Many homeowners struggle with the decision of whether to include a guest room in their new home renovation. 

Traditionally, a guest room is considered essential in home decoration; however, in today’s city where every inch of land is valuable, new homes are mostly essential housing, and an unused guest bedroom can lead to wasted space. 

Now, please take two minutes to read this article, and you won’t be hesitant anymore!

Part 01: To Keep or Not to Keep a Guest Room in New Home Renovation

When it comes to renovating a new home, we need to analyze the issue of whether to keep a guest room specifically:

                                                                                                                                Keep the Guest Room

                                                                                                                                √ If you often have friends and relatives visiting. 

                                                                                                                                √ If you might plan for a second or third child in the future. 

                                                                                                                                √ If there are minor conflicts between husband and wife, you can rest in the guest room instead of squeezing onto the sofa. 

                                                                                                                                If the above situations are similar to yours, 

                                                                                                                                It is recommended to keep the guest room. 

                                                                                                                                Let’s continue to look at the design and planning of the guest room:

                                                                                                                                ① Location Choice 

                                                                                If you have several bedrooms at home, which one should you choose for the guest room? 

                                                                                Generally, the guest room is not used frequently, so you can choose the smaller secondary bedrooms near the living room and kitchen as the guest room.

                                                                                ① Basic Layout 

The purpose of the guest room is to accommodate friends and relatives staying over. Therefore, a conventional layout of “bed + bedside table + wardrobe” is usually chosen. 

                                                                                    Not Keeping the Guest Room 

                                                                                    V If you rarely have guests throughout the year, the guest room will be idle for a long time, which is not cost-effective. 

                                                                                    V Friends and relatives visiting can be arranged to stay in hotels, 

                                                                                    √ If the house is not spacious, it’s more practical to convert the extra space into a walk-in closet or study. 

                                                                                    If you have the above considerations, you can choose not to have a guest room and customize the functional areas according to your needs:

study room

wordrobe

Study Walk-in Closet If the small secondary bedroom is adjacent to the living room, you can also choose to merge it with the living room, and you will have a fantastic large living room.

Part 02: How to Solve the Accommodation Problem for Friends and Relatives if You Don’t Keep a Guest Room

                                                                                    For friends and relatives staying over, you can arrange for them to stay in hotels, or you can try the following methods:

                                                                                    ① Hidden Bed

“Swan Lake” transforms the guest bedroom into a walk-in closet and leaves a hidden bed in it. 

This way, when friends and relatives visit, you can just pull down the bed board and have a guest bedroom.

                                                                                  ② Sofa Bed 

Some sofas can be used as beds.

You can choose this type of sofa. Or you can choose a sofa with a wider seating area, which can also be used as an emergency bed. 

For the renovation of a new home, comfort is the priority. As for the decision of whether to keep a guest room, 

it is recommended to consider the needs of yourself and your family before making a decision.