s/o closet: what's your dream spare room?

[belovedbride07]

Imagine you have the space and means to convert a spare room just for you.

What's *your* dream room? Closet? Craft room? Bar? Any fun details you want to share?

If your answer is, "I would never do anything so frivolous," then this probably isn't the post for you. :-P

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Jan 6, 2013 17:50:53 GMT -5 belovedbride07 said:

If your answer is, "I would never do anything so frivolous," then this probably isn't the post for you. :-P

Lol!

I REALLY want a pottery studio...with a wheel & a kiln. I may make this happen someday.

[winemaker06]

My extra room was a basic closet, but we cleared it out to renovate and now it's empty until it becomes a nursery (someday).
For now I call it my 'sitting room' and have some comfy chairs for reading. I've always wanted a 'library' of some sort. But with the advent of ebooks and the like... I really don't know what to do with it.

Plus in reality, I don't use it anyway because it's not on the main floor. So I guess it was better off being a closet!

[limey]

A yoga/other athletic endeavor room.

I'm picturing bamboo flooring, full length mirrors on one wall that could easily be covered with curtains, and all the other props that I use normally in practices (which are highly googlable, so I'm being vague) . It would, of course, be big enough to accommodate friends that want to practice with me.

I'd want to have a small area for meditation, with some sort of secluded hammock or hanging chair.

[rubytue]

Craft room. But I have one. It's just a disaster area right now bc it tends to become the room H throws things he doesn't want to deal with.

[winemaker06]

Ooh I'll change my answer. An unlimited budget would help me make a brew room for all of our alcoholic hobbies. That sounds ways more interesting than a closet or library.

[heygrey]

A workshop so I can build and paint/stain furniture. As it is, I get out the miter saw and use it in my living room

[Deleted]

A me room. I'd have some crafting, a cozy place to snuggle up and read, and maybe a place to do some yoga.

[Deleted]

This.

[snapplegirl]

Something somewhat realistic with our space:



something not

[Deleted]

We're planning to convert our second floor bedroom (Cape Cod) into a library/craft room/office for me. I can't wait for it to happen.

[Deleted]

I just want a big cozy room with super comfy couches, and big screen tbs & popcorn machine. I want to be really lazy lol!

[Pilsy]

Jan 6, 2013 17:55:00 GMT -5 L said:

Jan 6, 2013 17:50:53 GMT -5 belovedbride07 said:

If your answer is, "I would never do anything so frivolous," then this probably isn't the post for you. :-P

Lol!

I REALLY want a pottery studio...with a wheel & a kiln. I may make this happen someday.

Can you do this inside? I know nothing about pottery and am genuinely curious. Either way, sounds amazing!

I think I would do a closet, craft room or library/writing center (that would somehow not be an office). This post makes me question my creativity, though. I hate that life after college has pretty much snuffed out my right brain!

ETA: Duh. Yes, a gym. Add a gym to my list. Now adding "WIN LOTTERY" to my to-do list.

[Deleted]

Probably a closet room.

But the idea of having an extra room when we don't even have a second bedroom is kind of out there for me

[RoxMonster]

Mine would definitely be the closet room. I take up three closets in our house (one is a sort of walk-in and two are just regular, small closets). H takes up two regular closets. I would absolutely adore a whole room dedicated to clothes, shoes, and purses with an area for me to dress.

ETA: Or a library. With floor to ceiling bookshelves the whole way around, a rolling ladder, a fireplace, and lots of cozy seating.

[dexteroni]

I would love an exercise room with a mirrored wall so I could make sure I was doing yoga / pilates / ballet movements correctly. And a barre.

Oh and I guess that room could include space for cardio/weight machines so I wouldn't have to go the gym at all. That would be nice.

[crashgizmo]

Right now our front room (it's called a den, but the previous owners used it as an office) is a wine room- we have a wine fridge, kegerator, and bar along with an Lshaped couch. We love it.

If we had a 4th bedroom I would definitely do the closet room, especially if there was a bathroom attached to it.

[chessie]

Spare bedroom is being turned into my bedroom.

Our room downstairs is my home gym, whole room is decked out with mats.

[CloudBee]

I would love to have a crafting/sewing room.

[Deleted]

Dh built me my dream spare room--a fitting/sewing room with a separate outside entrance for me to meet with clients. ::swoon::

Also, it became a necessity--having clients constantly streaming through our house to the spare room was causing a lot of friction between us.

[ssmjlm]

Craft room. Scrapbooking, sewing, wrapping station, etc.

[biogirl21]

I would do a home gym. Treadmill, full set of weights, tv for videos and probably an ellipitcal and a rowing machine too. If we're going full out, a sauna and a whirlpool/hot tub. H would love an olympic sized pool but I don't think that would fit, lol.

[cjeanette]

A library

[vegas]

gym or office. we had both in our old house and it was great.

[Deleted]

So many wants. Number one would be a library with a window seat. I need a craft station or room to. I would love an indoor pool room, if it came with someone to maintain it.

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[thirdmarie]

Yoga/workout room. Hardwood floors, one wall of mirrors, and a closet full of amazing yoga clothes, of course.

Now I need to go buy a lottery ticket, because if I'm getting a yoga room, dh will be getting a sports themed man room that would seat at least 12. And include a fully stocked bar.

[Deleted]

My first instinct would be a craft room but I already have SO much fabric I don't use in my little craft corner that I think a whole room would just result in buying more crap I won't use.

I think a yoga and meditation room would be a good idea. I wouldn't need an entire room for it so maybe I could have a combo yoga and craft room or something. Which sounds kind of stingy and practical for a dream room, LOL.

Maybe I can have a big house with a lot of spare rooms.

[Deleted]

I have my own room now, but it's not quite done. It's not my dream room but it's my own space for the stuff I like. I'm still searching for a rug and a big comfy chair that will fit through our non-standard doorway.

I'd live to have a library, gym, and even a massive family type room. Our neighbors turned their third floor into a home theater type room with a rolling popcorn cart, I stalk their MLS listing like a creep.

[7costanza]

I swear our house is not that huge or nice, but we already have a bar, workout room, tv/movie room (all in the basement), library and vanity/dressing room for me. The dressing room will need to be converted into a nursery in the next few months so if I could add another room or finish the currently gross basement storage I think I would make it an office so I could move the desks out of the library and claim the library as totally my own space.

Or I also like the idea of a huge spa bathroom just for me, including masseuse.

[pitterwoo]

I already have a sewing craft room so what I'd really like if money were no object is a sauna and steam room, maybe a hot tub in there too.