9 Ways to Transform Bedrooms in an Empty Nest

Whether you are feeling anxiety or jubilation now that the kids are out of the house, you are sure to have some extra rooms on your hands. While some homeowners choose to downsize, others choose to update. Take advantage of the newly-vacated bedrooms to create a space all your own. Here are 9 ways to transform bedrooms in an empty nest.

Before you empty the empty nest room, give your kids a chance to come to collect mementos from the room. Then start to remove posters, glowing stars and any other remnants of the previous tenant. Once you have a clean room, it’s time to decide its new use.

Guest Room
Gray and Blue

An obvious choice for empty nesters is a new guest room. Help encourage your grown children to come back for visits fairly often by creating a calming and chic space for them to stay in. Gray walls with blue accessories create a welcoming and relaxing retreat from their new apartment or dorm room. The walls of light gray are easy to work with when it comes to choosing textiles, furniture and other elements in the room.

Home Office
Teal and Natural

Time and again homeowners are drawn to varying shades of teal as a backdrop to getting work done. Few of us have the ability to fully leave work at the office so changing your newly vacated room into an office. Using a color like deep teal is said to encourage brain power and thoughtfulness. Tone it down by pairing it with natural wooden shelves, desk and artwork. Tapestries and carpets are a great way to ease the strain this color could cause.

Crafts and DIY Room
Mint and White

Who doesn’t have crafts and DIY projects scattered about the house? Give them home with a craft or DIY room. Whether you’re working on a project, part-time hobby or full-time business, creating a space to take on these projects is crucial to their success. It will also allow you to keep glitter and glue off the counters and carpet. Use mint green to create a relaxed feeling on the walls, then pair it with stark white drawers and storage for your various tools and supplies. The room allows your projects to be neatly stored away when you’re not working on them and spread out when you are.

Exercise Studio
Burnt Orange

It’s sure easy to talk yourself out of the gym when it requires getting dressed, getting in the car and driving there. A home gym makes it very difficult to skip days. In your empty room, hang a television, some mirrors and a whiteboard to count reps. Use an orange color to invigorate the senses in the room. The color is proven to give an energy burst to those in it. Pair it with some protective floor mats in black or gray. Your room will have you set for success with your exercise goals.

Meditation Room
Pale Blue or Lavender

Contrary to an exercise room, a meditation room should accentuate your zen. To do that, choose a wall color from the blue or lavender families. Pale blues increase calmness and encourage you to relax. Spas have been utilizing the colors for years and now you can create your own meditation room in the colors. Pair it with a wooden floor and some mats and floor pillows. Add a dimmer switch to your light and you’re set to practice your namaste.

Library
Deep Brown

If you’re a book lover, now’s the time to take over the empty space and make a home for all of your hardbacks and paperbacks. Take a wall and line it with shelving. For the traditional, luxurious library feeling in your home, opt for dark wooden shelves. Pair them with a deep brown on the walls. This creates a cocoon-like room for you to curl up with your favorite book. Add in some lighting to read by and cozy chairs that you can spend hours pouring over your favorite authors.

Nursery
Pale Yellow or Green

If your empty nest is now grandma and grandpa’s house, opt for a nursery. This is a great way to encourage your children to come over and bring the grandkids. It also gives you a dedicated space for the kids to play or spread out games and toys. Leave space for a pack n’ play or add a small daybed with a trundle. You’ll get to see more of the kids and isn’t that really the goal?

Man Cave
Dark Forest Green

Sure, man caves are a bit cliche, but does that make you not want one? I didn’t think so. Take over the empty room as a home for all things manly and you. Whether you are using the room as a music studio, football lair or venue for cigars and brandy, dark forest green is equally appealing. It’s a color that’s generally easy to work with, while still giving off a manly facade. Add a large area rug for music, big screen tv for sports or some overstuffed leather chairs for conversation. No matter the use, this room is all yours and all masculine.

Lady Lair
Dusty Pale Pink

Sure man caves are all the rage, but are you more interested in a lady lair? Use the new empty room to create a boudoir all for you. Use a dusty pale pink on the walls paired with delicate white furniture in the form of a fainting sofa and vanity to house all of your powders and potions. Consider adding some green and pink artwork and a chandelier to finish the look.

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