Bedroom issue and squabbling sisters

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My girls are 10 and 6 and constantly squabbling in the mornings at weekends about the younger one being in the older one's bedroom. My 10 year old always gets quite fired up and angry about the situation, the 6 year old ends up crying and I've had enough.

The 10 year old is in the biggest bedroom in the house as it's an awkward shape which wouldn't easily take two wardrobes so me and her dad had the smaller of the bigger rooms which is more square. Therefore the bigger toys such as the ridiculously large barbie dream house is in her room. The other two bedrooms are small, but not tiny. My second daughter has everything she needs in her room- midsleeper, wardrobe, drawers and toy box with more toys underneath the midsleeper but no large toys.

Both girls love their barbies. The younger one just wants to be with the older one all the time and the older one just constantly wants to be left alone as she's definitely hormonal. The older one is now saying that the younger daughter can't play in her room in the mornings. Even though she has all the best toys. The room is even split into her area and the "play area" with a door inbetween each area on one side of the wall so it's clearly marked however my eldest daughter now has an issue with my younger daughter being noisy on the play room side each morning as she likes to read in the quiet. I suspect she potentially has some sort of neurodiversity too.

The fourth bedroom is an office which I use most days for work, it also has a single bed and wardrobe in there aswell as a large desk so there is no room to put the larger toys in there either.

I am tired of waking up to screaming and shouting at weekends. I've tried convincing my younger daughter to come into me and watch TV when she first wakes up but all she wants to do is play barbies with the bigger toys in her sister's room. I've now suggested moving my older daughter into the office and having her large room as a playroom/my office to make it equal but my older daughter point blank refuses because she couldn't have a double bed anymore. She also had her room decorated only 9 months ago for her birthday and loves it in there.

What is the solution here? I'm guessing that my older daughter is going to get more grumpy now and eventually won't want to play with her sister. My younger daughter won't play on her own and wants my older daughter to play with her all the time. Does anyone have any solutions? To add, the large barbie toys mostly belong to my older daughter too so it's not easy for me to take them away and put them somewhere else for my younger daughter.

I'd just like a peaceful weekend morning😩

Does anyone have a solution?

The the OP can wait a year to persuade the older DD to part with her toys and in the meantime teach her younger DD the much needed lesson of giving her sister some space and privacy when requested

In the meantime perhaps she can plan some nice presents for the younger DD who must be a bit fed up of all of the "best" toys being bought for the older DD

Facebook market place has multiple dream houses I would just buy another and put it in the younger girls room. It's unlikely your older DD is going to want to play Barbie's or even have them in her room for much longer tho.

Lay down the law? Or get told her wants and thoughts don't matter if they clash with her sisters?

Thank you all. Lots of interesting responses here and all so different which shows me just how complex the situation is.

We had a family meeting this afternoon and I gave several solutions and scenarios. Older DD will not leave the larger bedroom (which suits me as less upheaval) but also wants the dreamhouse to remain in her room. So, we have agreed a compromise that DD2 can not enter her room before a certain time each morning and later at weekends. DD1 is an early riser so is happy to have her sister in before 9am but it is later than 7.30 too. We have also agreed that other large joint barbie toys will now move to DD2s room.

Exactly as @Shortandfat describes so perfectly, two barbie dream houses is absolutely not an option. DD1 was 6 when sne had it too ironically! Luckily, DD2 has another special large toy which is kept downstairs to balance things out. She certainly doesn't miss out, the dreamhouse just happens to be the favourite toy of both.

If things continue, we will look at swapping DD1 to a smaller more private bedroom but will give it time first as she's requested.