We are in the process of rebuilding the guest en-suite, which was a very old extension and was rotten.
For various structural reasons, the new room will be considerably larger than before - 5m x 2.8m. Which seems like overkill quite frankly, for a guest bathroom. The builder has suggested that we divide the space in two, and have a smaller (but still a good size) bathroom, and a second room which would be accessed from the end of the corridor between the guest rooms - there is already a blocked up doorway which used to lead to a small cupboard type room before the previous en-suite swallowed that up.
But what would we do with the other room? We already have an office, and a snug for the kids, and a music room. I don’t sew or do crafts. After looking for ideas on Pinterest, I’m wondering about a book nook - comfy sofa and floor to ceiling bookshelves. But I’m not totally convinced it would get used, despite dd’s enthusiasm, as the kids read in their bedrooms.
So I can’t decide. Just use the space for a massive bathroom, or make this other little room too? The room would have a window, so one advantage of the book nook would be that if we kept the door open (or didn’t have a door at all) it would allow a lot of light to reach what is at the moment quite a dark corridor.
What would you do? Please vote!