rafiki Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GothicGyrl Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'd probably put the bare essentials in it (eg: a bed) and then use it as storage space--which for us, I would need ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hobby Room! I have all my quilting and scrapbooking items STUFFED in a closet. I'd love to design a room with tables, shelves, etc... to do hobbies. A pretty room, amongst all the testosterone stuff everywhere else :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Is hide in it an option? I would love a music room. The guitars, drums, etc... are taking over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Sewing room...I'd love to be able to put up my machines and ironing board and not have to drag them out all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I love it too. The acoustics are great we all enjoy the room. This is especially helpful when other members of the family don't want to listen to the proactice session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. H. Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I would put in a small fold-out couch, a (very) small dresser, and use the rest of the space as a hobby room for myself. My sewing maching and table, fabric, yarn stash, etc. could go in there, and then if we had a guest (rare!), I would still have a place to put them. Ahh, the luxury of an empty room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litabitm Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'd love to have a library filled with bookshelves and of course filled with books! with a big comfy chair and a reading light - I'd never leave. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 We have a room like the one you describe. We have a double bed & nightstand for guests in it, but it hasn't been used by a guest yet (we've been here 6 months). We also have a wall of extra bookcases in it, and the kids music stuff (full size drum set, guitar, and small amplifier). We don't heat this room, but it doesn't freeze because a small amount of heat gets under the door, and it retains it's sun-heat quite well. Obviously we would heat it if we were to have a guest during the heating season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Realistically, a guest room. In dream land, if I didn't care if anyone saw it, I would make it a family closet. I saw this idea on one of the Duggar's shows. How neat would it be to have everyone change in the same room. (NOT, at the same time people, really! :D:p) All the folded laundry would go to the same room. All the hung laundry would go to the same room. All the unmatched socks in a basket in the same room. All the......Can you tell I am staring at a huge pile of clean, but unfolded clothes?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 A laundry room. Use it for washing machine, ironing board, radio, dryer and shelves for all the clothes so that you can sort them straight from the dryer onto the shelf. If you put a chair in their you could even have people dress in there. No more sorting and distributing clothes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa at Home Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 :rolleyes: I know. Not everyone's cuppa. ~Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I vote for hobby room or music room. We have 4 bedrooms and one child, so ds gets a playroom, and the 4th bedroom is the "hobby room". Right now it's piled with stuff for a garage sale and the dog has claimed it as her bedroom. She has a special chair and everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I would have to say, that I would take it over. It would become my room -- my knitting room. Do Not Disturb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 1) library with a table in the center and a couple kid-height shelves left empty so that people could spread out and do long-term projects, puzzles, board games, etc without having to put them away then it was time to eat or whatever 2) family closet (if it was relatively close to the laundry area) 3) storage room with floor to ceiling shelves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 If it were me, it would be a library. Floor to ceiling bookshelves on at least 3 walls, a small table with two hard-backed chairs (the kind that will make you uncomfy and keep you awake if you're studying when tired), and one comfy upholstered chair with a reading lamp. I so envy you that small empty room!:) ~Julie~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 We'd love an extra room just to hold comfy chairs and a good reading lamp! Our lone tv lives in the living room - which is also the reading room. Gets annoying when one wants to read in peace and quiet and someone wants to watch tv (and vs. versa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 We have a similar room in the new house, and it is going to be a rec room. It will have all of the games, comfy chairs, toys, etc. All of the bedrooms are upstairs, and we may have families over that we do not know well, so I want a place downstairs for the kiddos to play. A music room and library are good options, too. Our family room will be both of those things, so we already had that covered. But if you don't already have either of those, they would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Same here. I had that and gave it to the baby. Some day she will move in with her sister and I will get it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I would put a full size bed on one side, with a small dresser or nightstand. On all of the other walls I would put shelves. I would put the most elaborate storage system that you could afford. That way you have a spare bed (but not to big as to encourage long term stays : ) and you can have your storage space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi-FL Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 and use it for guests when they came. My girls miss not having our sewing machine out all the time, and I miss having extra space of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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