Have you put models of the furniture onto the floorplan? The small bedrooms are quite small -- 8'6" = 102" which means a twin bed with a quilt (40"+) snugged tight to one wall will leave about 5' in room width which is not very much. If you don't snug the bed to the wall (and against the window which *not* a good idea) then one would have to sidle sideways to move around it. And where will a bureau be put -- and could one open the bottom drawer all way out? I don't object to small bedrooms but I do think pushing the vacuum while standing sideways is awkward. Or to put it another way-- which is bigger, the bedroom or your car? Measure before answering. Figures on the plan: 7'7" + 3'3" does not equal 11'1" My usual refrain: Narrow doorways are extremely difficult to maneuver even without crutches. Pick up your loaded laundry basket -- and your fists on the handles will extend wider than your body: measure the distance between outer side of left fist and outer side right fist ... my small basket requires 34" doorways if I plan to go through without smacking my knuckles into the doorframe. The plan shows 32" doorways into BRs and bath (PR has 30"). Yes, you can use the skinny widths, but I truly doubt you'll be happy with them even if no one ever breaks an ankle. Your plans don't have to be handicapped-accessible, but remember that there are no guarantees against accidents... and it's really miserable to be in a wheelchair but worse to be in one and not be able to use the bathroom. And you'll need some kind of a rule about rushing into the bathroom. I can visualize Himself in front of the sink, shaving... and junior-in-a-hurry whomps the door open. I hope himself uses an electric shaver, less blood that way. Okay, it's a compact plan. That's good. There is basically good thought in the traffic flow. Obviously there are painful compromises [always happens in compact plans], which I'm sure you have considered, such as not having a place to fold the clothes when they come out of the dryer. The doorway from car to pantry is close to the kitchen and that's good.... unless those are steps between, which would be very bad (think of holding two bags of groceries, juggling for the house key, and if you have a screen door, you'll need another hand to hold that open). 3-D plans are fun, but be careful to measure the real furniture that will be going into the real-life rooms. An inch here and two inches there doesn't sound like much, but it could mean not getting the table into the dining or maybe the table gets in but no one can sit down. OT, I've lived with crawlspaces. If you do a high-R insulate, have all pipes box-framed and use removable rigid foam on one side to permit access. Sigh. Guess who had to remove insulation to access a frozen pipe which occurred during a long blizzard. That was avoidable, so learn from my mistakes.

Personally I think a twin is fine. Most of us probably grew up on a twin, she will live on a twin if she goes to college as someone pointed out. I think you have to add to that equation- what type of person is your daughter? Do you think she'll be a reader and like having a little bean bag chair in her own private room to read and do other things that she likes? With friends? Does she have a lot of siblings and this room is her refuge? Or not? Depending on circumstances would lead to two different choices. Also - will this be the room that carries her through her teenage years? Teenagers seem to want to den in their bedroom caves. More room less bed might be better. If she'll be trading up to a bigger room in the house or you are pretty sure you'll be moving before then, not so much an issue. A 10 year old may have preferences if all her choices are laid out and the ins and outs of it all explained - smaller bed, gets to keep dressers, get a bean bag, or a desk or a...whatever or does she prefer the bed and the way things are? You might walk her around a furniture store and let her try on a twin bed. I did think a trundle bed was very cool when I was small. Last - I have friends that have opted for the beds on stilts that have ladders to get more room. Many college kids do this as well, I have even seen home built ones at college that were built at half height, just heigh enough to fit a dresser under. At 10 she's old enough for that to be a safer bet depending on what type of sleeper she is.

Well, you could downsize to a queen bed. I had a queen bed all those years I was single and I wasn't sure that it would work just to slip DH into the bed I was used to having all to myself. But it works fine. Are you using all the vertical storage in your closets? Get some of those cube units from Target for shoes and bags so you can go all the way to the top of the closet. or even cut into the wall above the closet to put a second set of doors up there for access. Also -- and I know this isn't easy to do -- it's probably time to go through your stuff and pare down. DH and I have found over our seven years together that a lot of the "stuff" we were holding on to just wasn't really that important to us. It helps that we are in the South so don't have HEAVY winter clothes (complete different wardrobe) to deal with. Is fashion extremely important to you? If not, then maybe it's time to pare down to a small group of quality bags and shoes rather than the big collection you have now. Also, I'll bet there are some you never wear/use, but hold onto them because you remember them fondly when you DID wear/use them. If buying new fashion items is important to you, consider getting into the consignment world. Consignment stores typically don't take things more than a few seasons old, so it would help you keep your things fresher. it will also help fund the "habit." DH and I found that we both had tons of T-shirts we never wore because they were from some event. But we never wore them! He also had a lot of sweaters that looked like they came straight from the Cosby Show. Just because they were nice and expensive in 1990 doesn't mean you should hold onto them indefinitely. I read somewhere that the trick to paring down is to do it in stages. Pack up the items you haven't worn/used in 6 months or a year. Move them in boxes to the garage/attic/basement. After 6 months or a year in the box, it is time to let them go -- you clearly don't need them anymore.

With so dimensions of the room you should buy a queen size bed. Now you can get the dimensions of your room on paper and you can get dimensions of your bed , make piece of paper and try to fit in your room.