Pretty up the space for them (it always pays off, trust us) with these 14 ideas from our ELLE DECOR archive that show the guest bedroom should be anything but secondary.

The clients came to interior designer Laura Casey with a space dilemma: They did not want to give up the guest room in their suburban home, yet they needed a place for their child to play.

Guest bedrooms are no longer just for guests. For most of the year, they function as flex spaces for offices, playrooms, dens or craft rooms.