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Room-a-day Thursday is Guest room or Childs room

15 years ago

Sorry I'm so slow today. It has been a busy day for us -- and so far we have accomplished NOTHING! But we earned $3.30 today. LOL Another story!

Today we will do pictures of "That other bedroom." At our house it is the guest room/ sewing room/ toy room and other junk. No it is not a big room. In fact it is small enough that I will only post one picture.

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casey_nfld
15 years ago
No guest bedroom here. Technically the house has 2 spare bedrooms but we use them as a computer room each. Both have pull out sofas so they are used as "bedrooms" when we have company.
OklaMoni
15 years ago
Technically our house is a 3 bedroom house. The master bedroom is WAY smaller than our last, and won't hold two queen sized beds. This is why we sleep in separate rooms now.

However, the "master bedroom" is now our exercise room. We will put an inflatable mattress here, when/if we have guests.

exercise room

from the door:

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from the bathroom:

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from behind the computer desk:

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lydia1959
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Sorry for the blurry pictures, I used my old Sony 'floppy disc' camera.
dibby
15 years ago
What beautiful quilts Hayjud and Lydia.
caroline94535
15 years ago
This will be my sewing room once we're finished with the trim and get everything unpacked.

When I have guests that don't want to sleep in the spare room in the basement, we'll move the twin bed into here.

This is how it will be furnished when in "company mode." This photo was taken on base. I used the same paint color in the new sewing room. The linens and lamp can still be used.

And this will be the welcoming committee. If you don't shut the door tightly, he'll also be your sleeping partner.
Marcia Thornley
15 years ago
I'm like Casey. Both spare rooms here are set up as sitting rooms or computer rooms. Both have sofa beds for overnight guests. In a small house you need to use every inch of space!
This is my sitting room upstairs. I go there to read and enjoy the quiet or to just listen to music.

This is the den/computer room downstairs. Where I am now! :)
ronm80
15 years ago
Caroline, Buddy looks like he is thinking, What are you doing here?
OklaMoni
15 years ago
Mush, how about a close up, on what you have hanging off your curtain tabs. I never thought of using them for display, but you got me thinking.

Moni
liz
15 years ago
Our Guest Room

One kids room...
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And the other kids room
Marcia Thornley
15 years ago
Moni, DH bought those for me. He got them Pier 1. They are made specifically for hanging on tab curtains. They are beaded and have a closure like a necklace.
gazania_gw
15 years ago
Whoops! I was away all day yesterday, so I missed this one. My sister and DH's sister each come a couple times a year and spend 1 to 2 weeks with us. So the guest room was fixed up so that they could get away from us if they need or want to read or watch tv of their own choices.
Jodi_SoCal
15 years ago
Our the contents of our "guest room" (AKA daughter's bedroom before she went out on her own) is currently up for sale...a nice Ethan Allen bedroom set that I've posted on Craig's List. It was built in 1979 and still in great condition.

Here are collages I created for the sale.

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Nita__AZ
15 years ago
Wish I lived closer Jodi I would snap that up in a minute. We have lots of Ethan Allen furniture in our house.

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