Now it is finally a fact, your little one has grown and is off at college. Most parents say it took about a month or so for them to get used to the fact their child didn’t live at home anymore and then you realize, you have a completely empty and unused extra room.
You may suddenly find yourself planning many things for your extra room. You can use that extra room to create a guest room, busy room or other room of your choice. If you have always wanted to have an extra guest room, now is your chance and if you need the room to do double duty as a room for sewing, painting, home office or other hobbies/ventures you can do that too.
If you don’t entertain a lot, you can easily make a room have a dual purpose by being functional for yourself and also comfortable for guests. If you have always wanted a nook of your own for sewing or painting, you can have it along with a comfy place for guests to sleep as well.
First of all, you want to be able to make your room look like a cozy place to sleep instead of a place where you enjoy piddling around with your craft projects and making someone sleep around the inevitable clutter that happens. You can hide your hobbies by utilizing a cabinet with doors to keep your clutter in the room to a minimum and another item that will suffice nicely for a place to sit as well as a place for guests to sleep is a comfy daybed. If you get short notice company is coming you can clear the room quickly by putting your projects into a cabinet with doors and making up a daybed to be a cozy place to snooze.
You don’t have to change a lot of elements to make a room function as a guest bedroom and a place to call your own. Just make keeping clutter to a minimum and make sure every item in the room has a function, cabinets, shelves, etc… and you’re off to a great start!
