If your home has a bonus space that isn’t finished into a completed room yet, you might find yourself having a hard time figuring out what you want to use this space for. Depending on your home life and how much space you have, your options for using this bonus space will vary. So to help you decide what to do with this area of your house, here are three things to consider when designing a bonus space in your home.
What Extra Space Do You Need?
One of the first things you might want to think about when deciding how to use the bonus space in your home is what your home is lacking that you could add through the use of this space.
For some people, if your home doesn’t have a spare room, turning this space into a guest space might make the most sense. On the other hand, if you’re working from home now but don’t have a dedicated office space, making this bonus space your office might be best. As long as you’re able to use this space to meet a need that you have at home, you can’t really do wrong with how you choose to design this space.
Center The Room Around A Hobby
If your home isn’t really lacking in a room or space that you need to be using, then you can turn your bonus space into something that’s purely for your enjoyment.
One way you can help to pinpoint how to use and design this space is to center the room around a hobby or interest that you have. For example, if you love music, you could use your bonus space as a music room or recording studio. Or, for those who enjoy working out but don’t love going to the gym, having your own home gym could be a great option. You could also do things like make your extra space a craft room, screening room, playroom, or game room. And once you know how you’ll want to use the space, you’ll have a great starting point for the actual design.
Make The Space Multi-Functional
If you really can’t decide on one thing that you want to use your bonus room for, you can get creative with your interior design and make the space so it’s multi-functional.
Some great multi-functional spaces can include an office space with additional seating for entertaining, a movie room that also holds all of your kids’ toys or your arts and crafts, or a guest room and library combined. Especially if you’re just going in between two different ideas for the space, you can likely find a way to design both of these ideas into your bonus room.
If you have a bonus space in your home that you’re unsure what to do with or how to design it, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you with this.
