Guest rooms from the L.A. at Home archives

The living room of this Montecito home does double duty as a guest room.

Randy Franks configured his small Montecito condo for optimal efficiency and equipped it with special space–saving features. Drawers adjacent to the sofa contain pillows and blankets for when Franks converts it into a bed.

The majority of furnishings in Tommy Chamber’s duplex have dual (some even triple) purposes to give the rooms flexibility. Both the living room and study become bedrooms when needed, thanks to sofas that can be used as beds. The living room’s custom coffee tables serve as ottomans and tables and open up for storage. Full house tour here.

A front window serves as a full-size daybed in the library of this Venice home, allowing the homeowner to use the room for guests. Full house tour here.

Flowers, books, sheets and towels can transform a den into a guest room.

A guest room in the Hollywood home of actor Walton Goggins is filled with art and romantic touches. Full home tour here.

Saturated layers of blue create an elegantly moody cave for overnight guests in this Hollywood rental. Full house tour here.

The Batman-themed guest bedroom inside the home of Adrienne Maloof of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” in Beverly Hills.

Wallpaper adds drama to the guest room of this 1962 home in Pasadena. Full house tour here.

“Eleanor Rigby” wallpaper by Nathan Turner makes a statement in this Cheviot Hills lguest room. Full house tour here.

Vintage and modern pieces are paired together in this Silver Lake guest room. Full house tour here.

The guest bedroom of this 1960 Meiselman home has a “Mad Men” feel. Full house tour here.

This guest room is painted Benjamin Moore Calypso Orange. The Victorian carpenter-style painted bed is a family heirloom dating back to the 1870s and part of a four-piece suite including commode with drawers & doors and a mirrored bureau. The floral pillows and bedspread are Waverly and the chair was purchased at the Long Beach Flea Market. Full tour here.

This guesthouse features angled plywood walls and slanted plywood ceiling, all of which give the space a slight tent-like feeling. Full tour here.

A sleeper sofa from Room & Board transforms this Palm Springs den into a guest room. Full house tour here.

A fireplace is a nice touch in the guest room at Martyn Lawrence–Bullard’s home in Hollywood, shown in 2004.

The avocado green walls of the exterior continue through the interior guest bedroom in this renovated 1957 Buff and Hensman house in Pasadena. Full house tour here.

The guest house of this Beverly Hills home feels like an escape. Full house tour here.

The guest room in the Los Feliz home of TV writer Mark B. Perry resemblea ship cabin with furnishings from the Queen Mary and SS United States.

Dark walls create a peaceful mood in this Santa Monica guest room.