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The Guest Room Does Not Exist

Most French homes have no dedicated guest room. A sofa converts, a study takes a bed, and no square metre is held empty for eleven months against the possibility of visitors.

If you keep a room empty for guests, use it for something else and buy a good sofa bed instead. Count the nights it was actually occupied last year first.

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