AIBU to want a kettle and mini fridge in our bedroom?

[toomuchpressure78]

Recently completed a loft conversion, and bedroom is now on the 2nd floor, after 15 years of marital bliss in a 1st floor bedroom. The bedroom is lovely and we finally have an ensuite so no longer have to share a bathroom with 2 DDs and their endless collection of hair bands, unclosed toothpaste tubes, shampoo spillages and the rest.

Only problem is its now 2 flights of stairs down in the morning to make a cuppa, and 2 flights back up again to drink it in bed. We're a week in and I'm over it.

I want to get a kettle and a mini fridge in the bedroom, so tea can be made without dealing with any stairs at all. OH thinks this is unnecessary and will add clutter and damp to the bedroom. But then again, OH only makes the morning tea about once a fortnight and would basically cease to function if I wasn't getting up every day to make the tea.

Who is right?

I always have a cup of tea in bed, every morning.
we have a kettle in our room and little sachets of coffee whitener - it’s fine in tea. I buy them in bulk from Amazon, also use them in our campervan.

And he didn't mention noise, he just fancies OP being his servant up and down stairs. Forever. Apparently.

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A hairbrush with a normal, three pin plug? I thought you could only have those shaver/electric toothbrush style plug sockets in bathrooms, as the traditional ones aren't safe around all the water.

You can definitely have normal sockets in a bathroom, there might be some restrictions with how far it is from the water source though.

Thank you!

You are not unreasonable to want a kettle or a mini fridge. Quite a few posters saying to just go out and buy them, but I’d say doing so without DH’s consent is unreasonable. The reasoning being that neither item will just live in a drawer, a kettle in the bedroom is desperately unstylish outside of a hotel. To procure one against your partners will is no better than them getting some hideous art for the bedroom and you coming home to find it on the wall.

What is unreasonable is him expecting her to be his servant up and downstairs.

OP must say "Right then, no more tea in bed or we can have this very reasonable thing I have asked for".

My 11 year old has a mini fridge and coffee machine (only uses chocolate pods)in her room so yea go for it .

Mini kettle. No fridge. It would make a noise and possibly give out heat. Either UHT or creamer or just take a little flask if milk up daily.

We had a loft conversion and so have this problem for our home office and I'd originally considered a kettle but it doesn't bother me now. I reckon just get used to extra flight.

How about a teasmaid and some of those little jigger pots of milk (you know the ones you get in hotels?). I had this in my bedroom until my teasmaid finally conked out.

I feel your pain OP. I have an attic bedroom and a basement kitchen. Three flights of stairs each time! However I don't actually enjoy food or drink in a bedroom so that's OK. In your situation I'd get what I wanted

Get one! I loved mine. Sadly it eventually broke and I never got round to replacing it.

If you ever fancy a upgrade this little coffee maker is great , it uses ground coffee .
It comes with the travel cup but you don't have to use it if you prefer a normal cup.
I have got 2 , one in the bedroom , one in the kitchen. Like you I don't take milk but if I did I think I'd prefer a small flask rather than a fridge.

@toomuchpressure78 , go for it.
get something that suits/ blends in with you new decor

www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-EK2408-Coffee-Personal-Machine/dp/B07351ZK8B

Mini fridges can be quite noisy, check decibel rating, also think about the heat they can produce, loft rooms get very hot in summer.

Most B&Bs have a little mini setup at the very least.

I would absolutely do this provided it was made a sort of feature of the room and not just a kettle and fridge plonked randomly.

We are presently building a new home and our main bedroom is a feature of the home with a dressing room, en-suite, study nook and a little mini bar setup.

Maybe the PP isn't in the UK. The plug thing in bathroom isn't worldwide

But they could live in a wardrobe like the picture I added

My colleague has a tea and coffee station in her room. Kettle, coffee machine, biscuits. I think it’s a lovely wholesome idea and will make you feel like you are living in a hotel.

What, what???

We're getting pax wardrobes, what did you do for this bit?

And how do the electrics work for the kettle

Im thinking I coujld have this for a tea station or I could have a roll out make up/hair dryer shelf

The UK is the outlier. Styling your hair in the bathroom is so nice!

I won a Teasmade in a raffle in 1977 just after getting married. We had the milk in a small jug and just covered it over, was perfectly fine. A small flask would have been better though thinking back.

It was a bit noisy when it started hissing just before making the tea but it took up hardly any room just sat on a bedside cabinet and tea made without even getting out of bed was so luxurious. 😁

Mini fridges are noisy-or can be.

I voted that YANBU although I probably would just use a Thermos for the milk. But I wouldn't impose a kettle on him, oh no no no - if DH wouldn't let me have a kettle in the room I would very generously point out that the only compromise solution is to swap roles and for him to make the tea 9 times out of 10! And that the first day he refused to bring me a cuppa would be the day a new kettle appeared!