Possible to Convert this Layout to 2BR?

absolutely no way to do this unless you move the kitchen towards the entrance and separate it by adding a wall creating a hallway leading to the closet (gone) to the living room. Current kitchen location would be your 2nd bedroom.

There is absolutely no way you could convert the existing space into a two-bedroom unless you want tiny cubicles for bedrooms and/or a windowless living space too small for even the tiniest furniture. Leave it as is -- it's a lovely layout for a one-bedroom -- or bite the buck and buy a larger, real two-bedroom. ba294's idea is the only way to do it realistically, but then you wouldn't have a foyer. I think that even in the smallest studio, a foyer makes or breaks the place. Just my humble opinions. Good luck.

Agree that It's a good 1-BR plan that would make either an illegal or unsaleable 2-BR Better to find a real 2-br, or a "junior 4" (l-shaped LR + DR) that you can chop up.

Thank you all for the quick replies, I didn't feel like there was a way to make it work but figured it was worth throwing out there in case I was overlooking something

you can change the way you live in the existing layout: kid/kids in the MBR, parents sleep on a pullout in the LR, dining table goes away and everyone eats off a coffee table, desk migrates to the foyer. Not ideal but I've certainly known families that have done it for a couple of years.

ali r.
{downtown broker}

I think it's possible. The current bedroom has two windows and can be split. The larger of the two would be able to accommodate a queen bed and would meet the minimum requirements for a legal bedroom. The smaller of the two spaces could fit a twin but wouldn't meet the minimum wall length or floor area requirements to be called a legal bedroom but it probably would for light and air. You would call it a den or study, etc. There would be enough left over for a hallway that's wide enough to be ADA/local law compliant. Then you can use pocket doors to save on clearance. Closet/clothes storage would be a problem but you could make up for it in the living room somewhere.

Obviously, not ideal, and you'd have to restore it to it's original layout for resale, but if you have no other options you can make it work. I've seen it done. Big question is who needs to occupy the second "bedroom" and what age, and have your really exhausted other options? If a jr 4 is even out of your price range maybe there's a better suited 1 bed for this type of thing where the bedroom is larger, etc.

Jason L.
Rutenberg

Invest 15k in a Clei hidden queen bed and put it in the LR, let the kids sleep in the BR. Check out resource furniture's website.

As other posters have suggested, altering this plan in any way would result in a choppy living arrangement and impact future sales.

It's a gracious layout as is. The problem is trying to jam too many people into a space clearly designed for a single or a couple.

What most people in one bedroom layouts like this who have kids is kids go on the bedroom, Mom and Dad sleep on a pullout or murphy bed in the living room.

There have never been more creative options these days for murphy beds in particular. And Carlyle Convertibles is NYC's gold standard for sofa beds with truly comfortable beds built and designed not just for occasional use, but for every day use.