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Teen and toddler girls sharing the same room

6 years ago

Hi there,

As mentioned in the title, my two girls, teen and toddler, are sharing the same room, please help in decorating!

Thanks in advance

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chicagoans

6 years ago

Help the folks here help you: post some pictures, and create a to-scale floor plan on graph paper, scan it and post it. Show all the dimensions of the room, door(s), window(s) etc. Also, I'd highly recommend letting the teenager take a leading role in this. She will have opinions, and it would be nice to give her some choices to help ease any angst she may feel over sharing space with a toddler. And please remember that she'll need some way to have some private space - whether for storing her own items, doing homework, talking with friends, etc.

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lascatx
6 years ago
I am assuming this is a need and not a choice and you need help not to be told you should find a better solution. Agree -- very different needs, even living and sleeping hours for the two girls. I think addressing function and need for some privacy is the most important thing, Decorating should follow that. Please post more info about the room --- photos or at least a layout. Also, how old are the two girls. A couple of years on either can make a big difference in where they will be now and where they will be in the future - and for how long they will need to share. A 13 yr old has on average 5 years or more before where a 16 yr old may have a greater clash in needs but for a shorter period of time. Also, is this a space you rent or own? If a rental, can you make any changes or are you limited to furniture and such?
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Anglophilia
6 years ago
Toddler won't care. Teen will be gone by the time toddler cares. Problem solved.
aprilneverends
6 years ago
Toddlers are fascinated by virtually everything, including all things grown up. Teens might have strong ideas though, or, on the other hand, be very relaxed, or be anywhere in between. So I'd let older girl take the lead, so to say..making sure though none of the choices is too scary or unsettling for an imaginative toddler

(some things one can't fully prevent...say I grew up in the room full of books, but as much as I loved them, at one point I had this nightmare that all the heroes of the books become alive at night. Including Hound of Baskervilles and such. So it would be still my Mom sitting with me and making me a cup of tea at 2 am, for a couple nights.)

I agree to carefully consider needs first-storage, work space, play space..go by function, decor desicions should follow that.

Of course plan/pics would help us to understand the room in question more and maybe come up with more helpful, less generalized suggestions.
Annie Deighnaugh
6 years ago
If there were any way to provide the teen with some privacy, I would...if it means hanging a drape from the ceiling arranging dressers side by side facing opposite sides or putting a bed along one wall with a bookcase along side the other to make a "cubby"...
eld6161
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I agree with Annie. Share the dimensions of the room.

Anglo, haha. However....teen might be just 13 and so at least 6 years of sharing or maybe more if she doesn't go away to college.

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