Sharing a room -- a girl's and boy's side

Sara and Pim have been sharing a room since Pim was born. I recently asked them if, when we have a bigger house, they would like to have separate rooms or still share. They both said they still would like to share! So sweet. Sara is now 8, and Pim is 6, and I imagine that in a few years they will think differently. But for now, they're happy together.They are sharing a fairly big room, and I tried to decorate it to each give them their own 'identity' in the room, with a more boyish and a more girly side. The rest of the room is unisex. Checked red and white curtains and a huge wallpaper tree bring the two sides together and make the room 'one'.

To give Pim's side of the room a more boyish appearance, we painted a big blue square above his bed. We put up the beautiful house shelf boxes to display some of his treasures, and a sweet knitted garland.Sara's side is definitely girly -- we bought her antique bed on Ebay and painted it white, and I made her a flowery patchwork quilt myself last winter from a batch of Liberty fabric scraps.

Pretty soon, Casper is moving in with Ava as well — Ava is looking forward to it!Do your children share rooms? Did you, as a child? (I'm an only child, so I always had my own room!)xxx Esther