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There’s been a re- shuffle in our house.

One of the five childrens’ bedrooms is the Taj Mahal of teen sleeping spaces.

It is as large as the master bedroom, but without the ensuite. It’s spacious enough for a couch, on which to slouch and hang out with friends, and has a built in desk and robe so you sizeable enough for a small party.

Needless to say it’s the most coveted of crash zones.

To win this room, it’s easy.             

You have to be older than your siblings and not move out of the home for more than six months.

So, with the oldest gone for good, and the second eldest on a year-long international study exchange, it became the next daughter-in-line’s turn to claim it.

So eagerly did she want to do this, that on the very day we returned from our month long overseas holiday, she shrugged off jet-lag, skipped lunch and started lugging loads of her stuff next door into the Taj.

That of course meant her now vacant room was next to go.

For the fourth eldest daughter, that ensured dropping down a level and up a peg in decor.

She moved from her upstairs room, decorated in back to back Justin Beiber pull-out posters from teen mags, to a bedroom with clean walls away from the parents zone, which she then remodelled to be reminiscent of our New York holiday with landscapes, doona cover and snaps of the big apple.

So far, so good.

But it means these two middle girls are now sharing a bathroom.

“I think we should have colour coded towels,” said one.

“I’ll have the red and you have the other colours,” she continued.

“No, I want the bottom rack, so I can hang my togs and other stuff. And I don’t want to have your things taking up my space,” said the other.

“I don’t want the top rack,” said the colourful daughter.

“I don’t want your stuff on my rack,” said the bottom rack dweller.

“I don’t use as many towels as you, so I don’t want your things taking up all the room”.

Back and forth it went.

A clash of colour and rack domination.

I left this towel drama out to dry.

No locks or divides or rules for this one. (other than it had to be tidy)

In the end it has come down to a similar sibling structure as the bedroom shuffle.

Older one rules.

She now has the bottom rack. Her sister has the colour red. (Although she is happy to include other colours as she sees fit)

But here’s the winner in all this.

The youngest child is upstairs alone and now has a bathroom with both racks all to herself.

And while the others were cleaning and moving rooms she went to the movies.

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  • I’ve always had specific towels for each child as I find it a bit more hygienic to have your own.
    Good on the youngest for doing their own thing.

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  • Colour coded towels are a brilliant idea!

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  • I love the youngest ones ways, she really sussed it all out without even realising, and got the best deal without trying

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  • With me being a Mum to 5 children, I can really relate to this story. Each child thinks that their own things belong in certain spots. It can be like an all in war at times.

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  • this is exellent great

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  • i Have middle child syndrome….. The baby is always the chilled out one, right??

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  • I wonder who falls for washing all the extra towels ?? more to the point hanging them out to dry? Might make then think twice about reducing the number of towels they use !

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  • Sounds like an interesting move! And a very clever youngest daughter!

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  • lol i can imagine all the arguements there over the bathroom lol but i bet that no-body wants to clean it lol

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  • Sounds like a very entertaining house!

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  • Thanks again for sharing! We are now colour coded!

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  • My sisters and I had our own colour towels, mine were blue.

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  • lol so glad I only have two

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  • Thanks for the read.

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  • great article, thanks for sharing

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  • Lol, so the youngest won out….. I wonder how long it took the others to realise.

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  • Great little read

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  • Great story, gave me a laugh, will get my kids to read this they have no reason to complain

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  • Sounds like a fun household. Growing up we only had one bathroom and one toilet.

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  • Growing up we all shared one bathroom no bigger than a broom closet, times have changed. The next time you have a room reshuffle please let me know, Think I might like living in the Taj lol!

    I enjoyed your story.

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