Build Loft In Living Room

Soften room transitions if your bedroom is on the main wide open loft level transition your sleeping area from the rest of the space seamlessly with pieces that work in both.

Build loft in living room.

Be sure and check out our special feature on sectionals for even more fabulous furniture ideas. Once you feel that you ve maxed out the floor space of a room it s time to build up. If you ve got high ceilings an overhead loft space can be built and used for extra storage and sleeping. We built our loft in a 12 hour time span and fully utilized our high ceiling space and made an extra large new living area.

According to bca you ll need a minimum clearance height from the finished floor to the underside of the loft of 2 4m. As long as your proposed loft area does not take more than 5 sqm planning permission is not required from bca. The living room is like an atrium where to one side spiral staircase rises two stories each upper level being a loft space overlooking the living room. Is your room height tall enough to fit in a loft.

Any addition of second story living space requires a staircase access and an experienced architect will have solved this kind of tricky design issue many times.