why bunk bedrooms are my favorite room This holiday Season
In my opinion bunk bedrooms are an under appreciated room & get more attention during the holidays. When space is limited, where will you throw those last minute holiday guests your kids brought with them? A bunk bedroom! In many movies the bunk bedroom is depicted as a room that a hopeless kid has to reluctantly share with siblings. To this negative connotation I say “Bah Humbug!” A bunk bedroom should be a room where random sleepovers turn into life long memories with friends & family. A space where everyone stays awake together, deep into the middle of the night, all waiting to hear the pitter patter of reindeer hoofs. Dare I say, a bunk bedroom design might be one of my favorites to celebrate during the holiday season!? I dare!
What I like about this room is not only the awkward social experience that comes with the bunk bedroom, but that it lends itself to a design that is fun & playful. And well designed bunk bedroom should help cultivate the fun, & that playfully awkward feeling of sleeping in a bunk. Besides, did anyone really want to share one room together in the first place? Not to be a grinch, but the answer is most likely “No!” So I say you might as well make it feel like a fun space!
For this bunkbed I applied 2 fundamental design tricks to help it not only feel fun, but timeless & visually appealing. Besides, as they say, you can’t have Fun without Fundamentals!
The first element is scale. Scale & timeless design always go hand in hand. Even just studying scale & proportion takes time. When I start thinking of a bunkbed room, I focus on how the scale helps guide the sleeping arrangements & how that then guides the design. For a bunk bedroom, scale helps a designer consider your guest & how they can still feel comfortable, even in a more confined space. Similar to Santa going down that chimney!
The second element is pattern & color. Color can elevate a room and for this room I wanted to show its true “fun colors” so to speak. Color is the backbone of any design to help it feel inviting & is visually appealing. And, in my opinion, any bunk bedroom concept yearns for some amazing color. Besides, without color how much fun could even be had? For this design, I was inspired by a more typical festive holiday color scheme, greens, reds, & blues, mixed with geometrics. A combination that aims to give this room some cozy cheer.
While a bunk bedroom is more of a fun room for interior design, you might still be wondering.. “Is this the only reason you are telling us this room is your favorite room this holiday season?” While aiming to keep any holiday fun is a must, a more important lesson can be learned from the bunk bedroom. One of adaptability. A room where you & your co-bunkers, are forced to put your egos aside, throw some earplugs in & take that extra melatonin. A room where sleeping & its quality are dependent on everyone’s ability to adapt, together. Especially adapt while everyone does their best to keep a smile on their face.
And I feel that type of adaptability is always an important skill to harness, especially during the Holiday Season.
- T
Holiday Inspired Bunk Concept