Residential: Long-Term Rental Property

Opera Loft Bedroom

This 775-square-foot loft sits inside a historic concert hall built in 1886, featuring 12-foot arched windows, an open kitchen, a lofted bedroom, 1-bath, and a private second room with walls that stopped short of the ceiling.

As the designer and builder, I created a sound-dampened wall-paneling system to fully enclose the second room for privacy and added a small loft to increase usable square footage. The new layout provided office space, closet and storage areas, and a sleeping loft—essentially a tiny apartment within an apartment. Despite the modest footprint, the finished room feels spacious and bright and was rented within a day at 65% above the previous rate.

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WHAT I DID

Interior Design
Construction
Sourcing & Styling
Photography

Planning & Specs

FLOOR PLAN

Working with a small footprint, I worked vertically to create a space that would be conducive to working from home (pre-pandemic).

Constraints:

Limited budget
Small Space w/14ft Ceilings
Pipes/Ducts – common occurrence in industrial spaces, takes a little planning to ensure they're not intrusive.

Goals:

Help increase privacy & reduce noise by creating sound-dampening walls toward ceiling
Increase storage space
Build a lofted sleeping space

Building & Construction Progress

BEDROOM: BEFORE

This room had a tiny footprint, but plenty of vertical space. The previous tenant had put up reed fencing to the ceiling, but with plans for a lofted bed, privacy and noise reduction were essential.