Help Please! Need ideas to convert tiny bedroom into Guest Room/Office
Nicole Taber
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Comments (11)Design is not my forte, but I can pass on some practical tips from our combined office/guest room. With any dual-purpose room there is bound to be some compromise, but flexibility is your friend. A good example is the shelving unit in Patricia's picture that can also serve as a bedside table for the sofabed. It looks as though you have some built-in storage already, but I have found that the IKEA Pax/Komplement wardrobe range is great as you can design the wardrobe for both office storage and clothes and easily switch around drawers, shelves and hanging rails. Whether you consider it chic is a matter for your taste. A sofabed that unfolds so that the head of the bed is the back of the sofa can make it easier to plan bedside furniture, as side tables become bedside tables without having to move furniture around, as you would with a trundlebed where people lie the length of the couch. The downside is that sofabeds can be heavy to unfold and are not often as comfortable. If you use a computer screen, consider a TV that doubles as a monitor. That way, you only have one screen on the desk. After you have plugged in all your office equipment, make sure there are enough sockets left over for guests to charge their phones/plug in hair straighteners/etc. Spend a night or two in the room. I sometimes use ours if I am working late. The first time I drew the curtains and switched out the lights, the room was lit up like Times Square. Those standby lights on all the electronic office equipment suddenly become very bright when there is no other light source. Where practical, make sure that equipment can easily be switched on and off. Some things, such as a modem or router might need to be on through the night, so it either needs to be relocated into a closet (or other room), or the lights taped over. I also discovered at about 04:30 that we needed thicker curtains than when we were just using it as an office. Lockable filing is useful, so that any confidential work papers or your financial documents are secure. I generally trust my guests, but I shouldn't want to risk their kids getting artistic with our latest mortgage statement. And some feedback from our first guests: a webcam and microphone, even if switched off can be somewhat off-putting in a guest room. I'm hoping you will show the room when finished, so that I can steal some ideas....See MoreNeed help with paint color please for guest bedroom/bath
Comments (27)Continuing the edge combe grey into the bedroom and bath would give you a brighter room and a neutral backdrop to tie the spaces together. Then your art and linens would add the color which you could easily change. You could pick a shade darker off the paint chip if you didnt want the hall, bath and bedroom all the exact same grey. Do use bright or saturated hues in decor if you paint the walls all neutral....See MoreSm 2nd BR in rental-need ideas for storage, office/guest room-HELP!
Comments (15)That's a small amount of space. Get a bed with built-in storage drawers on the bottom and a slim armoire with drawers. Check Craigslist and make sure your measurements of anything you add will fit. Everything else should go on the walls--lamp, small bedside shelf, book shelves (though shelves you have could be used as a divider/bedside table.) You really have to give people photos of all four walls....See MoreHELP elevate my 'modern' home office / guest bedroom!
Comments (16)Regardless of forever home or not it would make sense to utilize the closet better for all of your 'office' stuff so if that means getting an outlet put in there so the printer and all your stuff on the tall shelving can go in there - that would be wise. Then, daybed or not, replace the tall shelving and nightstand with a continuous low closed storage furniture piece - maybe like this photo - this will open up the room visually. This furniture piece can function as a nightstand and office storage. Closed storage is your friend in this space. Replacing the closet doors with slider doors would allow for the 'office' to function easier. Maybe the inside of the closet is converted to half 'closet' for guests use and half 'office' with shelves for printer and office supplies. Then, once you decide on daybed or not I'd repost an updated photo and we can help with rearranging art. I think where you have it now is not doing the room any justice. I could see it consolidated/edited on the wall where the tall shelving is as that will create a focal point....See MoreCheryl Smith
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