Sharing bedrooms

[teensandtoddlers]

Hoping someone can produce a sensible solution!

There's 6 of us (me, DD15, DD12 and my 3 nieces aged 1,2&3 who have lived with us since my sister died in Sept2020). We live in a 3 bedroom house which of course used to be fine but now is becoming an increasing problem. Moving house isn't currently an option so we need a suitable option for the time being. We have a box room (fits one bed), then a bedroom that can fit two beds (possibly three with very little floor space) and a master bedroom which has 6 built in wardrobes and could probably also fit three beds.

So now we're stuck on who shares and who gets which room? First I thought put the 3 youngest in the master bedroom, DDs in the second biggest room (have always chosen to share a room even when they could have one each) and I have the box room however DDs share a room with all four of their step sisters at their dads house (only 1 night a fortnight though) so I'd really like them to have a bit more space here.

I think they can share, can you get a room divider for your two daughters. Maybe they could each decorate their side of the room and make it more personal.

The three little ones in one room is good aa they are all quite small, so won't be bothered about space.

You also need your own space as well.

Children are quite flexible when to sharing l've found, maybe explain to them that while they have to share now in the future they will hopefully have their own rooms.

Your DD's want to share anyway. So you already answer yourself in your OP. You can't give them a room each, it wouldn't be fair, because you wouldn't have a bedroom so you'd be downstairs or wherever. So you in the smallest, two DD's in the middle, and youngest DC's in the biggest.

Could you put a partition in the older girls room? What about two high beds with a curtain so the space under their bed is private, for a desk and/or armchair? Then as the younger girls get older you could have a bunk bed to make floor space so they have more room. By the time they're teenagers your older girls will likely have moved out.