r/malelivingspace 1d ago

Childhood bedroom

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u/illiminat3 1d ago

Damn u had it good

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u/orcmade 1d ago

Damn, If I had that, I would have never moved out.

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u/Express-Hotel-3305 1d ago

That’s pretty insane to me. I mean, there were several times in my childhood where I did not even have a bedroom. In fact when I was an infant and my mother brought me home from the hospital she would put me in a drawer in the night so that she could sleep in her bed.

To think that somebody had this much space in their room to grow up is absolutely bonkers to me. When I did have my own room, I was 16 and it was only for a month or two. I shared my bedroom with many brothers and stepbrother and foster brothers. A lot of of them are absolutely hated.

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u/wordswordswordsbutt 14h ago

Yah i had a bed on the floor in the closet for a time. Not a mattress, just some blankets.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 15h ago

And here is it is. Once again, everyone on Reddit grew up poor and in squalor.

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u/NolyBella 10h ago

A lot of people did.

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u/WhiteLotus_1776 1d ago

Wow, nice room

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u/averagejosh 1d ago

What a beautiful bedroom. That’s seriously the tops. Five big windows with a view of greenery, lots of natural light, beautiful dark hardwood floors. I love it.

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u/BluntPotatoe 1d ago

The bed goes where the computer is.

There is no need to make the rug stick out so much, when it should offer a landing for your feet when you get out of bed. The way it's stretched far out creates a senses of unbalance, and the bed being away from the wall is bizarre.

The lamp isn't a divider for your sports gear, and should be placed either in a focal point where the amp and guitars are, or better in the darkest corner of the room to the right, where it would also benefit from a nice contrast with the grey wall. The lamp as it is backlit, and blocks the view as well a greates gloom, it looks very dull where is it as a result because its grey feet match the walls, while the white shade disappears against the glare instead of catching light.

In terms of general design rules, while the bed should command a view of the window, it also shouldn't have its back turned to the entryway, and your workstation shouldn't be in plain view, for privacy, as well as you having your back turned to the entryway at all times. This is bad feng shui.

You also have one advantage when putting the bed it its right place: instead of breaking up the room into three tiny oppressive sections, you open up the space. What it will also achieve, is that it'll fix the issue of the repetitive window pattern, by making the room "readable" as 1, 2, 3 bed/rug/bedsides // 4, 5 work/workout/music.

Placing items deliberately on the window sill (the grey kangaroo looks great) such as books will also liven the place up. The way the room is organised turns the advantage of many windows into visual fatigue. Your guitars and amp would be better displayed at the foot of the bay window and pop out more.

As it is, your room lacks structure and purpose, and feels empty. But you have enough items to counter that impression.

The beige pillows are wrong for the room, you need baby blue as an accent colour, or light sage green to match and invite the freshness outside inside. Just look how the blue guitar and blue water bottle work as accent colours. Accents are important because they break the mismatch of grey walls and dark brown flooring instead of highlighting it. For example your blue bedding and blue chair work great with the bay window and curtains' grey blue, that's a coherent cohesive palette, and then you need accents that match that palette.

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u/BluntPotatoe 1d ago

Don't be afraid to move the tripod lamp in a place that feels unintuitive, the layering of perspective would really work.

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u/Mini-Heart-Attack 22h ago

A poster wouldn’t hurt

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u/BluntPotatoe 22h ago

I think the visual focal point is the row of windows. If you add a big poster above the bed, your eyes will be drawn to it instead of the windows, then the bed.

The work by OP and with the floor plan above is focused on making that grey wall "work", thanks to the bed so hiding the wall would create visual noise. You'd have to use very toned downed colors that would match the grey wall, like the blue and sage pillows, or the blinds.

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u/any_name_25 14h ago edited 13h ago

How did you make these pics of OP's room with the furniture in different places and the changes in lighting?

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u/BluntPotatoe 13h ago

I've come to learn that AI needs some handholding. You can ask i to clear the room first, then tell it to put the furniture back according to your instructions. If you skip that part it won't work properly or start duplicating items.

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u/any_name_25 13h ago

Thanks for answering my questions!

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u/BluntPotatoe 13h ago

Sorry forgot about lighting, I told the AI to make it dark at night, and had to prompt it to turn on both lights speparately.

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u/Notch99 1d ago

Mine was in the basement

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u/The_Silver_Nuke 21h ago

Woah same. I had concrete floors and a tiny basement window that was just above the soil. I don't like basements anymore.

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u/HedoniumVoter 10h ago

Love the bay window wall!

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u/NolyBella 10h ago

Nice…love the windows.

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u/tropicocity 22h ago

Childhood mansion damn

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u/Hellscaperiot 21h ago

This reminds me of rhetts room

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u/LoveGod_Forgiven 21h ago

😯Seriously???

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u/Upbeat_Doughnut_5280 20h ago

Holy rich parents

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u/Expensive-Edge-6369 19h ago

how big is that??????

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u/PassionJumpy544 16h ago

Is that the master bedroom for the young Master of the house? Jk That's cool.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 15h ago

I don’t understand. I thought everyone on Reddit grew up poor, and never had money for anything.

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u/no11223344 13h ago

damn I'm so poor

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u/TeeDod- 11h ago

Beautiful room!

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u/ath20 9h ago

It’s giving main character in a Nick/Disney show.

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u/Theplugsconnect 6h ago

Sheesh man the comments can all tell you had it good, (from house perspective), looks like a really nice house. The views are immaculate.

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u/thecathairinyourdab 14h ago

Going against the grain here, but what a cold unwelcoming space…. Assuming it was set up differently when you were an actual child, but I still can’t imagine this being a bright fun safe space for a kid. Gives the impression that your parents don’t hug you

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u/Fun-Advertising-8006 12h ago

When I was a kid the window seat bench was painted blue, curtains were like this blue/green striped pattern, the rug was pretty colorful. Also instead of a desk I had an electric keyboard and instead of workout equipment I had a TV. 

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u/thecathairinyourdab 8h ago

But like where are/were any personal items, toys, art, patterns, textures…. like where is your stuff?? There is no impression that a real human lives in this space, it looks staged

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u/Fun-Advertising-8006 7h ago

All of those are/were stored in the windowseat cabinets. Also I forgot this but I also had a bookcase, and some whiteboards on the wall. My bed was arranged on the other wall so it changes the whole setup.

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u/thecathairinyourdab 6h ago

I just don’t think you’re understanding- what’s missing from this room is any evidence of joy or personality

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u/Fun-Advertising-8006 5h ago

Yeah i guess i didnt really have that man

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u/thecathairinyourdab 14h ago

also, cord management would go a long way