What would you do with a second lounge?

[DotTheCaddy]

We are in the process of buying a house that has a little (4 x 2.5M) room off the kitchen that the current owners use as another little lounge/tv room.

As it's just me and DP we dont really need another TV room so just musing over what to do with it!

We are having an office/study upstairs so that's taken care of.

Has anyone got any dreamy ideas I can start obsessing over? I do like the idea of a music room but I only play the piano very badly!

Library. Big squash reading chairs, some lovely lamps and walls filled floor to ceiling with book shelves. Maybe some kind of radio/stereo/speaker system.

I’d use it as a reading room / library

Build bookshelves over the whole of one / two walls, put in a wood burning stove, a love seat or two, some bean bags and soft reading lamps

Blissful

We have 2 lounges - second one is upstairs and has a comfy sofa, sky tv and a drum kit in it. Other than the drum kit which I’d gladly see the back of I love it. It’s a little escape from the house.

I’d turn it into a reading nook or something.

Library/sewing room.

Totally a reading room - with magazines and books and comfy chairs and a table for coffee.

Gaming room / library

Right now after all the months of working from home I'd use it as a husband jail.

If it’s close to the kitchen I’d have a massive fuck off pantry for storing everything in.

Right now it would be a playroom.
When my DD is older, a snug / library?

I'd use it as a laundry room with an airer and ironing board set up. Plus dog/cat bed and lots of wall storage

@Fluffycloudland77

If it’s close to the kitchen I’d have a massive fuck off pantry for storing everything in.

Yes I’d do this too, extra freezer and storage for pans, dishes and food.

I would say laundry/utility room or pantry but it depends on your house and what you have /need.
Could you post a floor plan OP?

@Fluffycloudland77

If it’s close to the kitchen I’d have a massive fuck off pantry for storing everything in.

Yes!! Genius.

My snug is above my kitchen and actually used to be connected by stairs as it was originally the maids room. Wish it still was!

@Newstart20

I'd use it as a laundry room with an airer and ironing board set up. Plus dog/cat bed and lots of wall storage

Oh yes I’d love to leave the ironing board up.

Spare freezers, I have a tiny table top one and it’s so fucking useful. Especially at Christmas or batch cooking.

Ours has a futon for over night guests or if we are on opposite shifts, two big book shelves and a record player. It’s where I go to chill, read, listen to music and crochet when DH is watching shit tv.

I'd have a board games room with shelves for our collection and a good sized table to play at.

I have a friend who has this and I am very jealous!

Studio, unless it was dark. Otherwise would take another room and let someone else use it as an office or study.

Hobby room or laundry/utility type room.

I would quite like a hobby room for me or man cave for DH.

In reality it would end up as a play room for DS which he would never use.

Another vote for a library.
Mine and DD’s dream house (for when we win the lottery) has 4 rooms downstairs. We’ve already agreed one is going to be a library, another is going to be a gym/music room.
I suppose we should start doing the lottery.

I would use it as a library. Dh would say music room. Probably wouldn't be allowed to do both, as I expect the books would ruin the acoustics

Ds would have a gaming room or a gym, and DD would vote for a crafting room. Or a walk in wardrobe.

Realistically, I think we'd need to use it as a home office now both mine and dh's offices are showing no signs of reopening.

I'd have an art studio. Really cosy reading room?

Ooh reading room / sewing room definitely!

Reading room with all the books on shelves and a squashy sofa, with lamps. Bliss.

Sex dungeon?

Soft play room?

Shark aquarium?