Arranging your attic: 18 ideas for an extra room © Quadro
Building a lost attic is a smart way to save space in your home. You will be able to create an additional room to install a bedroom, an office, and even a kitchen. Here are 18 successful examples to inspire you.
And the process is even possible in a building ! If you live on the top floor, you can indeed consider buying the building’s attic from the condominium and fitting it out, thus creating a duplex. Here again, the purchase price is very low compared to the value of the square meter built, even if the process requires, it is true, large-scale work.
Bedroom, office … or kitchen?
It remains to decide which room to fit in this new space at the top of the house. The preferred destination for converted attics remains the master suite, when the creation of a bathroom is possible. The room can also be dedicated to children, to make a bedroom or even a playroom.
But it is quite possible to install a bathroom, an office, a kitchen, or any other space necessary for the household. In lack of inspiration? Discover 18 ways to arrange your attic and get the most out of it.
Convert the attic into a playroom for children
Convert the attic into a playroom for children © Leroy Merlin
The tip to remember: Remember to secure the descent of the stairs if it leads directly into the room.
Convert the attic into a playroom for children
Convert the attic into a parental suite
Convert the attic into a parental suite © Dulux Valentine
The tip to remember: Focus on pastel colors to create a bright and soft atmosphere.
Convert the attic into a parental suite
Convert the attic into a bathroom
Convert the attic into a shower room © Delpha
The tip to remember: Shower or tub, or both, make the most of the space you have available.
Convert the attic into a bathroom
Convert your attic into a relaxation area
Convert your attic into a relaxation area © Velux
The tip to remember: Provide interior blinds to prevent it from getting too hot when the sun is beating down at the height of the day.
Convert your attic into a relaxation area
Convert the attic into a playful bedroom for children
Convert the attic into a playful bedroom for children © Leroy Merlin
The tip to remember: A personalized decoration in which they can participate in order to make them forget that their room was an attic, and thus avoid nocturnal anxiety …
Convert the attic into a playful bedroom for children
Convert the attic into a dressing room
A dressing room on the first floor landing in the attic © Lapeyre
The tip to remember: The wardrobes of different sizes depending on the available ceiling height.
Convert the attic into a dressing room
Convert the attic into an office for the children
An office for two children in the attic © Castorama
The tip to remember: The same tablet divided in two to share will take up less space.
Convert the attic into an office for the children
Convert the attic into the kitchen
A bright and clever kitchen under the roofs © Conforama
The tip to remember: Decorate the sloping wall to occupy the space and create relief.
Convert the attic into the kitchen
Convert the attic into a master bedroom
Convert the attic into a master bedroom © Olivier Desforges
The tip to remember: The library which rises to the ridge of the house.
Convert the attic into a master bedroom
Convert the attic into an office
Convert the attic into a colorful office © Leroy Merlin
The tip to remember: Storage units installed in the attic to optimize space.
Convert the attic into an office
Convert the attic into a bedroom for two children
A bedroom for two children in the attic © Gautier
The tip to remember: Position an office furniture in the center, to delimit the space of each of the two children.
Convert the attic into a bedroom for two children
Convert the attic into a family TV lounge
Convert the attic into a family TV lounge © Gautier
The tip to remember: Wood on the floor, on the ceiling and for the furniture, for a warmer atmosphere.
Convert the attic into a family TV lounge
Convert the attic into a large bedroom with office
Convert the attic into a large bedroom with office © Schmidt
The tip to remember: Install the bed in the middle of the room, providing a passage all around it for traffic. This makes it possible to make him the star of the play!
Convert the attic into a large bedroom with office
Convert the attic into a play area
Convert the attic into a play area © Saint-Maclou
The tip to remember: The colored blind to protect against the sun’s rays.
Convert the attic into a play area
Convert the attic into a bright living room
Convert the attic into a bright living room © Fakro
The tip to remember: The corner canopy, a vertical window that visually extends the roof window.
Convert the attic into a bright living room
Convert the attic into a relaxation area
Convert the attic into a relaxation area © Dulux Valentine
The tip to remember: Storage integrated into the platform, to save as much space as possible.
Convert the attic into a relaxation area
Convert the attic into a playroom for children
Attic: a playroom for children © Castorama
The tip to remember: Organize the room like a dressing room, sliding the cupboards under the slope.
Convert the attic into a playroom for children
Convert the attic into a family kitchen
Convert the attic into an open kitchen © Cuisine Plus
The tip to remember: The unstructured tiling, very original.
Convert the attic into a family kitchen
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