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what do you use your spare bedroom for?

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Salmiak · 22/03/2016 16:38

If you have a spare room do you use it regularly. We have friends/family come and stay one every month or so, but apart from the odd weekend its just empty and unused. Id love it to be something more than a guest room, as it just feels a bit wasted day to day.what could we do with it to make it feel like a truly useful part of the house?

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jellyjiggles · 22/03/2016 16:40

Ours is a library come office space with a day bed for reading and guests.

CremeEggThief · 22/03/2016 16:42

Mine is a study/ laundry room. I have my tumble dryer and an airer there.

EssentialHummus · 22/03/2016 16:45

DP thinks it's his study . We use it for laundry and bulk storage mainly.

LetThereBeCupcakes · 22/03/2016 16:46

Mine used to be a craft room. It's now empty awaiting decorating as it will be DC2 s room from September.

I miss my craft room!

CatThiefKeith · 22/03/2016 16:46

I dry washing in it. And the hamster live in it. People sleep in it about twice a year.

TaintedAngel · 22/03/2016 16:47

I use the wardrobe in my spare room for our night out clothes and jackets etc.

The room itself has a double bed, which is usually covetecoveredd in a massive pile of clothes waiting for me to iron .
Then there is my two airers which always have clothes drying on them. The room annoys the life our of me because it just feels wasted.

Pinkheart5915 · 22/03/2016 16:49

We have three spare bedrooms, two of which are guest bedrooms ( we have people stay often) the other one is a home gym

Ragwort · 22/03/2016 16:50

Either my DH or I sleep in our guest room as we are such terrible sleepers we can't share a bed - it's almost a nuisance when we have visitors as we have to share our bedroom. . It also has a bookcase with all my 'waiting to be read' books and a cupboard with abandoned craft projects that I may or may not get round to finishing one day.

FishOn · 22/03/2016 16:51

One full time guest room and the other a study. Friends coming tomorrow so we look a bit like a dorm at the moment though!

Muskateersmummy · 22/03/2016 16:51

We have a guest room and the other spare is a den for DD with toys, reading corner and a day bed for if friends come to stay

notagiraffe · 22/03/2016 16:52

Our DC have always used it as a room for stuff they want to leave out undisturbed. So when they were younger it was a Lego/Games room. We have a family room but toys in there always got tidied away, whereas they could build massive Lego or Scalextric/train sets and leave them out in the spare room. Now they are teens they keep all their recording equipment and amps in there. We only having people staying for a few days every holiday, so this way it gets used every day. And the cat has pinched the bed as his favourite place to nap in the day time.

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 22/03/2016 16:53

Junk.

There is actually a spare bed under the junk somewhere, people stay in there once a year on average.

IHaveBrilloHair · 22/03/2016 16:54

It's known as The room of doom.
That tells you all you need to know

frenchfancy · 22/03/2016 16:57

I don't have a spare room - I have a sewing room that I let guests sleep in.

superking · 22/03/2016 16:57

Ours has a day bed (pulls out to a double when we have guests) and a desk in. I use it for laundry and when DS still napped I would occasionally lie on the day bed and read a book as I find it quite a peaceful room. DH sometimes works in there on weekends or if working from home in the week.

PlasticPinkFlamingo · 22/03/2016 17:00

It's main use is my husband's office and it's got a double bed in it.

foreverandalways · 22/03/2016 17:06

My wonderful husband is just planning the lay out of our spare room and is creating a craft room for me.....I am really excited as I constantly craft.....hubby has a man shed in the garden and I will have my craft room...bliss...

Hopelass · 22/03/2016 17:08

Currently it's just for guests but once dc#2 comes along it'll also have laundry and DPs desk in there for when he works from home.

Tiggeryoubastard · 22/03/2016 17:11

1 is a bedroom with a double bed, 1 has two singles for the grandchildren and 1 is an office/dumping ground. All the kids have left home now.

yomellamoHelly · 22/03/2016 17:12

Ours gets used a couple of times a year by dh's parents. It's a wasted space. Dh is desperate for a study to escape to but feels he owes his parents a bedroom for when they come. It has a desk in the corner, but the room doesn't really work very well as it is currently set up. One day.....

HeadDreamer · 22/03/2016 17:13

Ours is my office. But I work from home a lot. There's also DDs' wardrobes because their rooms are tiny.

Florin · 22/03/2016 17:29

One is a spare room but I also use it as my dressing room with all my make up and clothes stored in there. The other spare room is another room for ds as he has a massive brio train set so he has a whole room for it so it can be permenently out.

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Salmiak · 22/03/2016 17:46

I'm thinking about maybe turning it into a bit more of a playroom for the dc, or maybe putting a projector in there and making it into a family cinema room. Just anything to stop it being such a redundant space

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Ditsy4 · 22/03/2016 23:03

Mine is a craft room now DC have left home. I know another crafter who has done it

Seeyounearertime · 22/03/2016 23:06

We don't have a spare room.
Me and my GF in one, our daughter in the second and the third is the ferrets bedroom.

Yes, my ferret has her own bedroom. And? 😝

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