Board 8 > Silly topic, but do you guys have any guestroom ideas

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My roommate's moving out, and rather than look for another renter, I'm going to convert it to a home office/guestroom. My office setup is little more than a desk and chair, so at least 80% of the room is free for guests.

I've never had a guestroom before, and apart from a bed and nightstand, I'm not sure what to put in there (the goal being to make the room look both modern and inviting). I'm considering an island/beach theme, but that might be too tacky.

So yeah, any advice is welcomed before my gf flies back here and I likely give her the whole project to head.

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What my parents did for the guestroom was had a Murphy Bed installed. So you can use it as a home office with plenty of space, and then you put the bed down if you need to house guests.

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I've never heard of a Murphy Bed (or I've never heard of a wall bed by that name), but interesting idea. Thanks!

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how big a room? Guests don't need much. A bed, a dresser, and a nightstand should suffice. Maybe a chair. The rest is just decorating.

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Two words: Sex. Swing.

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buy a Purple mattress

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azuarc posted...

how big a room? Guests don't need much. A bed, a dresser, and a nightstand should suffice. Maybe a chair. The rest is just decorating.

Decent size, 12x12. It has a huge mirror (almost 10 feet wide) that serves as the sliding closet door, so I don't need to add a mirror. There's also a private door to the restroom, meaning if guests simply lock the main restroom door, it becomes a private restroom for them. I think it's an excellent guest room setup overall.

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FFDragon posted...

Two words: Sex. Swing.

Especially while I'm using my home office!

greengravy294 posted...

buy a Purple mattress

Is that actually legit, or just average crap with a big ad campaign? Looks like they start at a grand, which is way outside my budget for a mattress.

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Purple mattresses seem really comfortable if you get anything above the purple 1, but they get very expensive very quickly. Not more than other brands, mind you, but they certainly aren't a budget line. Wish I had gotten one back when they were still starting up. (I also can't verify that they're good to sleep on, but I have laid on demos.)

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