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Bonus room ideas

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[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
All,

Looking to solicit some ideas for a bonus room we've got in a place we just move into. I asked some co-workers and everyone seems to think it was planned, at one point, to be a bar room. Funfortunately, the homeowners built an extremely large pub-style bar across the house, so we've got little reason to build a second one. It's half-moon in shape, with windows facing out into a back yard and what will be a garden. It's completely tiled, and has a radiant heating system installed. It also has a hot + cold water supply and a drain linked to our septic system nearly in the middle of the room, making placing of furniture a little awkward.

Ideas we've come up with and potentially tossed:

Indoor hot tub (not protected from humidity, no real air flow, floor likely can't handle the weight)
Indoor hydroponics room/garden (probably humidity issues?)

Please tell me there's something we can do with this room other than a cat playroom or storage, that can actually make use of a water supply/return. Thanks!

Measurements attached:

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I'd be worried about a salt float tank, as the drain goes into a septic system. If it's drained out via hose or whatever, maybe.

Sauna I think would have the same problems as the hot tub, regarding humidity. We'd probably have to rebuild the room/create a sauna room inside this room for that to work I think.

As a note, there's a bathroom on the other side of the wall from the bottom of the diagram, there's a shower basically underneath that 60"x26" section.
 
Exterous said:
Home theater room. I didn't read anything about what you wanted or the room but home theater room
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Wouldn't work well, it's south facing which means we have sun in the room for the entire day. Could possibly work as a night-time theater but it's attached to our living room which is far more comfortable/spacious.
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Grow room.
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Are there concerns in a grow room with humidity? We had initially scratched something like this due to that issue.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
Wouldn't work well, it's south facing which means we have sun in the room for the entire day. Could possibly work as a night-time theater but it's attached to our living room which is far more comfortable/spacious.

Are there concerns in a grow room with humidity? We had initially scratched something like this due to that issue.
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humidity is an issue. Library/reading room?
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
humidity is an issue. Library/reading room?
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Kinda have one of those, a 'study' about the same size in another room of the house. Bookshelves, a little electric fireplace, real nice.

Something involving beds wouldn't go amiss, the family is huge. I was thinking about some kind of bunk bed/military bay system for the children.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
Kinda have one of those, a 'study' about the same size in another room of the house. Bookshelves, a little electric fireplace, real nice.

Something involving beds wouldn't go amiss, the family is huge. I was thinking about some kind of bunk bed/military bay system for the children.
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Play room.
 
Kaido said:
That would make a pretty good VR room!
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A VR room would be awesome if this was our house, not sure the in-laws would be totally for a whole room carved out for mine/the GF's gaming enjoyment.

It looks, however, like we're going to go for a low-humidity grow room. Mostly herbs with some indoor crops, with some potential branching (pun intended) into hydroponics as we get more comfortable with the space.
 
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