Has anyone had 3 sharing a room and been able to make it work? If so I have questions...

[Laughteronthewing]

Life has taken a change of direction and and as such we'll be at this house longer than planned.

It means that I'll have x3 boys sharing a room (please stop reading now if you're fingers are getting ready to type 'but that's abusive and cruel' 'why did you have more children than you had bedrooms').

I'm wondering about the best way to go about it. A triple high bunk, which would give lots of floor space? Or give each child a high sleeper each with desk, wardrobe and storage underneath. Or 1 set of bunks and a mid/high sleeper.

They are only primary school age, but if anyone managed to have 3 teens to a fairly big room I'd be interested to know what worked.

Giving up the main adult bedroom and sleeping on a sofa bed isn't an option sadly for various complicated reasons.

I have 3 ds's sharing (unexpected change of circumstances) luckily we have an extra sitting room with TV and Xbox so older ds has his own space away from siblings!!
Ds will have his own room next year at 16, again a change of circs!! 2. 5 years he will have shared!!
In your shoes I would do 3 cabin bed types with different duvets etc.

We have a bunk and a toddler bed
Nothing bigger will fit in the our room
Differing bedtimes is the hardest bit imho

i have 3ds in one room, they have a triple bunk (made by OH).

we are currently doing a loft conversion so that when they are older if we are still in this house they could have a bedroom each (3 to 4 bedrooms).

A friend had a bunkbed for 2 of them, then storage (wardrobes or shelving) in the middle to divide the room kind of in half - I think some faced one way and some faced the other, then a bed (with some storage under) on the other side for the oldest one. It worked really well, they all had a bit of privacy, lamps so no arguing over the main light, their own storage areas. It's nearly like having 2 rooms anyway.

We had a triple bunk bed for a while growing up, it was fine (though now I look back it was a bit rickety and wonder why our parents weren't more worried about us sandwiching up in the night!). However we were a bit younger so the priority was floor space to play and shelving for toys - by the time we were teens we were boarding so only home for holidays. Then our biggest issue was always privacy for calls and space to work- so with older DCs id also support the pp who said 3 cabin beds...

My three boys used to share when we lived in a smaller house, but I did give them the biggest room because of this. They had one of those bunks that had a double at the bottom and a single at the top.

There were 5 of us girls in one room in the 70s.

Two bunks, one on each side and a single in the middle for the eldest.

Jeez it was fun and horrendous in equal doses; esp as they were all sisters and I was the step-interloper.

Meh. Not cruel at all. People pay 30k + for their teens to share a room at boarding school

I would go for something like this. Think the curtains would be important as it would allow for a bit of privacy.

Three of mine sharedwhen they were small; 8, 6 and 3. I had shortie bunks from Argos and a short bed from ikea for the youngest. We had a big bank of ikea storage along one wall. They were fine for a year or so until we moved house.

The two youngest then shared until 10 and 7, when we moved again.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with 3 in a room! Perhaps I should look at boys dorms on pintrest for inspiration

We have shorty mid sleepers at the moment, shorty beds are great but you don't get as much individual space underneath.

I like the idea of making your own triple bunk spiderpants the only one that I can find that is widely available is very basic and it doesn't look like you can change where the ladders go.

I would look at customising IKEA stuff; maybe so that the middle bunk makes an L shape with the others, if you see what I mean. I've stayed in youth hostels with bunks like that.

Three between 10 and fourteen. Room divided into three by strategic placing of wardrobe and shelves (those cheap canvas covered ones) and large chest of drawers. Each section had access to their own storage, own bedside lamp bedside table etc. Each responsible for keeping their own space clean and not allowed in each other's space. It was much more successful and a lot tidier than when they'd shared an open room.

We moved to a six-bedroomed house when our three DC were young so that they could have a bedroom each.

Two years later, they all sleep in one room . The two eldest always end up in DC3’s room and so we had to buy additional beds for in there as well as the ones they have in their own rooms.

They have a single bed each in DC3’s room that they have pushed together to make one huge bed .

If it doesn’t make the room too small I’d do a high sleeper each so that they have their own little space underneath and some privacy when on top. Good fences make good neighbours and all that.

We have three junior school age kids sharing a tiny room: normal beds, with drawers underneath, a little shelf by the bed and a bean bag on the bed. The kids don’t (yet) mind- sure they’d love a massive bedroom each but not unhappy with what they’ve got. The living space downstairs is kiddy friendly and there’s a desk in the adult’s bedroom for quiet work (available upon request and one child at a time only).

Good luck :)