Bunk Beds

Archive for July, 2009

Alrighty..so we’ve come to it, our second child will be ready for a bed by this summer, I swear, it feels like I just had her about a month ago, lol. We have a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath house. Its roomy enough for us, but not enough for the accumulation of toys and clothes our two girls have collected. (we have an 8 year old, as well as her soon to be 2 year old sister) we are planning on going through the toys and getting rid of at least half (I think it will end up being more like a fourth? but we’re trying to be optimistic here.) anyway..we have two options here. One..keep the 2 year old in her own room, and buy a dora bedroom in a box toddler set. or option b….our 8 year old has a bunkbed..that can come apart and act as two twin size beds..and they are antique..so they are actually as high up off the floor as a toddler bed is..along with rails on the side. so we could possibly take the bunk apart, and place the beds side by side in one room for the girls to share while moving all they’re toys into the baby’s room and making it into a playroom. Our 8 year old is okay with sharing a room with her sister..because she knows I mostly keep the baby downstairs with me..so in the days when she has a friend over, she knows for the most part the baby won’t be up there to interfere..but in all acutality? she doesn’t fuss when the baby does interfere or try to include herself in with her sisters playmates….so I’m putting it out there to see what other parents would do…let each child keep they’re own room and buy the toddler a toddler set…or let them share a room and make a play room?
wanted to add…the staying awake isn’t a problem..both girls could sleep through and earthquake..in fact they have once already..and our toddler as slept through the night since we brought her home. so thats not actually a problem. as for the sleepovers..my 8 year old does not have those..and in the off chance she ever does..we have no problem letting the baby camp out with us for that night. We also have no problem moving them back to they’re own rooms in say two years from now when our oldest is getting to her teen ages..if we don’t move by then and get a bigger house of course. but I appreciate everyones opinion and love seeing and hearing what other parents in our situation have done. So thanks!

Keep them in different rooms. When she has sleep overs she doesn’t want her sister hanging out with them all night, especially if the baby is cranky. Also the 8 year old goes to school and needs to get a proper nights sleep. This can not always happen if the baby doesn’t want to go to bed or if she wakes up screaming a few times a week. It will be especially hard on the 8 year old during testing week.

My dorm room is sooo small I just wanted to know what everyone thinks the best layout for the room is… we don’t have bunked or loft beds. The furniture consists of 2 beds, 2 desks, 2 dressers, and 2 chairs.

What I would do would be to put all of the furniture against the walls, so that you have an open space in the middle of the room. It will give you room to walk around and also make your room look bigger. If you have furniture all around the room, it looks cluttered, and small. I hope this helps! Good Luck!

Answer mine?
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Probly a dumb question, but my kids are in toddler beds, and with the prices of bunk beds, I can’t move them into one anytime soon. I was wondering if anyone has stacked their toddler beds to make bunk beds out of them. Both beds have rails, so I’m not worried about the fall out factor. And most bunks that you can separate are bolted together pretty simply. Just don’t know about bolting (solid wood) toddler beds the same way….

Probably won’t be enough space in between the two beds.

Alright. I’m re-doing my bedroom. I have a queen size bed that takes up three-fifths of the room. After thinking about it for a while I came to a conclusion: I need space. The most efficient way would be to get a bunk bed. (I chose this because I always have friends sleeping over)

Which kind of would be better? A twin over twin, twin over full, futon??? Which do you think would be best for my room?

I cant seem to find a reasonably priced bunk bed. Could you help me find one? If you post links your answer will be chosen as best answer.

I would prefer a metal bunk bed or a wooden bunk bed with a white finish. It would be awesome if matresses are included. It cant be more than $900. Thanks!

Here are a couple of links. I gave you one for a full over a futon, one has mattresses included but you have to paint and the whole link. Good luck!