What to Do With Overnight Guests If You Don’t Have a Guest Room
With summer travel in full swing, many of us will welcome houseguests in the coming weeks. But when friends and family arrive with overnight bags, they also come with a question: Where will everyone sleep?A dedicated guest room is the obvious answer — if you’re fortunate enough to have one. But it isn’t always the best use of space when you don’t have guests. And it probably won’t be capable of containing a larger crowd.Don’t worry: There are many other ways to add occasional sleeping spaces to a home.“Since the pandemic, people are asking about multiuse spaces more than ever,” said Max Humphrey, an interior designer based in Portland, Ore.It’s not that hard to combine a sleeping space with the functions of an office, media room or exercise room, Mr. Humphrey noted: “A lot of the time, it...