I like my bunkhouse.
I have 4 children aged from 9 to 16. My bunkhouse has a single top and a full bottom bunk. My 16 year old has always slept on the top bunk. In fact he aggressively defends his right to sleep up there from his other brothers. While I was typing this I asked him what he thinks about sleeping up there and he said "it's all right". You just have to love teenager speak. :)
Here's our current sleeping arrangement and it works well for us.
16 year old boy on top bunk.
11 year old boy on full bottom bunk.
13 year old boy on jacknife sofa in a sleeping bag.
9 year old boy usually sleeps on the front queen with me.
Everybody uses sleeping bags. Because they all use bags the making up and breaking down the beds is a non issue for me.
I lift and pull the seat and the sofa folds flat. Average time 5 seconds. My son lays his sleeping bag on the bed and climbs in.
In the morning my son stuffs his bag back into it's duffel. I lift the front of the bed and fold it back into a couch. This takes a tiny bit longer to fold so I'd say 6 seconds on average.
Now if I had to make the sofa into a traditional bed with sheets and blankets I would have given up years ago.
Come to think of it my 13 year old is probably strong enough to fold the couch by himself. If he only know where I came up with that idea he would probably hate this forum. :B
