With a baby on the way, need some help re-organising bedrooms and office.

Pocket10s

Pocket10s

Pocket10s

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Hi all,

Me and my wife have a baby on the way, due in the next 3 months. We are trying to reorganise our upstairs to allow for a nursery and we currently have the following setup:

1. Master Bedroom - this is something we do not want to change.
2. Guest Room - we envisage people staying with us so we want to keep a dedicated guest bedroom
3. Office - I work from home 3 days a week, so I need some space for my home office
4. Wardrobe Room - Our Master Bedroom does not have a lot of storage space and in our current Wardrobe Room we have 3 cupboards of clothes + a dresser

How would you re-organise this to allow for a nursery for the baby too? We are a bit stuck on what to do, but currently we are thinking to merge the wardrobe room and office.

Link to floor plan here: https://imgur.com/b3PWUf0
 
is this thread for real? You have a room labelled 'wardrobe room', a guest room and a home office, but you need help on where to put the nursery?

p.s. I am sure you know this but:
1. guests don't need a room that big
2. babies don't need a nursery till they are at least 3 months
3. offices don't need to be 3.3x3
4. you can have wardrobes in the nursery that you also use
5. the baby will grow up and need a bedroom, not just a "nursery"
 
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Pocket10s said:
1. Master Bedroom - this is something we do not want to change.
2. Guest Room - we envisage people staying with us so we want to keep a dedicated guest bedroom
3. Office - I work from home 3 days a week, so I need some space for my home office
4. Wardrobe Room - Our Master Bedroom does not have a lot of storage space and in our current Wardrobe Room we have 3 cupboards of clothes + a dresser
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I'll be honest but the bolded bits above makes me think you just don't want to "sacrifice" anything at all (and I use the word sacrifice loosely, hence the quotes)

Anyways, you asked so I would do the following:
  • Keep Master Bedroom
  • Merge Office and Wardrobe room into the current Guest Bedroom
  • Put Guest Bedroom in the current Wardrobe room
  • Put kid in the current office room as this will give sufficient room for them as they grow up.
 
How often are people going to be staying over?

The master bedroom isn't small, why can't it fit wardrobes/storage?

Could turn guest room into wardrobe and baby room, leaving wardrobe room for guests.
 
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Our daughter has a bed in the guest room, next to the double.

This has a couple of benefits.

Firstly, we haven't needed to make major changes the house layout.

Secondly, if anyone wants to stay they have to keep an eye on her overnight, which has significantly reduced the number of guests that want to stay.
 
dlockers said:
is this thread for real? You have a room labelled 'wardrobe room', a guest room and a home office, but you need help on where to put the nursery?

p.s. I am sure you know this but:
1. guests don't need a room that big
2. babies don't need a nursery till they are at least 3 months
3. offices don't need to be 3.3x3
4. you can have wardrobes in the nursery that you also use
5. the baby will grow up and need a bedroom, not just a "nursery"
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lol what - this is our current layout that worked for us when we got the house.

We are ready for sacrifices - we are looking for the most efficient solution as each room for their current purpose is used as intended....

1. No they don't, but we didn't want our master bedroom to be next to a party wall and for our needs pre-baby it worked well as we do have people staying over.
2. Which I understand, but also we want a space to store the babies things and have things ready/ be prepared.
3. Of course they dont - I WFH 3 days a week with long hours as I work with the US. We had the space so I liked having an home office.
4. What makes you think I don't know that?
5. Well yes, which we are planning for.

I'm not sure if I worded my initial post wrong; but we are asking what is best to sacrifice together - so that the baby and eventual toddler has a nice space growing up/ we can look after the child the best. I'm not sure what entitled the replies above and tbh its quite rude.

Richie said:
I'll be honest but the bolded bits above makes me think you just don't want to "sacrifice" anything at all (and I use the word sacrifice loosely, hence the quotes)
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How?! I'm literally asking what should give in terms of sacrifice while also giving context on our current situation. If I have to work on our dining table I will do. I'm not saying in anyway I wont sacrifice anything.

Jesus.
 
sigma said:
How often are people going to be staying over?

The master bedroom isn't small, why can't it fit wardrobes/storage?
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We have guests every 2-3 months while I envisage my parents wanting to stay over more often when the baby is here (also to give us a hand when/ if needed). So I think around a week a month.
 
get rid of the wardrobe, make it work by having a clear out
move the office into the wardrobe room
old office into nursery/kids room when they get older
use guest room for extra storage
 
Swap the office and the guest room, wardrobes then go into office, baby goes into wardrobe room.

Or office moves to wardrobe room, guest room moves to office and guest room becomes nursery and storage room.
 
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dlockers said:
The fact you've posted the most bizarre thread of 2025 about what room to give your kid when you have a 4 bedroom house :cry:
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In what way is it bizarre to ask what is the best way to organise our space to be best for the baby and also our living needs where we can?

Thank you for the genuine replies, I'll take those into account.
 
Pocket10s said:
I'm not sure if I worded my initial post wrong; but we are asking what is best to sacrifice together - so that the baby and eventual toddler has a nice space growing up/ we can look after the child the best.
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In all honesty, you're overthinking it. Babies wake up constantly and need feeding overnight. That's why Next2Me cots etc are so popular for the first ~3 months.

At least for the first year, it can be way more convenient to have them sleep in a small cot wherever the parent on duty is going to be sleeping.

Realistically, if you set up a full blown nursery now, you may well find you don't actually use it for the next 18 months.
 
Jim99 said:
In all honesty, you're overthinking it. Babies wake up constantly and need feeding overnight. That's why Next2Me cots etc are so popular for the first ~3 months.

At least for the first year, it can be way more convenient to have them sleep in a small cot wherever the parent on duty is going to be sleeping.

Realistically, if you set up a full blown nursery now, you may well find you don't actually use it for the next 18 months.
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This is the most useful reply you will get..
 
Jim99 said:
In all honesty, you're overthinking it. Babies wake up constantly and need feeding overnight. That's why Next2Me cots etc are so popular for the first ~3 months.

At least for the first year, it can be way more convenient to have them sleep in a small cot wherever the parent on duty is going to be sleeping.

Realistically, if you set up a full blown nursery now, you may well find you don't actually use it for the next 18 months.
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Only if you allow it. I've just moved my 4month old into their own room and put the effort into sleep training them.
 
dlockers said:
Only if you allow it. I've just moved my 4month old into their own room and put the effort into sleep training them.
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We've sleep trained both of ours as well, but it's still no guarantee. My point is more that setting all of this stuff up ahead of time might well be wasted expense and effort.

We've changed layouts multiple times as their needs have changed, and we've always been able to get what we needed within a couple of days (usually from Freecycle / Facebook freebies).
 
pepp77 said:
Swap the office and the guest room, wardrobes then go into office, baby goes into wardrobe room.

Or office moves to wardrobe room, guest room moves to office and guest room becomes nursery and storage room.
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This is how I would do it personally.
 
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Youve got a baby on the way, you dont need a guest room, that problem will sort itself out once the baby is here and your attempt to continue a social life fails drastically.

Youl neither want one nor have time for one, any spare time will be used for sleeping
 
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