Room for Improvement: Small Bedroom

WSVN -- Martin Amado: "On today's Room for Improvement we're coming up with some storage solutions for small space living. I'm helping a homeowner create a more relaxing retreat inside her bedroom, so let's go check it out."

Martin: "Room for Improvement. Hi, Gloria, good morning. Nice to meet you."

Martin: "OK, Gloria, so tell me what's happening in your bedroom right now?"

Gloria: "Well, basically, Martin, as you can see, I just moved in here with my two kids. It's a very small space, but the kids have taken over."

Martin: "So you have storage issues, and, at the end, you want it to be a stylish space as well, correct?"

Gloria: "Yes, a beautiful place."

Martin: "Awesome, I'm going to work on that for you and make it happen."

Martin: "So the goal today is to give this bedroom a more modern and sophisticated style and bring in additional furniture pieces that can offer Gloria more storage as well."

Martin: "More toys."

SMALL WONDER

Now, here's a great tip. Sometimes when you have a lot of wood furniture in the bedroom it can make the space feel kind of heavy, so the trick is to switch out the headboard to an upholstered piece. Adding a soft texture in the space."

CHEAP FIX

All right, so before we make the bed with this bed-in-a-bag set, which saves on the budget obviously. Let's go a head and give this tired and sort-of hard mattress, a more luxurious softer feel, and we're going to do that with this featherbed."

Martin: "Like sleeping on a cloud."

Martin: "Now, whenever you use this, it does increase the thickness of the mattress, so make sure you buy sheets that have deep-fitted corners."

Martin: "So now this chest doubles as a nightstand for Gloria and additional storage space for all of her kids' toys as well."

MARTIN'S MAGIC

So, because we don't have enough room for a dresser, this small ledge gives Gloria space just to display her perfumes or any lotion she might have.

Martin: "So with these plastic and clear containers, we can organize toys or DVDs inside the armoire and use a larger container to store clothes underneath the bed."

Martin: "Perfect, and the final touch is just simply removing sticker from these closet doors. Much better, right? I hope Gloria likes her new bedroom."

This morning the bedroom was plain and didn't offer much storage. By adding furniture pieces that are multi-functional we now created a stylish space for Gloria, for under $1,000."

Martin: "Open your eyes."

Gloria: "Wow, Martin, it's beautiful. I love the colors. I didn't know you could make this room look like this."

Martin: "You actually have furniture now, Gloria."

Gloria: "Yes, I do."

Martin: "Are you going to let your kids come in the bedroom?"

Gloria: "No more. This is all me."

Martin: "Well, thanks for watching. We'll see you next time on another Room for Improvement."

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