https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:36:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-392011 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:32:48 +0000 MrsH 392011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do but we live in a 4 bedroom house and it is just the two of us currently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391690 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:38:27 +0000 Cherrybee 391690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not a dedicated room. </p> <p>Before I met DH, I lived alone in a house with three large bedrooms. I used one of the rooms as a walk-in wardrobe/dressing room and the other as a guest room and a corner of my (very large) lounge was a dedicated office space. When we decided to buy a house we couldn't afford a house as big as that one - this house has a small bedroom, an even smaller bedroom and and a tiny box room! In addition that that, my husband came with hundreds of books AND we're trying for a baby! ARGH! </p> <p>So, we are using the largest room as our room (our king sized bed only just fits in - no room for closets!), we have reserved the box room for a nursery space and the middle sized bedroom is an office/library/dressing room with a sofa bed just in case guests come! I'm not even sure we could fit the sofa bed, opened up, in the room! Nightmare!! I've no idea what we'll do if we have more than one child! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391660 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:17:02 +0000 marionberry 391660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a guest room and an upper loft area in our apartment. The guest room only gets used when my sister comes over (so say once every 2 months or so) and DH uses that closet for his clothes. Our loft is our office and storage space. If we have a baby before we move out of here, the guest bedroom will end up with everything in the loft (totally crammed) and the nursery will go in there. We do have 2 blow up mattresses but we've never had to use them yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391653 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:10:55 +0000 shopaholic 391653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two guest rooms, 1 which is going to be solely a nursery soon. We have used both of them A LOT. Especially b/c when friends and family come over, tends to be all together at the same time. An aerobed also always works in a pinch for younger guests, but I will always want to keep a proper guest bed for older guests and couples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391632 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:02:28 +0000 PurplePumps 391632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Yeah, something like that, but we'd need a queen probably since the only visitors we'd really have to worry about is his parents or sisters, and they'd come in pairs. That would work nice in a kids room though for nieces/nephews or sleep overs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391617 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:58:08 +0000 Andrea 391617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do, my parents stay for weeks at a time so it's worth keeping it free. It also has its own en suite bathroom so it's very nice for guests. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391601 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:53:51 +0000 spaniellove 391601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one now, but I'm really on the fence about whether to keep it that way. I'm the only one who's ever slept in it! And the last time anyone has stayed with us was over 5 years ago. We have 1 larger bedroom we'll use as a nursery someday and then as our kid's room. The other 2 bedrooms are so small...I want to use one as a playroom because it's brighter. </p> <p>@PurplePumps: This might work for a multipurpose guest br?<br /> <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/willow-twin-sleeper-sofa/s450424" rel="nofollow">http://www.crateandbarrel.com/willow-twin-sleeper-sofa/s450424</a><br /> I'm thinking of getting it b/c one of the rooms is pretty small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391587 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:49:40 +0000 boiledpnut 391587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do right now. If we ever have another baby we won't though. DH and I each have our own rooms for our stuff (his office, my craft room), then we have a guest room and the baby's room (and our room of course). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391529 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:27:21 +0000 blackbird 391529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A guest room can serve a dual purpose. We currently have 3 extra rooms and they also get used for storage. If we somehow fill up all those extra rooms (which I doubt! I don't want 4 kids!), we still have the sofa sleeper. I love that people don't feel inconvenienced by the cost of a hotel when they come visit. Especially around the holidays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391517 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:18:49 +0000 PurplePumps 391517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, only because we have 3 spare bedrooms right now. As long as we dont have more than 2 kids, we'll keep a guest bedroom, but maybe get a large day bed or sleeper couch so it can double as a study or play room also. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391506 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:12:08 +0000 Foodnerd81 391506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish. We have a 1 bedroom apt now. I'd love to have a spare bedroom/office, but the cost per month to rent a place with an extra bedroom is definitely more than what it would cost to put someone up in a hotel on the rare occasions that people come to visit. MIL stays in a nearby hotel when she visits, my parents almost never come (but my mom has stayed in a hotel on the rare occasions that she does), siblings stay on our couch or air mattress in the living room. Friends have stayed in the living room too, but more often will stay at other friends' places that have an extra room (we are right in the city, friends with extra rooms are not!).<br /> When we have a baby, we'll move to a cheaper part of the city. I'd love to find a place with 3 beds, so we could have our room, nursery, and guest room/office, but we'll see how much extra that will cost. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391499 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:08:07 +0000 heffalump 391499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one. But eventually it will be lo's room when we decide to have another baby, and there will be none. We didn't have one growing up. My sister always bunked with me and we'll probably do the same with our kids and have guests sleep in one of their rooms. Both of our parents are in town so we rarely get guests, oot relatives stay with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391470 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:54:38 +0000 MrsTiz 391470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two. One is set up like a guest room and the other is empty. I think we have had guests stay the night once since we've lived together. All of our friends are in town and the ones who aren't don't come often enough where i would hesitate to repurpouse it into something else </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391466 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:53:46 +0000 oliviaoblivia 391466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a dedicated guest room until yesterday. Now it's the nursery. We have a daybed in there that pulls out to be a king bed, but we really only have guests like 10 days of the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391461 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:49:31 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 391461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep we do. It doubles as my closet though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391457 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:48:50 +0000 lomom 391457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a dedicated guest room prior to baby, but now it's DH's home office/guest room. My parents visit quite often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391443 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:43:46 +0000 Mrs. Pen 391443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not anymore. We live in a 2 bedroom apartment. People never stay here though. IF, in the offchance we had someone stay here, we'd either put an air mattress on DS's floor, sleep there and let them have our bedroom or vice versa - bring DS into our room in the PnP and they can sleep in his room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391433 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:40:45 +0000 sslm 391433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do, and it's mostly because I'm not from here so my parents come stay fairly often. We wanted them to be comfortable!! If we didn't have guests often it wouldn't be so important. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-do-you-have-a-guest-room#post-391431 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:38:33 +0000 spaniellove 391431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If not, where do you have guests stay? Is it even worth it to use a room just for guests if they stay over very rarely? </p>