A spare bedroom doesn’t necessarily have to contain a spare bed.
If nobody regularly sleeps there, converting the room into a dressing room or walk-in wardrobe can completely change how you use your home.
Instead of overflowing wardrobes, clothes piled over chairs and shoes occupying every available cupboard, you can create one dedicated place for clothing, accessories and getting ready.
There’s just one problem.
What do you do with everything already in the spare room?
The old bed, boxes, suitcases, Christmas decorations and furniture don’t magically disappear simply because you’ve decided to change the room.
Temporary self storage can help you clear the space without forcing you to immediately sell or dispose of belongings you may want again in the future.
SecureStore provides flexible personal self storage and Removal + Storage across Bury, Manchester, Failsworth and Salford.
And if you’ve been considering a room transformation, our current flash offer could make this an ideal time to start.
2-Week Flash Offer: First Month’s Storage for Just £1
For a limited period, SecureStore is offering:
YOUR FIRST MONTH OF STORAGE FOR JUST £1
The flash offer runs for two weeks only, subject to promotional terms, eligibility and availability.
You could use temporary storage to clear your spare bedroom, remove unwanted furniture and give yourself a blank canvas for the new room.
Call 0161 470 0288 or email info@securestoreselfstorage.co.uk to enquire.
Why Turn a Spare Bedroom Into a Dressing Room?
Modern households don’t all use rooms in the same way.
If you rarely have overnight guests but struggle with clothing storage every day, keeping an entire room permanently set aside for occasional visitors may not be the best use of your space.
A dedicated dressing room could potentially provide:
- Additional hanging space
- Shoe storage
- Drawers
- Dressing table
- Full-length mirror
- Accessory storage
- Somewhere to get ready
- Less furniture in your main bedroom
The important thing is designing the room around how you actually live.
Start With an Empty Room
Before buying wardrobes or planning shelving, empty the room where practical.
You may currently have:
- Spare bed
- Bedside tables
- Chest of drawers
- Desk
- Suitcases
- Boxes
- Seasonal decorations
- Old clothes
- Children’s belongings
- Household overflow
Removing everything gives you an opportunity to see how much space you really have.
It also prevents you designing the new room around furniture you don’t actually need.
What Should Happen to the Spare Bed?
This is often the biggest decision.
If it’s a good-quality bed and you may want the room to become a bedroom again in the future, you may not want to sell it.
Temporary storage gives you another option.
The bed can potentially be dismantled appropriately and stored while you use the room differently.
If your circumstances change later, you still have it.
Don’t Make Permanent Decisions Too Quickly
Perhaps you’re excited about creating a dressing room today.
But what about three years from now?
Your circumstances could change.
You might:
- Move house
- Need another bedroom
- Start working from home
- Want a guest room again
- Decide to sell the property
That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t change the room.
It simply means you don’t necessarily need to dispose of useful furniture immediately.
Self storage can provide flexibility while you decide whether the new room arrangement works long term.
Measure Before Buying Anything
A dressing room can quickly become just another cluttered bedroom if you install too much storage.
Measure:
- Wall lengths
- Ceiling height
- Door positions
- Window positions
- Radiators
- Available walking space
Then plan what you actually need.
Retailers such as IKEA UK, Hammonds and Dunelm offer wardrobe and home-storage options that can provide useful inspiration.
Don’t Build Storage for Clothes You Don’t Wear
This is one of the most important steps.
Before creating a huge wardrobe system, declutter your clothes.
Otherwise you’re spending money and sacrificing floor space to organise things you don’t actually want.
Work through:
- Coats
- Dresses
- Suits
- Shirts
- Trousers
- Shoes
- Bags
- Accessories
- Sports clothing
Ask yourself when each item was last worn.
Create Four Clothing Categories
A simple system can make the process easier.
Wear Regularly
These belong in your new dressing room.
Seasonal
Items you use but only during part of the year.
Sell or Donate
Good-quality clothing you no longer want.
Recycle Appropriately
Items that are no longer suitable for use.
The goal isn’t simply to create more storage.
It’s to create better storage.
Seasonal Clothing Doesn’t All Need to Be at Home
Do you need bulky winter coats taking up your best wardrobe space in July?
Likewise, summer clothing may not need prime space throughout winter.
Rotating suitable seasonal possessions can reduce pressure on wardrobes.
When one season finishes, selected items can be packed away and the next season’s clothing brought back.
Vacuum Bags Aren’t a Magic Solution
Compressing clothing can reduce its physical size, but it doesn’t answer the bigger question:
Do you actually need all of it in the house?
Every cupboard can eventually become full regardless of how efficiently things are packed.
Think about reducing the volume of possessions rather than continually finding increasingly clever ways of squeezing them into the same space.
What About Shoes?
Shoes can consume a surprising amount of space.
Before designing floor-to-ceiling shoe storage, count how many pairs you actually wear.
Separate:
- Everyday shoes
- Work shoes
- Formal shoes
- Sports footwear
- Seasonal footwear
- Pairs you no longer use
Suitable unwanted footwear may be sold or donated rather than occupying your new dressing room indefinitely.
Sell Clothes You No Longer Wear
Good-quality clothing you no longer want may have resale value.
Platforms such as Vinted UK and eBay UK provide ways to list suitable unwanted clothing and accessories.
The money raised could even contribute towards your new room.
Set yourself a deadline, though.
Don’t replace the old clutter with six bags labelled TO SELL that remain there for another year.
Make the Main Bedroom Less Cluttered Too
One of the biggest benefits of a dressing room is what happens elsewhere.
If wardrobes move out of the main bedroom, you may suddenly gain significant floor space.
The bedroom could become simpler and calmer, containing mainly:
- Bed
- Bedside furniture
- Appropriate smaller storage
- Lighting
Rather than treating the dressing room as additional storage on top of everything you already have, consider whether some furniture can be removed from the main bedroom altogether.
Could Your Old Wardrobe Go Into Storage?
Perhaps you have a freestanding wardrobe you like but don’t currently need.
If you expect to move house or reconfigure the rooms later, selling it may not be your preferred option.
Suitable furniture can potentially be stored until you know whether you’ll need it again.
This is particularly useful when you’re experimenting with a different room layout rather than making a permanent change.
Don’t Forget the Suitcases
Spare bedrooms frequently become permanent homes for luggage.
Large suitcases can consume substantial wardrobe and floor space even though they may only be used a few times each year.
Think about whether they need to occupy valuable everyday space in your newly designed dressing room.
Christmas Decorations Don’t Belong in Your New Wardrobe
The same applies to seasonal household belongings.
If the spare room currently contains:
- Christmas tree
- Decorations
- Halloween items
- Seasonal homeware
- Camping equipment
don’t automatically build cupboards specifically to accommodate them.
These belongings may be ideal candidates for appropriate off-site storage because they’re used infrequently.
Lighting Matters
A dressing room needs appropriate lighting.
You need to be able to see clothing properly and use mirrors effectively.
Consider both natural and artificial light when planning the layout.
Avoid positioning large furniture without thinking about windows, switches and existing lighting.
For electrical alterations or new fittings, use appropriately qualified professionals where required rather than attempting work beyond your competence.
Add a Full-Length Mirror
It sounds obvious, but it’s easily forgotten during the excitement of designing wardrobes.
Think about where the mirror will go before filling every wall.
You also need enough space to stand back from it.
A room containing enormous amounts of storage but no usable floor area isn’t necessarily an improvement.
Think About a Dressing Table
If you currently get ready in the bedroom or bathroom, a dressing table may make the room more useful.
Again, measure first.
A small table with appropriate drawers may be more practical than an oversized piece of furniture that dominates the room.
Could It Be a Dual-Purpose Room?
You don’t necessarily need to choose between dressing room and guest bedroom.
Depending on the size, you could create a flexible room incorporating clothing storage and occasional sleeping accommodation.
A sofa bed or another appropriate space-saving solution may allow the room to perform both functions.
The right solution depends on how often guests actually stay.
Don’t Forget Property Resale
You might use the room as a dressing room, but that doesn’t necessarily change how future buyers could use it.
If you eventually sell your home, you may choose to return it to a more conventional bedroom layout before marketing.
Keeping useful bedroom furniture rather than immediately disposing of it can give you that option.
Property portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla can also provide inspiration for how bedrooms, dressing rooms and flexible spaces are presented when homes are marketed.
Removal + Storage Can Make the Transformation Easier
Clearing a bedroom can involve bulky furniture.
You may need to move:
- Bed
- Mattress
- Wardrobe
- Chest of drawers
- Desk
- Bookcases
- Boxes
SecureStore provides Removal + Storage, allowing you to discuss moving suitable furniture and household belongings as well as storing them.
This can make it much easier to get the room completely clear before decorating or installing new storage.
Decorate While the Room Is Empty
Once everything is out, take advantage of it.
Before installing wardrobes, consider whether the room needs:
- Painting
- New flooring
- Repairs
- Improved lighting
- New sockets or other appropriate electrical work
It’s considerably easier to complete these jobs before the new storage system fills the room.
Live With the New Room Before Making More Purchases
Once your dressing room is finished, resist the urge to fill every shelf.
Use it for a few weeks.
You may discover that you don’t need as much storage as expected.
That’s a good thing.
Empty shelves aren’t a problem.
They mean you have room to breathe.
Use SecureStore’s £1 First-Month Flash Offer
If you’ve been thinking about transforming your spare bedroom, our current flash offer could make it an ideal time.
For two weeks only:
GET YOUR FIRST MONTH OF STORAGE FOR JUST £1
Temporary storage could help you:
- Remove the spare bed
- Clear unwanted furniture
- Store seasonal belongings
- Move suitcases out of the way
- Empty the room before decorating
- Test a dressing-room layout before making permanent decisions
2-WEEK FLASH OFFER – FIRST MONTH’S STORAGE £1
Promotional terms, eligibility and availability apply. Contact SecureStore for full details.
How to Book Your Unit With SecureStore
Getting started is straightforward:
- Empty the spare bedroom where practical.
- Decide what you want the room to become.
- Separate belongings into keep, store, sell/donate and dispose categories.
- Measure the room before ordering new furniture.
- Pack and label suitable belongings you want to retain.
- Contact SecureStore and ask about our 2-week flash offer – first month’s storage for £1.
- Choose a suitable storage unit.
- Ask about Removal + Storage if beds or other furniture need moving.
- Decorate and prepare the room.
- Create your new dressing space without immediately filling it with clutter.
2-WEEK FLASH OFFER: FIRST MONTH’S STORAGE FOR £1
Call: 0161 470 0288
Email: info@securestoreselfstorage.co.uk
Visit: 574 Manchester Road, Bury
Contact SecureStore for promotional terms, eligibility and availability.
Use Your Home for the Way You Live Today
If nobody uses your spare bedroom as a bedroom, there’s no rule saying it has to remain one every day of the year.
Turning it into a dressing room could reduce clutter throughout the rest of your home and give an underused room a genuine everyday purpose.
And you don’t necessarily have to make permanent decisions about every piece of furniture before you start.
Store what you still value.
Sell or donate what you no longer need.
Design the room around the way you actually live.
SecureStore provides flexible personal self storage and Removal + Storage across Bury, Manchester, Failsworth and Salford, helping households adapt their homes as their needs change.
And for a limited period, your first month of storage is just £1 with our 2-week flash offer.
Call 0161 470 0288, email info@securestoreselfstorage.co.uk, or visit 574 Manchester Road, Bury to enquire.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I store my spare bed while using the bedroom as a dressing room?
Suitable household furniture can be stored subject to SecureStore’s terms and availability. Speak to our team about what you want to store.
What is SecureStore’s current flash offer?
For a limited two-week period, your first month of storage is £1, subject to promotional terms, eligibility and availability. Contact SecureStore for full details.
Can SecureStore help move a bed and wardrobe?
SecureStore provides Removal + Storage. Tell our team what needs moving so we can discuss your requirements.
Should I sell my spare-bedroom furniture?
That depends on whether you’re likely to need it again. If you’re unsure whether the room conversion will be permanent, temporary storage can give you time to decide.
Can I use storage for seasonal clothing as well?
Suitable seasonal belongings can be stored subject to SecureStore’s terms. Seasonal rotation can be a useful way to reduce pressure on wardrobes at home.
