We would absolutely love to be able to give baby nmber 2 his/her own bedroom, but moving house just isn’t possible for us right now, and won’t be possible for a couple of years.
This means looking at kids bedroom ideas of how we can adapt Lambs bedroom to cater for 2 little ones.
Our house isn’t huge so the addition of a fourth member is going to be a squeeze. The kids bedroom needs to have great space saving ideas to make sure they both have everything they need in there, without it spilling into the rest of the house.
Firstly we will be keeping our Cosatto Cot Bed for baby number 2. This is an amazing cot. Excellent quality and ideal for a small bedroom. The cot has a changing table that sits over the top, which means I won’t need our current changing table and can put that in the loft out of the way. Plus storage underneath.
Lamb will be upgrading to a bunk bed. We’ve spotted one in Ikea that can be flipped so it’s a normal bed or a bunk. When baby number 2 is big enough, they can have the bottom bunk and we will save space by getting rid of the cot bed.- We will keep toys to a minimum. I know this may sound crazy, kids have toys and lots of them, but we will need to be strict. We have a few toys left from when Lamb was a baby that we can give to baby number 2, and as he/she grows up they will be able to play with more of Lambs toys. Any extra toys can be kept in the cellar and brought out every now and then.
- We will need extra storage for clothes, toiletries and nappies etc. Luckily Lamb only wears nappies at night now so we don’t need many for him anymore. Toiletries can be used for both children, Lamb still uses lots of stuff suitable for newborns. Things like towels can be shared, we don’t need extra ones for baby number 2. I think one of the Kallax storage units from Ikea will be ideal. I can buy baskets for each section to hold clothes, toys and toiletries.
- Baby number 2 will be in our room as long as possible! When Lamb was a baby we moved him not his own room at 3 months. You may think this is quite early, but we had to live with my in laws while we had our kitchen refitted and he ended up sleeping in a travel cot because he hated the moses basket. We lived there for a month, so he got used to the extra space in the cot, there was no way he would go back to a moses when we moved back home. This time round I’d love a Snuzpod for
baby number 2 and have them next to me until at least 6 months. This way Lamb can have his room to himself a little longer and we can take our time reorganising the space. - More shelves! We don’t have any shelves on the walls at the moment, but I think once there’s 2 of them sharing we may need to look into having some shelves on the walls for extra storage. I really like these shelves and would love something similar to this.
Those are just a few things I’ve been thinking about on ways to adapt Lambs bedroom to fit two kiddies! Do your children share a room? I’d love to see photos of how you’ve designed the room, or any tips you have on space saving etc.
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Bunk beds are great for saving space for 2 kids in a small room. More selves is something we lack too, i keep meaning to get some to store Littles Mans DVds on. Merry Christmas x
That bunk bed is SO cool! It flips into a normal bed is such a great idea! And more shelves is a must. I had to do most of the above when my boys were babies. It’s a really good idea to keep toys to a minimum, I also found under the bed storage very handy, I used zip bags and boxes :)! xx
Some fab ideas for this. Isn’t Pinterest great? I always get inspiration for home decor ideas from the site x
It can be tricky trying to make more space for extra family members / new babies. It sounds like you have a good plan though and It’s something i’m interested in reading about for fresh ideas for my own home, especially with shelving etc…we need that as well!
I love those shelves, they look amazing with the decor. We need some more shelves at home, it is something we totally lack x
I love the inspiration, especially the shelves, looks amazing and very neat. Also, appropriate for the concept you are going for.
I love that cosatto cot bed! Freddie is still in with us and probably will be for a long while yet so havent even thought about his nursery yet!
Indiana and Parker share a room and it’s actually gone surprisingly well! We only have a 2 bedroom so decided to swap the bedrooms over so they have the bigger one. They have loads of room now and means more toys can go in there haha. We kept everything for Parker, he doesn’t care about having a pink playmat or girly toys, and it saved us loads of money xx