Why does a child need a queen sized bed and two nightstands? When they leave home you can put whatever furniture you want in the room. While they are with you, furnish it for their activities.

It will not a big issue for a desk since no kids I know do homework on a desk anymore. Yes to he sliding doors for the closet and is this a girl or a boy ?I like the top layout for the bed placement .

Thanks Patricia! Sorry, my question was confusing. It is the room labelled bedroom 3 that has the closet door issue. It will be my son's room and he is now 6. I am curious, where do pre-teens/teens do homework these days? I have been warned by several people that closet sliding doors are annoying, but I'd love to be told otherwise!

Yvonne, in his current room he has a single bed and no nightstands. However, I'd like the layout to work long term so it can eventually accommodate a queen bed with nightstands, either for him as he gets older or if we later convert the room into a guest room.

We have a similar situation in our guest room, except there is a second closet where the desk is shown, and the closets have bi-fold doors. I built shelves in the one closest to the entry door, for use as a pantry for things we don't use daily.

Yes, one has to partially close the bedroom door to get into the closet. We haven't found that to be a huge problem.

I see no to design a room today for the use it will have in 15 years. Make the room work for your son for the next 3 years or so, and change it up as his needs change.

I am also curious where kids are supposed to do homework? Our kids are 31 years old, but they had desks in their rooms from middle school through college (maybe even later elementary school). Our son's room was 9.5'x11', but had sufficient space for a twin bed, chest of drawers, desk, and bookcase.

Thanks Ann, that is reassuring re: closet layout. I could put off season and dress clothes in the portion of the closet closest to the door similarly to what you have done.

We will likely replace his current bed with a queen in the next few years. That way, we can occasionally use the room as a guest room, since we do not have a guest room. We also participate in home exchanges, so having a queen bed in the room is advantageous for that purpose.

Bypass door for the closet. Most Kids do their homework on their beds.

Have the swing of the bedroom door open the other way or do sliding closet doors. My three teens all have a desk in their room. 2/3 do work at it regularly.

Thanks everyone, I think I'll proceed with the closet in that location, but with bypass doors.

I've reread this whole thread twice. I don't see any logic in swapping swing doors to bypass just because one of the doors is behind the bedroom door. When a closet is typically accessed maybe once in the morning, and once at night, the bedroom door will probably be shut. If it isn't, it doesn't take much effort to close it. Concern over which side of the closet is accessed more might be valid to an extent, but storage doesn't follow door widths and it is not something anyone will notice in daily living that so much thought should be given to whether one door has to be shut in order to open another.

In order to open the bypass door, the entry door will still have to be shut. So no benefit.

What does matter is the value of house and style of all the other doors. Meaning, if you have a style of millwork and decor that supports, say 6 panel doors, and all the doors are swing, then this bedroom's closet doors should remain swing.

Thank you 3onthetree. I was concerned it was a poor design to have a closet located where the door swings, but it is a very valid point regarding having to close the bedroom door first even with a bypass door.

Doors are shaker, so easy to do in any door type.

Also, my children seldom remember to shut closet doors, so that was also my concern ...the banging.