Teenage is a time of personal expression, discovery, and a continuously-evolving sense of style. One teenager is tough enough to please, but designing a shared bedroom for two? It’s not child’s play.
Creating a space that reflects both their tastes without compromising on visual harmony or functionality can be challenging, calling for creativity and thoughtful planning. We’ve curated the best ideas from architects and designers, based on their experience.
Here are practical and stylish tips for designing a bedroom that caters to the needs of both your teens, promotes individuality, and yet creates an environment they’re both comfortable with.
Privacy is a huge factor for teenagers; if they are going to share a bedroom, they must get a sense of personal space. The room can be divided with furniture or design elements.
Glass partitions that offer both connectivity and privacy
Place beds at two ends of the room and have a room divider of wooden screens or toughened glass. If they want complete privacy, you can install tinted or acid-etched glass, or coloured lacquered glass to add a dash of colour.
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Facilitating personalization for individual zones with coloured glass
Use their favourite colours for their side of the wall. You can choose textured paint, wallpaper, or glass panels. SGG Colormaxx has 216 RAL shades to choose from; for some glitz and glamour, SGG Colormaxx Glint provides a dazzling option.
Another option is to colour one wall, and use the other for personalized artwork. This zoning will give them a sense of ownership of their side of the room, leading to fewer conflicts and more comfort.
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Neutral base set the sage for personalizing different areas to match individual preferences
Make sure that their room reflects their unique personalities, especially when it comes to bed linen, posters, desk accessories and so on.
It’s a good idea to have a neutral base overall, and allow decor and accents to demonstrate their individual preferences.
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Bookshelves of toughened glass can make a subtle division while providing transparency and light with a twin bed arrangement, or even in an L shape. They can share the bookshelf while maintaining their privacy.
This vertical solution offers a sense of ownership while retaining visual transparency; they are neither isolated nor crowded.
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Maximize storage without compromising floor space
Teenagers have a tendency to be into a lot of stuff, and they keep switching interests, too. They are likely to have lots of books, clothes, gadgets, sports equipment, cosmetics, grooming products, accessories, and so on.
Under-bed storage and loft beds with a chest of drawers underneath, provide significant storage space. For a breezy modern vibe, go with wall-mounted glass shelves, and keep the floor space free.
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Wardrobe mirrors enlarge space visually while helping teens groom
Floor-to-ceiling inbuilt wardrobes with full-length mirrors on the doors enlarge the room visually, allow your teens to indulge their vanity, and give them enough space for all their clothes and accessories.
SGG Mirasafe is an extra-clear, durable mirror that’s perfect for your active teenagers. With crisp reflections and elegant looks, this mirror offers more security as it won’t break easily - perfect for teens practicing karate kicks or Bollywood dance steps.
Girls may prefer mirrors with LED backlighting that gives off a princess aura. SGG Aspira is a brilliant choice, blending technology, aesthetics, and functionality. Choose from an eclectic range of designs to match your kids’ styles.
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Here’s another cool, shared bedroom design idea: create layered zones for sleeping and studying. Desks beneath loft beds on opposite sides of the room, with glass tables and integrated shelves of toughened glass or pull-out drawers, will help them stay organized.
This way, both your teens will have a completely separate and dedicated space for studying and sleeping, without eating into the floor space, which can be utilized for common activities. Toughened glass sheets in place of railings adds a dash of style.
Modular, multifunctional furniture can help save space and lend a lean, uncluttered look. Drop-leaf tables, foldable study tables, storage ottomans that seat and hide clutter, and metal and glass pieces radiate a minimalist and comfortable vibe.
It is essential to have the right lighting in a shared sibling bedroom, supporting mood and function. Individual task lighting for each bed and study area is an absolute must. Spotlights and pendants for common room light with a two-way switch allows both of them to control it.
Take it a step further, and install back-painted glass in headboards to reflect those lights to create an ethereal effect. Add some LED strips and fairy string lights, and you can turn your teens’ shared bedroom into a wonderland.
Interesting study area that promotes concentration
The study zones must be such as to promote productivity, where the kids can focus on their studies and not be disturbed.
A long desk that can seat both of them with glass privacy screens offers transparency and privacy at the same time. Anti-reflective glass for desktops helps reduce eye strain, while ergonomic chairs and task lighting adds to their comfort and wellbeing.
To make the place more conducive to studies, you can have decals of motivational quotes on both sides of the glass screen divider. Individual soft boards can be used to pin important stuff.
One idea is to have a central theme around which the decor for a shared teen bedroom is designed; this also helps eliminate visual clutter. Here are a few ideas:
SGG Colormaxx Canvas lets you print any design, image, or pattern on coloured glass.
Two teens in a room equals noise. However, you can dampen the noise with a few simple ideas like using laminated glass for windows and divider screens, blackout curtains, and thick carpets.
You can also invest in good noise-cancelling headphones.
Create a bulletin board listing responsibilities to maintain the shared teen kids’ bedroom free of clutter, clean, and organized, and reduce conflicts.
Glass marker boards are sleek, more durable, easier to clean, add brightness, and blend in with any theme or room style. You can make it multifunctional with lacquered glass wardrobe shutters, which can double up as writing boards.
Designing a shared bedroom for teen siblings just needs the right planning, some ideas, and diplomacy. Smart zoning, the right furniture and lighting, and personalization can help you create a harmonious space that facilitates unity and individuality.
Glass can be used very effectively in a teen bedroom to create zones, to unify spaces, to add space and depth to a room, and create a unique, chic vibe.
Saint-Gobain has a wide variety of high-quality, durable, and elegant glass and mirror solutions, suitable for all kinds of home decor ideas for shared teen bedrooms that help elevate visual appeal and improve functionality.
What type of glass is ideal for a shared teen sibling bedroom?
Acid-etched glass, coloured glass or tinted glass offer privacy and dashing style, while mirrors create an illusion of space. Toughened glass offers safety and durability, and solar control glass on the windows help keep the sun’s heat away. SGG Colormaxx Dura offers colours, safety and style.
Are mirrored wardrobes safe for teens?
Mirrored wardrobes are absolutely safe for teen wardrobes, when made with durable and shatterproof mirrors like SGG Mirasafe.
How can two teens share one study table?
A long desk with personal storage and glass screen dividers in the middle can help them share a study table without intruding into the other’s space.
What’s the best colour scheme for a unisex teen bedroom?
To ensure a unifying theme, choose neutral colours for the base — grey, navy, beige, yellow, or rust, and let the accents be of colours your kids like for their zone or side.
How do I avoid clutter in a small shared bedroom?
Some clever storage solutions can help you do away with the clutter in a small teen siblings bedroom. Think of loft beds, built-in wall shelves, multipurpose furniture, beds with storage, and so on.
Jahanavi Arora is an architect by profession and a writer by choice, with over 7 years of experience in architecture and design writing. She graduated from Chandigarh and believes that writing and architecture are similar as both are forms of art. Read More
