My two girls shared and we bought them the mates beds with the drawers under and then all they had in the room were the beds and no dressers. We were able to move the one further down the wall so there was about a 4 foot area from headboard to wall and they used that as a playhouse area for their dolls with a colourful rug, etc. It also offset the beds so that they couldn't just roll over and see each other as easily and it stopped some of the chatting at bedtime. They shared from the time they were about the age of your kids till they were in high school and we moved my son to a basement bedroom.