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

[Pocket10s]

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

 

[Pocket10s]

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"

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.

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)

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.

 

[Pocket10s]

How often are people going to be staying over?

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

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.

 

[Pocket10s]

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

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.