There is so much on this blog about space saving in a shared bedroom, some of which I have already done. My 2 older boys share the smaller of the 2 big rooms (I have the biggest). They are always moaning that they have no space to do anything (they would have more IF they tidied it!)
Anyway we already have bunk beds in there and use the space under them as storage with plastic boxes - shoes, lego drawing/colouring stuff etc. The bunk beds are in a corner of the room so not to waste any space. However, I would prefer a straight ladder rather than the angled stick out one, I think we may have a play at some point and see if we can make its straight and fixed to the bed.
The wardrobe that they had in their was old and not very safe and the drawers were broken. So we decided to dismantle it and move the clothes into the fixed cupboard in the wall, we did have to buy a new set of drawers to hold the clothes that don't hang like pjs, undies and jumpers. We also kept the fabric hanging rack so that they had some shelving as well. This has worked really well and reduced 1 item that needed to be in the room.
Next came the old computer table (still with computer on it) that hasn't been used in over a year by the eldest as he has a mobile phone and uses my laptop if he needs on the net for homework etc. This has been removed from the room as well, again giving a little bit more space. The younger ones computer is on his chest of drawers that hold his clothes so the drawers have a duel purpose, they are also tucked up in a corner out of the way.
The eldest son had a small square unit that he had when he had the small room on his own. It had small plastic trays in the square shelves which he has random things in - deodrants n bits in one, mini figures in another, odds and ends in another and so on. I wasn't sure where I was going to put this and then noticed that there was a spce at the end of the bed on the wall and it was as though it was made for the unit. So he has still has his shelves and baskets of odds n ends and they are out of the way.
They both have a 6ft high bookcase, which houses their tv and books. The younger of the 2 boys also had his games n bits on his bookcase and no room for more books. So hubby went to argos and bought and upright shelf unit (bathroom storage one) and this is now stood beside the head of the beds with the games and all other toys n stuff off the floor.
We are now pretty much sorted in their room and they had a big space down one side of the room. Me and hubby said about getting them a sofa bed as it would help if family/friends come to stay as well as their friends. Plus it would give them somewhere to sit and play rather than on their beds. We have bought a 3-in-1 sofa bed thingy - it can be stacked as cubes, opened to make a sofa or laid flat as a bed. I wouldn't say it will be great for daily use as a bed but for the odd night here and there it will be ok. This hasn't arrived yet but i'm sure I will do a post about it when it does arrive.
The boys are happier about their space, not so happy that they still have to share (but unless I win the lottery I can't convert the loft or build an extension.)
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Sunday, 29 March 2015
March 29th 2015 - Boys Bedroom (or total tip?!?)
March 29th 2015 - Boys Bedroom (or total tip?!?)
This is the million dollar question! Is it a bedroom or a total tip??? I am led to beleive that it is MEANT to be a bedroom BUT it looks like the local council tip/waste dump! I told the boys (9 & 12) to tidy it this morning, they came down with armfuls of washing (supposedly dirty, yet some was folded) and then a while later came back down and said they had done it, I believed them (more fool me!) and I said they could play on the Wii (mine!).
When I next went upstairs I decided to stick my head in their room to check if it was tidy and they had picked everything up off the floor, and yes I could now see the floor which I couldn't before (and no it wasn't piled on the bed like pinterest pic. lol) BUT I could also see a nice pile of "stuff" sticking out from under the bed. There was clothes both clean and dirty screwed up with toys and games and books thrown in for good measure, not to mention the random lego bricks on the floor! So I did what most mothers would do drag all of it out from under the bed and dump it in a heap in the middle of the floor and told them to get off my Wii and get upstairs to sort it out - they had 20minutes!
This was part of the pile I pulled from under the bed:
They seem to get distracted very easily whilst tidying up - they find things that were deemed "lost" and start playing or they get into a fight over "whose mess it is anyway" or "that's mine!" and start shouting at each other as "the others not helping". This causes me to get even more worked up as they are not tidying up their room as I have asked them to!
However, after the battle today I have made a decision there room is now going to be a "no-go zone". I am not going in it unless it's tidy or there is an emergency! There is going to be some rules though, and they have been told them -
1. No food or drink or plates/cups will be allowed upstairs.
2. Clothes WILL be brought downstairs for washing daily.
3. Clean washing WILL be put away in the wardrobe and drawers.
4. Room needs to be tidy if they want friends round
Apart from these they can do what they like - if this means they tread on lego and hurt their feet on the "plastic carpet of bits" their problem. If they have lost game pieces under the bed or on the floor then they cant play their games. If their books get ripped then it's their problem I am not replacing them. If they wish to have a pile of paper work, drawings and magazines on the floor they can. This may sound harsh but they have got to learn and I am fed up of arguments and battles over the state of their room.
I appreciate that they need "their space" and want to have all of their figures set out in "battles" but they need to realize that if they want their friends to come round then their room needs to be half tidy! Neither of the boys are great fans of spiders and bugs and really freak out when they find them in their room, yet they don't seem to believe me when I say that bugs like mess!
This is the million dollar question! Is it a bedroom or a total tip??? I am led to beleive that it is MEANT to be a bedroom BUT it looks like the local council tip/waste dump! I told the boys (9 & 12) to tidy it this morning, they came down with armfuls of washing (supposedly dirty, yet some was folded) and then a while later came back down and said they had done it, I believed them (more fool me!) and I said they could play on the Wii (mine!).
When I next went upstairs I decided to stick my head in their room to check if it was tidy and they had picked everything up off the floor, and yes I could now see the floor which I couldn't before (and no it wasn't piled on the bed like pinterest pic. lol) BUT I could also see a nice pile of "stuff" sticking out from under the bed. There was clothes both clean and dirty screwed up with toys and games and books thrown in for good measure, not to mention the random lego bricks on the floor! So I did what most mothers would do drag all of it out from under the bed and dump it in a heap in the middle of the floor and told them to get off my Wii and get upstairs to sort it out - they had 20minutes!
This was part of the pile I pulled from under the bed:
They seem to get distracted very easily whilst tidying up - they find things that were deemed "lost" and start playing or they get into a fight over "whose mess it is anyway" or "that's mine!" and start shouting at each other as "the others not helping". This causes me to get even more worked up as they are not tidying up their room as I have asked them to!
However, after the battle today I have made a decision there room is now going to be a "no-go zone". I am not going in it unless it's tidy or there is an emergency! There is going to be some rules though, and they have been told them -
1. No food or drink or plates/cups will be allowed upstairs.
2. Clothes WILL be brought downstairs for washing daily.
3. Clean washing WILL be put away in the wardrobe and drawers.
4. Room needs to be tidy if they want friends round
Apart from these they can do what they like - if this means they tread on lego and hurt their feet on the "plastic carpet of bits" their problem. If they have lost game pieces under the bed or on the floor then they cant play their games. If their books get ripped then it's their problem I am not replacing them. If they wish to have a pile of paper work, drawings and magazines on the floor they can. This may sound harsh but they have got to learn and I am fed up of arguments and battles over the state of their room.
I appreciate that they need "their space" and want to have all of their figures set out in "battles" but they need to realize that if they want their friends to come round then their room needs to be half tidy! Neither of the boys are great fans of spiders and bugs and really freak out when they find them in their room, yet they don't seem to believe me when I say that bugs like mess!
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