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    Posted: 05 October 2011 at 2:46pm
Hi ladies

I really need some help to work out how to best layout my boys room. I have a 1 & 3yr old (they will be 2 and 4 in Jan/Feb) and another one due November.

I want to put them in the same room together, but cant work out how best to do it. Can you put a bed under a window?

Ill try my best to explain how the room is.
The walls going around in a circle are as follows.
1st wall has the bedroom door and wardrobe door
2nd wall has a window that covers half the wall (normal height from the floor)
3rd wall is normal solid wall with no windows or doors and starts at the window end of the 2nd wall
4th wall is normal solid wall with no windows or doors but does join to wall 1 where the bedroom door is.

Does that make sense? How do I get two single beds in here?
I am contemplating bunks, but I think my boys are a bit young yet.

Any ideas would be much appreciated

TIA
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You can definitely put a bed under a window. We always did as kids. Because especially in the summer you could crack the window open and have fresh cool air blowing in on you.

My workmate had bunks for his boys - 2 and 4 as well. Wasn't an issue. He just had to make sure the sides on the top bunk were there.

Plus (and I am taking this line right out of the Step Brothers movie!) there will be so much more room for activities!
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I can't really picture your room in my head but re the window issue - DD's room has windows from waist height to the ceiling on 3 walls (it was my old office) and her bed had to be right next to the window as I didn't have a choice. In the winter I just have a sheet of polystyrene which I put up on the window between the window and the curtain which blocks out the draft so she doesn't get cold. It works really well.

I don't know if this helps but you could always put the beds together at right angles (head to head or head to feet) - so one bed along wall 3 and one along wall 4 forming an 'L' shape, depending on how long your walls are.
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If you put the bed under the window be super careful about curtain cords!

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It is alot cooler having a bed by a window, our boy has minor asthma issues which play up if he sleeps by a window.......

Re bunks, our DD2 (20 months) and DS (just turned 3) are in bunks, it works out great. They are wooden bunks, the top one has rails that go all the way around the top except for by the ladder. Could be worth looking into

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Thanks for all your replies. We won an auction for a set of bunks on trade me last night. They look pretty good with high railings that go all the way along the side of the bed.
They split into two beds so I might try one under the window during summer and then next year when it starts to get cooler (and the kids are a bit older) put them against the wall as bunks.
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Those bunks sound perfect!
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