Sharing a bedroom.

Okay so this is kind of complicated. We are still in the process of remodeling our house, and right now me, DD, and DH sleep in the living room. It's basically our bedroom right now. Our actual bedroom still has to be gutted (DH is working on the dining room and my mom's bedroom right now).

But our bedroom is pretty big, it's a 15x15. At first, we were just going to share the room with DD. But then we decided we wanted another baby within the next year. So DH drew up this plan:


And eventually DD will be sharing a room with a sibling.

So the actual point of this post is, do you have any good tips on organizing a small, shared bedroom?

Built ins - seriously - build the beds in the wall with drawers underneath. Due to age you may want to do a trundle bed versus bunks, since your DD won't be old enough to be on top yet. Then put cabinetry over the bed where you'd normally put a bunk. You can NEVER save on floor space like you can with built ins.

http://www.houzz.com/projects/45106/Wall-Beds-and-Built-in-Trundles

Quoting justanothamotha:" Built ins - seriously - build the beds in the wall with drawers underneath. Due to age you may want to ... [snip!] ... can NEVER save on floor space like you can with built ins. http://www.houzz.com/projects/45106/Wall-Beds-and-Built-in-Trundles"

That is so awesome! Of course I can't do that for a few years, but I'm thinking a toddler bed and crib will fit fine until then  

Thanks for showing me that. I love it.

Quoting norah's.momma✿:" That is so awesome! Of course I can't do that for a few years, but I'm thinking a toddler bed and crib will fit fine until then   Thanks for showing me that. I love it."

My aunts home is tiny but her Dh was VERY handy & they raised 5 boys & her house was always tidy & beautiful & they did it all with built in everywhere. It never even seemed cramped. I absolutely love them.

Quoting justanothamotha:" My aunts home is tiny but her Dh was VERY handy & they raised 5 boys & her house was always ... [snip!] ... tidy & beautiful & they did it all with built in everywhere. It never even seemed cramped. I absolutely love them."

My DH is super handy too   We plan on living here ten years while we save up and then build our own house, so then they will have their own bedrooms.

Quoting norah's.momma✿:" My DH is super handy too   We plan on living here ten years while we save up and then build our own house, so then they will have their own bedrooms."

I wish I had pics of her house - they took walls like the shared wall in your bedrooms there & built upper & lower dressers into the walls even...very cool - so the adult side would have 3 big drawers that started at about 3 ft up & the kid side would have 3 lower drawers. On the grown up side it had a fake cabinet on the bottom (just doors) so it looked balanced (rather than floating drawers)& then above the drawers on the adult side was shelving that was also built in. VERY cool.