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Great space to create art room/guest room

2 years ago

My new house has a large room w lots of light over garage that I need for a guest room, but I would like it to be my art room for private teaching and personal work space. Please help me figure out best options for furniture, king or two twins and art table and storage .Dormer windows and huge palladium window are lovely details. Willing to add LVT flooring.

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jck910
2 years ago
How about a Murphy bed?
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
IMOI not compatible uses for a space . What kind if art do you do ? Usually an art studio is a pretty messy space not dirty just messy so have a nice guest room in the same space would not work for me. Please post some pics of the space if you can , maybe a way to divide the space somehow since a guest room does not need to be huge but IMO clean and inviting for guests so the guest spce on the left and your studio on the right .
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This OP has posted several dilemmas lately. I started reading this one from the onset and yes, there are several of the more critical posts missing. She clearly was happy about the selections and appeared to want validation from the people that had helped her with her other dilemmas. One of the first comments on my first dilemma on here was devastating to me and left me very upset. Fortunately, I have a thick skin and just flagged it and then along came some wonderful people to help me. Sometimes certain contributors just go too far. I’ve seen many OPs run off from this forum, but this is the first I’ve seen someone completely delete their account. THINK before you comment people! You could make or break someone’s day with your words
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Karenseb
2 years ago
How about 2 chairs that convert to twin beds against the 15 foot wall and a large table under the big window.
decoenthusiaste
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Build a hallway from the door alongside the bath to the area where there are closets. Turn that into the guest space, and the other side gets a door and a supply closet. This is sloppy and doesn't give the studio the big window, but you can see what I mean. You could open another door into the studio so the guest area is completely private. Is there a toilet for guests?
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Bergen Furniture & Design
2 years ago
Use the space of center because the majority of the space is available. Dived into the central area and transformed it into whatever you wanted.
countryd
Original Author
2 years ago
Thanks everyone. While I was waiting on suggestions I came up with same idea from Karen, now I have to find comfortable twin sleeper chairs. I thought of Murphy Beds but chairs would be nicer use of space to provide reading and relaxing area. I am going to float a large table in middle of room, with fun chairs, and storage on either side of large window and easels in front of the window. Is there a fast way to add a screen shot to comment sections?

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