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Post by crimsoncat05 on Apr 22, 2018 20:21:20 GMT
I voted 'No- why would I?'
Use your rooms however YOU want, and ignore everyone else!!
We have four bedrooms, no kids, and we use all of them. We NEVER have guests. Besides the master bedroom, we use all of the rooms for OUR stuff. One is my boyfriend's music room (his bass guitars, stereo, and drum set); one is my craft room; and the third is the office, with a desk / computer, file cabinets, etc. We did put a futon in the office (we got it at Walmart; it's pretty comfortable) just in case we DO have someone over, but I have no idea when we'll ever use it.
It's OUR house, so the rooms in it are primarily for US.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 22, 2018 21:15:14 GMT
Everyone ought to be able to use their home in the way that suits them. If you don't need a guest room, then it's a waste of space.
We have a dedicated guest room, but I'd love to have two of them. The older kids and my mama are always coming and going and we have other people who stay with us from time to time as well. When we have multiple guests, then the youngest son gets kicked out of his room so it can be pressed into service. We've become masters of using couches and inflatable mattresses to expand our accommodations.
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Post by mustlovecats on Apr 22, 2018 21:20:40 GMT
No. We live in a high cost of living area, and when we bought our house we didn’t have big incomes so we didn’t buy a big house, just big enough for our family. Now we still don’t have big incomes and we don’t want a bigger house. This is a decision of frugality for us. We have couches and an air bed, and there’s a Hilton Garden Inn walking distance if that won’t suit.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 22, 2018 21:25:11 GMT
Nope.
I think it’s silly to allocate a room in the house to only be used occasionally (unless you just have a huge house). I would rather use all my space in a way that makes sense for my family every single day.
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 22, 2018 21:30:43 GMT
Are these family & friends hoping to get an overnight invite?  Absolutely use the rooms the way that suits you best. For years I rented a 2 bedroom apartment because I wanted the space for me and had friends continuously trying to find me a roommate. We do have a dedicated guest bedroom that gets consistent enough use to leave it that way. My parents and MIL would visit for 2-3 weeks at a time and other family/friends visit regularly for shorter periods. Being far from family and in a vacation destination spot attracts everyone. Heck, even DH and I have used ours enough to appreciate the extra bed. He's been known to lie down on the bed for a minute and be out for the night and I put dibs on it when we have a heat wave as it is the coolest room in the house. And congratulations on the new house, chaosisapony !  |
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Post by busy on Apr 22, 2018 21:33:18 GMT
Yes, and it gets used occasionally.
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Post by CeeScraps on Apr 22, 2018 21:34:13 GMT
We had a guest bedroom at our last home. This one we have a pull out couch in the basement. Our basement has a wet bar, fridge, microwave and full bath. That's our guest room!
The bedrooms upstairs have our things in them. Two of them are used for sleeping, the other two are a craft room and a sewing room.
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Post by Marina on Apr 22, 2018 21:37:52 GMT
We converted our guest room into an office/crafting area and it gets so much more use. We do have a sofa bed for the occasional overnight.
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Post by kate on Apr 22, 2018 21:38:00 GMT
We don't, and I wish we could. We don't have enough bedrooms for our own kids, let alone a spare. We do have guests a few times a year; we have a queen sofabed in the living room where they sleep. Our apartment is in the same configuration as when it was built 100 years ago - all the rooms have doors (no "open concept" for us!), so the living room has adequate privacy for guests. The bigger issue is having only one bathroom. Our regular guests are family or friends who are nearly family. Having other people is hard because of the bathroom. When the kids are gone, I imagine their bedroom will become DH's music studio and "guest" room. I will want the kids to have a place to stay when they come home. With any luck, at least one of them will return to NYC to live, and they won't need a room in our apartment.  My cousin has a lovely, large house with dedicated guest rooms. It is wonderful to stay there! I love not being in the way as the family goes about their routines. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 21:40:11 GMT
I have a dedicated guest room. It doesn't get used frequently but often enough I like having it. Your house, use the space you want to use it!
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Post by bigbundt on Apr 22, 2018 22:06:47 GMT
We used to have a guest room in our old house until we had our second kid. My MIL couldn't believe we would dare to give our children their own rooms if it meant not having a guest room. She actually thought we were going to make them share a room. In the ten years we lived in our old house we had guests three times, three weeks total. I'm not tying up an entire room 100% of the time in the off chance it is used .5% of the time. Our current house is big enough... but we still don't have a guest room.  Family of four, five bedroom house. The kids each have a room, DH and I share the master, DH uses one for his office/TV room, I use the last as my office/craft room. If we have guests my DH has a sofa bed in his room and we have air mattresses and can improvise. My MIL is still appalled we have this huge house but still no dedicated guest room. When she first came through, she kept asking if this room was going to be the guest room? This one? Or this one would make a nice guest room. Ain't happening, lady. |
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 22, 2018 22:12:25 GMT
I have a guest/scrap room/office. It could be turned back into the oldest child's room if he moves back home. We've very few guests in the 11 years we've lived in our home.
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Apr 22, 2018 22:38:17 GMT
We intentionally chose a house with just enough bedrooms for our family. Property prices and taxes are high enough without paying for mostly unused square footage.
You bought the house. You pay the mortgage and taxes. You use it in the way that makes you happiest. Live it up!
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Post by artsydaisy on Apr 22, 2018 22:43:53 GMT
We have a guest room but I'm not sure how often is often, so I didn't vote, haha! It is used often enough for us. We live in a big old house with lots of tiny rooms, so it is no imposition on us to have it dedicated as a guest room. Last year we had an exchange student stay for three weeks and my brother visited for about a week, and it was really nice to not have to think about it. The year before, we had friends stay for two weeks. We also use it if one of us is sick/coughing, to let the other person sleep peacefully.
I grew up having the bedroom that served as a guest room. When anyone wanted to visit us, I was kicked out, and that was several times a year. Not only that, but I had to keep my room like a hotel room, meaning I couldn't decorate it the way I wanted, etc., etc. I hated it. I never felt like I had my own room.
That's my huge backstory that doesn't really pertain to your situation, haha! So tell the busybodies to STFU unless they are paying the mortgage. Yes, you are using ALL OF IT however you see fit. I can easily imagine a lifestyle where a guest room would be silly, and I wouldn't apologize for not having one.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 22, 2018 22:49:21 GMT
My son and I live in a 3 bedroom house. We each have our own bedroom and the third bedroom is used as a huge closet/storage room.
I really need to clean it out!!
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Post by SabrinaP on Apr 22, 2018 22:59:27 GMT
We need one because almost all our family lives out of town. Now, when my parents or brother’s family come I have to kick a kid out of their room or they stay with my sister since her house is bigger. She lives 1 hour from me so we miss out on a lot of visiting time by everyone always staying at her house.
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Post by Pahina722 on Apr 22, 2018 23:08:59 GMT
Yes, the Man Cave. It has a full size futon in it, so when DS has friends or his GF over, the futon becomes a bed. When it’s just the family, it flips back into a couch, and that’s where DS plays his video games and watches TV. Since we live in our hometown, the people who come to visit are buddies from high school—who also have family in town. We never need a guest room for ‘adults’.
Actually, our house is considered a 4 bedroom, but we converted the smallest bedroom into a library, yet we still have too much space. We’re looking forward to downsizing when we retire!
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Post by deshacrafts on Apr 22, 2018 23:18:31 GMT
I didn’t answer the poll as I don’t fit into your descriptions. We do have a guest room and it gets used 4 or 5 times a year. We are empty nesters, so it’s just an extra bedroom. I’m hoping when my GS gets a little older it will get more use.
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 22, 2018 23:18:52 GMT
I have a guest bedroom but it has been years since I had it set up as one. When my boys got older I made it into a game room and then it was a scrapbook room with a bed in it, then DH moved into it for his miniatures hobby.
DS2 is supposed to move over there when we paint it and then his room can be a guest room. I hope that can happen this summer.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 22, 2018 23:22:39 GMT
I have six kids and I do not have an eight-bedroom house.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 22, 2018 23:24:25 GMT
I'm moving into my new house which wound up being a 3 bedroom. I live alone and haven't had a guest stay overnight in the last ten years. Since there are two spare bedrooms I've put all of my home office stuff in one room and all my crafting/fun stuff in the second room. Now I'm getting all kinds of opinions from family and friends about how I should have a guest bedroom. I believe the exact wording I heard yesterday was "You're going to use ALL the rooms??? You're not going to have a spare room at all?" So tell me, do you have a guest bedroom? Do you think it's weird to not have one? I responded before reading this. No way would I get pressured into a guest room. It’s fine if you want one, but if not, no. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 22, 2018 23:26:53 GMT
We have two ~ one is DS's room when he visits about 6 times a year. The other one is a dedicated guest bedroom. My group of 5 who have been friends for about 27 years are having a girl's weekend out in a few months. Can't wait to host them. I also have a twin bed in my craft room and a twin aerobed so we can sleep 6 guests. In our last house we had 5 bedrooms but no guest room. Well, except for the twin in my craft room. One BR was our office, the master, DS's bedroom and my exercise room. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 23:29:09 GMT
I wish we had an extra bedroom. It'd be a craft room with a hide-a-bed in it. We never have overnight guests but we also never had room for an overnight guest.
Sometimes, I feel like a guest bedroom is something that only empty nesters have.
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Post by Linda on Apr 22, 2018 23:33:22 GMT
no guest room yet but when DD17 goes to college this fall, we'll switch out her twin bed for a double/queen and add a nightstand so the room can be used as a guest room for her or her brother (or any other guests we might get). When she moves out completely (soemtime after college), it'll become a fulltime guest room.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Apr 22, 2018 23:36:34 GMT
I'm on my phone so I can't see the poll. I have never had a guest room and with five kids I can't even envision the day I will have any free room for guests. I imagine when kids are starting to move out we will start shifting kids bedrooms around. One day I will have a craft room!  I say it's your house and you live there all the time. You need to use it however you see fit. With five kids I have learned something and that is I will never waste a space! I will use every inch of my house as I see fit! And you should too. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 23:38:29 GMT
I have a scrapbook room that doubles as a guest room when someone stays. We have a big high air mattress for the adults, and then we put the kids on the floor with cushions in my husband's man den. We used to use our camper for "our" room when we had guests and had the guests stay in the master bedroom, but we recently sold the camper--so we're working with plan B now! Yes, we get lots of guests. Our grandkids stay frequently, and we have kids that come with their families from out of state a couple of times a year. I gave up my bed once, and will never do that again. |
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Post by AllieC on Apr 22, 2018 23:42:24 GMT
We have a guest bedroom that gets used half a dozen times a year (so I didn't use the poll because it is in-between!). We have 4 bedrooms for 3 of us though so we also have a study set up in one of the other rooms. I'm of the view that you set up your home for what you do 95% of the time. Do what works for you |
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Post by SweetieBugs on Apr 22, 2018 23:42:38 GMT
SweetieBugs Your DH's family should MYOB. As for your guilt, calculate how much that room costs you every month as a percentage of your mortgage. Now calculate how much you use it as you wish, vs. how often it was used as a guest room. I bet it's much more cost effective to USE the room. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Apr 22, 2018 23:43:35 GMT
We do, but we live far from family and have guests pretty regularly. I'd say once a month on average that stay 5-10 days. It's your house, use it however works for you.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 22, 2018 23:43:39 GMT
I'm moving into my new house which wound up being a 3 bedroom. I live alone and haven't had a guest stay overnight in the last ten years. Since there are two spare bedrooms I've put all of my home office stuff in one room and all my crafting/fun stuff in the second room. Now I'm getting all kinds of opinions from family and friends about how I should have a guest bedroom. I believe the exact wording I heard yesterday was "You're going to use ALL the rooms??? You're not going to have a spare room at all?" So tell me, do you have a guest bedroom? Do you think it's weird to not have one? No, I do not think it’s weird to not have a guest room. I do think it’s weird for other people to question/comment on how you use your own home spaces though We don’t have a guest room and don’t have any plans to have one either. |
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Family of four, five bedroom house. The kids each have a room, DH and I share the master, DH uses one for his office/TV room, I use the last as my office/craft room. If we have guests my DH has a sofa bed in his room and we have air mattresses and can improvise. My MIL is still appalled we have this huge house but still no dedicated guest room. When she first came through, she kept asking if this room was going to be the guest room? This one? Or this one would make a nice guest room. Ain't happening, lady. 
