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I use my bedroom/closet as the coat room. It generally discourages people from hanging out in it.

Woah.. party in MY bedroom!

I'm with Holly on the coat closet front - though I don't mind people lounging on the bed, and if I had the foresight to buy some more coat hangers, I could hang coats in the shower and open up the bed area a bit more...hmmm...

My LR is my bedroom. Watch where you spill.

i'm struggling w/ this b/c in a few months, i'm moving to a studio. i don't mind the bed thing. although, it's certainly going to be made more often. what makes me uncomfortable is when someone sits at my computer. eek!





*laura, that paint color is AMAZING!

what about shoes? this can apply to whole place, but especially applies to the bedroom. i just haven't figured out a good way to ask and make people comfortable. (me, i am more comfortable without shoes).

Mariegael - I am the kind of dork that carries her paint swatches in her wallet.

Dunn Edwards: Nocturnal Sea and Almond Latte.

As far as parties in my bedroom - my place was SO small that I didn't have parties. Keeping the bed made helps ALOT with making it work as a living room/ bedroom combo.

Now that I have a slightly larger place, I might try to have a party. Ballard Design has some really cute folding chairs.

http://www.ballarddesigns.com/Furniture/Chairs/Folding-Chairs/c/1686?path=1%2C2%2C1443%2C1475%2C1686

i am lucky if i can keep my guests from jumping on my bed...

that said, dont worry about the move to a studio - i just did it and was really nervous about it, but it's really not bad. In fact, I'm currently struggling with my furniture placement to make the bed more of a part of a social area (ie, another one besides the couchy "living" area). still not quite sure how to do it though.

I definitely embrace the overflow. In fact, when I have bigger parties I set up the bar in my bedroom and put coats on my bed. I put stemware on the top of my dresser and cover it with a tablecloth. I find that if you hide anything personal (I stash stuff in the shower) like hairdyer, products, jewelry, etc. you can feel pretty comfortable and your guests can feel comfortable hanging out in any room. My girlfriends have dubbed it the "Boudoir Bar."

Hmm -- I live in a studio and I sort of love the shower-as-closet for guests, meg_ues. I always hate piles of coats on my bed when I have a dinner party because we end up staring at it when we move to the 'living room' after dinner. Putting them in the bathroom IS a little odd, but out-of-sight-out-of-mind, right?

Keep the door shut. Besides, my bedroom is so small, you could fit maybe two people in there, squished against each other. We've just learned to limit the number of people we invite over, and always make sure to figure in people that are going to be brought along with the invitees.

Gretchen - those of us that live in studios dont have doors to shut.

Guests do look behind the shower curtain. It's just what people do...

Laura, sorry if that came across bitchy...it wasn't an imperative, it was an incomplete sentence, just my answer to their "what do you do?"

And this is actually the first time I've lived in a non-studio in like, four apartments.

I'm fortunate/cursed to have a Murphy bed in my tiny apartment. Nobody sits on the bed; my challenge is finding chairs! I have thought about very large pillows…