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Ideas for use of DS's bedroom.

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Jalima Wed 20-Jul-16 00:28:34

apparently ours are still 'their bedrooms'

A sauna or walk-in wardrobe sounds good.

mumofmadboys Tue 19-Jul-16 23:10:56

My experience of kids at uni is they come and go frequently and sometimes bring a mate home to stay. The summer holiday is quite long - best part of three months. Ours have been fortunate enough to get summer jobs to boost their funds( or reduce the overdraught!)

Cherrytree59 Tue 19-Jul-16 22:37:30

Ruby bet it will still be full of DS stuff that he doesn't take with him.

In September go and sit in room (with window open there will still be the aroma of teenage boygrin).
You might then be able to feel what or how you would like to use the room In the future.

baubles Tue 19-Jul-16 22:30:00

Isn't it still his room till he finishes university?

phoenix Tue 19-Jul-16 22:27:23

If you DID turn it into a sauna , as mentioned in your OP, where would your son sleep when he came home in the holidays?

tanith Tue 19-Jul-16 22:18:58

Mine is the spare bedroom for visiting family I have my PC in there but to honest I barely us it anymore nowadays so it will probably be consigned to the loft and the room purely for visitors or overnights for the grandchildren.

hildajenniJ Tue 19-Jul-16 22:12:38

Hope (silly hudl)

hildajenniJ Tue 19-Jul-16 22:10:57

Ha, hollow laughter, my spare room has been turned into a walk in wardrobe with the added extra of another pantry/food store. All my DH's doing. Let's home we don't have any surprise overnight guests! shock

rubylady Tue 19-Jul-16 22:00:22

I might get a lodger in the future, but not just yet. I'm doing a Greta Garbo, "I want to be alone" grin

rubylady Tue 19-Jul-16 21:56:24

Obviously come September, my DS is not going to be using his room all the time when he is at University. He will come home for holidays but the rest of the time I have it back to do as I like with.

In saying this, I am thinking of maybe a sewing room/craft room/sauna/extra tv room?

What have others turned their spare rooms into?