https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 00:13:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2711114 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:09:52 +0000 caterw 2711114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have art but no photos at all. Our bedroom is a toy free zone- sometimes one child will bring a lovey in with them when they come to hang out or nap with me but it goes with them when they leave. It's also the only room in the house that I keep tidy/ bed made/ dusted at all times so I can have a grownup retreat. I love to have the girls in there for snuggles but the big one knows she is absolutely not allowed to make a mess in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2711109 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:01:58 +0000 fancyfunction 2711109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are only pictures of us in our bedroom - a wedding and engagement shot. No toys either. We do have a tv but it's hidden in an armoire and sometimes we like to relax before bed and watch a show. I like it to be an adult space that I can keep more as a relaxing, well-designed space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2711107 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:01:28 +0000 littlejoy 2711107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have photos in our room at all. </p> <p>We got rid of our TV 8 years ago to maintain a "sacred, intimate" space. I'm really happy with that choice. </p> <p>I do let LO crawl in the bed in the morning if she wants, but otherwise our door is closed during the day, and it's definitely a toy-free zone. </p> <p>We roomshared for 10+ months, but I still felt like the space was ours ... our life at that time really did revolve around our tiny baby, so I didn't feel that her presence made our marriage any less connected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2711100 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:41:06 +0000 Mae 2711100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedroom is ours in that it is decorated for us. It feels comfortable and relaxing and there are no toys. But we don't make it a kid-free zone. It's a great place to fold clothes. It's a great place to snuggle after school (especially lately when I'm not feeling so hot with morning sickness). I hung out in my parents' bedroom all the time growing up. We only had 2 TVs so a lot of times I'd hang with my mom in her bedroom watching tv if my dad was watching sports. I also laid in bed with them a lot of weekend mornings. We don't really need strict boundaries. </p> <p>Oh also we have a tv in our bedroom. We like snuggling in bed watching tv. More comfy than the couch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2711077 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:03:39 +0000 petitenoisette 2711077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No tv in our bedroom and no toys either. We have a few kid books in there and we do have a couple of pictures of our LO on our dresser. Nothing you can see from the bed though if that makes a difference :wink: </p> <p>It is generally very clean and clutter free in there, but we don't spend any time in there except for sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710914 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:25:34 +0000 wrkbrk 2710914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: Same! Our reason for having the tv in the master bedroom was because it was more important to us to keep it out of the living/family room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710863 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:26:41 +0000 Tanjowen 2710863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep it uncluttered and have a rule the bedroom is only for sleeping. We don't really go in it during the day - the door stays shut - and no electronics. </p> <p>We have a small TV room we made very cozy with lots of toys and blankets, and that is where we all hang out together instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710860 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:19:59 +0000 Greentea 2710860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My best advice is to try to only have/keep what you LOVE. The bedroom is for luxuries. For me, personally this means quality bedding, natural light, white and bright walls, one large landscape of my favorite place (I'm a painter). I personal don't buy into the concept of an off limits bedroom. I love nursing and hanging out in our bedroom with the kids and LOs crib is in there. Generally, no tele would be my other advice, and no clocks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710838 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:59:35 +0000 Littlebit7 2710838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a soothing color on the wall, a giant painting that i did which is hypnotic, some wedding pictures....and thats about it.. I've really tried to go minimal in there with no crap lying around. We do have a TV but thats for sick days in bed with Peppa. We don't use it otherwise.<br /> I only have one framer of LO in there.. its a small outtake from a 6 month photo shoot we did...shes screaming. It just makes me smile before I get in bed, oddly. Since life isn't picture perfect but i know we're doing a pretty darn good job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710822 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:46:22 +0000 sapphire 2710822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's super important for me to keep our bedroom restful place. There is no TV, no toys, and no photos of people (right now the only photo is one of my wedding dress; could definitely stand for more art but just haven't found the right pieces yet). I wasn't allowed in my parents room as a child unless I had permission and really needed something out of there. We let our daughter in - we need to, really, as we're getting ready in the morning - but it's not her space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710820 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:39:06 +0000 gingerbebe 2710820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's kid clothes in our room because we fold laundry in here and there's a lot of nursing related detritus laying about. We also keep the baby's changing pad in here bc it's easier to change him on top of DH's dresser. But our bedroom mostly off limits to the boys. There's just too much dangerous junk in here between all the cords and cables from our phones and baby monitor and lamps and the drugs from the bathroom and the toilet and tub and shower and under the sink cabinets. We occasionally snuggle the boys in our bed like after bath or something but really it's an off limits space and they know that. We don't cosleep and we move our kids to a separate sleep space after the itty bitty stage so they aren't attached to it anyway. We have no TV in here and just a large wedding photo above our bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710805 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:19:47 +0000 CakeLady 2710805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is about as different from our bedroom as possible... not entirely by choice.<br /> We have lots of art, so we keep family photos in the bedroom in small frames on the dressers.. We are also in a rental with a ridiculously huge master and no playroom, so unfortunately a trampoline and a cozy coupe have found their way in (ugh...) We also like to keep the TV out of our living room, so we've carved out an area of our huge master for a separate TV area with a couch. Not ideal but the room is so big that it is what works for us right now. Annnnnd, DS sleeps part of the night in our bed, every night. Apparently, nothing is sacred. I would like to find ways to carve out time/space for just DH and I but it is not going to happen in our bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710767 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:56:28 +0000 babypugs 2710767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toys drive me crazy, but they sneak in. It's a priority to remove them asap! I always said the bed would just be for DH and me... but all four of us wind up in there most nights -- oops! I don't mind, but it could be more peaceful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710759 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:50:40 +0000 PawPrints 2710759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No toys or TV, but we do keep a few board books on my nightstand. DD spends a few minutes in our bed every morning for nursing and snuggles, and on weekends we buy ourselves some lazing time by handing her a book or two. The only things on the walls are landscape-style vacation photos (no humans). I don't want anybody's face looking at me when I'm in bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710741 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:34:41 +0000 Alba4 2710741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a TV in our bedroom and there are no toys in there either. We never hang out in there with kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710664 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:06:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2710664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We need to just keep our master free of clutter more importantly. The odd toy or something that gets left in there doesn't bother me. Its the outgrown baby clothes, the stacks of mail, piles of laundry to be folded/put away, birthday gifts that are hiding in my closet etc. All that makes it less of a "retreat". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710660 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:01:54 +0000 snowjewelz 2710660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's nothing in our bedroom besides clothes and bed. We co-sleep but there has never been toys our TV in our room. We do believe that bedroom is for sleep; our house isn't big so it's not a big chore to go somewhere else for what you need! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710647 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:46:38 +0000 wrkbrk 2710647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babynumber1: I'm with you! I never knew this was a thing. We have framed newborn pictures our our nightstand, and when we move in a couple weeks, the downstairs master suite will definitely be a place to hang out on the weekends. Doesnt bother me at all. Maybe if I had multiple kids I would think about it differently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710639 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:35:10 +0000 looch 2710639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are no toys or TV in the master. I do have some family photos scattered around the house, and the master is no exception. </p> <p>Since there is no TV in there, we don't linger, so there really is no reason for it to be a retreat, if we're in there, we're sleeping or sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710633 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:29:52 +0000 babynumber1 2710633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are the total opposite. We have a tv in our room, and my bed is my favorite place to watch tv and decompress in the evenings. The kids have a few toys to entertain themselves in the mornings. We have pictures of me and DH and some other generic print and our wedding monogram on our walls. My girls love nothing more than crawling in our king sized bed and snuggling while watching tv. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710625 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:13:12 +0000 lamariniere 2710625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I find it relaxing, but I also love white walls. :happy: Well, never say never, but for now, probably not. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710622 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:11:14 +0000 youboots 2710622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I love your photography. I'm glad I went to 1x a month photos of T at a year. Your space sounds fresh and bright. Do you ever plan to move back to the states? I know my parents were minimal with possessions when we lived overseas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710618 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:09:05 +0000 youboots 2710618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend painted me this sign and a matching one that says "If that's a here you are, that's where I'll be." Lines from 2 of our favorite country songs. </p> [attach=5281/17/omv0n6.600x415.UK8A0649.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710613 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:03:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2710613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedroom, the sleeping area portion, is a celebration of us in part because I have zero printed and framed pics of LO. The sitting area/ TV area has a couple of LO's toys. The toys are there because we fold laundry in there while LO is awake. When we started our effort to get LO out of our bed for good we stopped bringing him for cuddles and play time in the morning on the weekends. </p> <p>My parents room was a hub of the house just as much as the family room or kitchen was growing up. Our room won't be off limits to LO, but it's definitely not going to be the place to lounge and hang out.</p> <p>We painted the room a moody blue and soon will have art work on the walls that will reflect the retreat like calm atmosphere I am going for. It's definitely not a kid space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710611 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:02:03 +0000 lamariniere 2710611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Confession: we are probably weirdos, but we don't have pictures of our kids hanging on the walls anywhere, with the exception of one photo, and it's only one of our 2 kids (I should probably get at least one photo of the other kid hung up somewhere :silly: ). And I take tons of pictures of my kids, so it's not like we are lacking in that department. </p> <p>Our apartment setup is also a little different than what is probably standard. My home office is in a nook in our bedroom and in the nook I have a few art prints, but in the bedroom part of the bedroom, we don't have any pictures or prints at all, just white walls. Our bedroom also opens up into the living room (with just a door, no hallway or separation) so people walk through our bedroom all the time. We do keep our bedroom toy free, but occasionally on weekends toys will spill over from the living room, but they are all gone by the time the kids go to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710605 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:58:08 +0000 youboots 2710605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yeah we had a TV years ago and I only miss it when I'm sick in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710594 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:46:18 +0000 Mamaof2 2710594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is how our bedroom is - its for me and DH. No pictures of the kids - no toys. I also don't have a TV - if you want to watch TV then go to the living room. </p> <p>That's not to say the kids cant come in on Saturday with a toy and lay in bed with us - but once we are up for the day the toy leaves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/keeping-our-bedroom-a-couple-zone#post-2710590 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:40:40 +0000 youboots 2710590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember reading somewhere long before we had T to only have photos of yourselves in your bedroom. Recently I also read( I think here) that they don't allow toys in their bedroom. After living in our home for 4.5 years last fall I finally got some art up on the walls and am happy with how it turned out- I have 3 prints of just the 2 of us. When T wakes up we always bring her in our room for milk and to snuggle- on the weekends we read books and and spend a good 30 minutes together- when I was pregnant that's what I looked forward to most slow mornings reading in bed.</p> <p>Today I saw this article and while I don't agree with everything I think it speaks to why this concept resonances with me <a href="http://www.parent.co/one-room-house-wont-find-pictures-kids/?utm_content=bufferfb715&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow">http://www.parent.co/one-room-house-wont-find-pictures-kids/?utm_content=bufferfb715&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer</a></p> <p>I don't remember spending any time in my parents room as a child. </p> <p>Thoughts? Do you have any toy free zones in your house? Do you try to make your bedroom a retreat for you and your SO? </p>