Split 1 bedroom into 2 bedrooms

sugar-walsh

@_Sam_ it makes the most sense to me too. If they're anything like my teens, they spend little time in the lounge and mostly in their own spaces.  I don't know how old the op teens are, but there's every chance they might be off to uni soon.

outtatune

_Sam_ said:

twopenny said:

So someone sleeps in the kitchen with the cooking smells?

To be honest it I was in this situation I'd give the kids the rooms, and have the kitchen/sitting room to myself. No extra walls, just a quality comfortable sofa-bed and few house rules to account for the situation. No smelly food could be one of them  

+1 for me.

Splitting the bedroom seems like a way to spend a huge amount of money to make your kids very miserable indeed. They'd probably want to spend as little time in their rooms as possible. Sofa bed in the lounge for mum is the most practicable solution.

theoretica

How tall are the ceilings?  When you mentioned a high sleeper I was wondering about the possibility for a lot of use of height/ vertical division. 

jackieblack

_Sam_ said:

twopenny said:

So someone sleeps in the kitchen with the cooking smells?

To be honest it I was in this situation I'd give the kids the rooms, and have the kitchen/sitting room to myself. No extra walls, just a quality comfortable sofa-bed and few house rules to account for the situation. No smelly food could be one of them  

Yes, me too

plumb1_2

mi-key said:

deece1 said:

Thank you all for your feedback. I’m definitely going to get a few quotes.

I am also going to look into the idea of sliding doors to split the room. It will cost less and take up less space.

If you get glazed sliding doors ( with obscured glass for privacy ) it will also let a lot of light into the room. They probably won't fit the whole width of the divide, but you would only need a small stud wall built either side of them

It would have to be safety glass  if lower than 800mm from ffl 

mi-key

plumb1_2 said:

mi-key said:

deece1 said:

Thank you all for your feedback. I’m definitely going to get a few quotes.

I am also going to look into the idea of sliding doors to split the room. It will cost less and take up less space.

If you get glazed sliding doors ( with obscured glass for privacy ) it will also let a lot of light into the room. They probably won't fit the whole width of the divide, but you would only need a small stud wall built either side of them

It would have to be safety glass  if lower than 800mm from ffl 

True, most internal sliding glazed doors should be safety glass anyway