Hellobee Boards Topic: If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you have a spare room, what do you use it for? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 09:38:42 +0000 Mamaof2 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for/page/2#post-2793221 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 11:32:02 +0000 Mamaof2 2793221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @aprild: we keep it as a guest room even though we dont have many people use it. We already have a play room and our bedroom has a huge separate are that we use for the office. It comes in handy when DH is snoring or one of us is sick - we can each have our own bed :wink: youboots on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for/page/2#post-2793214 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:58:29 +0000 youboots 2793214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @aprild: also- we have an Aerobed from Costco so when we do have an occasional overnight guest they can stay in my office. It’s super comfortable we use it for camping wrkbrk on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793209 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:07:22 +0000 wrkbrk 2793209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @aprild: We just built a four bedroom house and we have one son. He has his own room and attached bath. We have a master and attached bath. We also have a guest suite with a bath but we often have guests so we planned it that way. The last bedroom is an office for my spouse who works from home a lot. We don’t have a playroom but someday we may finish the basement! 2PeasinaPod on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793115 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:24:01 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2793115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have 4 bedrooms and 2 boys. The boys each have their own rooms, we have our master, and I'm currently sitting in the smallest bedroom which is my office. I work from home 2x/week, and also like to read and crochet. So the office is my "woman cave". I've made the colors super spa like, have my desk, have decorated it to my taste with a bookshelf filled with my books. I have a corner where my yarn bag is and I like to crochet in here. I would say that it could eventually double as a guest room, but I sort of don't want to give up my cozy space! autumnlove on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793060 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:43:11 +0000 autumnlove 2793060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Office/storage/guest room! Anya on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793054 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:54:11 +0000 Anya 2793054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Two spare bedrooms- one is my office, and one is a playroom that I can fix up as a guest room when I need to. ValentineMommy on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793023 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 06:33:55 +0000 ValentineMommy 2793023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is the everything-hot-mess room. It's part office, part craft room (which is built into a large walk in closet), part workout room, part dumping ground for all the outgrown clothes and mess that we don't want to deal with. It sounds like a big room from that description, but yea, it's not lol 1- master 2- 2 boys sharing bedroom 3- dd bedroom 4- hot mess JCCovi on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2793002 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:59:52 +0000 JCCovi 2793002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We no longer have a guest room because we moved to a much more expensive area, but now we're on the other side of the country so we've had overnight guests probably 30+ days this year! We're definitely missing the extra space! lioneyes on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792980 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:16:28 +0000 lioneyes 2792980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our 4th bedroom is an office/adult den. It’s on the same floor as our master and has it’s own full bath, which is the guest bath. We currently also have a guest room on the 3rd fl (next to DS’s room) but that will become a bedroom if and when baby #2 happens. In 6 months we have had 1 overnight guest, and if we have a second kid I am not going to be too interested in hosting overnight guests so I will be fine with losing the guest room. peaches1038 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792973 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:10:11 +0000 peaches1038 2792973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Guest room/office combo Ms. RV on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792967 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:20:35 +0000 Ms. RV 2792967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our fourth bedroom is the parents' playroom. Our nice TV, gaming system, and my sewing table are in there. We have a futon and a recliner in case we ever have guests stay the night (we probably will never). It is also the room OH sleeps in when one of us is sick (he prefers the recliner when sick... I don't kick a sick man off the nice bed!!!) SweetiePie on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792957 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:56:47 +0000 SweetiePie 2792957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Up until a couple weeks ago we had a spare room (3 beds 1 kid). Baby 2 due in March so the spare room had to become new Nursery. We also needed guest space but don’t have them often enough to dedicate the entire room to it. So we had our desk in there, then a sleeper sofa and a TV. So when guests came it became their room. But in between it was an office/den sort of. I dream of having so much space some day that we don’t have to double up on usage in rooms. A separate playroom, office and guest room all sound amazing. But I also don’t want to leave the city :silly: I can’t decide which I want more. SugarplumsMom on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792954 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:26:49 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2792954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a guest room and an office/craft room. But both rooms look like storage rooms atm. I'm thinking about converting the office/craft room into an extension of DD's bedroom. It would mean taking down a wall and clearing it out, which I can imagine will take us a ridiculously long time, but we're not really in a hurry. skinnycow on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792952 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:20:44 +0000 skinnycow 2792952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have one extra bedroom. It's technically a guest bedroom but we very, very rarely have guests so it's basically become a storage space. Old baby items and boxes are piled on the bed and floor... Eko on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792949 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:08:47 +0000 Eko 2792949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours we use as a guest room / office. We have family from out of town that stay with us. It mostly gets used as an office since I work from home 3 days a week. It also doubles as a craft room for sewing. Ellevene11 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792936 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:04:27 +0000 Ellevene11 2792936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We currently have two spare rooms. One is a guest room/office and the other is a guest room/my dressing room. Works out well for me! :grin: Rocker2014 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792931 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:17:37 +0000 Rocker2014 2792931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have 4 bedrooms and 1 LO. 1. Master 2. Lo's room 3. Guest room - we have guests constantly, so this is very necessary. We chose the room on the main floor next to the bathroom for this, so guests never have to come upstairs. This has been great for both elderly inlaws and friends with new babies. 4. Soon to be dressing room etc. for me!! We just finished DH's man room in the basement, so now we're ready to work on this. I'm so excited, it will have loads of shelving for all my clothes and shoes (not a small amount, lol!), a chandelier, a workspace for sewing or whatever and whatever else I damn well want in there! Oh, and a full size day bed since we'll still need the space for extra guests from time to time. We originally set up the space as an office/library, but we never ever used it (laptops on the couch is how we roll when we have work to do!) so this change is needed. LuLu Mom on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792919 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:26:54 +0000 LuLu Mom 2792919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 4 bedrooms: 1- master 2- DD1 3- DD2 4- toy room (basement) eventually we will probably put a bed in there, but it serves better for us now. Will probably be a guest room/office. misolee on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792917 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:24:58 +0000 misolee 2792917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Master 2 kids bedroom guest bedroom downstairs turned playroom extra room upstairs being used as my office/craft room that I will eventually have to give up once LO3 is born and needs a room. My husband has an office downstairs so I'm joining him. Bibliolove on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792888 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:16:21 +0000 Bibliolove 2792888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Master, nursery, guest room with small bonus space, and my office. I have plans to create a library/dressing room with that one as I don't really need an office. Someday.... snowjewelz on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792880 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:58:44 +0000 snowjewelz 2792880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When we only had 1 kid, the spare bedroom was the guest bedroom. Even though we didn't have overnight guests often, it was good to have. Mainly my mom had slept over in the early days helping out with the baby, or if/when DH was out of town. Even if we still have a spare bedroom, I'd probably keep it as a guestroom b/c all their toys are in the living room and I'm not interested in having a separate playroom. We already have an office, so there's really nothing else I need it for. MOMTOLITTLEB on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792862 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:24:30 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2792862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have 5 bedrooms and 2 kids. The baby is in the tiniest room now as a nursery. Then my son has his own room. One is an office/storage for my husband. The other I use the closet for my out of season stuff and we have a guest bed that gets used once in awhile. That room has a private bath so it's a nice guest room but I think eventually will be a kid's room. lawbee11 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792850 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:06:44 +0000 lawbee11 2792850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have two spare rooms. One is DH's office. The other is a playroom/guest room. It's connected to LO's room via a jack and jill bathroom, so it's mostly used as a playroom but we have a daybed in there so can be a guest room also. BlueWolverine on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792844 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:56:16 +0000 BlueWolverine 2792844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Master - me and DH Bed 1 - DD1 and DD2 share. They love it. Bed 2 - Office/playroom/guestroom. It's right off of the kitchen/dining room (we live in an old, funky house). DH needed dedicated office space during the day and this arrangement also give us space for them to play AND a place for our parents to sleep when they visit. raspberries on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792835 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:34:36 +0000 raspberries 2792835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Before we had kids, our two extra bedrooms were a guest room and a library. I miss having all of my books accessible (they were moved to crates in the basement when it turned into a nursery.) Truth Bombs on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792834 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:29:18 +0000 Truth Bombs 2792834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use our 4th bedroom as a dedicated guest suite (it has an attached full bath). Our parents and siblings all live a flight away so it certainly gets used. But we already have a bonus room, a play room, an a dedicated office, so there was just no need for the guest room to do double duty as we have so much other space. MaryM on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792832 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:29:06 +0000 MaryM 2792832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have two guest rooms (we had a guest room at my old 2 bedroom house, furnished with the antique furniture I grew up with. We got a new bed when we moved and put our old one in the second room). Before our nursery was a nursery, it was a sewing room/spare room for me. We had a TV in there, but not hooked up to cable. Just a DVD player I'd watch old series on while sewing. JerricaBenton on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792830 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:23:47 +0000 JerricaBenton 2792830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 1 master 2 dd's room 3 playroom/kid tv room 4 office/craft room/guest bedroom yoursilverlining on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792828 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:21:46 +0000 yoursilverlining 2792828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a 4 bedroom house and 1 kid and utilize space: Master: also contains home office (room is huge) Bed 1: LO’s room (someday; currently she has a twin bed in the master and still sleeps in bed with me. Fail lol) Bed 2: dedicated guest room Bed 3: my craft room Littlebit7 on "If you have a spare room, what do you use it for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-a-spare-room-what-do-you-use-it-for#post-2792826 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:00:33 +0000 Littlebit7 2792826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We live in a 3/2. So I wouldn't really call it a spare room...more like the catch-all Office (we both have desks) Workout room (peloton, the bow flex select weights) Guest room (queen bed) Linen closet Under the queen bed is basically tons of storage That room is insane. I joke we could live in there for months and have everything we need.