Downsizing and smaller bedrooms

Buttonmoons

I'm :rotfl: at your dad shouting at your sister killing you.

After the bunkbeds went, my sister got a cabin bed, and I got a TOTALLY horrible fold out wooden futon! It broke in heaps of places too, then when we moved to a 4 bed house, I got the box room with a 2nd hand mattress that had pokey springs, I had to sleep on that with my ex till 9 months pregnant (then afterwards)

When we got my pokey mingy flat, his mum bought us a kingsize bed, and I actually think its doing my back in! Orthopedic mattress my spine


Yey for nice new flat DKAM!! When is the big move day?

jellyhead

I had a cabin bed. After Gran moved into sheltered accommodation my mum let my sister have the dining room, because we were going to kill each other. My sis had a double bed in the massive dining room, while I had a cabin bed (bunk size, not single bed size) out of the paper.

It put me off bringing boys back to the house, you couldn't really both climb up to a tiny bunk bed for a cuddle

Buttonmoons

No :rotfl: you could of admired his bum though as he climbed up!

My sisters cabin had a pull out desk underneath, so when I used to skive off school when my stepdad came home for lunch, I'd dive underneath the bed and pull the desk back in. Nobody ever cottoned on :rotfl:

Dontknowanymore

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I'm :rotfl: at your dad shouting at your sister killing you.

After the bunkbeds went, my sister got a cabin bed, and I got a TOTALLY horrible fold out wooden futon! It broke in heaps of places too, then when we moved to a 4 bed house, I got the box room with a 2nd hand mattress that had pokey springs, I had to sleep on that with my ex till 9 months pregnant (then afterwards)

When we got my pokey mingy flat, his mum bought us a kingsize bed, and I actually think its doing my back in! Orthopedic mattress my spine


Yey for nice new flat DKAM!! When is the big move day?

I ALWAYS wanted a cabin bed! My best friend growing up had one and I loved sleeping over at her house!

At one point when growing up we had a manky old divan bed and an even worse metal framed camp bed when we shared, worse sleeping conditions than my 2 kids in decent bunk beds :rotfl:

It's a mutual exchange so it takes about 6 weeks, which gives me time to plan, pack and save! :eek:

shellsuit

elvis86 wrote: »

Respect to those people giving up their bedrooms for their kids, but I couldn't do it. I'd just have to have less kids or get a bigger house!

We can't get rid of any of the kids and getting a bigger house isn't an option, unless we win the lottery (I wish!:D)

It won't be forever and we only sleep in the bedroom anyway, so don't need a massive room to ourselves. The kids need the space to play, do their homework and have some privacy.

There is no way we could have the boys share as when eldest is 18, youngest will be 5, just starting school.

It really doesn't bother us at all, infact the only downfall I can think of, is having to go upstairs of a night if we need the loo!

Badger_Lady

I've got this Roset Ligne sofabed - I didn't buy it new of course (!) I got it second-hand on eBay. It's pretty amazing - it's actually designed to be your main bed so it's really comfortable and supportive. It has the quilt and pillows integrated so you don't have to store them anywhere, and it folds into the bed in one swift movement. And above all, it's a super compact 4'-wide sofa during the daytime and looks pretty swish.

I felt rather offended recently when my lodger turned his nose up saying "I couldn't sleep on something like that" without even trying it - it's a fantastic piece of furniture that I would recommend to anyone with space issues!

jansus

when my daughters were aged 6and 8 i split with my ex husband and moved into a house with a double bedroom and a single, it never occurred to me to let them have the double room, they shared the single with bunk beds and they were perfectly happy with the situation, they still share a room in a different house aged 19 and 22 they have their tiffs but it's the best i can do and they realise this.

3_kids_2_jobs_1_dog

Hi,

We have a 3 bedroom 1930s semi and 3 kids, DS1 age 17, DS2 age 12 and DD age 7.

DS1 has the box room, he has a double bed which just fits in and a small wardrobe with a topbox to maximise storage. We have put up shelves around his bed at various levels for xbox etc and a flat screen tv at the foot of his bed, he loves it as it is minimal and his own space.

This leaves DS2 and DD sharing a standard double room so this year we decided we needed to give them their own space too. DD has a very high wooden sleeper bed from Ikea, it's so high I can walk under it. We have put this in the middle of the room so that it divides the radiator and the window in two and screwed mdf panels to it, floor to ceiling to create a wall. Picture rail, dado rail and skirting board finish the effect. They don't have doors at the moment (may get concertina doors in due course) but they do have floor to ceiling curtains as 'doors'. DS2 has a wooden mid sleeper Stompa bed with storage cupboards, shelving and desk, this is against the chimney wall and in the alcove behind his bed we have put up a shelf across the picture rails for nice storage boxes and made a hanging rail below with a broom handle for all of his clothes. He is thrilled as it is really grown up and cool looking. DD's is totally pink and girly. Neither of these rooms are huge but they have everything they need plus their privacy, was the best Xmas pressie we could have given them and only cost a couple of hundred to do.

The odd thing is when it was one room it always felt cluttered, now it is two 'rooms' with an entrance vestible as well it seems much more spacious!!

There are ways to make spaces work for you, we always thought we would have to wait for a lottery win or inheritance to give the kids their own room but with a little lateral thinking it can be done, no building regs or tradesmen needed!

Good luck with your move.

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mummyroysof3

our boys(6 and 2) share a room and will be decorating it and putting them in bunk beds this summer..there isnt much room for other furniture so are thinking about swapping with them so they can have our bigger room at some point when they older so are keeping this in mind when we decorate so it doesnt need too much done to it if we swap. We are getting the wooden beds that can split as ive heard that metal ones squeak.

jellyhead

Yep, both of mine have metal beds and every time they roll over in bed the squeaks can be heard in my bedroom.