https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:43:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874457 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:32:56 +0000 shopaholic 874457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I *think* K's nursery is the smallest. I think 10' x 10'. DH's man cave seems small, but maybe because of it's weird doorway and the room is rectangular. OR because of ALL the crap he keeps in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874450 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:29:46 +0000 mrsjazz 874450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a 2 br. apartment. Our bedroom is huge but LOs room is tiny, 9'8" by 7'11". Originally we had her crib, a dresser, changing table, rocker, and bookshelf in it. We recently moved the rocker and changing table out and put in a small love seat. It's a small room but it's comfy &amp; cozy. I just can't believe that the previous tenants had a grown man living in that room with a twin bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874423 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:18:35 +0000 chanzi 874423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is 8x10. It's a nice size for the nursery (though the rocking chair has to go in the living room) and it also worked well as an office. I imagine it would be fine for a child's room if we were staying here longer, but it's too small for a guest room.</p> <p>ETA: We could probably fit the rocking chair in the room if we moved out the little bookshelf we've got in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874310 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:30:05 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 874310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have four bedrooms, each with walk in closets and at least two windows. The smallest bedrooms are the downstairs bedrooms which are 12 x 12s. Upstairs bedrooms are all 12 x 15s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874291 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:19:32 +0000 Shutterbug 874291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our bedrooms are 11x13, 12x12, and 9x10. The house was built in the 60's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874260 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:00:35 +0000 skibobrown 874260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know the size of DD's room, but it's tiny. It just fits her crib, changing table, and a bookshelf for her toys, with a small amount of room to walk around in between. We have a nice glider that was meant for her room, but when we moved to this house it had to wind up out in the living room. We'll be moving sometime in the next year, and I can't wait to be back in a bigger space again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874259 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:00:05 +0000 Mrsbells 874259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I believe LO's room is 10x13 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874062 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:53:48 +0000 Cupcake 874062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The nursery- it's 5'x7'. We live in an old house, and I can't imagine it being anything other that that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874049 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:50:30 +0000 regberadaisy 874049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M's nursery which is approximately 9x10. There's her crib, a vertical IKEA bookcase, IKEA table and chair, dresser and a glider + ottoman. She also has two small closets. It's not cramped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-874000 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:31:20 +0000 photojane 874000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um... small? I have no idea. Maybe 9x8? It's Sadie's nursery. We have a crib, good sized dresser with changing pad, and a glider &amp; ottoman with a side table. It doesn't feel cramped. Her swing &amp; jumper are in the living room where we spend most of our time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873986 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:25:17 +0000 looch 873986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: yeah, I hear you about the smaller bedrooms.</p> <p>In the end, for us, location trumped everything I thought I wanted in a home. I ended up with a raised ranch (which is my least favorite house style) and 4 beds/2 baths. The baths are nothing to write home about and 2 of the bedrooms are small. The master isn't luxurious, but it fits our queen sleigh bed, tall and long dressers, 2 nightstands and 2 slipper chairs. </p> <p>On the plus side, we have a nice corner lot, fenced in pool, low traffic streets and we're walking distance to the elementary school. I can literally stand on the front lawn and watch LO walk down the cul de sac to the school Just not having to deal with the bus and car lines....I can't even tell you how much I am looking forward to kindergarten now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873981 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:23:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 873981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: @Foodnerd81: The lack of closet space on the first floor is one of the three major reasons why I'd never buy our townhouse! I got a tall Ikea bookshelf with glass doors for a pantry in our expansive kitchen and it has changed my life. Totally freed up our cabinets. Our vacuum used to live right outside our downstairs bathroom in a corner in the hall. Now it lives inside the bathroom right in front of the toilet because the girls (crawling babies) kept trying to tip it over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873977 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:21:32 +0000 mrs. wagon 873977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: @Foodnerd81: there is no coat closet (or ANY closets downstairs, for that matter) in our 2000 sq foot townhouse. Seriously. We installed 2 rows of coat hooks on the wall, we have a bench with basket storage under neath that, two (no, three!) sets of shoe storage, and 2 rows of hooks for the kids' coats. All in the front hall, next to the stairs. AND we have a double stroller in that hall because there is just nowhere else to put it and our nanny takes the girls out for a walk every day.</p> <p>@looch: @Foodnerd81: @mrs. bird: thanks for the feedback on how much you can fit into a small room!! Since our kids will only use their rooms for sleeping until probably elementary school when they'll have homework, we seriously need to take small bedrooms into consideration since we live in an area with ONLY older homes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873976 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:20:02 +0000 mrs. bird 873976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: we rent the condo also, no way I'd buy it! I'd kill for a pantry! Our kitchen is one side of a hallway that connects the LR/DR and the bathroom/bedrooms :/ we have a coat tree in the dining room. But really, where are you supposed to put your vacuum &amp; stuff without a closet?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873967 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:16:28 +0000 looch 873967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you also have to be creative on how you use the space, especially when the kids get older. For example, I always had a desk in my room so I always did my homework there, not at the kitchen table, because it was just too noisy and there were too many distractions. In our current house, it was important to me that in my son's bedroom, we could fit a proper desk because I do not want him to be doing his homework at the table in the kitchen. Art projects, though, fine in the kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873963 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:15:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 873963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our secondary rooms are 11x11 and 12x10. Right now one is a sewing room with a futon for guests and the other a guest room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873962 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:15:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 873962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: My old apartment (techinically a condo that we rented) had a coat closet, but it was near a door that we didn't enter from, so the previous tenant had made it a pantry instead, which was so much more useful. We had a coat tree near the door that we entered from, and this huge pantry for all our food. It was way better that way, actually (especially since we had the huge closet in the bedroom anyway). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873958 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:14:04 +0000 mrs. bird 873958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I know someone with a nursery ~9x8, it has a small glider, crib, dresser with changer top, and a small armoire (no closet). Those just fit. It's not bad for a nursery provided you put gear outside the br, but you could only put a twin bed &amp; a small dresser, maybe a nightstand, without overwhelming the space. One of those beds with drawers under would be awesome, or a loft bed with a desk under for when they're older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873957 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:13:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 873957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have two bedrooms-- decent sized master, then a very small nursery-- it's about 8x10. It would be fin, actually, but we have our queen size bed in there for guests, so with a queen, crib, and smallish low dresser, it's going to be very full-- no walking space. </p> <p>@mrs. wagon: If we didn't have the bed in the 8x10 room, we could fit a crib, dresser/changing table, glider and nightstand. It would be a little tight, especially if it was a big overstuffed glider, but I think it would all fit. </p> <p>Our old apt had a HUGE walk in closet. It was awesome. Now we have a perfectly fine one but we were so spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873954 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:10:19 +0000 looch 873954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: yes, i think so, with no problems. </p> <p>when we looked at the house, one of the bedrooms had a twin bed in it, the other had a futon couch. Right now, we have a full sized bed in the room, there's plenty of space to walk around both sides and put a night stand on each side, plus a tall dresser. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873949 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:07:05 +0000 mrs. bird 873949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 2brs are the same size, about 12x12', and the closet in our br is the width of a standard door and a single hanger deep :sad: We use the larger closet (has a sliding door) in the office for storage since the br closets and a small bathroom closet are our only closets. Who designs a condo without a coat closet?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873933 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:59:31 +0000 mrs. wagon 873933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: what can you fit in the 9 x 7 rooms? Could you swing it with a crib, glider, nightstand, and changing table? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873894 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:43:33 +0000 loveisstrange 873894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is about 9.5x8.5. Its got a fairly large closet though. It was DH's "office" (aka man cave) until C was born. Now it's basically a storage room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873892 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:42:40 +0000 Alivoo01 873892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11X11. This was a requirement of mine when we bought our house. The smallest dimension of a spare bedroom I would accept was 11x11, I would also take 10x11. Anything smaller made the room too small where you couldn't comfortably fit a queen sized bed and a dresser with walking space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873883 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:39:51 +0000 looch 873883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the two smallest bedrooms are like 9 by 7 or something like that. House was built in 1963, so that explains the size. Furniture was smaller back then!</p> <p>We have 4 bedrooms, each has a closet and windows. There's no way I could combine the two small bedrooms and make it a bigger room, because one is long and the other one is wide. It's like they'd make kind of an L shaped room if I took down the wall in between and I don't think I'd really gain any function that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873877 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:36:23 +0000 swedishfish 873877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 x 10 I think... It seems even smaller with all of the nursery furniture in it. We definitely bought too much - a crib, long dresser with changing table top, tall dresser, and a glider. Whoops.</p> <p>I want a walk in closet in our next home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873862 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:32:42 +0000 ShootingStar 873862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is about 10.5' x 11.5'. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-smallest-bedroom-in-your-house#post-873837 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:25:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 873837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our smallest bedroom is 10 x 12, and it's still quite large for what it is (Wagon Jr.'s bedroom). Our other two bedrooms are even larger, and I so wish we had 4 small bedrooms instead of 3 big ones! But alas, it's not our house to renovate ;)</p> <p>All 3 bedrooms have at least one window and a closet. And we're talking great closets, including a square walk-in for our master bedroom!</p> <p>What are the dimensions of your smallest room? </p>