Your Empty Nest: New Life for Their Old Room For many parents, the drive home from college drop-off ends at a house with one newly empty bedroom. This article is about what that room can become next. There’s no rush to change anything. Plenty of families keep the room just as it is for a semester or a year while the new routine settles in, and that’s a fine choice. When you’re ready, though, the room can take on a new role in the house without giving up its old one. The five ideas below all strike the same balance: the room becomes genuinely useful year round, and it is still your child's room to come home to for fall break, the holidays, or a long summer.
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September 2026
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