Do you spend time in your bedroom

[allisgood47]

I'm decorating my house room by room . I was going to do my room first as I always do everything for the kids before myself. I asked for some ideas and it seems people spend time in their bedroom . I had suggestions like a nice reading corner . A place to enjoy the view. A comfortable place to chill out etc. Then I thought whats the point all I do is sleep in my room . So maybe i should do the kids rooms first .

I had not realised adults spend time in their room other than when they sleep. ?

I have my sons 32 inch TV propped up at the end of my bed . Which is a super kingsize. But I do not have two living rooms 😅

Yeah, I do. My bedroom is cosier than the living room, I have an open plan kitchen and living room (small flat). If teen DS has friends over I let them take over the living room!

I spend a lot of time in my bedroom. Love it

When we had a smaller bedroom I rarely spent time there during the day. Now we have a huge bedroom with an armchair facing french doors with a lovely green outlook, so I often sit there during the day reading or just taking in the view.

If I have a child free day and not doing anything I spend my whole time in my bedroom, I love it in there and much more comfy to watch tv in bed than on the sofa. However, those days are once in a blue moon, so mainly it's used for changing and sleeping. If we're home for the day I'll be in the living room.

@TillyTollyTully husband and I have the smallest bedroom in our house. We did have the largest and we would only go up to sleep. Once more children came along we gave it up so they had more space in their bedrooms.
We fit in our bed and bedside table. I actually love it.
We now have all toys upstairs as there is so much more room in their bedrooms that I now have a "grown up living room" aswel

no, I am saying it is a position of phenomenal wealth and privilege to have a room entirely for sleeping, and standing empty for the whole day. I think its another example of the very wealthy not recognising they are very wealthy.

I think in the uK it is probably normal for bedrooms to double as studies, playrooms, tv rooms, etc. Ours are all work places, as well as sleeping places, and we have a communal living room as well where we do things together

Lots of people in the UK living in one room! bed room IS living room! and in other countries too, in fact I have taught in schools where orphans sleep on the floor in the classrooms. Maybe why I am looking at this from a different perspective to some other posters. You dont have to be destitute not to have a room only for sleeping in though.

And what an phenomenol position of luxury to decide you want to alternate between different rooms for the sake of your mental health 😂

You have lost me its all gone over my head.

Um in most first world countries across the world it is actually the norm to have separate living room and bedroom. And is not a sign of phenomenal wealth.

I grew up in a lot of poverty, and we lived in a council flat. And even then we had separate bedrooms and living room.

I understand in many third world countries poverty is rife and shacks, and single room living is common in some areas. But this doesn’t mean anyone who has seperate bedrooms and living rooms in first or second world countries if phenomenally wealthy.

I can’t work it out either, I think the poster is in the uk but likely a house share and lives and works in her one room. And feels anyone who doesn’t need to do that must be phenomenally wealthy. She or he thinks this is the norm.

@Nimbostratus100 You are being frankly weird on this thread, which is something I’ve seen pointed out to you on multiple threads now.

It is not “tremendous wealth and privilege” to live in a house with both a bedroom and a living room in it, this is what most houses are like. Perhaps if it is so ingrained in your psyche that everyone in your household must spend their time on their own, meaning you’d need a massive house to accommodate a bedroom and living room each it would be, but otherwise it is perfectly normal for everyone to be in the communal living room the vast majority of people have, until you all go to bed. I would argue it’s far more privileged to expect everyone to spend all their time separately than to just use your communal living room.

And how incredibly rude, not to mention odd of you, to mock someone for recognising that they feel happier when they use their living room than when they do everything in their bedroom. What is wrong with you?

I spend more time in my bedroom than anywhere else and always have done, even before having children and being married. I wfh and have a separate office but occasionally when it’s really cold, I’ll retreat back to my bedroom and set up my laptop there.

Maybe that's the case . I have lived in bedsits . Hostels. Temporary accommodation. Private rents. I'm now in a council property. Nothing wealthy about me what so ever.

But sure you and I know that having a bedroom to just sleep/get ready in is not the sign of phenomenal wealth. I think everyone is reacting because it’s so utterly odd and the poster is doubling down on it. I think they are in the uk too.

Mine is just for sleeping and getting changed in. We do have a TV in there but have only ever used it a couple of times.

Only sleep, I don't have a tv in there either. I do read for about 20mjns before I sleep but that's it.

As a phenomenally wealthy individual, my bedroom is mainly just for sleeping, but I do sometimes go up early to read or watch something while cosy in bed. I wouldn't put a reading corner or anything in as I would rather do that downstairs where I have a v comfy sofa or just in bed itself. My husband doesn't really use the living room unless we are using it together, so I have no problems finding somewhere quiet!

After I put the youngest to bed I'm exhausted and retreat to my bedroom or ours (DP). It's my safe cozy space . I have a tv . Nice cosy dim lighting. I lie on my bed and read , sometimes just look out the window at the sea and mountains. Then when it's dark I leave the blinds open for a bit a look at the stars. Then my DP joins me and we watch a program on our tv snuggled up in bed. It's heaven. You may enjoy your bedroom more if you do it up and make it your cosy private space.

A comfortable bed and somewhere to get ready is all I need, also somewhere to pop a book I never get round to reading and a cup of sleep tea to go cold on every night, because I have imaginings of being the kind of person who sips a drink and reads a book, but actually am so dog tired I pass out in exhaustion before my head hits the pillow

I have issues sleeping and in the sleep disorder works it’s encouraged- if possible because you are so extraordinarily wealthy and privileged - to only sleep in a bedroom.

Interestingly, having lived abroad where sleeping in the living room was quite common, and in a bed sit, I do wonder if they would be able to give that advice in other places.

sometimes I lie on my bed in the middle of the day and stare into space - usually next to a damp towel after having a shower or a pile of laundry. Does that count as hanging out 😂

I do tend to relax and watch iPad in my room early evening but then I work in my downstairs (childminder) so feel I can't switch off down there.

How wealthy??? Because according to Mumsnet I'm privileged and wealthy. 😂😂

I have a two bed flat. I spend time reading in my bedroom if DS plays video games in the lounge or has mates over. We don't have TVs in bedrooms, just the one in the lounge.

I have a bay window in my bedroom ,just the right size for a little sofa . It gets afternoon sun and is a perfect place for a post lunch read and neighbourhood spying.