What furniture is in your kid’s room?

[Desperado40]

Hi, I am moving to a slightly bigger house where DD & DS won’t share a bedroom anymore. The new rooms differ in size, one is double and one is single. Apart from the beds, I want to leave behind the wardrobe and chest of drawers they are currently sharing, so will have to get new furniture fairly quickly after moving in. Trouble is, I am a bit clueless. What do your DSs have furniture wise in single rooms? Do we need a wardrobe and chest of drawers each? DD needs a desk as well. Please hit me with some ideas/inspiration or just by listing how you’ve organised your kids rooms. Budget is not huge, but I’d rather buy furniture to grow into than specifically kiddie one storage wise. DD is 10, DS is 7.

DC each have a bed on a raised platform with storage underneath. A wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a desk, chair and bookcase. And a display cabinet for collections.

As they get older, they need the desk and bookcase. There are some lovely beds on platforms with built in desk underneath and bookcase along one side. That could be ideal for the single room. This sort of thing.

1x single bed
1 x tall boy (this depends on whether you are a million and one clothes for child or not)
1 x bookcase

Dc1 has a desk and chair too due to age whereas dc2 still has his toy boxes.

Both have:-
Single bed
Single wardrobe
IKEA shoe cabinet (used for gloves/hats etc as well)
IKEA 4 cube Kallax (a 2x2 each)
Beanbag chair

Dd has in addition (older and larger room),
IKEA kallax 1x4 for toys
4 shelf bookcase full of books

Theres a shared landing outside their room for toy storage which has a couple of IKEA trofast units and a bit of open space for play.

A desk, a bed, a set of drawers, a bookshelf and a set of shelves.

He had a wardrobe but got rid of it when we changed him to the smaller room because he never used it. He doesn't have clothes that need to hang.

DD had a room makeover when she was 5

Bed, bedside table, wardrobe, book shelf, an IKEA Trofast system for toys. Apart from the Trofast one, all were normal furniture, not kid ones and mostly IKEA

We added a desk and chair when she was 9.

She put away most toys when she was 11, so Playmobil, dolls etc. A Lego stayed longer but was never in her room.

We now re-did the room, she was 12 when we choose the furniture.
Out with the Trofast and instead more bookshelves with and without doors so she can keep all small things important to teen girls fairly dust free.

The bedside table has more drawers to cater for hair stuff, make up, jewellery,

You can dress a room younger or older with lamps, removable wall decor, bedding.

Single bed (one has a mid sleeper version with a “den” underneath), chest of drawers, comfy chair for adult to sit in (children young enough they want reading to etc), laundry basket and a bookcase with books and a couple of baskets of toys. Their rooms have built in wardrobes but they don’t really have much that needs to hang. They’re not old enough that they need a desk, they work at the dining table. When and if they need a desk we can swap the chair out or we might convert the playroom into a kind of “office” for children!

Really appreciate all the replies! Thank you I will definitely think about mid or high sleeper bed for the smaller room. I am not sure if we could fit a wardrobe in there, but also not sure if ds would need one. For parents of tweens/teens- do they have single or double beds? I’d consider keeping a single and get something like a day bed or futon for sleepovers.

We've just moved so still setting up rooms.

Before we moved, DD1 had a small double bed, bedside table, chest of drawers, tall Billy bookcase, desk and chair. Built in wardrobe.
DD2 had bunk beds, desk and chair, drawers, small Billy bookcase (we didn't trust her to not try to climb, she was six when she moved there, DD1 was eight). Built in wardrobe.

New house (they are eight and nine now)
So far DD2 has a double bed, chest of drawers, bedside table, desk and chair, built in wardrobe.
DD1 has a double loft bed, chest of drawers and built in wardrobe. Plus a desk and chair.

We are still deciding how to store their books and toys. Books may live downstairs, as they generally share their extensive library. Toys are very much thinned out now.. mostly Lego, with Barbie's and Our Generation for DD2. Plus jigsaws and board games. They used to have a playroom but don't now.

They have double beds as DD2s is likely to used for guests, and they will share DD1s. Easier with both girls than one of each.

Your son will need some hanging space for school uniform, shirts etc going forward.

@Desperado40

Really appreciate all the replies! Thank you I will definitely think about mid or high sleeper bed for the smaller room. I am not sure if we could fit a wardrobe in there, but also not sure if ds would need one. For parents of tweens/teens- do they have single or double beds? I’d consider keeping a single and get something like a day bed or futon for sleepovers.

I'd definetly go for double if buying a new bed.

My dd is 9, really tall, and she just doesn't seem to fit her single bed any more. She would be more comfortable in a double, so we will look to replace it soon. Plus handy for sleepovers.

Midsleep bed with toys underneath.
Narrow IKEA bookcase. Plastic stack of drawers for other toys.

There's no room for a desk or wardrobe so clothes are in our bedroom.

ds room was planned when he was around 7 so there was as much practical storage with easy access to keep it as clear as possible and it has grown with him and hasn't changed (other than new age appropriate paint colours/pictures/new mattresses) for 10+ years:

Faux black leather ottoman bed/headboard (double if you have the space) - loads of storage for a bean bag, spare duvets, spare bedding, pillows, inflatable mattresses, sleeping bags etc for when he had sleepovers.

A set of IKEA Malm low/wide 2 x 3 drawers - 5 large drawers for clothes, 1 for his small bits of junk. This gave a low top he could put things on to keep them off the floor, and eventually he had a TV wall mounted above it with his playstation, clock on it, he keeps things like his laptop, phone charging etc on it when not in use etc.

He has a small fitted wardrobe - which hides a lot - dookets for toys, games, books etc. The short hanging rail isn't used except for school uniform. His clothes are mostly casual so go in drawers, anything occasional smart can hang in my wardrobe.

He still has the old glider chair from his nursery for clean/worn once clothes, a slim Laundry basket and a small bin keeps the room tidyish. He has a long window sill and a radiator cover which provides ledges that he can use to put things (originally dinosaurs, piggy bank etc and now teen things) on to keep them from accumulating on the floor. Just a blackout blind and no curtains to keep it neat. There is also 5 hooks on the back of the bedroom door for dressing gown/bulky hoodies.

A wall mounted light above his bed for reading is also useful and tidier/takes up less space than a lamp.

Shoes/jackets are kept downstairs. He normally uses either my WFH desk in converted garage/utility for homework (since lockdown we have squeezed another desk into my bedroom which he uses for remote schooling). If you have the space, it has worked well for him to have a separate quiet space where he gets into study mode/can keep his school books tidy without the distractions in his bedroom and keeps his bedroom schoolwork free for relaxing. Now he is older and has lots of school notes/books we have a slim IKEA billy bookcase with extra shelves added so he has a separate shelf for every subject and it keeps everything tidy.

DD got a double but it won’t work for sleepovers as she is such a bad and noisy sleeper. I managed in super king together with her on a weekend break but only nearly.

For sleepovers we take the mattress from our daybed/guest bed and bring it into her room. I would have loved for her to have space for a separate futon but she insisted on more shelves and cupboards.

But a double means she can sit/lie on it with a friend during the day.

Wardrobe: it depends what you want to go there. DD has her coats, dresses, school shirts to hang plus all hoodies as they take too much space in the drawers.

Also, with 13 she has adult height and it is space saving to hang her trousers instead of folding them. It also means she has a full length mirror as well.

Mid-sleeper single bed with IKEA trofast units underneath
Another ikea trofast unit
One single wardrobe for all clothes (has shelves inside as well as hanging space)
A desk
Books go on the wall-mounted display type shelves from Ikea which saves space!

Single bed with bed underneath

Bedside set of drawers for underwear

Changing table (basic one) with his tv, games console and media etc...who said they are a waste of money

Computer desk. though I should say it's a general rubbish desk

Kallax style 3x2 cube, computer tower, printer on top god knows whatever stored in the boxes

Double wardrobe, but not full height due to sloping ceiling, so we have put two shelves in

Basic bookcase, but deep about 4ft high

Shelving in window alcove, with plastic boxes for toys

Sorry in the wardrobe we took out the shelf and put two hanging rails in

Also remembered he has a blanket box as well

Thanks all, really great ideas. I would definitely go for hooks on the door and go for wardrobe for dd. Storage wise we definitely need wardrobe for dd but maybe will get away with drawers for ds for now.