# Why do YOU want a huge master bedroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573 "2010-09-30T05:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/61 "2010-10-01T02:31:09Z")
[quote=“enipla, post:56, topic:555573”] > [@Stoid](#): > > Same with my Wife and I. We are on a king. And the dogs like to share it with us. They have there own doggie beds and sort of trade off with sleeping with us. Living at elevation, we rarely have a heat problem. but it happens. > > I must be covered up too. I used to sleep on water beds. God help you if you have the heat too high. But when you get the right temp, it’s perfect. IMHO. I’m much too violent a sleeper to be happy on a water bed. I hate them. HATE them. Although my mom had a very cool custom made jumbo waterbed that was 9 feet by 7 feet. That was kinda cool. As for the dogs… You will never find a person who loves their dogs more than I do, you really won’t. They totally fill in for kids in my world. But at some point along the way, after ten years of sleeping with my cocker spaniels, I woke up one day and said… no more dog hair and miscellenaneous dog dirt in my bed ever again. Period. And that was a little less than 20 years ago. These days I cannot begin to imagine how I tolerated it for so long. Now my dogs sleep either right next to me on the floor, or, more often, in their crate a few feet away. And once in a blue moon I will invite them up for five minutes for cuddles. Very rare, because I don’t want them getting the idea its ok. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/62 "2010-10-01T03:34:04Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Nah… dungeons are a staple, of course, but there’s also the schoolroom, the jungle (can’t play Tarzan & Jane without a proper vine to swing on), the office, the backseat, **the beach** , the hobbit bakery… Careful! Sand sticking to body parts is uncomfortable as hell. 😃 I like the size of the bedroom that I have now. At 15’X20’, it’s almost half of my apartment. It’s big enough for my queen size bed, night stand entertainment center and two dressers in one end and a small arts/crafts studio-computer area in the other. My living room is less than half that size. Works for me, since when I entertain, my visitors are usually sitting around the kitchen (which is only seperated from the living room by floor covering) or relaxing on the deck. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/63 "2010-10-01T07:56:34Z")
I just realized…my current bedroom is bigger than my entire first apartment. (I mean the first one I had by myself and not with roommates.) The closet is probably close to the size my dorm room was, and I did have a roommate. So obviously I don’t NEED a huge master bedroom. But I LIKE it. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/64 "2010-10-01T12:27:31Z")
We were never looking for a big master bedroom, but the place we eventually bought came with a big “master suite” on the 3rd floor. I have come to like it - it’s long and narrow, about 14 feet wide and runs the length of the house. We have the bed at one end, a TV area at the other end, and a big bath with double sinks, storage, etc. I didn’t like it at first, it seemed too big and made me feel like I was sleeping in the living room, but it wasn’t as hard to get used to as the huge bathroom. Talk about feeling exposed! If we move I don’t know what we’ll look for in our next house, exactly, but I doubt that big master bedroom will be high on the list. It’s OK, it’s just not a priority for us. We kind of like small rooms, which is why we bought a 1910s house. Very compartmentalized, no “open floor plan” that everyone else seems to prize. I guess we just prefer something older-fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/65 "2010-10-01T13:12:09Z")
My “master bedroom” is 14 x 15; I have a queen size bed and there are built-in shelves all along one wall. There is a master bath adjoining it with two sinks, which is a bit wasteful since there’s only one of me. The built-in shelves and the cabinet beneath them are useful for storage, and there’s still room for a dresser and a few bookcases. Oddly enough, the closets (there are two, side by side with a mirror between them) are the standard hanging rod with shelves above them, but the guest bedroom (which is currently being used for storage) has a walk-in closet. I don’t think I’d need a larger bedroom unless there was some reason to have my desk in there, but since I also have a large office that’s not likely. When I was house hunting I did see one “master bedroom suite” that had a jacuzzi and a shower stall in the bathroom, and I was sorely tempted except for the fact that it was on the second floor, and my knees are no longer fond of stairs. ---
**Author:** ![J.D.G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@J.D.G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.D.G)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573/66 "2010-10-02T09:12:00Z")
Three things make me want a master bedroom. 1. My space. Sometimes a house/flat is not just your own. A bedroom is. It’s yours to enjoy alone or in company. And your own space is an important thing. Having said that if I have a flat that is my own, I don’t care so much about big bedrooms as I do a good study, lounge, and (importantly) kitchen. 2. Capitalism. I’m a consumer. I like things. Though I generally can’t afford many. A master bedroom makes me feel like a consumer and a bit Louis XIVthy. 3. Sims. I’ve probably given a bit of a hint for my age there but I’d always indulge in a very large master bedroom with houses I designed on it. A good roaring fireplace, and a small librarywith deep mahogany study desk and rich silken armchairs don’t go astray either. Oh how a man can dream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573.md?page=3)