blue tulip
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 26, 2015 2:25:53 GMT
in our previous house, the boys shared it. it was upstairs, and the smaller bedroom downstairs was attached to the house's only bath, so it was like a suite.
this house, we have an honest master with master bath. they each have their own room.
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Post by Grom Pea on Jun 26, 2015 2:33:00 GMT
My house is circa 1940. There is no master but there's one room that is slightly larger. Dh picked the sunniest room and I picked the pink room with the built in bureau and chandelier and we designated the other larger room for kids. Right now I'm sleeping in that room with the baby and the toddler sleeps with dh and when they're old enough to share I'll go back to my room. Dh and I have separate rooms because he has a back problem and he sleeps better alone. We tried having ds1 sleep alone but he gets up in the middle of the night and I'm not comfortable co sleeping with a baby and a toddler so dh has to suffer a little until they're old enough to share or ds1 can sleep alone. So theoretically when everyone is old enough the kids will have the largest room but they will share and they can also play in their room. Dh and I each have a room in the basement for our hobbies should we ever have time again, lol!
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Post by keknj on Jun 26, 2015 2:44:01 GMT
DH and I have the master. It's marginally larger and has a teeny tiny 1/2 bath. And a teeny tiny closet that we have to share. I had visions of turning the bathroom into a closet when we moved in, but we never did it. Now I'm glad that I didn't, I use that bathroom almost exclusively. It's become my tiny little retreat. The dog can't find me and the kids haven't figured it out yet. Close the bedroom door, close the bathroom door and it's QUIET! LOL.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jun 26, 2015 2:47:31 GMT
Our house is older so none of the bedrooms are large and none of them have a bathroom. Dh and I have the largest bedroom and dd has the second largest. Though she picked the smallest room when we bought the house but switched about 4 or 5 yrs ago.
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Jun 26, 2015 2:54:32 GMT
We have the master. And, it always has been that way.
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Post by HelenaJole on Jun 26, 2015 3:10:55 GMT
Our 1974 split level has four bedrooms (three up, one down) that are pretty much all the same size. It's weird. We just picked one of the upstairs rooms and squeezed our queen bed in. (The previous owner had a bed down in the family room.)
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Post by ntsf on Jun 26, 2015 4:03:23 GMT
we moved into the smaller of two bedrooms --when we first moved in..it is 9x17. not that big. all three kids lived in the bigger bedroom- then when they got older, we created two bedrooms out of that one. each is 8x10. and has a closet. our room now has a space for a wardrobe..so we share about 4 ft of hanging space and one tiny dresser. our house 9s 1928...so nothing is big. we have the main bathroom between the bedrooms..so we all share it.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Jun 26, 2015 4:07:22 GMT
The two bedrooms in the house are the same size. The family that lived in the house originally raised three kids (2 boys and a girl) from birth to graduation. The kids all shared the one bedroom.
We are spoiled these days.
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Post by Jili on Jun 26, 2015 4:07:49 GMT
Dh and I have the Master. It's not all that much bigger than our other bedrooms. The advantage is that it can accommodate a queen size bed, and it has two (albeit very small) closets, unlike the other bedrooms. We don't have a master bathroom, but our room does open into our mail hallway bathroom (the bathroom is L-shaped and opens into the hallway and into our room).
Dh's mom and stepdad always slept in one of the non-master bedrooms. I don't know why they did that, or how. They had a king-size bed. Dh's brother had the master (again, a pretty small room), along with the attached half-bathroom. After he moved out, dh had that room for a couple of years. Weird.
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Post by shelby on Jun 26, 2015 6:09:15 GMT
When our daughter was in high school she had the master bedroom but not because she was being spoiled. My dh and I had a waterbed and when my dh developed some health problems that required he sleep with the head of the bed elevated we had to do some rearranging. We took her room with the twin beds and she got the master with the bath attached. It worked out just fine though, she loved having her own bath and the hall bath was right outside our bedroom door so no problem for us.
In this house there is just the two of us so we do have the master bedroom with two walk in closets. The guestroom is the same size as the master though and the other two bedrooms are almost as big. I love the fact that they are as large as they are because I have a great scraproom in one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 15:30:46 GMT
DS has the largest bedroom although it is not the master. He doesn't have an ensuite or master closet. He just happens to have a large converted part of the basement that we needed to use as a bedroom.
That said, years ago when I was looking at moving to a 3 bedroom with me and 3 kids, I was considering giving DDs (twins in HS) the master since they were the two that could share easiest. Wouldn't have bothered me a bit to have a smaller room and share the bath with DS. But in the end we got to keep the 4 bedroom home.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jun 26, 2015 15:37:08 GMT
At our home, the parents' are in the master. But I can see some circumstances where it might make sense for someone else to be there, instead Someone who needs more space...as in really requires it...if they were in a wheelchair, for instance. Or for a non-child member of the family...grandparent(s) perhaps. Or if the house lacked space for something that the child used everyday, and the master could accommodate the item. Or for a child with special needs. Or if they had children sharing a room and it was too tight so they switched rooms, etc., etc. But, for me, personally, I don't think I would choose to give it to one child to use, just because it might be nice for them. I'm not that generous, I guess.    |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2015 15:46:25 GMT
Whoever is paying for the roof over my head gets the master bedroom. So DH and me! |
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Post by msliz on Jun 26, 2015 16:22:20 GMT
We needed to rent for a year when we were trying to sell our old house and before we bought the next one, and we considered it. If we went with a 3 bedroom, we could take one room, put the 3 girls in another, and use the third for his office. We thought of giving them the bigger room, but then decided to take it for ourselves. They had a bunk bed and a twin, so they fit just fine in the smaller room.
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Post by cakediva on Jun 26, 2015 16:34:21 GMT
We have the master bedroom with ensuite. We pay the bills, we get the perks.
However - when we built this house and were looking at the offered plans, we did let the oldest choose her bedroom first, and then we put our other DD in the room of the two left that had the bigger closet (she's a tad high maintenance).
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Post by MaryMary on Jun 26, 2015 16:46:28 GMT
There were times when we were sharing our house with my sister that I considered moving our four girls into the master and taking a smaller room for DH and I. But, DH shot that idea down immediately.
But, if moving kids into the master is what works for other families it's no skin off my back.
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Post by missysauter on Jun 26, 2015 16:58:48 GMT
I am absolutely spoiled. We have the master downstairs and it is huge with an en-suite and a massive walk-in closet. There is another bedroom downstairs but it is very small. There are three bedrooms upstairs. Smaller than the master. DD's is larger than DS's room. And then the other bedroom is my craft space. There is no way I would give up my master unless there was a medical reason someone couldn't walk the stairs.
My mom just moved into the extra bedroom on the ground floor but her knees are bad so she shares our bathroom with us.
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Post by tincin on Jun 26, 2015 17:00:55 GMT
I gave mine to my boys when we lived in a two bedroom apartment. It so much larger than the second one and there were two of them. They loved having the space to play and I loved them not dragging all of their toys into the living room so they could. They even had their own bathroom. It was awesome.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 26, 2015 17:10:00 GMT
I just thought of this for the first time in more than 50 years, but my grandparents had a 2 bedroom home they moved into when they had one daughter left, and there was what they called a powder room off the one bedroom and their daughter went in that room. Prior to that I had never seen a bathroom attached to a bedroom. So looking back I guess that should have been the master.
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Post by snugglebutter on Jun 27, 2015 2:46:13 GMT
We are in the master bedroom. It has a bathroom but it is smaller, with only a stand up shower. We bought the house when our oldest was a baby and both of us agreed that if we ended up with several kids of the same gender we might put them in the master instead. We have two girls/two boys so that wasn't necessary.
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Post by scrapmaven on Jun 27, 2015 2:54:00 GMT
@scrappower, not sure if this is something to consider, but we bought a sofa w/a built in chaise, so that I could rest out in the family room. That way I wouldn't feel so bedridden; though I am. It helps w/my spirits and being able to be w/everyone. I do take my naps etc in back, though.
BTW-we have the master bedroom, cause we pay the master bedroom mortgage.
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Post by birukitty on Jun 27, 2015 19:17:01 GMT
The parents do! Certainly not the child. When we moved into this house 19 years ago DS was 7 years old and we have 3 bedrooms upstairs. DH and I took the master, and DS took one of the other two bedrooms. The last one I made into my scrap room.
After a few years I moved my scrap room down to the finished basement, and DH moved into the now empty bedroom-his snoring had become so bad neither one of us could sleep.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by KiwiJo on Jun 27, 2015 20:52:31 GMT
I was an only child, we had a 2-bedroom home; one room bigger than the other.
I had the bigger room during my teens because Mum and Dad figured I needed more room.
They only used their bedroom to sleep in, and store their clothes.
I used my bedroom for studying in, and just generally hanging out in.
And following my parent's example, I have never understood why adults would want a big bedroom. How much time do you spend in there when not in bed?
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Post by mariangeles76 on Jun 29, 2015 16:17:43 GMT
The master bedroom in my apartment gets great daylight so, a few years ago, after breaking up with a boyfriend, I moved my bedroom to one of the smaller ones and my scraproom into the master  I feel cozier in the smaller one, with just our bed (new boyfriend and a baby on her way ), two nightstands and a good built in closet. Baby Ana is getting the other smaller one. And now, I'm rearranging my scraproom because I'm creating a children's friendly corner for my nephews & my future baby (I'm due on Oct.31st) to share creativity with me |
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Jun 29, 2015 16:49:52 GMT
I was an only child, we had a 2-bedroom home; one room bigger than the other. I had the bigger room during my teens because Mum and Dad figured I needed more room. They only used their bedroom to sleep in, and store their clothes. I used my bedroom for studying in, and just generally hanging out in. And following my parent's example, I have never understood why adults would want a big bedroom. How much time do you spend in there when not in bed?We have the master bedroom and I actually like to spend time in there. It's on the main floor and within sight and hearing of the rest of that floor so I'm not cutting myself off from DH and kids. I have a reading nook in there with a comfy chair and all my things and I also love to lounge in bed at night and watch tv in there. (and the tv in there certainly doesn't interfere with DH and I having "private time" together like some studies say) |
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