Space saving wardrobe in master, or big nice wardrobes in spare room?

[YesEllis]

I vote a chest of drawers in master to allow for king size bed, with a big nice wardrobe in spare room (with sofa bed so still functional for guests)

DH votes set spare room up as a proper spare room with proper bed and have a space saving wardrobe (hangers in front of each other not along a pole) sort of thing in our room. He's insisting all our clothes being in the spare room will drive us mad?

Opinions please, has anyone done this? Does it drive you mad?

It would drive me mad unless it was used as a proper dressing room. What will you do when guests stay? Turn them out their room four times each day so you and DH can go in and choose clothes?

How often do you have guests? If often/long stays then it’s going to be a pain. If not no problem.

Can you still get the king in your room with space saving cupboards? If so tempted to do that and have my overflow clothes in the spare room. So a bit of both options

Use the spare as your dressing room, keep the wardrobes in there and give yourself some space.

Unless you are likely to have visitors a) frequently or b) more than an odd night.

I can never understand dedicating a whole room to someone who doesn't live there. 🤔

Sofabed in dressing room unless you often have visitors who stay more than few nights. Our spare room is used as dressing room/ home office at least 355 days a year but can be used for guests if need be. If we have someone staying over, it isn't hard to pick out a few outfits and keep them in master bedroom for a day or two.

I keep my clothes in the main room so it's not quite the same but I have my spare room set up as my dressing room with dressing table, drawers for things that don't have a home and hooks on the wall for tomorrow's clothes. It had been exclusively a spare bedroom for a few years but when lockdown happened I realised it was silly that there was a whole room we weren't using. Even pre-Covid it was used for one weekend a month max. There's still space for a bed but it's more of a squeeze. The few guests we've had don't care, all they want is somewhere to sleep.

Definetly use the spare room in a way which benefits you before guests. When guests come to stay, take a few hanging items and store them in your room. Maybe get one of those tall mirrors with the little pole behind.

I would say use it as a wardrobe/dressing room.

We have a 'spare' room OH uses when he has 4am starts, the wardrobe in there is also his, so he has to go downstairs on his day off which isnt a problem for him at all

When guests come we have a hanger on the front of the doors for them as thye are rarely here more than anight or two

Guest 'wardrobe'

Thanks all! My mum or my best friend will stay a night or two a month but neither would mind me going in and out. Other guests might visit rarely and would just take what we needed out in advance. I would also put a dressing table in there yes so would be a dressing room with a sofa bed. We will have a big chest of drawers in our room so not like we wouldn't have anywhere to put some clothes if needed. I think I will go for it

Our bedroom is under the eaves and also our office, so although its a fairly large L shaped room with a king sized bed, two sets of book shelves, an arm chair, filing cabinets and two desks the sloping ceilings mean wardrobes wouldn't work up there. We have all our clothes in two big wardrobes (one each) and a chest of drawers in a funny sort of double bedroom sized corridor - its a room off the landing which you have to walk through to get to ds1's room.
So our clothes aren't even on the same floor as our bedroom and its no problem - its actually good as I work shifts and he has flexible office hours, so we sometimes get up at different times and don't disturb one another getting dressed/ finding clothes.

I'd hate going into a room someone else was staying in to get clothes though, and your mum and friend probably won't feel comfortable with your DH coming into the room they're sleeping in, so that's probably why your DH doesn't want the arrangement - nobody ever sleeps in the room our wardrobes are in. You'd be inconvienced somewhat by needing to remember to bring your clothes for the next day to your bedroom before your guests go to bed.

Our main bedroom is reasonably large but the eaves mean limited hanging space to keep it feeling spacious. DH uses the one built in wardrobe in our room while I use the spare room as my dressing room with almost all my clothes there and the 'family' bathroom as mine too.

The spare room has a sofa bed for guests.

We don't have guests all that frequently and then only overnight, so I take enough clothes, hairbrush etc into our bedroom / en-suite for the duration of any visits.

I hardly notice having to 'move out', it's just part of my routine for guests. DH would absolutely hate doing it, this works for me much better than sharing the bedroom storage with DH.

When we are on holiday, I rather miss having the extra space and my own loo