Downsizing and smaller bedrooms

bestpud

Right now you need your family and that takes priority in my book.

You can put your entire life on hold through looking too far into the future.

Who knows what your situation will be in 2,5,10 years time!

When we lived in a mobile home with a baby and a toddler, DH and just managed to get the mattress from our bed into the single room. We couldn't fit in the base so put the mattress on the floor and we couldn't open the door so just took that off. We had one thin shelf at the end of the mattress and that was it. We just fell through the doorway into bed every night. The children and all our clothing went in the bigger room. It was the only way we could do it and we managed fine.

When we had three children (two teens and a toddler) in a 3 bed house, we moved into the middle sized room and again only really had room for the bed (but we did at least have the base as well that time!) DDs shared the big room, partitioned off because of the age difference and DS had the tiny room.

I never make anything too permanent in the house as I'm always aware that things change and we will move rooms around to accommodate our needs at the time.

You will find a way and can always adapt as your children grow too.

Dontknowanymore

FatVonD wrote: »

Don't forget that you can also buy beds that are shorter than standard length, I had to buy one as a day bed for our old kitchen, I can't rememebr the website I bought it from but it was about £160. (4ft wide and 3 inches shorter than normal.)

Thanks for that.
Looking at a pic she has up on homeswapper, the room is wide enough for a single bed (110cm) , then a chest of drawers (62cm) next to that then the door (80cm) is next to that. These are rough figures apart from the chest of drawers cos we have the same ones lol.

so I'm guessing if I put the bed at the other end of the room either way it should fit seein as the width of my bed is 145cm, length is 205cm.

Obviously I need to measure properly but unless I am being dumb I reckon I could fit it in?!

Dontknowanymore

bestpud wrote: »

Right now you need your family and that takes priority in my book.

You can put your entire life on hold through looking too far into the future.

Who knows what your situation will be in 2,5,10 years time!

When we lived in a mobile home with a baby and a toddler, DH and just managed to get the mattress from our bed into the single room. We couldn't fit in the base so put the mattress on the floor and we couldn't open the door so just took that off. We had one thin shelf at the end of the mattress and that was it. We just fell through the doorway into bed every night. The children and all our clothing went in the bigger room. It was the only way we could do it and we managed fine.

When we had three children (two teens and a toddler) in a 3 bed house, we moved into the middle sized room and again only really had room for the bed (but we did at least have the base as well that time!) DDs shared the big room, partitioned off because of the age difference and DS had the tiny room.

I never make anything too permanent in the house as I'm always aware that things change and we will move rooms around to accommodate our needs at the time.

You will find a way and can always adapt as your children grow too.

Thanks
I think I may just be able to do it!
I'm not one for spending time in my room anyway, I don't have a TV in there either so it really is for sleep and sex only :rotfl:
So I could live with just a bed in there.
I don't need a big room and my boys have always had the bigger room in the 2 flats I've had, it's just tht they were all doubles.

Oldernotwiser

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

Thanks for everyones replies.

Firstly if my double bed fits in the small room then I will go in there, I did say this in the OP.

I'm going back tommorrow so can have a proper look.

Secondly I am not sleeping in a single bed, that is just not an option.

I wont get anywhere by applying to the council directly and I have already found and been let down by one swap, I had already started packing. You wait longer than 8 months for a place there while living in a hostel!
And to be honest, I can't wait another 8 months or potentially longer, I've been dying to move back there since I was made to leave 2 years ago.

What a strange thing for a single person to dig their heels in about!

daisiegg

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

What a strange thing for a single person to dig their heels in about!

OP has mentioned sex a couple of times so she is either not single or is not expecting to stay that way!

skylight

And if she wants to dig her heels in, then she can dig them into whoever she wants.

Dontknowanymore

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

What a strange thing for a single person to dig their heels in about!

Why is it strange? Am I going to be single forever? Just because I am technically single does not mean I don't have a need for a double bed! how strange to think that!
I aint sleeping in a single bed long term, fella or no fella.

Dontknowanymore

skylight wrote: »

And if she wants to dig her heels in, then she can dig them into whoever she wants.

Oh if I could thank your post twice! :rotfl:Did make me giggle!

dizziblonde

Could you (appreciate it depends on ceiling heights - don't do what my brother did - insist on a bed and then realise he had a foot nose to ceiling clearance.... it lasted about a fortnight before he decided to beg for his old single bed back and ditch the New York Loft Double-Bedded Teenage Splendour Dream) get a double loft-style bed for yourself to have the underneath available as a play/study-type area for the lads during the day with their bunk-bed-bedroom just used for sleeping in? Some decent storage boxes and a spot of nagging/bribery and you could probably chuck all the kid-mess away overnight. Like I say - don't recommend this one if you live in a picturesque country cottage type house with low ceilings!

Is it worth looking at one of those Ikea displays demonstrating how to house a family of 967 in 2 square feet of house (exaggerated slightly) for ideas?

Other things we did when we had a shoebox sized flat was to make sure when we had things like coffee tables that we got those crate-type ones that doubled up as storage, or if you're putting seats in the kids room - things like those padded chesty things (are they ottomans) to double storage up everywhere we could do.

Oldernotwiser

skylight wrote: »

And if she wants to dig her heels in, then she can dig them into whoever she wants.

Of course, but many people would put their children's needs before their own comfort.