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Kristy’s Built-in Reading Nook

Kristy K.

The other day I mentioned how Kristy’s new bedroom can transition from a queen sized bed into a built-in reading nook.  Since the bedrooms in Kristy’s house are rather small, I wanted to provide her with a multi-use design that could be easily altered in the future to give the room more useable space without having to tear out all Kristy’s hard work.

built-in reading nook

Built-in Reading Nook Set Up

The top of the reading nook bench opens up to reveal a large, sectioned storage box.  There is literally not an inch of wasted space in this built-in.   It’s a beautiful, functional space no matter how it is set up.

built-in reading nook

Queen sized bed set up:

The cubbies in the built-in wardrobes serve as a nightstand; a place for books, glasses, a cup of water…whatever.  Each light turns on separately with a pull chain to provide targeted reading light which is especially nice when set up as a bed so one person can read without distributing too much light on the other side of the bed.

built in daybed reading nook

 

Kristy did an absolutely amazing job building this plan!  It was a labor of love.

I’m glad she made sure to enjoy a few hours of story time with William in the reading nook before they placed all the bed components.

reading nook

built in reading nook

 

It looks like William loves it!   And so does his dad…

Shane, I think there’s an important person missing from your story time!  LOL

built in daybed reading nook

daybed

I absolutely love this room.  I could live here.

If only tickets from Knoxville to Australia weren’t so dang expensive!

*Catch up on Kristy’s previous update posts here if you’re just joining us.    One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six

And you can get the free plans here:

  • Kristy Queen Platform Storage bed  
  • Kristy Storage Bench

Small Bedroom Built-Ins

September 8, 2017 · 4 Comments

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Comments

  1. Chantelle - ThousandSquareFeet says

    September 9, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    That is super cool! So, do you just remove the bed parts and store them elsewhere when you want this configuration?

    Reply
  2. Cindy says

    September 11, 2013 at 2:02 am

    SANDRA! This is very much along the lines of something I’ve been thinking of contacting you about for our guest room… with built-in bookshelves around the room too. Oh my.

    Reply
  3. amanda says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:33 am

    Love this! Where did you get the white rouched duvet/comforter?

    Reply

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