Anonymous wrote:Op here— thank you for the replies! This room would be flanked on both sides by tween bedrooms on the third floor. There is nothing else on that floor. It’s kind of the middle bedroom that sucks because it just has one tunnel-like teeny dormer window. We would take out the middle bedroom door and widen the opening as much as possible without making a structural change. We would also put in skylights. It feels like a risk because the older girls (9 and 11 still technically) are scared to even go up to the attic. It’s a pretty primitive space fit only for parental offices (!) and thus we are planning renovation — also trying to put a bathroom up there. But husband thinks a guest room is just as good and cheaper…requiring no work. But i think it’s an opportunity and we have to mess around up there anyway since we need a new roof.
If the kids will not use it, don't bother till they will but i would not bother with a skylight and door change.