden in a niche on the wall. A two-level bed, a sofa with additional drawers for clothes, a built-in wardrobe, etc. will help save space.
This room contains dead zones that can be used to advantage. Furniture there, of course, will not fit, but it is also not worth getting rid of them with partitions. It is best to fence off this area of \u200b\u200bchipboard, and inside make lockers for the right things. You can disguise everything with finishing materials, mirrors, or bring to life individual bedroom designs in the attic.
If the room has a sharp gable roof, then the place under the ceiling is used as lockers. Their doors are decorated with paintings, stickers and other decorative elements.
Choosing a color scheme
To everyoneit is known that with the help of color you can “play” with the feeling of space. For example, dark furniture and decoration morally “press” and visually reduce the room. Light shades, on the contrary, will help to hide its modest dimensions.
The choice of the main color of the room depends on its purpose. Children's space should be bright: orange, yellow, salad. The bedroom for adults can be coffee, blue, purple, pastel pink.
Contrasting design will also look very unusual: black and white, yellow and purple, red and white. At the same time, experts advise using the same color scheme for the floor, walls and ceiling. But the furniture can be painted in a different tone.
Styles
A bedroom in the attic of a wooden house can be decorated in different styles, which differ in colors and use of various decorative elements.
- Ecostyle involves the use of natural materials. The interior has a forest, sea, mountain or flower theme. In such a bedroom, you can see natural shades, motifs in the form of plants, twigs and roots. Her furniture is made from wood, bamboo and other eco-friendly materials.
- Scandinavian style is strict and simple. The design uses a minimal set of decorative elements in light colors.
- The chalet-style interior allows you to get a kind of hunting lodge, furnished with decor items in muted colors. Its distinguishing features are wood-beamed ceilings, leather furniture, various decorative pillows, huntingsouvenirs, fireplace.
- Loft - a style that involves finishing with concrete or brick, which resembles the gables of buildings. All communications (plumbing pipes, ventilation ducts) are exposed.
- Minimalism is characterized by simplicity, monochrome, plenty of free space, sufficient lighting, the presence of the most necessary furniture and decorative elements.
- A Provence-style attic bedroom is decorated with natural materials, patterns with flowers, checks or stripes, simple furniture (artificially aged models will do).
Selecting and placing furniture
When choosing furniture, you need to take into account the fact that sloping walls should be involved. If the room has low ceilings, then they can be raised using low furniture (beds without legs, built-in lockers, low tables, poufs and bedside tables).
When the attic bedroom is set up (design, photo can be seen below), some rules for furniture placement must be taken into account. The bed has a headboard against a low wall, next to a window or on the opposite side. In a narrow room, a sleeping place is arranged along the wall (it is better to place the rest of the items in the same place). Be aware that too low a roof can cause injury.
It is not necessary to equip the room with large cabinets and chests of drawers, especiallyif they are rectangular or square. To save usable space, you need to make the most of beveled structures. They can accommodate not only cabinets, but also niches, shelving and shelves. If you choose furniture in the color of the walls, then it will become almost invisible.
Preparing for furnishing
The attic bedroom is always finished from the bottom up. To begin with, the lower walls, inclined elements, front structures are ennobled, and then the floor and ceiling sheathing are finished.
When sheathing a room with clapboard, a crate is needed. The use of a beam or a wide blockhouse does not require surface preparation, so they can be attached directly to the logs. Before installing drywall, a metal frame is installed, consisting of vertical and horizontal parts. As for the lining, it is attached to the crate in the form of wooden bars. They will also be needed around the perimeter of doors, windows, floors and at the joints. Before installing the cladding, the insulation, heat and vapor barrier of the room should be completed.
Finish
Attic bedroom can be finished with various materials, but the most popular are those described below. Lining is an inexpensive material that has different colors and patterns. It is made from plastic or wood. Plastic lamellas are easy to install, but are subject to mechanical damage. Wooden panels have a natural texture and are absolutely safe for he alth, but they are afraid of moisture and temperature changes.
Blockhouse imitates timber, so the attic will look like a fabulous tower. ATunlike other wooden products, it is not prone to cracks, is not afraid of moisture and does not require periodic repairs.
Drywall is the choice of many homeowners because of its lightness, low cost, fire safety and excellent leveling ability. Then it can be pasted over with wallpaper, putty, plaster.
Attic is a charming and cozy room with a creative atmosphere. Therefore, it is worth considering how to make a bedroom on it.
