Uses For Your Spare Room

One your kids have moved out of home and you’ve cleared out their rooms most households will find themselves with an abundance of spare rooms. The question is: what do you use these spare rooms for? You may wish to keep one as a guest room but what about the rest? Here are four ways for you to utilise your spare rooms, including using Self Storage Edinburgh North. 

Spare room = extra storage space

This first option is the most common – most people will convert their new spare room into a guest room. Although you will want to keep the room clean and clutter free for your guests, there is no reason why you can’t fill the cupboards with winter blankets, seasonal clothing, linen, ironing boards or even cleaning products. This will free up space in the rest of your home, you can always clear out a draw or two before your guests arrive if they require some storage space.

 

Home gym

If you love exercise but don;t always have the time to drive out of the way to the gym then add one to your home. Head to your local A-mart all sports and pick up a treadmill, weights machine or even just an exercise bike and set up a small home gym in your spare room. Mount an old TV on the wall and grab some running DVD’s (we recommend music DVD’s to get your pace going!). This will open up the room and it won’t feel like you’re running staring at a wall.

 

 

Library

If you are a book worm then creating a library out of your spare room is definitely the right choice for you! Creating a library is actually a lot easier than you think. Head to your nearest op shop and pick up some old bookshelves or install a few DIY shelves to your walls and fill them with your favourite books. Add a chair or a small day bed where you can lie back, reading your favourite books.

 

Air BnB

This option is a little different to the aforementioned and is perfect for people who are looking to make a little bit of extra cash on the side. Renting your spare bedroom out for short term holiday rentals with Air BnB is a perfect way to make money if you don’t want to commit to a long term rental. If you live alone it’s also a fantastic way of meeting new people from different places and countries that you usually wouldn’t get the chance to interact with.

 

If you don’t have a spare room you can still implement a few of these ideas, just on a smaller scale, like creating a study nook, or creating a larger living room space. Offload your excess furniture into Self Storage Edinburgh North or rearrange your furniture to make space for that study desk, treadmill or book shelf.

Contact the storage experts at Self Storage Edinburgh North to boo your storage today.