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Seems like nearly every child wants them at some point in their lives. Clearly, some kids are too young and they will certainly reach a point when they'll be too old and want those babyish things out of their room! What are the prime years for bunk beds? Is the time frame different for boys vs girls? Of course every child is different so these are just generalizations. Please share your opinions and especially your experience
The top bunk shouldn't be used by children under 6. I'd say the prime years are elementary school years until around 7th grade. Then they're uncool, but some kids have no choice if they're necessary for sharing small rooms with siblings.
The top bunk shouldn't be used by children under 6. I'd say the prime years are elementary school years until around 7th grade. Then they're uncool, but some kids have no choice if they're necessary for sharing small rooms with siblings.
That's about our experience. We only had them set up as bunk beds in our youngest son's room for a couple of years, and because he wanted them for a while. We used them for much longer as twin beds.
I personally hated them. They are a pain to change sheets on, and even just making the bed in the morning is an ordeal.
I preferred throwing pillows and blankets on the floor for sleepovers!
My sister had bunk beds for about 10 years because her children's bedroom was very small. When she built a huge addition on her home that added 3 more bedrooms (in addition to a formal living room and a dining room), she pulled the bunks apart and used them as twins ASAP.
My sister and I enjoyed ours until close to high school. We used to take them apart and rearrange the beds often and then put them back together after some time. Our room was quite large, too, so I don't know we liked them bunked so much.
We had them in an apartment, but it was the kind with a dresser, bookcase and desk built in. We used a toddler bed instead of the bottom bunk because our daughter was small enough for it and it made the room feel bigger. When we moved into our house, the bunk bed went in our oldest's room as a loft bed. Then she broke her arm (she was 9) and couldn't get into the bunk bed, so we bought her a queen bed and moved the bunk bed to her younger sister's room. Nobody slept in the bunk bed after that, they both insist on sleeping in the queen bed in the oldest's room. So I sold the bunk bed for as much as I had paid for it (on Craigslist) and bought regular bedroom furniture for the little one, which she never uses because she sleeps in her sister's room.
We all liked the idea of the bunk bed but once the novelty wore off, it wasn't a lot of fun. And once she broke her arm, she couldn't get up to the bed. She healed in about 3 weeks but by then we'd already replaced the bed.
Good point about resale value. We gave our set away when we moved, but the family that took them were thrilled. We have a local town Facebook sale page, and anytime bunk beds are posted, they get sold quickly.
Thanks everyone. Sounds like probably not the best idea to buy for a 5 th grader. We thought about the trundle bed too- they can be separated so the kids aren't sleeping exactly side by side, I believe. He has a full size bed and we have just been using aero beds for sleepovers ..... Kids seem happy enough with it. His friends with the bunk beds have tons of sleepovers so I guess I just need to get it out of my head that bunk beds provide the ultimate sleepover experience
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