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If it were me I’d removed the chimney breast and get someone to build a full wall of storage including a pull down bed and probably a fold out desk. Intervention did a nice job in a similar room in the Barbican
This is roughly where I am with it at the moment. Do you have a link to the example? (edit, it's this, right?) I trawled Rightmove looking at other houses in the street but they all seemed to be putting up with the existing layout resulting in a nice room looking cluttered and annoying to be in.
Removing the fireplace makes the room easier to use I suppose but it’s a decent chunk of work.
If it were me I’d removed the chimney breast and get someone to build a full wall of storage including a pull down bed and probably a fold out desk. Intervention did a nice job in a similar room in the Barbican