With the first pass of demo finished, we’re scrambling over here to finalize the construction drawings. Once those are ready, we can get some contractor bids, get one on board, and really get rolling. What we’re currently debating is the layout of Loft 1F. It’s going to be the equivalent of a 1 bedroom, we’re just not sure about the bed! Check the options out and weigh in…
Option A is for the more standard 1 bedroom apartment… a big closet, real bed on a real floor. You lose some living/ dining space but it still functions as a pretty nice apartment. Note that the small window in this bedroom is kind of a joke- it looks onto the lovely wall next door about 3 feet away. To help get some natural light into this space, we’ve put in a nifty polycarbonate transom window (budget permitting of course- ha!)
Option B is to loft the bed above the kitchen with a rolling ladder that can go up to the bed or access a bookshelf on the other side that also acts as a railing (bookshelf and rolling ladder budget permitting once again) This frees up a lot more space on the main floor and just looks cooler. One of us has lived in a few apartments like this now and loved them… although she does admit to sometimes yearning for “a real bed” Another downfall of this one is there is no closet in the apartment, but we may be able to rearrange the kitchen to get a closet and kitchen under that loft.
The main question here is to loft or not to loft. We’re not sure about what the local code guys here in Pittsburgh have to say about “sleeping lofts,” and from our research it really seems to vary from city to city. So as we debate we put it out to you people out there in blogland… lofted bed or no lofted bed?
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