How to Arrange the Master Bedroom for Two Kids

Arranging with Two Separate Beds

• 1

  Measure the bedroom with a tape measure and determine what furniture you want to include in the room. In addition to beds you should have a chest of drawers for each child. You can add a shelf or toy box and desks depending on the age of the children. Note where the closet or closet doors are as well as where the en suite bathroom door is as that will affect where you place your furniture.

• 2

  Place the beds so they are against different walls in the room. This maximizes the floor space and helps the room feel larger, as well as provides more privacy. The walls you choose depends on the layout of the room and the windows. Put the beds against interior walls if possible, because they stay warmer in the winter, and do not interfere with any windows. Loft beds allow for more floor space, and you can place toys, book shelves or desks underneath them, which frees up more floor space.

• 3

  Set the dressers against the wall at the foot of each bed. This provides a uniform look for the room. If the dressers are tall, mount them to the wall using a bookshelf mounting kit to prevent the dressers from falling over on young children. This is especially important if your children are young. If you have separate closets in the master bedroom, place each dresser next to a closet. This makes it easier to dress in the mornings, and uses the wall space broken up by doors.

• 4

  Make arrangements for toy storage -- separate storage for each child's belongings is ideal. A toy box or a sturdy shelf under a window is suitable. If you have a low window, then buy a shelf that will fit underneath it, that is long and low to the ground, or you can build one.

• 5

  Arrange the desks so they are near each child’s bed. In order for the room to be balanced, you should have two desks if you have two beds. The desks can be against the wall the head of the bed is up against. This provides a uniform look for the room, and gives each child a separate space he is responsible to clean.

• 6

  Choose bedding and artwork that complement each other. If your children are young, you can buy matching bedspreads and decorate with artwork that matches, but if they are older, they may want to choose these items themselves. Suggest a color scheme to follow so the room does not clash and allow them to pick out their own bedding and the pictures to hang on the wall above their beds.

Arranging with Bunk Beds

• 7

  Stand the bunk beds against the short wall that does not have a window. If the far wall from the door does not have a window, this is the ideal place for the furniture, since it is the largest piece of furniture in the room, and it draws the eye, by having it farther away, you help the room look larger.

• 8

  Position one desk and dresser against a longer wall, and then mirror the process on the other side of the room. This allows the room to flow well, and work properly while giving the two children separate areas to clean. This helps if the children occasionally have a difficult time getting along.

• 9

  Locate the toys along the wall opposite the bunk beds. If there is a window purchase a bookcase to fit underneath the window or place the toys on either side of the window.

• 10

  Decorate the room with artwork and complementary bedding. Each child can pick out items to decorate his wall, and you can coordinate the colors with what you hang on the wall with the toys.