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Dividing furniture- kids bedrooms

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Baffers100 · 24/07/2024 09:17

My STBXH and I have been dividing the furniture and "stuff" from the house as part of our divorce. So far, it's been surprisingly amicable and fair. All that's left is the matter of the two children's bedrooms. I don't know how to tackle these, and wondered what other people did?
I'm leaving the house (house is potentially being sold but that's plan B). I don't want to pick their rooms clean and it doesn't seem fair on them. They both could also do with larger beds as there's not much growing room left in theirs but then their beds and mattresses' are probably the highest cost to replace.

What did everyone else do?

OP posts:
halfmyface · 09/08/2024 13:34

I left the fmh so bought mainly new (well slapped it on a credit card!) for their bedroom at mine. The first few nights they just had a mattress on the floor but a friend gave me her kids old bedframes and kids and I went round the big blue Swedish shop and I let them choose shelving, desks, bedside lights etc. DP did the same on his move - had the basics but then took them shopping.

halfmyface · 09/08/2024 13:36

meant to add in terms of possessions/ toys - they had a big moving box each and I helped them choose what to bring. I have 50/50 custody with exh and stuff migrates between homes now.

AutumnFroglets · 09/08/2024 13:42

I'm leaving the house
Think of the practicalities. To get from one house to another you would need to hire the van and physically move them down stairs and then up stairs OR you order new and someone else (shop) hires the van and possibly drags them upstairs for you. You also state the kids will outgrow them soon anyway. Surely its a no brainer to leave it all in the family home and you get new or charity shop for wardrobes/drawers. If you are short of funds would Ex pay half?

EDIT - to clarify my post, I would buy new beds even if it was only mattress this month and the frame on a different month, but I would have zero qualms looking in charity shops for wardrobe and drawers. British Heart, Mind, the Youth Hostels shops in my area have very high quality 2nd hand furniture for cheap prices. Worth looking around in your area.

Preggers101 · 09/08/2024 14:06

What do the kids want? If STBXH is staying in the family home for a little while at least, and the kids will still be sleeping there some of the time, they probably still want their beds and furniture left as they are, don't they? I'd just start again, get fresh things.

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