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Spare Bedroom Ideas

Spare bedrooms are a great luxury to those that have room for them. These rooms can serve as a great guest room for expected or unexpected guests throughout the entire year. However, designing and furnishing a spare bedroom can be difficult, since you are never sure of your guests' preferences or needs. Fortunately, we have created a list of our favorite spare bedroom ideas along with tips, tricks, and design ideas that will be crowd pleasers.

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All About The Details

This spare bedroom has a lot going for it, and one unique aspect is the trim and crown moulding. These pieces would normally be painted white to balance the blue walls, but instead, the trim introduces a darker shade of blue that "frames" the entire room. It is a subtle detail you may not notice at first, but it does wonders in creating a unique room.

Grand Luxury

When you host friends, family, and other guests in your home, you can set the tone with your spare bedroom's design. In this case, the room is highly elegant with surrounding grasscloth wallpaper, the grand chandelier, and the luxurious artwork.. If you want your guests to feel like they're staying in a five star hotel, lean into these elegant elements and fabulous finishes.

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Whether your guests are staying for a single night or a week, it is important to consider their comfort during their visit. If you have the space, consider adding a seating area, desk, or some other addition to make the room act as a master suite. Your guests will appreciate the thought and have the freedom to use the space however they need to with the extra amenities.

Playing With Pattern

Spare bedrooms, guest rooms, and master suites can all benefit from experimentation and playful patterns. When choosing patterns, try to find some unifying element across the room's most prominent designs. In this room, patterns all use clean-cut lines. You can see this in the pillows, bed, rug, and even the shiplap on the walls. This room is merely one example of how you can blend patterns to create a cozy spare bedroom.

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Simplicity and Complexity

This room is an interesting balance of being both simple and complex. The actual setup is quite simple with the bed, two nightstands, and rug, but the patterns throughout the room make it feel busier than it actually is. Allow this room to serve as inspiration of how minimalist design can be complemented by busy patterns and wallpaper.

Let In The Light

Natural light has a great impact on the room's tone, utility, and general vibe. In this room, the windows and glass doors at the far end of the room allow light to flow into the room and establishes this room as warm and welcoming. Even if you do not have the benefit of glass doors or many windows, consider artificial lighting like chandeliers, table lamps, and other fixtures to make the room convey the proper ambiance.

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Elevated Design

If your spare bedroom has any unique architectural features, then you may want to highlight them as part of the room's grand design. In this contemporary loft, the stunning windows are one unique aspect, but the tall ceiling is another area to emphasize. You may similarly highlight ceilings and windows in your room, or you can draw attention to an accent wall.

A Solid Foundation

Many people struggle with how to begin designing a room or how to choose a color scheme. One simple way to start the process is to choose your rug first. The rug can define the room's overarching tone, show off a pattern that matches your personality, and guide the room's color scheme. As you can see, the rug in this room accomplishes all those tasks while acting as a natural anchor for the bed and surrounding area.

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Romantic Reds

Red and pink are both bold colors, and using them may feel daunting, but doing so can lead to stunning results. Combine these colors with luxurious materials like velvet or silk and you'll elevate the tone of your room to feel intimate, romantic, and all around classy.

Prioritizing Comfort

Spare bedrooms shouldn't just be beautiful or practical; they should be comfortable. Adding a large area rug to the room is a great way to impact all three areas of design. The rug obviously adds beauty through pattern, color, and texture, but the rug is also practical in establishing comfortable areas to walk. Bedroom area rugs come in all shapes, sizes, and designs, so no matter what interior design style you fall into, you can easily find a rug that suits your preferences.

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Subtly Feminine

Even if you want to create a gender-neutral guest room, you can still add masculine and feminine elements to the room's design. In this room, flowers appear in multiple areas with the floral headboard and the flowers on the nightstand. Even so, the room doesn't read overly feminine thanks to the use of dark colors and sparing use of florals. You can follow this room's example of how sparingly using feminine or masculine elements can add character to your room without overpowering the design.

A Limited Palette

Many modern interior design styles use very limited color palettes. In this case, the room is almost all white or shades of off-white. Instead of being boring though, this room is still visually interesting thanks to the many different fabrics, textures, materials, and finishes. Diversifying these elements in a restrained color palette is the perfect way to create a visually interested spare bedroom.

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Balancing Neutrals

Another common trait of modern design is the use of neutral colors as the main hues of the room. In these cases, you can choose to add pops of color through accents like blankets, pillows, and artwork, or you may allow the neutrals to stay at the forefront of the design. In either case, bringing a plant into the scheme is a simple yet effective way to naturally introduce a new color to the room and balance out a neutral color palette.

Nurturing Neutrals

It can be tricky to choose a color palette for a spare bedroom, since you're not sure who will be staying in the room and what their tastes will be. Well, but sticking with a gender-neutral color scheme of black, white, and cream, you can create a room suitable for any houseguest while still conveying plenty of personality and style.

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Warm Woods

Wood furniture and accents can add warmth and texture to your bedroom's grand design. Like this room, you may use multiple types of wood and finishes to create a diverse palette. Don't worry--even if the wood tones don't match exactly, as long as they convey a similar tone, your room will feel balanced and beautiful.


Spare bedrooms are a part of your home, and so they should be a reflection of your personal style. Now that you have seen our best guest bedroom ideas and guidelines, you can begin designing your room so that your tastes can be appreciated by anyone who may stay in that spare bedroom.

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