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mike_c

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9. guest rooms plus

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 10:29 AM

Nov 25

Our house is small, with two bedrooms, a dining room, and an "Arizona room" added in the back, along with the usual living room, kitchen, laundry/pantry, etc. The rooms are small-- it's a retirement home, all on one level. My wife and I sleep in the smaller bedroom, I use the master bedroom for an office, lab, and studio. She has her office in the AZ room and my workbench is in there too, along with her puzzle table and my drawing table. It has lots of windows and we often eat dinner in there too. We use the dining room as an ancillary work room because it already has a nice big table to stack things on.

At our age, stuff is only important if it helps us do things we enjoy. If a room or furniture gets little use we convert it for something else! I can honestly say we use every room in our house, everyday.

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What is one thing that you could live without? My dining room. Only use twice a year-Christmas and Thanksgiving. Wasted [View all] debm55 Nov 25 OP

Trump ZDU Nov 25 #1

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. Thank you ZDU debm55 Nov 25 #2

My first thought as well! biophile Nov 25 #6

HAHAHHAHA. Thank you biophile. Happy Thanksgiving. debm55 Nov 25 #17

Back at you, deb55 biophile Wednesday #20

you are welcome, biophile. debm55 Wednesday #24

Have no intention of having parties again so I turned my dining room into a TV/conversation/reading room. This room in2herbs Nov 25 #3

Very good idea. Thank you very much, in2herbs and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. debm55 Nov 25 #4

My oven, I've gotten so I don't cook anything unless I can do it in the microwave or the toaster Walleye Nov 25 #5

That is a very great idea. Thank you Walleye. Have a wonderful thanksgiving. debm55 Nov 25 #7

Thank you I will be visiting my brother. My sister-in-law cooks a full turkey dinner. Walleye Nov 25 #8

guest rooms plus mike_c Nov 25 #9

Thank you very much, mike_c. My Dining is stacked with all kinds of stuff. Have a great Thanksgiving. debm55 Nov 25 #10

I'm a boomer who grew up in a large family - I'm oldest of 9 kids FakeNoose Nov 25 #11

Thank you very much for sharing with us, FakeNoose. I do believe it is generational, also. Same with special ocassion debm55 Nov 25 #12

Living rooms are useless. I used to think the front coat closets were too underpants Nov 25 #13

Thank you very much, underpants. I have an 8 room house and most of the rooms are not used. In fact, Dolly , my dog has debm55 Nov 25 #14

That is interesting. OldBaldy1701E Nov 25 #19

We had a coat closet in the house I grew up in. Nittersing Wednesday #33

I turned mine into the exercise room ms liberty Nov 25 #15

Thank you very much for that idea. ms liberty. Have a great Thanksgiving. debm55 Nov 25 #16

You too, deb! ms liberty Nov 25 #18

My Dear husband's "Shop" in our separate garage. chouchou Wednesday #21

Thank you very much, chouchou. Yes, I have seen them debm55 Wednesday #22

Always a pleasure! Have a great day and tomorrow chouchou Wednesday #23

a couple thousand things in my house. Really need decluttering yellowdogintexas Wednesday #25

I will join your job of declutters, yellowdogintexas , Oh , I always say that. debm55 Wednesday #27

My goodness I have a lot of old crap. Dropped off tons of my husband's old clothes Ziggysmom Wednesday #26

Thank you very much, Ziggysmom. Get this, my husband still has his polyester suit from the disco days and will not throw debm55 Wednesday #28

I have many useless things! Diamond_Dog Wednesday #29

Property tax bills, people who make turns without signaling, people who don't return LoisB Wednesday #30

Thank you LoisB, debm55 Wednesday #31

Sorry, you said ONE thing. LoisB Wednesday #32