When you look at a home for sale, do you see the rooms as they are currently being used and think that use is set in stone as the only option? Can you look at the rooms in the home and imagine how YOU would use them - even if it is nontraditional?
Most buyers have in mind whether they need a formal dining room, a family room, a guest room etc. But it is really important to think through how you live most of the time, and get creative if you need to. A dining room does NOT have to be where you eat - and many, many families will admit that their nice formal dining room gets used once a year during the holidays.
A den can be used in a multitude of ways for guests, crafts, playspace for the kids, a reading room, an office etc etc. I have seen people use their breakfast nook for an art space because it gets great light. I've seen those large landing spaces at the top of the stairs in some houses be used as everything from computer areas to playrooms to TV viewing spaces. I have seen bedrooms used as exercise rooms or music rooms...I've seen bathrooms used as....well OK - bathrooms are pretty much bathrooms.
The bottom line is that there is really no rule that says you have to use rooms in the way the builder or previous owner designated them. Think about how you live, & about what spaces you need, and then look at each house to see if there are spaces that match up to those needs - no matter what they are called.
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