How long are you living in your house? If you've been thru a year or two, and all the seasons, has there been any point where you wanted to do something, but there wasn't the perfect space for it? That's a good place to start finding purpose for an "extra" room.

We''ve lived here only 4 months. We were going to make this room our "office" however, we do a lot of entertaining in the summer with barbecues, etc.

2 QUESTIONS: Do you need an office? Also, is this the only access to the patio or is there another door to the patio?

Also: can the room be closed off or is it open to another adjacent room?

We dont really need an office. And it is the only access to the patio. And it is next to our master bedroom, but I dont know what you mean by "closed off"

what about a library/office?

Is this the primary traffic pattern to your lovely back yard? Also, can you take a photo from the sliding door looking back into the room?

would set up a small bar and seating,perfect for entertaining and if poss. have the BBQ area really close by too

I think astraea has the right idea. In addition, as it gets good light, you might consider plant material here to ease the indoor/outdoor transition.

So,

1) Is it the only access from your house to your patio. Correct?
2) Once you are in the room, where can you go from there? To a hall, to your master bedroom? 3) Can the room be totally closed off (4 walls and a door to the next room?

I don't really understand how some of you have a lot of suggestions, when the poster hasn't lived in the house long enough to know exactly how they'd like the room used. All of these ideas take money .. add walls, remove walls; better to give it some time first.

The photo the room I attached was designed to support the pool area for our clients. The upholstery textiles are all water proof, including the area rug. So, what I am saying is design your room with a purpose other wise it will just become another room in your home

Have a wall with a built in bookcase and some armchairs/coffee table. Add lots of plants! I'd go for a baby blue/ or duck egg blue and white theme here :)

You said you entertain a lot. Depending on the size of the room I wouldn't try to make it look like a living room since you already have two of those. I would put a round table with chairs. Maybe outdoor furniture kind of like bringing the outside inside. I don't know what your style is like but I sent pictures with two distinct styles. Let me know what you think. Maybe a round rug under the table or a light fixture or fan above the table.

Thank you all for the ideas.

@elhayadesignes I like the idea, but it would be inconvenient to walk around. The room is small

Hi newhomeowner49684,

The sliding glass doors are a great anchor to your transitional room. Drapes would really help define the space without being bulky or making it feel closed off.

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Hope these curtain designs will give you some inspirations.

sun room or a reading nook

WHAT WOULD EVERYONE THINK ABOUT MAKING IT MY DINING ROOM? SINCE I DON'T HAVE A DINING ROOM. THE ONLY THING IS...ITS IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM

You never told us you didn't have a dining room, You told us you had two living rooms so I guess I assumed you had a dining room. All of that to say......Great solution.........is it close to the kitchen? Great view while dining.

I do not think it would work as a dining room. (You said you have 2 living rooms----what about making one a dining room?)

I think this would make a perfect "away room": that is a quiet little room that adults can use when they want to "get away". I am imagining the room lined with bookshelves and current magazines.

I am still unclear that if guests enter the room from the patio, whether or not they could walk right into your master bed, or if this room has four walls and the door to your bedroom can be locked off to them. If it can be locked off, it is a perfect place to open up when you have guests over, as an extension of your patio.

yes. it is close. its just down a small hallway.

they would not walk into my main bedroom. Im not keen on the idea of closing the room off. I have two living rooms because one is in the basement.

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that image is kind of what Im thinking. A library/dining room

PERFECT

I think the library/dining room is perfect! Maybe a little less formal, and more comfortable chairs. Can you imagine, bringing guests into your "private cozy secret dining room"!!!!!

Its a done deal! Can't wait to get started!!! Thanks all!!

I missed a lot. Now we are on to a dining room, how exciting! I am glad you are going to make a dining room.

What about the room in the pictures though? How big is the room?
I have another idea. How about making a banquette with little porcelain stools in front of the banquette that can serve as little tables or stools when you have more people in the room.

I think a nice informal dining area would be nice...convent to patio...a quick get out of the rain/ away from the bugs area. Also like the idea of plants to transition to outside.

I like Ekhaya's idea of a banquette for your library/dining room. You could build a banquette in an "L" shape against the wall with the window and the one facing the glass door. Depending on how often you would use the room for a dining room, you could either build in a pull-down bar or use a table for dining. The table could be placed elsewhere in the room when guests are not dining there (perhaps used as a library table).

So, when the table is not near the banquette, you have a nice corner reading nook and a library table with perhaps a gorgeous leather desk chair. The bottoms of the banquette could be pull-out drawers for storage. The rest of the walls could be lined with bookshelves.

I like the banquet idea. It'll add some room. Thanks all!