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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 22:25:34 GMT
When the largest bedroom had a private bath we claimed it. But there were times the bathrooms were not dedicated to a bedroom. In those houses we often ended up putting both boys in the largest bedroom so they had more floor to play on and keep some of the toy mess contained a bit.
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Post by eebud on Jun 25, 2015 22:27:44 GMT
My parents split when I was 7. We moved in with my mother's parents while my mom went back to school to finish her degree. Shortly after my mom graduated, my grandfather died. We continued to live with my grandmother for a few more years. We then moved into a 3 bedroom apartment. I have 2 brothers. None of the bedrooms were large but the largest did have an attached bath. The other 2 bedrooms were tiny tiny. Each of my brothers had one of the tiny bedrooms and shared the hall bathroom. I slept in the larger bedroom with the attached bath and shared closet and drawer space with my mom. My mom had a fold out couch with a special made mattress so that it was comfortable. We lived there for about 1.5 years until my mom bought a house. The house was a small 3 bedroom 1.5 bath house. The 1/2 bath was attached to the master bedroom. The master was larger than the other two but it wasn't huge. My mother took one bedroom, I had one bedroom and my 2 brothers shared the larger bedroom with the 1/2 bath. So, I guess my mom did give the kids the master. LOL But, these were not large, fancy bedrooms with a large fancy attached bath.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 25, 2015 22:46:08 GMT
I had a friend who had the the master bedroom. They said it was because the Dad worked nights, so he and his wife each shared Jack and Jill bedrooms.
They divorced when daighter left for college.
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Post by belgravia on Jun 25, 2015 22:48:11 GMT
In our house, the entire second floor is the master suite - huge bedroom, bathroom, closet and sitting area. Although I'm sure my 12 year old would enjoy it, there's no way I'm giving it up for her!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jun 25, 2015 23:00:48 GMT
I have the largest bedroom - but have several times thought about swapping rooms with my son.....his isn't much smaller but is warmer with being on the South side of the house!
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 25, 2015 23:09:35 GMT
Growing up I shared the master with my sister and *gasp* my brother. My mom could only afford a two bedroom in the area with the best schools. It worked for us. I'm sure some would be horrified though. I was told that could get my mom reported to cps nowadays. *rollseyes* Isn't that crazy? I've heard it too, it's got to be an urban legend. My neighbors girls wanted to share a room for sleeping and use the other bedroom for toys. You would have thought the mom was imprisoning them the way people carried on. Definitely a USA problem, it's certainly not common enough to be a First World one ... At least to my knowledge.
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Post by polz on Jun 25, 2015 23:16:56 GMT
We gave our daughter the choice of any of the four bedrooms. Not a big deal to us. She chose the room downstairs that is the same size our our room upstairs. No ensuite. Personally, I don't like them. Why would I want to hear my DH poop? No thank you.
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Post by checkwheelsdown on Jun 26, 2015 0:17:55 GMT
My parents gave me their old master bedroom at first after they built an extension on to our house in the early 70s. Us kids then got to swap rooms every year so everyone had an opportunity to have the largest bedroom. The extension gave my parents a nice size loft bed area and two huge dressing areas but they didn't include a bathroom in the plans (??!!) The five of us shared the one full bathroom until my siblings and I left home and my folks moved into their "dream home" (with two master baths!).
As parents ourselves, we always took the largest room with the attached bath (DH is a nude sleeper lol). The kids might have had smaller rooms but they almost always (two exceptions) managed to have their own bedrooms during our 28 years of military moves.
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Post by peasapie on Jun 26, 2015 0:21:48 GMT
My husband and I.but we do share it with the dog and cat.
My my kids are grown and out. Still. I'm sure we wouldnt give the master br to the kids.
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Post by Woobster on Jun 26, 2015 0:31:28 GMT
No kids at my house, so DH and I get the master. Easy Peasy.
My DH's parents built a beautiful custom home about 15 years ago. The day they moved in, they gave DH (who was in college at the time) the master. He lived there throughout college and a couple years after, I believe. His parents figured they rarely spent time in their bedroom anyways, so they let DH (who always had friends/classmates over) have the room.
DH hasn't lived with them for 8-9 years now and their master bedroom is STILL used as a guest room.
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Post by Linda on Jun 26, 2015 0:34:19 GMT
we have the master bedroom (DH and I) in our house but many years ago, when I was a single mum and could only afford a one bedroom flat - my son had the bedroom and I slept on the sleep sofa in the living room. It just worked better that way for us.
And the first house my parents owned - I had the original master bedroom (no en suite but a big double closet and built-ins etc... because they built a new master suite upstairs in what had been the attic - they transformed a one story house into a two story by adding a shed dormer. There were three bedrooms downstairs - I was the oldest and got the old master, my sister got the bigger secondary bedroom and the smaller one was turned into a dining room (which made our living room bigger by eliminating the dining nook)
I do know families that have several children sharing the master bedroom because they have a 3-bedroom house and more of one gender than the other and that's the only practical way to separate girls and boys bedroom-wise
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Post by Nanner on Jun 26, 2015 0:38:33 GMT
DH and I have always had the largest bedroom. It's just us now, and we still have it.
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Post by Daikon on Jun 26, 2015 0:41:10 GMT
Our boys are in our "master bedroom", but our bedroom is equal in size when you have to go through our room to get to the second bedroom anyway. We use the second room as sitting area and for SO's closet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 0:41:42 GMT
I knew a family that gave their master bedroom to their daughters. The had an area in the room for a place to play with toys too. They don't have a master bathroom. So, all the kids were on the top floor with the 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. They moved to the basement where they had more privacy. Worked great for them and their kids are not spoiled.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 26, 2015 0:54:11 GMT
I think the people paying the mortgage or rent should get whatever room they choose. No way would I give either one of my kids my room, but their rooms are almost the same size as ours, they just don't have an attached bathroom.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 1:03:23 GMT
We gave our daughter the choice of any of the four bedrooms. Not a big deal to us. She chose the room downstairs that is the same size our our room upstairs. No ensuite. Personally, I don't like them. Why would I want to hear my DH poop? No thank you. There's usually a door to the master bathroom. If there isn't one, there is a toilet "closet" in the bathroom where it's just the toilet. You can always flip on the fan switch just to be sure no noises can be heard. My master bath is smaller than the main bathroom and I prefer it that way. As long as I have a tub, it's all good.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Jun 26, 2015 1:17:22 GMT
When I was 14 we moved to a house and I guess some would say I had the master bedroom--it was what I call and attic room, was upstairs and had the slanted walls, also had a hallway and a bathroom.. Thing is it wasnt worked into the ductwork for the central heat/air so had no vents therefore it got hot up there in the summer(I did have a window ac unit though) and was a bit chilly in the winter,but since heat rises it wasn't bad.. I think they just didn't want to have to climb the stairs to get up there after a long day---and now that I am eaten up with arthritis I have zero intentions of having to climb stairs to get to my bed, they weren't in bad health though so it could have been that they didn't want the slanted walls, or that they wanted the super cold AC(they kept the house SUPER COLD and froze me into ice cubes, I would hang out in my room simply because it wasn't a freezer like the downstairs). Thing is the bathroom downstairs didn't have a shower, only a clawfoot tub, so if/when they wanted to take a shower they had to go up there(didnt hae to enter my bedroom really to get to the bathroom,so it wasnt a problem) but yeah I had what some woudl consider the master.I LOVED that house and that room Even here in this house when my children were small I considered converting the master here into a kids play room, and setting it up with a tv and their movies, and a table or two for coloring and games and bigger toys. they'd have had an awesome big room and a bathroom.but we never did it
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Post by txdancermom on Jun 26, 2015 1:20:04 GMT
dh and I have the largest bedroom, always have.
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Post by CarolT on Jun 26, 2015 1:22:37 GMT
Growing up, it was just my dad and me in our house. The master suite was on the second floor, the other bedroom was on the first floor - from a safety point of view, he didn't like the idea of me being on the first floor, and him on the second, so I got the master. I loved my big bathroom, closet, huge room, and balcony
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Post by melanell on Jun 26, 2015 1:23:38 GMT
May I ask, do you mean that in the sense of "I don't like that term" or do you mean that in the sense of "in my area we don't say the phrase master bedroom"? I don't like it. It also doesn't usually apply to the kinds of houses I like/have lived in -- old ones, usually pre-1920. Oooh, I like your kind of houses.
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Post by Zee on Jun 26, 2015 1:25:54 GMT
If it made more sense space wise, I wouldn't be bothered by giving up the larger bedroom, but it's not necessary with our setup.
When I was a kid my sister and I had the bigger room because we shared. There was only one bathroom.
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jun 26, 2015 1:27:44 GMT
We just moved our 2 sons into the largest bedroom - they wanted to share a room and the room off of it (used to be all one huge room until we needed it for a baby nursery) is going to be their toy/play room. We are redoing the smaller bedroom at the other end of the hallway for our bedroom. While it is smaller, I am hoping this new setup will work well for us.
I don't mind taking the smaller room. What ever works - each family is different.
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Post by melanell on Jun 26, 2015 1:29:58 GMT
Growing up I shared the master with my sister and *gasp* my brother. My mom could only afford a two bedroom in the area with the best schools. It worked for us. I'm sure some would be horrified though. I was told that could get my mom reported to cps nowadays. *rollseyes* We moved to a 4 bedroom house when I was 11. Before that my parents and my2 siblings and I lived in a 2 bedroom house. In our case the 2 bedrooms were exactly the same size, both with walk-in-closets. The only bonus the "master" bedroom had was one tiny extra closet. But yeah, all 3 of us, both genders, shared a room. It was fine. The funny thing is that one couple that came to look at the house had 3 kids, too. One of their kids walked into our room and said "Look! They already have 3 beds for us!". They thought we had it all set up for them.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 26, 2015 1:33:08 GMT
I don't care about the size of my bedroom at all. In this house, the master bedroom is attached to the master bath and closet which is significantly nicer than the other bathrooms and closets. I'm not giving that up. But if we didn't have a master closet/bath, I could see giving the kids the bigger bedrooms. I spend very little time in my bedroom, and as long as it fits a California King bed, I'm good.
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Post by perumbula on Jun 26, 2015 1:35:09 GMT
My home is older and doesn't really have a master. It was originally a two bedroom and had a two bedroom addition added to it in the 90s. We are in one of the original bedrooms because it's isolated from the other two large bedrooms and across the hall from the bathroom. We have never used the other original bedroom as a bedroom because it's tiny (barely big enough to put a twin bed in but still no room for a dresser) and it's shares a wall with ours. Our bedroom is smaller than our children's rooms, and our girls have the best closet in the house. But I have kept my room because it is more private, being separated from the kids' rooms by most of the house.
DH promises that someday the little bedroom will be our closet. It would be an awesome closet.
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Post by magentapea on Jun 26, 2015 1:42:49 GMT
Our master bedroom is on the first floor and the secondary bedrooms are upstairs. If one of my kids were unable to go up and down the stairs, I would give them the master. That is probably the only way I would give up my master suite.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 26, 2015 1:49:20 GMT
All the bedrooms in our house are pretty much the same size (ours might be fractionally bigger) but our bedroom has the walk in robe and en suite. There is no way – NO WAY – either of the kids would be given our bedroom. That’s absolutely one of the perks of being the adult.
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Post by icedcoffee14 on Jun 26, 2015 2:11:14 GMT
If there was a bigger room, but didn't have its own bathroom, we might take the smaller room with a bathroom This is what happened when we moved to Georgia when I was 10. The master did not have an in room bathroom and the secondary did. My parents took that one and gave the larger room to me. They also said they did it because they felt bad for having to move 4 hours away from all the friends and family I ever knew. I think it was a sweet gesture and it was only for 2 years. It was a condo and we bought a house 2 years later.
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Post by stampinisfun on Jun 26, 2015 2:15:35 GMT
Our master bedroom is smaller then our daughters room. Her room is upstairs and our bedroom is down on the main level.
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Post by seaexplore on Jun 26, 2015 2:18:26 GMT
Growing up I shared the master with my sister and *gasp* my brother. My mom could only afford a two bedroom in the area with the best schools. It worked for us. I'm sure some would be horrified though. I was told that could get my mom reported to cps nowadays. *rollseyes* Isn't that crazy? I've heard it too, it's got to be an urban legend. My neighbors girls wanted to share a room for sleeping and use the other bedroom for toys. You would have thought the mom was imprisoning them the way people carried on. Definitely a USA problem, it's certainly not common enough to be a First World one ... At least to my knowledge. Totally true! Different genders are supposed to have different bedrooms. Totally LAME!
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