As loft spaces become more popular in mainstream culture we're seeing all sorts of buildings being flipped into these types of industrial and open spaces. Although they're fun, they can present challenges such as creating a nursery when you don't have many walls, especially if space is tight. Check out this modern lofted floorplan. Would it work for your family?
Wouldn't it be cool to have a team of architects design and build you a nursery? What about a bedroom too? That's exactly what the team over at Ateliers L. McComber did for this attractive home.
Although we're thinking 3am feedings might be a little challenging on sleep deprived parents trying to walk up and down the ladder, we're also sure it would quickly become second nature. Would this space work for your family or do you think it falls in the category of looks great, but isn't for you?
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looks great but not for us. i think i would totally want a slide for the 3am feedings. i ended up sleeping on a twin bed in my sons room for the first several months. this would be great for that short period of time. then it would make a wonderful play area (add a fenced in area for no falls) once your baby got older.
It reminds me too much of the lofts some people built in college with their desks below their bed- just sleeker and with nicer furniture and bedding. In terms of functionality, it looks like it would be kind of tough to get the baby into the parents' bed for late night/early morning nursing sessions. I am all about convenience and if mom can stay in bed an extra half hour while feeding the baby, all the better....
maybe if there was a pulley system of some sort that could be installed to deliver the baby to the parents' bed level?
This looks amazing, but as someone who is currently dealing with nighttime feedings, I know that I wouldn't like climbing up and down that ladder. Our baby shares a room with us, and, when I'm exhausted, even those two steps to her crib seem like miles. If I knew I had to climb down a ladder each time she cried, I'd end up in a sleeping bag in front of the crib.
But, oh! for that kitchen...
I am pretty sure one of us would die. Either me, from going downstairs super sleepy in the middle of the night and falling. Or bringing the baby up in the middle of the night and her rolling off the bed. Or a fast climbing toddler who climbs the ladder and jumps (DS could climb a ladder like that at 16m).
The lower level looks big enough to sleep everyone, so why set yourself up for a struggle on those nights when you have to get up over and over again... On the other hand, the loft could be an awesome kid space once the child is old enough to move up there.
Yea I was thinking those chairs might fold out to a sleeper. This would not work for us as our little one was such a light sleeper right next to the kitchen, can you imagine trying to chop and prepare a meal like a mouse
Beautiful, but no way would I want to carry a newborn up and down that ladder.
Nice design, but i can't imagine carrying a baby up and down the ladder for early am nursing in bed. I am way too clutzy in the middle of the night.
Ah hahaha - I would LOVE a slide instead of that latter. Nice idea, but hard to carry a baby up if you wanted to (and you really don't know if you will til you have it), and looks like a terrible idea for those mid-sleep stumbles toward the crying baby.
If it works for that family, though, go for it.
No, that would not have worked for us. Sometimes the sleep deprivation made me dizzy, so no way would I have gone down and up a ladder like that all night long.
beautiful, but not for me. i'd never get any sleep worrying about whether the loft was going to suddenly fall and crush the baby.
Sure it looks neat but it would not work, especially with newborns as they often wake every hour during the night (at least my son did when he was going through a growth spurt).
I can only imagine the epic falls overtired parents would make climbing down that ladder for the 15th time that night.
Nope. Not practical at all!
I am with hollyloo, I'd never sleep soundly I'd be so worried. I do like the kitchen though.
BAHAHahahahahaha these are obviously first time parents... I can see how someone might think this is possible- but they'll be cursing their "uber-hipness" at 3am when the little bean is born and they just want sleep. This is far too impractical for me- and will be for them too.
I can't imagine how this will work when the kid gets older. What about privacy? I think that this family will be moving in the next year.
I bet they have a baby nurse... I love it when people have a baby nurse, but don't even have a real bedroom.
i want to live there. like now.
I had the idea to get a loft bed and the crib underneath as we were going to be stuck in a 1BR the first year. So glad we decided against that! totally impractical! My son has nights he gets up every hour~!
from a new mom (6 months in), that is the most impractical set up i could imagine. our little one woke every 1.5 - 2 hours for 2 months +, and i can't imagine going up and down and up and down...especially in the few tender weeks after birthing the child. we co-slept, and that seems impossible with this set up. and how is the poor pregnant momma going to get into bed before the baby even comes?