To enjoy your home you need to make the most out of it, this means utilising every single room in your home, even small rooms. Small rooms in particular, have a tendency to go unused, except for maybe storage, because of the assumption that there’s not much you can do with a small room. However, this simply isn’t the case. Small rooms can be used for a variety of purposes and the sooner you transform that room into a space you can use, the sooner you’ll be able to fully enjoy your home.
Ideas for your small room
Here are some ways you can transform your small room into a useable space:
- Guest Bedroom: this is the most obvious choice, turn the room into a spare bedroom for any guests that might want to stay over. It’s always nice to have that extra bed and space, even if you don’t often have guests to stay, it’s nice to know that option is there. This can also come in useful if you share a bedroom with someone else, for example, if you have a husband who sometimes snores, having that spare bed to sleep in can be the difference between you getting a good night sleep and having no sleep at all. A guest bedroom is also one of the easiest things to create on this list, you literally just need a bed, some storage for clothing and a few simple home comforts.
- Home Office: this is probably the second obvious choice, especially after experiencing lockdown during which the majority of the world was having to work from home, in whatever space they had available at the time. Since then, we have realised work can resume as normal while working from home, which means more people are now doing it. This is great, especially for people like single mothers who want to work but have to do it completely around their children and so find physically going to work rather difficult. Creating a home office is relatively simple, all you need to do is buy a desk, storage facilities and the office equipment you need.
- Playroom: if you have children, this is the perfect solution for that unused room. Turn it into a playroom that can house all of the children’s toys. This will give your children their own space to play and as a parent, it’s much easier to close the door on the toy mess at the end of the day, than it is to tidy the entire house daily.
- Dressing Room: Yes, you have a bedroom which you can get dressed in, but have you considered turning your small room into a dressing room? All you need is a wardrobe, storage for clothing and accessories and a mirror and voila, you have a dedicated room to house all your beautiful clothing and your very own space to get ready, at your own pace.
- Library: If you’re an avid reader who loves their books, you could turn your small room into your very own miniature library. Fill the room with bookcases, add a comfortable reading chair and suitable lighting, and you have your own haven to get lost in the worlds other people have created.
- Cinema Room: love watching movies? Why not have a dedicated room just for that purpose? Have a large television installed into the room, some comfortable seats and maybe a little fridge to house refreshments and you can enjoy movie night, every night of the week.
- Game Room: Any gamer would love to have their own game room, where they can retreat, enjoy some video games and not get disturbed. This is a great idea for anyone who enjoys video games but shares a home with someone who doesn’t, as it can help prevent arguments over who gets control of the TV. Again, this is a simple room to create, all you need is another television, somewhere to sit and your games console.
- Home studio: whether you are a musician, a painter, or a an amateur photographer, if you enjoy creating masterpieces of any kind, then you can certainly benefit from a home studio. How you turn the room into a home studio really depends on what it is you like to create, but whatever kins of artist you are, you’ll enjoy having a space to leave your tools set-up so you can work on your art whenever you have the chance.
Other ideas
The above ideas are some of the most popular ways you can transform a small room into a useable space. If none of these are appealing to you, don’t worry, there are lots of other ideas. For example:
- Create a man-cave (or a women’s cave).
- A hobby room: for whatever hobby you have that isn’t covered by a home studio.
- Game room: for children and adults to house things like board games and pool tables, etc.
- Indoor garden room: if you can control the temperature and the light in the room, you could transform it into a stunning indoor garden room.
- A second lounge.
- Home bar.
- Gym/exercise room.