Children's room and bedroom - What size is recommended?

I always have to smile when I read this statement here:

...Children sleep and live in the children's room. They spend large parts of their lives there....

Of course, children use the children's room more actively than the parents' bedroom.

My children, as written above, do not spend their whole lives in the children's room!?! They play throughout the whole house (now apartment) during the cold months and are outside all day in the warm months.

Of course, 9m² is obviously a joke, but nobody plans like that here.

We will have children's rooms with 13.5m², 11.8m², and an emergency children's room with 11.1m². With a living area of 138m². The bedroom is 14.7m² without dressing area, so all in all healthy proportions.

We will have children's rooms with 13.5m², 11.8m², and an emergency children's room with 11.1m². With a living area of 138m². The bedroom has 14.7m² without a dressing room, so all in all healthy proportions.

With 138m2, the question of 20m2 per children's room is naturally moot. It always has to fit my overall concept. Personally, I find just under 12m2 borderline. If there is a floor-to-ceiling window in there, there is hardly any space left for furniture.

It's also about how the children's play is "organized." As long as they are very small, it happens rather in the living room, but when they are in the Lego/Playmobil age, then for me the toys belong in their room. Therefore, 15m2 for the kids is already important to me. However, I think there is no absolute truth here.

With 138m2, of course the question of 20m2 per children's room is moot. It always has to fit into the overall concept for me. Personally, I find just under 12m2 borderline. If there is also a floor-to-ceiling window in there, hardly any usable space remains.

It's also about how the children's play is "organized." As long as they are very small, it usually happens in the living room, but when they are at the Lego/Playmobil age, the toys belong in their room for me. Therefore, 15m2 for the kids is already important to me. However, I think there is no absolute truth here.

I agree with you. The overall concept has to fit. Thanks to clever planning, even though the children's rooms (of course with no floor-to-ceiling windows and planned as a full story) fit into the living area, we have a living/dining room of 55m² and in the basement the 23m² hobby room is used as a "play cave."

If there is even a playroom available, the children's rooms can be somewhat smaller, yes. But only to a certain extent: a house should offer a retreat for all individual family members. That is the purpose of an apartment. 12 sqm may be enough for that, but a playroom or play area in the living room [WZ] does not replace a retreat. Overall, you can't expect huge rooms in a 109 sqm house. With 160 sqm, the ratio already looks different. I find it important that there is enough storage space in the children's rooms or for the children. A built-in wardrobe in smaller rooms can free up more floor space, but a hallway section with a large wall unit for shared games and hobby items can also relieve a children's room. It is worth mentioning that a room that is too large can also be uncomfortable, where the child or teenager does not feel comfortable.

I don't know if you really need a loggia in a house with a garden

Well, what do you really need. The loggia was just included. But I think it's not bad if the children have their own outdoor area when they get older.

I therefore consider the decision to have slightly fewer square meters, but with a loggia and southwest orientation, to be the right one. Or would anyone here have done it differently?

Yes, they can smoke outside [emoji16]