A lot of times when I’m cruising guesthouses on , I’m prepared to move to them forever. Clearly those homeowners and designers know how to make a space welcoming, while it’s overstuffed and conventional, sleek and contemporary or somewhere in between.
When designing a guesthouse, consider the creature comforts you enjoy at hotels from a cozy bed-and-breakfast in the nation to the most recent minimalist W Hotel spa in your favourite city. Here is the way seven guesthouses invite extended stays.
Shannon Malone
1. Cozy conventional Comfort in, Ojai, California
Every facet of Mary Steenburgen’s and Ted Danson’s guesthouse looks accumulated and personal, and is supposed to inspire creativity and comfort.
Shannon Malone
Tip: exactly like good innkeepers, superior hosts leave plenty of favorite magazines and books out for guests to peruse.
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Tess Bethune Interiors
2. Transitional Cottage at Venice, California
A household of four went to this cozy guest cottage on their home while they revived the main property.
Tess Bethune Interiors
Tip: Open-plan designs work very nicely in tight guesthouse spaces; at the case of this house, several walls were taken down to create one large, open kitchen and living room space.
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Studio Carver Architects, Inc..
3. Contemporary and Ecofriendly Barn at Santa Ynez, California
This exceptional barn has a mild carbon footprint, incorporating an in-floor heating system, solar hot-water panels, passive heating, retrieved floors and beams, and much more.
Studio Carver Architects, Inc..
Tip: Create a exceptional experience for your guests. Although this guesthouse is new building, you will find fun barn details incorporated throughout, like barn doors and unique sinks made from metal buckets.
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Chimera Interior Design
4. Colorful Guest House and Playroom at Scottsdale, Arizona
Punches of orange, green and turquoise rev up the fun in this guesthouse. The playful area is a favourite spot for the family members and their guests.
Chimera Interior Design
Tip: Create a guesthouse that serves dual duty. When people are not around at this particular one, the dining table turns into artwork central, the living area becomes a lounge and a fire pole from the sleeping loft makes this the place to be for the kiddos as well as party guests.
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Louise Lakier
5. Ingenious Solutions for a Beautiful Space at Seattle
Sixty-eight square feet means you have to find clever with distance — the toilet here is a wet area; the Murphy bed operates on a garage door monitor and may also function as booth seating.
Louise Lakier
Tip: If distance in the guesthouse is tight, then provide an outdoor lounge space.
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Louise Lakier
6. Vivid Eclectic Cottage on Vashon Island, Washington
These New York parents dropped so hard for their daughter and her spouse’s Pacific Northwest property they built their own guesthouse, leaving the layout details around the property owners. The outcome is a home.
Louise Lakier
Tip: Outfit that the guesthouse kitchen with the Fundamentals. Besides utensils and china, it is good to have a few pots and pans, a strainer, mixing bowls, a coffeemaker and a teakettle for guests. Stock the pantry and refrigerator with staples like olive oil, salt and pepper, herbs, butter and drinks. Supply guests with breakfast meals to get independently if you’re not a morning person. When there is not a kitchen at the guesthouse, a mini fridge, coffeemaker and basket of muffins are really pleasant touches.
Footnote: These guests loved the house so much that they moved permanently.
Louise Lakier
Number 6 bonus: Be sure to check out the ’70s Airstream trailer on the home that overflow guests like.
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NIMMO American Studio For Progressive Architecture
7. Artist’s contemporary compound in Granbury, Texas
Corrugated steel and neighborhood stone compose an updated take on the rural architecture of the area. Indoors, guests like the original art of the owner.
NIMMO American Studio For Progressive Architecture
Tip: When your guests are in a separate arrangement, it can be easy to forget they’re there. Create connections between outbuildings and the main house. The guest cabana on this property shares the flame pit with the main house, so their hostess could meet up and warm up.
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