Our son’s room is still occupied but our daughter lives out of state. My husband has the luxury of working from home most of the time, so half of her bedroom is his office, with the bed in the other half for when she’s able to visit.

Made it the grandchildren’s room. Two of our three children live in the same town we do, so we downsized, lost the 4th bedroom, the third is a guest room, the second is a grandchildren-second tv room, and the first is our master bedroom.

You missed our option and since there’s no “other” I will just list it here. We turned our son’s room into an exercise room. By investing one time in a good weight system, an elliptical and a recumbent bike, we saved $650+ per year from family gym memberships. Plus, when we sold the house and custom built, our exercise room was already equipped! (Would that be considered a hobby room?)

We needed a small office but also needed a bedroom for annual grandchildren visits and occasional guest room. We built a wall to wall desk / shelving unit on one wall and a murphy bed on the opposite wall The kids (ages 5 & 8) love pulling their bed down when they come.

As soon as I moved out of my parents' home, they made my small bedroom into a laundry room. I mean, like only weeks later. ha

Turned one room into my husband's office, another kids room we made to an exercise room, and the other a guest room.

We kept the kids rooms the same with the exception of changing the furniture to allow for husbands/wives. We've upgraded the twin bed in my daughters room to a queen, and my son's double to a queen. Then the old furniture went to them to furnish their new places. This way, when they come home with a spouse, there will be a place for them in the same room.

We never had the luxury of each child having their own room so there are no "spare" or extra rooms in our house. Their bedroom is essentially the same, convenient for visits. You left out an option: child moved back in.

Number one sons' room is now a guest room. Number twos' is now a work out room with treadmill, weights, etc. No more trips to the gym through the snow; and smells better too.

When we built our current home, we were able to give each of our 5 children their own rooms. Our oldest got a bedroom/bathroom as a bonus room over the garage. We specifically planned that as her room so we could designate that as a guest room after she moved out. The other 4 children's bedrooms are in the basement, where our younger daughter got her own bedroom with a bathroom and the 3 boys shared the bathroom that's in the same hall as their bedrooms. Now, nearly 20 years later, we finally have an empty nest but have kept the bedrooms, just changing out the beds. Three of the bedrooms have king or queen mattresses, one has 3 twins, and the last is where the crib is as well as some of our youngest's storage. He's in graduate school so he and his wife, who's planning on starting a graduate program next fall, aren't yet in a permanent place so I haven't insisted he clean his things out yet. Last summer, all of those beds were filled as well as an inflatable mattress, a large sectional in the basement family room, and lots of floor space when 3 of our 5 were visiting with 7 of our grandchildren and 2 more grandchildren, who live closer, decided to spend a few nights there with their cousins. Before they were all gone, we'd replaced one couple in the upstairs guest room with a sister-in-law and her granddaughter, followed by a sister and her husband. With 4 of the 5 living far enough away that they need a place to stay when they visit, and with 11 grandchildren, soon to be 12 and counting, I think it will be a while before we can consider using those bedrooms for any other purpose.

one is a guest room, the other (smallest) is a craft room.

My daughter’s bedroom became a library/television room, and another bedroom is a guest bedroom/ cat bedroom

We actually sold our very small house and built my dream house with enough bedrooms for all three of our kids, hoping for spouses and grandchildren! Soon enough, we were having weddings and then grand babies.

We remodeled the kitchen and opened the wall in between kitchen and one sons bedroom and turned the bedroom into a dining room. Now we have plenty of room for holiday dinners when they all come and bring their families.

New furniture for future spouses grandkids. They both are single and stay with us a lot. The boys miss moms cooking

It is my PELOTON room!!!!

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We're in our 70s now and on our 4th house. Comings and goings of children and grandchildren = bedroom > guest room > bedroom > office > bedroom > office > bedroom > office + child's guest room.

We hope we're done.

Other: We sold the whole house. Two guest rooms in the smaller place, one doubles as a studio with desk, drafting table, shelving unit & twin bed. The other has a queen and some bookshelves, and still - ugh - lots of boxes of photos to sort / scan.

The bins of photos are next to the desk - an ugly annoyance, which is my motivation to keep whittling them down to fit in photo albums: parents x2, grandparents x4 (includes geneology info), our children, children's families x2. Can't imagine the quantity if we had more children.

I turned my smallest bedroom into a sewing/hobby room. There is still enough space for a twin trundle bed that the grandchildren use when they visit.

I have children, all of whom are grown and live in their own spaces. They love coming home for occasional weekends and holidays. There is no way way I would boot them out of their rooms. I could see slight alterations and maybe making an office corner or an extra closet in there for myself, but I like being the hub and having my children know when they come home, there is a place for them.

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In the process now of turning my sons room into my home office. I telecommute so having this private space with a closet and a door ( something my current space doesn’t have) will be so nice.

We sold the 4 bedroom, 4 bath house and built our retirement home. Now we have 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. One room is the master suite, the other is for visiting grandkids and keeping it up for our active Marine when he's home.

One room is a guest room (and where I also do my yoga practice) and the other is an office.

Not sure why this was directed towards those with kids. We don't have any but do, of course, have bedrooms that serve other purposes. We have two with beds and are mainly for sleeping, one a home gym, and one a home office.

We have a small "suite" in te basement, consisting of a small bedroom, a small sitting room and 3 piece bathroom (sink, toilet and shower). Way in the beginning we had a live-in babysitter who lived in that space. When she moved out it became a guest room. Later when our daughter became a teenager, she made it her domain, while our son (5 years younger than her) moved into her original bedroom on the 2nd floor, with new furniture - double bed to replace the single bed our daughter moved into the basement bedroom. His original "baby" room remained as a guest room upstairs. Then when our daughter moved out altogether, he took over her basement bedroom and moved his double bed there, while her single bed got moved back upstairs into the bedroom he'd vacated.

Fast forward a few more years, our son also moved out altogether, taking his double bed and furniture with him. But he'd mangled this furniture pretty badly over the few years he used it so eventually he bought new stuff for his apartment. Hopefully as he's matured he'll be able to take better care. I wouldn't bet the house on this though.

After a while we refurnished the upstairs bedroom which both our kids had occupied at one time or another and installed a queen sized bed along with 2 wall units that came from my parents's condo after they both passed away. One of the wall units has several large drawers which can be used in lieu of a dresser, should the need arise. This is now a nice guest bedroom, pretty well put together.

The small basement bedroom & sitting room remains a guest suite. I may yet replace the single bed with a double bed. Don't tell my husband LOL

We also divided the large playroom in the basement to allow for another queen sized bed and 2 dressers, which also came from my parents' condo. This is separated from the rest of the playroom by an oriental screen. So yes, this is yet another guest bedroom, while the rest of the L-shaped playroom is a music room where our daughter gives piano lessons a few days per week and occasionally has band practice. That's because all her piano students are located in our suburb while she lives downtown, and band practices are best done in a suburban detached house than in a downtown apartment due to neighbours complaining of the noise. I don't mind at all.

Both kids have come back home a couple of times after they initially moved out, so they always have a room to stay, either upstairs or in the basement. And of course there is plenty of room for overnight guests, with 2 queen sized and 2 single beds in 4 guest bedrooms around the house.

Closet space is tight though because I've stuffed all the spare rooms' closets full of all sorts of things, like filing cabinets, boxes of as yet unsorted electronic equipment, etc. My upstairs office has the smallest closet of all the rooms, so I've had to spill into other rooms. I fear further decluttering is needed LOL

Couldn’t bear changing it. We redid his room when he was a teen, so no reason to change.

Both grown children live locally, so we don't need to leave space for their visits. Daughter's has been remodeled into a proper guest room. Son's is still much the same as when he left home, except that it has organically morphed into a guest/sewing/art/storage room. I've been considering options for that "multi" room. Making it a master closet is so appealing, but probably impractical.

@Patricia Colwell Consulting we are almost empty nesters and are thinking of hosting International Students. Do you go through a certain organization? Thanks.

We live in BC in Canada and go through the International Student Program I am not sure who you will need to go through in the states. We have found it very rewarding and hopefully will continue for at leat a couple more yrs. We are in or 70’s so we will see how long we wnat to do this.

Well, I downsized and now have a 4 bedroom. The tiny bedroom is the Rabbit room and also houses my desk and sewing machine table, which the cat has decided to adopt - maybe to keep the rabbit company? The bedroom at the front of the house is for guests and many of my plants during the windy season - they don't blow all over the patio that way. The middle bedroom is the pig-sty which houses my 13 year old. The Master Suite is mine.

When I was 16, my brother and sister moved out within weeks of each other. When they moved out my Mom moved into my brother's room (she snored and kept my Dad up) and we turned my sister's room into a huge bathroom. Then they made the dining room bigger by taking out the old hall bath. She didn't intend for them to come back. Haha

Art and yoga studio. Daybed for when she’s home. All approved by daughter. She likes that I use the space.

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Our four children are grown and gone. All the kids took their bedroom furniture with them. One son and his wife live nearby, the other kids are all out of state - five hours or more away. We kept two bedrooms as guest rooms, turned a third into my craft room (which is not used as often as I would like) and turned our third floor into my husband's history library. The grandkids can sleep in sleeping bags or blow up mattresses on the third floor. If we ever have everyone home at once, I may have to rethink my craft room.

Our oldest son took his bed when he moved to an apartment, so I made his bedroom my office, and moved the futon in so he had a place to sleep when he is home.

Because this is still home for him....for now.

I moved. Downsizing to a space that really fits my daily needs (3200 sf to 821 sf) has been the best thing I have ever done. My son can still come home, but he stays in the guest suite available to use in my building. Freeing myself from too much space is the best thing I have ever done homewise! Easier on the budget as well.