Our house has two bedrooms upstairs (with one full bath) and one bedroom (with another full bath) in the basement. Currently, Chuck, Rhett, and I are all upstairs in the two bedrooms, sharing the one bathroom. The downstairs bedroom is the "guest room" even though we (1) rarely have guests and (2) have a pull-out couch elsewhere in the basement that can be used for guests.
Before we left for Colorado we realized that there was a problem in the upstairs bathroom. We thought it would be great to have it fixed while we were gone and return to a new bathroom. Of course these things always take longer than expected and for now we've adjusted to using the basement bathroom for everything. (Pictures of the new bathroom will come when it's done. I can't wait!)
But using that basement bathroom has been surprisingly easy. In fact, I actually like it. So here's the question: Chuck and I are considering a permanent move for us to the basement bedroom. Should we do it?
Pros:
1. The upstairs bathroom (the public bathroom) would be easier to keep presentable as it wouldn't be our day-to-day bathroom.
2. When a new baby comes (yes, we're thinking about it; no, it won't be happening in less than nine months) that baby could sleep downstairs with us until he/she is ready to be closer to Rhett. I'm really nervous about a new baby waking Rhett in the night.
3. When aforementioned new baby begins to sleep through the night, he/she would then be moved upstairs to his/her own room, or could share Rhett's room.
4. The enormous closets in the basement bedroom would finally accommodate my stuff, Chuck's stuff, and all of our winter stuff.
Cons:
1. Basement bedroom is slightly odd-shaped and furniture placement would be weird and possibly awkward.
2. Chuck thinks the kid(s) will sneak out of the house if they are on the ground level with no close adult supervision. It's no use explaining to him that our one kid is only one year old.
3. The basement bath has only a shower, a very small shower. Shaving my legs will be very difficult in this shower.
4. Our bedroom would be in the basement. Is that weird? I just don't know!
Does anyone else have their master suite in the basement? Or maybe just on a floor different from their kids? Thoughts?
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my house in tx had the master suite on the first floor and all other bedrooms on the second floor. this is actually a fairly big selling point with homes in tx - much to my surprise. we liked having our room on the first floor by the front door, but you are in the basement and i don't know how i would feel about that one. :) i say move, the closet space, the lack of need to clean the guest bathroom that often, and to have all the kids in the same place is a huge plus in my book. :)
ReplyDeletehmmm, good question. but i know i wouldn't like having my kids on the main level if i wasn't there, too. just me being paranoid. i wouldn't mind or worry if the kids were upstairs or downstairs on their own without parents. i just don't like my kids being on an entry-level without my room close by.
ReplyDeletehow about you guys stay up and move the kid(s) downstairs?
i would stay put and use the closet downstairs as your overflow (perhaps a sign for the need to weed out unworn items?) i would HATE to have to climb upstairs when new baby needed me in the middle of the night. zig has never woken up due to e beans cries at 6 am. but then again, zig is a sound sleeper unless there are teeth on the way. but even when e bean was only going 3-4 hours without waking up, it never bothered zig. if my parents room was downstairs when i was in high school, i would sneak out for sure. what it comes down to is if you want to try it, try it. if you hate it, move back up sometime before the kids have the opportunity to sneak out. you shave your legs?
ReplyDeleteMy sister in law Nina has her master bedroom in the basement and she LOVES it. She raves about it all the time. They are downstairs as well as the nursery and their other 2 little girls live upstairs. I have heard no complaints about kids escaping or anything else.
ReplyDeleteI say GO FOR IT.