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Help Needed! office/guest room design

8 years ago
Hi There!

My wife and I need some serious help. We’re hopeless when it comes to designing a room and picking out furniture. We’re really good at picking out furniture that is way too big for the space. See massive sectional in our living room and cal king sleigh bed that takes up the whole bedroom.

So... we have a bonus room with a 1/4 bath that we are currently using as a office/guest room and it is in need of an overhaul. The only thing we’re married to is the sleeper sofa. To my wife’s dismay the room has become a kind of catch all for us and worse for anything my mom decides she no longer needs.

Any ideas on how to fix up the space would be greatly appreciated!

Comments (11)

  • 8 years ago

    You will want to remove everything from this room to make a clean start.

    Will the sofa fit turned 1/4 around facing the door?

    Are you willing to paint the tiny bath?

  • 8 years ago

    I would ditch the lamp and rug and look into wall mounting the TV next to the closed door. Declutter, pick an accent color and do some accent walls. Get some couch pillows, a new rug. I am not a designer and struggle with rooms too!

  • 8 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback! The rug is actually what is driving all this. It’s pretty beat up, but before we go spend money on a replacement I would like to have a vision for the room.

    We definitely need to declutter. The lamp was my grandparents, mom dropped it off. I would like to try and keep it, but I have a feeling it’s on it’s way out.

    Couch on the far wall is probably the best place for it. Didn’t think that worked with where the tv is (when I had visions of the room being a man cave)

    The room has to double as an office as I work from home, but putting the printer in the closet is a great idea.

    Bathroom definitely needs work. Open to painting and doing anything that makes it more functional

    Door with the arched window is the front door. It’s a 3 level house and this is the only room on the first floor. Will post floor plan shortly.

    Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!
  • 8 years ago

    where are you located? I've never seen a sink like that!

  • 8 years ago




  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Knowing that this the only room on the first floor, now I understand why you have a bath there. It's nice that guests could use the bathroom without climbing stairs (and that you can, too, while you're working from home in the home office). I think the tiny sink on top of the toilet is pretty ingenious, given the space limitations - I've never seen anything like it!

    I'm not a pro, so please take my thoughts with a grain of salt (or a heaping spoonful):

    Squeeze as much of your bedding as possible into the closet. If it doesn't all fit, consider getting a storage ottoman or bench/chest and squeeze the rest of the bedding into that. You could use it as a footrest for the couch most of the time, and then tuck it alongside the far wall as a nightstand when the pullout bed is extended.

    I like the idea of mounting the TV opposite the current couch position on the wall. Then you could see it from the couch/bed.

    Are all of those paintings just possibilities you are temporarily resting there? The space will look less cluttered if you get rid of some of them, and if you hang them properly on the wall rather than leaning them against it.

    Consider getting a white fan that will blend in with the ceiling. The current wood color of the fan blades doesn't go with your floor, and I think it makes the room look smaller.

    Find a spot for the lamp elsewhere in the house.

    Edited to add: Consider getting a rug in soothing colors; something with cream like your walls, taupe/brown like your couch/floors, or a soothing accent color (soft green or blue?). I'd avoid a bright bold pattern like your current rug, given the limited size of the room, and that I generally desire my office and bedroom to be calming spaces.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    The sink in the existing bath looks like a model sold by SinkPositive. It is a tank lid made into a cold water sink. Interesting concept. The picture posted by P Banos is a different type. Just search for "toilet and sink combo" online.

  • 8 years ago

    That cracks me up!

  • 8 years ago
    Thank you for the great ideas. Here’s a picture of the floor plan.
  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Here is what we did for one of our clients for an office/guest room. You might not be able to fit both of the desks due to the size of your room, however the concept is what might work for you. How big is the sofa bed and can it be turned to fit on the other wall?

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