Shared Kid’s Bedroom Ideas to Keep Everyone Happy
Hi Friend! I’m so glad you found Postbox Designs. If you want a beautiful home, but are feeling overwhelmed by the process, than you found the right place. Whether you hire me to design a custom room for you via Online Interior Design or are just looking for some ideas to get you started, I want to help. Before we dig into today’s room makeover project however, I want to share my favorite FREE design resource with you.
Free Kid’s Playroom & Shared Kid’s Bedroom Ideas
It is full of design resources such as Guides, Worksheets, Mood Boards, Shopping Lists and more. Since we are talking about kid spaces today, here are a couple of things you can find inside:
10 Items Under $40 for Your Kid’s Bedroom
How to Style a Bedroom Nightstand
Create a Farmhouse Kid’s Homework Center
Adventure Style Bedroom Mood Board + Shopping List
….and so much more!
You can sign up for full 24/7 access plus get $50 off your first project with me
FREE RESOURCE LIBRARY
Farmhouse Shared Kid’s Bedroom Ideas for a Bunk Room
I hope you will find some great ideas in the Free Resource Library! But I’ve also found the best way to get ideas for your own home is to find rooms and items you love. So I am always thrilled when my clients give me permission to share their custom designs with you all. It is like a step-by-step blueprint to creating a room you love. And this one is a FUN project. I recently helped this mom of four design a kid’s triple bunkroom. This shared bedroom had to work for a baby up to school-aged kids. In addition, I helped her create an adjacent Playroom & Craft Room for the same kiddos (I’ll be sharing that project next week!)
My client wanted a very neutral, Fixer Upper style Farmhouse look.
Here is what we came up with:
When multiple kids are sharing a room, bunk beds are always an amazing way to go. They save space, give kids some privacy…and what kid DOESN’T want a chance to sleep on the top bunk? Growing up, my sister and I shared a bedroom until I was 7…and she was mad jealous that I got top bunk rights!
We layered on neutral Farmhouse style bedding that would also works for kids at any age and any gender. Pure white sheets from Target (#5) paired up with these gray ticking stripe duvets from Ikea (#9) give a calm look to the room. But whenever kids share a room, I’m always looking for ways to personalize their space. So I suggested these monogram pillows (#3) and custom silhouette prints (#2) to help give some personality to each space, while keeping a cohesive look. And a soft farmhouse style rug gives a place where kids can play.
Think Practical with Bunkbeds in a Kid’s Bedroom
When kids share a room you want to think practically through some items to get the best shot at everyone living together in peace. As a mom of three I’m not sure if you can have everyone happy at all times (okay, I KNOW YOU CAN’T), but let’s make it easier to get along with a few design tricks.
4 Tricks to Designing A Kid’s Shared Bedroom
Shared Kid’s Bedroom Idea #1:
There are always two things I add to every bunk bed.
I always add a small shelf for each child. I prefer the a style like #11 (see the Mood Board above) as it keeps everything corralled. Believe it or not, this is actually a spice rack from Ikea! It gives enough room for some books and small items kids like to bring to bed. That way if your child isn’t quite sleepy, he or she has something to keep them busy without navigating the bunk bed stairs a thousand times (and waking up their sibling at the same time)
The other bunk bed must have I always use is a small light. My girls actually share a room and there is always conflict on how many lights to keep on. One likes light, the other likes dark. Of course. But keeping a small sconce at each bed allows one kid to be up while the other sleeps. If you are building new, I would recommend hard wiring in a light. Otherwise, look for plug-in sconces are even battery powered lights (think of a closet style light). You could also try a clip on light like this one below (Item #3) from Pottery Barn Kids. With young kids I stay away from lights that can get hot or are made of glass for safety reason.
Shared Kid’s Bedroom Idea #2: Give Them Their Space
We have been pretty lucky and my kids don’t fight too often about their “space” in their room, but we try really hard to give them their own spots throughout the room. One great way to do this is give them one shelf. For that one shelf they can put whatever they want on it, and personalize it until their heart is content-sports trophies, clay art, their NumsNums collection. It gives them freedom and keeps their stuff from spilling into their siblings stuff. Another way is to give each child a cork board to decorate however they want-their artwork, notes from friends, etc.
Shared Kid’s Bedroom Idea #3: Keep More the Same than Different
When more than one child is sharing a room, that means you have twice as much stuff. Duh, right. But if you aren’t careful, the bedroom design is going to look cluttered and haphazard if you are trying to mesh a Lego theme with a Shopkins theme. So look for ways to keep as much the same as possible. For example, use all white furniture, or do two of the same headboard, or even use the same bedding.
Or you can coordinate without matching. Maybe both duvets are different but they are both striped. Or both use the same colors. But you can still personalize and add differences so each child feels like they are represented-see Trick #4. Sticking to a color palette of just 2-3 main colors works really well. In this case we used black, white, and wood tones repeated through their shared bunk room design.
Shared Kid’s Bedroom Idea #4: Personalize Each Space For Them
I already touched on this in Trick #2, but it is so important to let each child have a space that is personalized to them. In this shared bedroom design, we purposefully kept the palette really neutral and kept the same bedding for everyone since we were fitting four kids in the same room. Having different bedding would have made it look really busy in there. So instead we customized each bunk bed with a monogrammed pillow and a custom print of them. You could also use a framed piece of artwork made by them, a framed monogram print, etc.
Farmhouse Shared Kid’s Bedroom Makeover
And here are both versions of this shared kids bedroom design-which one is your favorite? And a huge thank-you to my client for letting me share her beautiful design with you all today!
More Shared Kids Bedroom Ideas & Makeovers
Want to see more shared bedroom makeovers? I recently shared this one from a Mom in Colorado, I helped her design this shared bedroom for her two young boys. Just click below to see the full makeover, including the other bedroom design I created for her:
Preppy Shared Boy Bedroom Design
Or this one. It has a similar red, white, and blue color scheme-which works especially well for both genders. This one has a beachy cottage feel to it:
Gender Neutral Shared Bedroom + Free Mood Board & Shopping List
Thanks so much for hanging with me today! If you have any questions on YOUR project or want to know more about working with me, you can drop me a line at kristin@postboxdesigns.com or check out How Postbox Designs Online Design Works!
Come back next week to see this same client’s Farmhouse style Playroom!
Cheers,
Kristin
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