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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

A few things to clarify about the house:
1. The 2 bedrooms are the same size and mirror images of one another. 
2. We are going to try to have 1 more kid together (I say try due to age, we are not interested in fertility treatments) in the next year. 
3. The 3 bedrooms are all nestled into one end of the house. The bonus room is literally as far away from the bedrooms as possible. I could see transitioning the oldest to the bonus room in a couple years.

The 7 and 11 year old love being together since the time apart makes it seem like a big sleepover for the time we have them both. I hadn't considered bunk beds because I don't want it to be a fight over who gets "stuck" with the top bunk, but that could be an option. I intend to let the girls loose to pick their own linens, art, decor and am happy to paint the room if they'd like. 
The purpose in having a full/queen in the youngest's room is so that that is the child being displaced when someone stays with us. I'm not going to oust my step kids from their room for that. That pullout Hemnes daybed sounds like a potential solution so the beds are all the same size, and I will go ahead and look at pullout couches or something similar for the bonus room just to have an option.

Regarding the comments about my relationship and my fiancé being disconnected or uncaring, y'all are off base. He adores all 3 kids and is a great father. The way that he was raised has made it hard for him to trust that life doesn't always have to be a struggle and he does his best not to inconvenience anyone in anyway. I think that's why he struggles with the rooming situation. I did buy the house without him because he has not fully financially recovered from his divorce (credit score is bad, but is out of debt) and I make 3x what he does in addition to having the proceeds from my home sale after my DH died and an excellent credit score. [/quote]

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