VWL , questions about 1 bedroom?

[ErinC]

We will be at VWL in December. We have a 2 bed. lockoff reserved, for me, DH, DH's sister, DD7, DD4, DD8months, and my parents. I say all this so no one will think we are over occupancy. Has anyone used an airbed in the 1 bedroom of VWL? What is the largest size that I could fit in the living room area with the couch open. I intend to give my parents the studio portion to themselves. My dad just recently had quintuple bypass surgery(he's doing well), and doesn't need the stress of my children in the room with them. Anyway DH and I will be in the master, with the pack and play for the baby, and I would like to give my sister in law the fold out couch to herself. My kids are really little and would do fine on an air matress, I just need to know what size can be accomodated. I already have a queen airbed, and I'm quite sure it wouldn't fit ,judging from the pictures. Any body else with any experience?

 

[Lesley]

I think you'd be more likely to fit an airbed in the bedroom than the living room of a one bedroom at VWL. You're going to have to do quite a bit of furniture moving to get one in the living room.

That said, I haven't tried it...but I would think a twin airbed would be the biggest that would fit.

Have you considered taking the studio for your family and giving your parents the king bedroom? Or taking one or more of the kids to bed with you and dh in the king? I know back in Dec. we had our 7yo and 2yo sleep with us in the king a couple times, its a little full but not impossible.

Or could your sister sleep with one of the kids?

Lots of ways to work it out!

 

[cewait]

Here's what I think I would do following your initial thoughts on who sleeps where.

Scrap the queen mattress and bring two twins. That will give you the most flexibility when figuring out how to place them in the room. I think that you could possibly put one along side the door to the patio/balcony and the other under the breakfast bar. Requires the least amount of rearrainging and the peices you must move are light

 

[Disney Doll]

I would agree with the poster who said put your parents in the master BR, your sister on the couch, your family in the studio with the 2 kids on the 2nd bed/pullout, and the baby in the pack and play. If you don't think your kids would do well both sleeping in one bed, then bring one twin size blow up mattress and put that on the floor at night for one kid, the other kid on the bed/pullout, you and DH in the other bed, baby in pack and play.

If you don't want to do the studio thing with your family for some reason, then my second agreement would be to bring 2 twin blow up mattresses with one in the livingroom area and one in the master BR with you.

 

[ErinC]

Thanks so much for the ideas. Anyone else?

 

[MaryJ]

We successfully used a full sized air bed in the living room portion of a 2BR. DD's fiance's were with us, and weren't too crazy about sleeping on the fold out together. They alternated on the air mattress each night. We would just stand it up against a wall by the entryway in the morning rather than deflating and inflating it every day. The only reason we used the full sized mattress is that was what we all ready had.

 

[ErinC]

Thanks Mary! Where exactly were you able to fit it? Did you have to move much furniture around?

 

[MaryJ]

As memory serves, it seems that we put it near the "entrance" to the kitchen area....kind of over near the wall that is at a diagonal. I don't think we needed to move any furniture except for the table by the couch for the fold out bed.