Club 3 or more Kids

[SAHM_TAN]

littlecloud:

SAHM_TAN,

We recently did that - hacked the wall, to build one more room, so now we have 4 rooms. We did that by converting 2 existing rooms, plus push out to take in some living room space, to get 3 rooms. Master bedroom remains intact.
I have 2 girls and a boy. Between the 2 girls' rooms is a wooden bi-fold door, which acts as a partition - can close if they want more privacy, or leave it open when they want to play together or chat before sleeping. The newly created room is meant for my son, but he is still sleeping with us, so we used that as a study room now.
For study area, I prefer them to study in a common area where 3 of them are together. I kind of like this arrangement, so that it is clear that the room is for sleeping and study area is for \"working\". However, I noticed that my eldest prefer to do her homework on her bed. I always tell her this is very \"惰性”, bad habit. Nowadays, I let her be, just no energy to keep insisting.
What do other parents think? Do you insist they do work in the study area?

I like the wooden bi-fold door idea. Still need to check with HDB if we can hack the wall, if it comes to that.

[phankao]

porcupine12trade:

sounds like you have big bedroom, its good, at least you can still put study table in the room :). nowadays they build bedrooms soooo small, they say family getting smaller, so dont need big apartment. hmmm doesnt make sense to me, i tot they advocating filial piety and hv more kids?

Don't have big bedroom. Build upwards. So the girl has a little bit of her own space near the ceiling. HAHAHA!!!!!!!

Yeah, the study table runs the length of the room, that's all, together with the bookshelves.

[SAHM_TAN]

phankao:

porcupine12trade:

sounds like you have big bedroom, its good, at least you can still put study table in the room :). nowadays they build bedrooms soooo small, they say family getting smaller, so dont need big apartment. hmmm doesnt make sense to me, i tot they advocating filial piety and hv more kids?

Don't have big bedroom. Build upwards. So the girl has a little bit of her own space near the ceiling. HAHAHA!!!!!!!

Yeah, the study table runs the length of the room, that's all, together with the bookshelves.

So the bed is 3 level bunk bed?

[phankao]

SAHM_TAN:

phankao:

[quote=\"porcupine12trade\"]
sounds like you have big bedroom, its good, at least you can still put study table in the room :). nowadays they build bedrooms soooo small, they say family getting smaller, so dont need big apartment. hmmm doesnt make sense to me, i tot they advocating filial piety and hv more kids?

Don't have big bedroom. Build upwards. So the girl has a little bit of her own space near the ceiling. HAHAHA!!!!!!!

Yeah, the study table runs the length of the room, that's all, together with the bookshelves.

So the bed is 3 level bunk bed?[/quote]2-level bunk bed with pull-out. She has her own set of shelves and stuff up there too, plus lamp and such - bc I arranged it that way and had those done.

[SAHM_TAN]

phankao:

2-level bunk bed with pull-out. She has her own set of shelves and stuff up there too, plus lamp and such - bc I arranged it that way and had those done.

wow so like a bed-tree house

[bebe]

SAHM_TAN:

littlecloud:

SAHM_TAN,

We recently did that - hacked the wall, to build one more room, so now we have 4 rooms. We did that by converting 2 existing rooms, plus push out to take in some living room space, to get 3 rooms. Master bedroom remains intact.
I have 2 girls and a boy. Between the 2 girls' rooms is a wooden bi-fold door, which acts as a partition - can close if they want more privacy, or leave it open when they want to play together or chat before sleeping. The newly created room is meant for my son, but he is still sleeping with us, so we used that as a study room now.
For study area, I prefer them to study in a common area where 3 of them are together. I kind of like this arrangement, so that it is clear that the room is for sleeping and study area is for \"working\". However, I noticed that my eldest prefer to do her homework on her bed. I always tell her this is very \"惰性”, bad habit. Nowadays, I let her be, just no energy to keep insisting.
What do other parents think? Do you insist they do work in the study area?

I like the wooden bi-fold door idea. Still need to check with HDB if we can hack the wall, if it comes to that.

That is a good idea!! I am also thinking how to create more space and storage for my new house. Hubby wanna get a bunk bed for the 2 gals so that we can have more space for shelves and study desks. However, I think gals will prefer to have their own beds when they are older.

Now my baby is sleeping with us, so the 3rd room will be used as a study room.

Now renovation does not come cheap..hv to plan carefully so that the usability and design can outlast for the next 5-8 yrs. By then the older kids will be be in their teens...doubt they wanna anything too childish.

[24hr-mum]

littlecloud:

SAHM_TAN,

We recently did that - hacked the wall, to build one more room, so now we have 4 rooms. We did that by converting 2 existing rooms, plus push out to take in some living room space, to get 3 rooms. Master bedroom remains intact.
I have 2 girls and a boy. Between the 2 girls' rooms is a wooden bi-fold door, which acts as a partition - can close if they want more privacy, or leave it open when they want to play together or chat before sleeping. The newly created room is meant for my son, but he is still sleeping with us, so we used that as a study room now.
For study area, I prefer them to study in a common area where 3 of them are together. I kind of like this arrangement, so that it is clear that the room is for sleeping and study area is for \"working\". However, I noticed that my eldest prefer to do her homework on her bed. I always tell her this is very \"惰性”, bad habit. Nowadays, I let her be, just no energy to keep insisting.
What do other parents think? Do you insist they do work in the study area?

i hvnt tried letting them studyg in bedrm cos they sleep wf me n there no space for studyg so they study in study rm or dining table. but if the kids like to lie on the bed to study, i thnk got to change cos bad for the eyes but the mind is always thinkg of relaxing and sleeping......not in a working mood

[porcupine12trade]

SAHM_TAN:

porcupine12trade:

nowadays they build bedrooms soooo small, they say family getting smaller, so dont need big apartment. hmmm doesnt make sense to me, i tot they advocating filial piety and hv more kids?

They can say whatever they like to justify their actions. Doubt they lived in such homes, or else they would not say that there's more space per person. What nonsense. I visited my fren's home, it was like a prison, everywhere so cramp. A bed and that's it, no much place to move. I like him to visit and still tell me in the face that per person we are have more space

Hahahha you read this article too abt more space per person...funny la. And you r right, we doubt they live in such \"more space per person\" apartment. I visited new flats in TPY, the MBR is so tiny, serious, there is simply no space for a decent size wardrobe :(, so my friends had to build it in another room!

[porcupine12trade]

phankao:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
Don't have big bedroom. Build upwards. So the girl has a little bit of her own space near the ceiling. HAHAHA!!!!!!!

Yeah, the study table runs the length of the room, that's all, together with the bookshelves.

So the bed is 3 level bunk bed?

2-level bunk bed with pull-out. She has her own set of shelves and stuff up there too, plus lamp and such - bc I arranged it that way and had those done.[/quote]That's a good way of utilising space. I cant have bunk bed for my gals coz my son loves to climb and jump :(, i dont want to end up guarding the bed during his waking hrs at home.

[porcupine12trade]

bebe:

Now renovation does not come cheap..hv to plan carefully so that the usability and design can outlast for the next 5-8 yrs. By then the older kids will be be in their teens...doubt they wanna anything too childish.

Ya loh, carpentry is getting more and more exp...everything seems to go up, but salary not going up as fast ?! so we are made \"poorer\". I need to reno my new place too...trying to cut cost where possible.