What would you do with an extra room in your house?

[watersnowdirt]

So, my housemate is about to move out because of the gnarly commute created to her job in Palo Alto due to the Devil's Slide closure. Since it's likely to stay closed for 6 months or more, I've decided to not try to find a new housemate for a while.

so, that leaves me with an empty room in the house and no plans for it.

What would you do with an extra room? I seriously have no idea.

I don't need to store gear there - gears in the garage.
I already have an office space.
I already have a guest room.

What else could I do with an empty room?

I should be excited to have space do to something with, but I'm at a total loss. I really have more than enough space everywhere else in the house.

Ideas, please!

[bc]

Buy lots of gear to store in it.

Renting it is good too, of course.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Fill it with balloons. A balloon room.

[watersnowdirt]

Fill it with balloons. A balloon room.

now THIS is the type of idea I'm looking for.

A balloon room. I like it. Helium or regular?

[seldon]

now THIS is the type of idea I'm looking for.

A balloon room. I like it. Helium or regular?

You are just asking for your house to float away.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Get a drum kit and ROCK OUT!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

now THIS is the type of idea I'm looking for.

A balloon room. I like it. Helium or regular?

A mix of helium balloons and water balloons.

And you can only enter the room if you put the clown suit on.

Sometimes if people aren't into the suit, I'll let them in with just the face paint on, but usually.....(oh crap, i think i've said too much)

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Get a drum kit and ROCK OUT!

A drum kit in the balloon room!! That's PERFECT!

[runethechamp]

Pool table room, at least that's my secret dream

[Steven S. Dallas]

A drum kit in the balloon room!! That's PERFECT!

Totally! Having a super-powerful fan going in the room at the same time you were playing the drums would be sweet, too.

[shirk]

open a booze can in for all the local drunks...late night beer what better way to meet interesting people...but you might need Arty and the kweed crew to keep some control....actually they might be more to control than the local drunks....so just serve that weak Utah beer

[hucksquaw]

full time hookers and blow

[bad_roo]

"Throw out your hands, stick out your tush"

[Squatch]

make it an arcade. if you own then you don't need quarters. don't forget about that important fact.

[basom]

mirrors and pillows.

[cinnepa]

stripper audition room.........at least 4 poles installed.

[RootSkier]

Meatrack.

[steve]

get a trainset. subscribe to model railroading magazine. make sure you put a lot of switches in your setup - switches make it fun.

since you'll forever be preoccupied with this new hobby, it's most likely that you'll never ski again. That's ok, so long as you put a ski hill in your trainset..

[snow_slider]

How big is the room?

If it's at least 15x17, then a billiards room is sweet. If it's smaller, maybe a home theater/media room?

[snowsprite]

What about installing wall-to-wall trampoline? I like the giant fan idea, put one in...and also dump thousands and thousands of those packing peanuts in. You'll need strobe lights and blast "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" all the time.

You'll want a few motion sickness bags near the door too.

Sprite

[Benny Profane]

one word - hydroponics.

[ArmadaBC]

one word - hydroponics.

Now that is a great idea, you will show up for next season with a ton of new gear and a new found apreciation for cheetos.

[EPSkis]

Pool / Bar Room.

Base's pillow & mirror idea doesn't suck either.

or:

[MassLiberal]

Meth Lab? At least that's what you would do if you lived in Iowa.

But seriously, Soul Skier has it right, do it up and watch ski porn all summer when you are sad.

Either that or a weight room for training for ski season.

[bagtagley]

Hot Chicks room, no question.