Guest rooms

Image: Len Spoden for The Washington Post

An article about guest rooms in The Washington Post Home section this morning. Ralphie is not happy about this picture. Witness the claw marks on my leg.

In Washington's urban lofts and condos, it's often impossible to have a dedicated room for sleepovers. Art promoter and blogger Philippa Hughes turned her two-bedroom condo near the U Street NW corridor into a one-bedroom to create a more spacious living room. She still has two full bathrooms, but the guest tub has become a storage area. "My guests get to sleep on a fancy Ligne Roset couch, which is very cool," Hughes says. "But they have to use my shower. Over Thanksgiving I had two guests: One slept on the sofa, and one slept on a blowup mattress on the floor that she brought herself." Hughes hasn't committed her sofa to anyone for the inauguration yet; she's still debating whether to rent out her condo.