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To ask what's in your teens rooms?

78 replies

FirstworldprobIems · 21/10/2016 17:49

DD and DSD have been sharing a room so what they had before was very limited as there wasn't much room. DD is now moving into her own room and insists she needs all this stuff that I'm really not sure she does.

Happy to get her everything she needs but need to have some sort of idea of what's a standard room first.

TIA

OP posts:
Catam · 21/10/2016 20:13

My teen's room has been filled with other teens for the last two years so when planning furniture for your teen you might want to also plan additional cupboard/fridge space for all her mates 😂

ClaudiaJean2016 · 21/10/2016 20:27

When I was a teenager I had:

Double bed
Two bedside tables with lamps
Chest of drawers
Wardrobe
Two bookcases
Dressing table
Floor lamp
Desk and chair
Hardwood floor with massive rug.

No TV or computer in the bedroom but nobody had those when I was a teen. The desk and bookcases came with me when I moved out and I've still got them. The rest is still being used in parents guest room.

BackforGood · 21/10/2016 21:38

My teens have carpet - I don't understand why that wouldn't be a good idea ? Confused

All of my teens watch whatever tv they want to on their lap tops - don't understand why she thinks she needs a tv point?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 21/10/2016 21:42

Carpets in a teen's room?!Shock

LindyHemming · 21/10/2016 22:05

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FlabulousChic · 21/10/2016 22:10

My teenagers had bed, bedside cabinet, chest of drawers, wardrobe, games console, TVs. DVD. It's their sanctuary their space

PikachuSayBoo · 21/10/2016 22:16

Bed
Wardrobe
Desk
Bookcase
Drawers
Dressing table.

No tv but a computer.

Carpet and a rug

littledrummergirl · 21/10/2016 22:44

Ds1 (16)-bed,wardrobe, desk, loads of shelving, 2xguinea pigs, 1 rat and 1 hamster.

Ds2 (15)-bed, wardrobe, desk, loads of shelving, mess all over the floor.

Dd (12)- bed, wardrobe, desk, loads of shelving, hamster; make-up/hair stuff everywhere.

They each have a pc for homework. No theme going on here.

user1474781546 · 21/10/2016 22:52

Dd (16) carpeted room, fitted wardrobes with mirrored doors with 4 full sized wardrobes, double bed. En suite shower room with sink, PC, phone charger, lap top, bedside cabinet with lamp, dressing table and stool.
Study desk with lamp and chair. No TV as such as she streams everything through her laptop and PC.

WankersHacksandThieves · 21/10/2016 22:55

DS1 16 - double bed, built in wardrobe, chest of drawers, 4 bookcases, large desk for his computer with 2 and about to become 3 computer screens on it plus chair obvs. He also has a large smart tv with television point (it was there when we moved in) but he doesn't watch tv. he has various tablets and phones and ipods and 3 tons of lego stored under his bed! We have internet filters on. as long as he gets up in the morning then it's really up to him when he turns his light off, he's 16 not 12.

DS2 15 has similar to above but smaller desk, 1 computer and 1 screen, no tv or tv point as he isn't interested, and he also has a PS4 and Xbox one and various hand held gaming devices, phones tablets etc. He has his guitar and amp too. Same as above re lights out but I do tell him to put it off if it's still on when I pass and it's after 11. I don't stand outside and check up on him. he gets up when called in the morning with no issue

Witchend · 21/10/2016 22:59

I don't know. I can't see it under the rubbish. Wink

I think there's a carpet. I get remarkably excited when I see it, much to their disgust. I assume there's a bed, although one of my teens prefers to sleep on the floor.
There can't be a bookcase judging by the number of books on the floor...

SoMuchToBits · 21/10/2016 23:07

DS 15 has single bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, bookshelf, desk and chair, armchair, laminate flooring with rug.

PC in his room, also iPad, both switched off when he goes to bed.

If he wants to watch tv he watches it downstairs. He also has (in the dining room) his drum kit, full size concert xylophone and an electronic piano. Plus snare drum, bongos and other assorted small percussion instruments.

BrollySmolly · 21/10/2016 23:10

13 year old bedroom:

Ikea brimnes bed (perfect for visitors)
Ikea desk
Ikea kallax 4x4 unit for school work etc
Ikea kallax (old) 5x1 for storage, drawers, nail varnish etc
Wardrobe

Lava lamp
Lamp
Laptop (removed at nighttime along with her phone)
CD player

No TVs allowed in rooms until they're 18 here!

RaingodswithZippos · 21/10/2016 23:15

DS16 has a single bed, cupboard, inflatable chair, TV cabinet, TV, Xbox, docking station, fan. He is in the box room by choice so not much room for more stuff. He says he doesn't want to move into the bigger spare room because it's more to tidy up!

Katedotness1963 · 22/10/2016 02:20

DS 17:
Double bed
Wardrobe/drawers
Bedside table
Book case
Set of IKEA cube shelves
TV
Guitar chair
Rug

DS 15:
Double bed
Wardrobe
Chest of drawers
Bedside table
IKEA cube shelves
Computer desk and chair
Computer
TV
Games console
He has carpet in his room

daisypond · 22/10/2016 10:17

My 3 teenagers (all girls) share the larger front double bedroom. Two are in bunkbeds and the other sleeps in the top bed of another bunkbed unit, but it has a desk underneath and there are shelves at bed height. Also there is another long desk (with a diving line down the middle) and three desk chairs, one small single wardrobe and one double. They have underbed storage boxes. One of the bunkbeds (against an alcove) has built-in shelves in the alcove all the way up on which they have boxes. There's a set of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. All have their own lights, and there are blinds attached to the beds so they can draw them down. No TV in the room - they'd watch TV on a laptop if they wanted to. The wardrobes have mirrors on them. The floor is carpeted, and there's a rug as well. They have things like little make-up mirrors but they're on their shelves.

wheresthel1ght · 22/10/2016 13:46

Dss is 13.5, has the box room as dd and dsd share. He has a highleeper bunk, desk and chair, single futon style chair, bookcase, chest of drawers and a diy wardrobe which basically is a hanging rail between the bookcase and the wall. He has a tv in there as it doubles as a pc for homework and a nowtv box. He knows the rules and what happens if he watches anything inappropriate but all 3 kids hang out in it on an evening and watch tv before bed.

corythatwas · 22/10/2016 14:28

Dd (since age of 13):

single bed
laminated floor
wardrobe
two book cases
had a desk but this has now collapsed
chair

Ds (16) will have very similar if he ever gets round to painting his walls; only exception being that we will polish the floorboards as can't afford laminate this time round, and I can't imagine he will require two book cases

no TVs in either room, but both have phones and internet access, and there is a laptop for sharing between them

VixenLupin · 22/10/2016 14:39

Bed.
Chest of drawers.
Desk & chair.
Bookshelves, with more books everywhere else in the room.
One power point for charging phone/tablet/plugging speaker in to listen to very loud music.
Smell.

belleandsnowwhite · 22/10/2016 15:04

my 14 year old has single bed, draws, stool, full length mirror, book case, 1 bed side table, and a couple of shelves, she has a cd player but no TV or games console.

LadyBaelish · 22/10/2016 16:06

DS1 14. He has a single bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, bookcase, 2 dvd/cd towers, plastic storage unit, 2 snake tanks (realise that's probably unusual!) 3 shelves for various geeky figures and some of his favourite Lego.

'Stuff' wise...alarm clock, speaker for his phone, tv on top of the wardrobe (bit of a waste, don't think I've ever seen him turn it on!), electric guitar plus stand and amp.

Mellifera · 22/10/2016 16:36

DD17 has a single bed, a desk, a cube storage thing, lots of shelves, a massive whiteboard on the wall (brain extension), a record player and all our records, Laptop, small bedside table, all walls covered in sheets of paper with drawings or post it notes.

DS15 has a single bed, a desk, a bookcase full of bits and bobs, lots of shelving, an armchair usually full of clothes, a gaming pc and a laptop, small bedside table, an always overflowing bin.

Both rooms have TV connection but they don't use them, we have an unwanted TV gathering dust in our bedroom.

Both have a wardrobe on the landing, the loft is theirs, including a shower room (they clean themselves).

Loadsatulips · 22/10/2016 16:45

My 13 DD has bed, bedside table, wardrobe, chest of drawers and desk. She has a full length mirror and carpet. I am thinking of changing a lot of carpets upstairs but don't think I will bother replacing hers as then I won't be upset if she gets make up etc on it.
She has a laptop and tablet but no Tv. If she had a Tv in there we'd never see her!

Therealloislane · 22/10/2016 16:55

Dd is 15 & has a double bed, bedside cabinet, cheat of drawers, wardrobe & a dressing table with a mirror. She has a table lamp & a storage box for school books. She has fairy lights draped around her mirror but her room is grey & black. She has a wooden floor.

Ds is 12 & has a single bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers & a bedside unit. He has a wooden floor & a box for school books. He also has a TV (Dd doesn't)

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 22/10/2016 17:27

DD has a bed, bedside table, bookcase, and chest of drawers somewhere under the piles of crap

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