Bedroom conundrum.

[Sexnotgender]

We are potentially moving to a new property.

4 bed
2 children
1 large master suite
2 reasonably big doubles
1 single

We need a guest room which we need a double bed in.

That leaves a big room and a little room for the children. Ages are currently 2.5 and 6 months.

Do we just put the baby in the single?

I feel bad that big brother gets a really decent sized room and little sister gets a small room!

Am I overthinking it?

@ThePoisonousMushroom

I wouldn’t give the kids the master either, there are plenty of other suitable bedrooms and options 🤷🏻‍♀️. The master usually has the en suite so I’d want that.

Yes it’s en-suite. I’ve never had an en-suite so I’d quite like it!

If the OP wants her children to share then presumably they can share the second bedroom instead? No need to give them the master bedroom.

We don't have a dedicated spare room but we bought a truckle bed for the study so it can work as a double when needed without taking up space the rest of the time.

@ThePoisonousMushroom

If the OP wants her children to share then presumably they can share the second bedroom instead? No need to give them the master bedroom.

Exactly. Thank you.

My youngest has the smallest bedroom, and all his clothes are kept in our wardrobe in our bedroom, so his room is for his bed and books and toys.

I reckon though if the smallest room isn’t a box room, you’d actually be surprised at how much you can fit in there.

@Sexnotgender some people are weird like that and I (clearly wrongly) assumed you were one of them on the basis of regular overnight guests for prolonged periods

My 2 young kids share a decent sized room and we have the small bedroom as an office. They love sharing.

A few options:

Children share one of the doubles (you should get the master of course.) Another double as guest room, single as play room.

Children get a large room each, but one doubles as the guest room. We did similar when we only had a three bed. Us in one, DD2 in the smaller one with bunks, DD1 in the larger one with a double bed. When visitors came DD1 had a sleepover with her sister (and enjoyed the novelty).

Toddler in double- he'll have bigger/more toys at the moment, guestroom as double, baby in single. She may be quite happy in there for years tbh.

[quote girlmom21]@Sexnotgender some people are weird like that and I (clearly wrongly) assumed you were one of them on the basis of regular overnight guests for prolonged periods [/quote]
No, the guests will pretty much exclusively be my parents and probably my sister in law.
Won’t be lots of different people. In fairness my parents will get to see our bedroom but it won’t be a weird “new house tour”, not really my style 😂

Baby in the box room, they mostly play downstairs anyway and only need somewhere to sleep. Most kids happy to share!!

Her brother say could have the room until he’s 10 then swap - usually the age they outgrown bigger room filling toys and go electronic! So need less room.

For now:

• Baby with you/in the box room.
• 2.5yo in one of the doubles.
• You in the master suite.

When baby is a toddler and has lots of (large) toys:

• You in the master suite.
• 2.5yo in the double in a double/king bed.
• Baby in the other double.
• Use boxroom as an office (perhaps with a trrundle day bed that transforms into a double).

Then you have a choice - either give guests the 2.5yo's room or put your guests in the boxroom, depending on how long they are staying.

When you replace baby's cot, I'd get them a double bed as well - then the kids can take turns being ejected from their rooms for guests.

No, the guests will pretty much exclusively be my parents and probably my sister in law.

Chuck 2.5yo out of his room for parents.

Give SIL the single room when she comes.

Each kid gets a double room with double bed. The single is a playroom/toy room with a day bed for sitting on. Possibly some office space too

When you have guests the kids can take turns moving into the playroom and guests get their double
We had this set up growing up (family would visit from Australia) and it worked well

When we growing up we all wanted the smaller room. Lot more cosier and less to mess up/tidy away. As soon as my sister moved out I went into the smaller room. At one point we decided we wanted to share. Didn’t want our own rooms, too boring! So probably yes are over thinking. Now my kids don’t have luxury to choose. 2 boys in big room and DD in smaller room. That is just the way it is and always will be, until they move on too.

@Sexnotgender

Laughing at bunk beds in the small room for guests😂

Why?

Why? Because I don’t think putting elderly guests in bunk beds is particularly a good solution.

When I was a child and my brother was old enough for his own room I was asked did I want to keep the room I was in (second biggest of three) or would I like to move into the smaller room and choose exactly how I wanted it decorated, I would've been about 3, I chose the smallest room. It had enough space for me. There are lots of other good suggestions here too, give both children large rooms and keep the single as a guest room, the DC use when you have guests, or have bunk beds in one of the rooms and have the small room as a playroom etc

The bunks are for the children not the guests!

Why? Because I don’t think putting elderly guests in bunk beds is particularly a good solution.

My mid-70s father slept on a bunk when he and my mother took the sleeper train across Europe a few years ago .

That said, it wouldn't be their first choice and you have plenty of bed space to go around so no need!

I'd go with:

A) boxroom as guest room. Put a comfy sofa bed in it so it can also be a TV den or whatever when no guests. Dc get a decent size bedroom each.

If that's not feasible:

B) one double room ring-fenced for guests. Dc get bunks in the box room & they also get the other double as play room.

C) as above, but dc share double room (look at ideas for using bunks or bookcases to divide it - when my dds were young they shared a big room but with clearly separate 'zones'). Keep the box room as a home office or something. At some point a dc will ask to move into it to get away from their sibling. This is fine as it's their choice to take the small room for privacy. They get the fun of moving into a new room, sibling gets old room to themselves, everyone is happy.

D) give them a room each, whichever way round. In 5 years time one of them will be grumbling about having the box room, but your need for a spare room may have changed by then.

I'd go with C personally. I've moved around a lot with 3dc, & 'I want a space of my own even if it's small' always trumps arguing over who has the best room.

@JurgensCakeBaby

The bunks are for the children not the guests!

Guests get bunk beds in the single room. Or a hotel/holiday let.

I was replying to this.

If you absolutely cannot fit a double in the guest room then as the kids are still young them sharing the smallest room and the second bedroom as a shared playroom makes more sense.

*double in the smallest

Kids can share. We have spare rooms but DC prefer to sleep in the same one. Later I would put bunks in single room, so they can use this room only for sleeping, and have the other double as a playroom.

There are some fully bonkers answers on here.

I had a box room so small it needed a specially inbuilt bed.

I was a kid. It was my palace and all my own.

No baby is going to give a shit about square footage, unless they have some reason to think there’s something off.