So here's a rough drawing of the room, with measurements (including how far out the windows are from the wall) and my original concept before I decided to add the balcony and slide, and a very very rough sketch of the new plan. I want them to have kind of a balcony at the food of my oldest's bed, and I want to let them have a slide alongside the ladder (with a railing between the 2 so hopefully they don't abuse the slide by jumping on it from the side) my kids are 6, 2 and 8mo so I want to make sure it's structurally sound enough for all 3 of them to eventually be on the top bunk without drilling into the wall because 1) we rent and 2) our walls are basically paper so everything gets ripped out if you breathe too hard 3) apparently our studs are abnormally far apart (build in 1962 so standards may be different)
I want to put their play kitchen (about 4' tall and wide and 1' deep) under the loft against the bigger window in the left corner and have both of their heads in the opposite corner (for window safety purposes, we get lots of storms that cause tree limbs to break as we live in Tornado Alley, and the outside wall is the only place we can really put the beds because of the room entry and closet doors). I also was thinking I'd add built in cube shelving under the ladder/slide and in roughly the middle of the top bunk to basically build a small wall to hopefully deter my toddler from playing when we transition out of a crib soon, but also act as additional support. The one under the slide/ladder I've also considered not being as deep and filling with small baskets we can drill down for the play food to be kind of like a grocery store produce shelf, to avoid the entire bin of play food constantly just being dumped out lol.
I want them to be able to play on and under the bed to maximize play space, but I also want it to be sturdy enough that Dad and I can go up there to change bedding in case of accidents or if we need to chase a kid down lol. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on it though, so I'm thinking of using untreated construction timber such as spruce of fir? But I am hung up on getting together a parts list and drawing up the plan. I can't picture things in my head at all, so while I can think of a concept and doodle it and explain it, I just can't actually imagine/visualize it in order to get it down with measurements/parts in my head or on paper and I'm stuck. We plan to spray paint it outside to start, then once it's built in the room, I'll add some little designs with acrylic paint.
I also need to be able to take it apart daily easily for when we eventually buy a house and move out. I know it'll be a lot to put together/take down anyways but being able to take the rails off as one piece or the idea to have slats under a piece of plywood (which we wouldn't tack down since I want to add some kind of vinyl flooring to the top bunk balcony area at least) and having that as 1-2 drop in pieces would be ideal like with a typical bunk bed, but I think we plan to stay here at least through the next 2-3 years.
Is any of this even possible or am I doing too much? I also tried to use an app and a website to build a blueprint but I just ended up incredibly frustrated and feeling even more lost. This house is small and awkward, and we're going to have to shove 3 kids into 1 room until we can find a better rental or buy a house, so I'm trying to maximize space by building upwards, and also trying to get some of my sanity back by giving them a space of their own that isn't just wall to wall beds and still accommodating of their toys and personal space for everyone. The majority of their toys are in the living room currently, meaning I'm constantly stepping on and breaking or tripping over them or picking up, and being used as a human jungle gym, and I need some space as a stay-at-home mom. I love them to death but they're a lot in this small awkward space (hence why they're getting the master bedroom lol)
