Okay that seems really odd to me. We're adding a bedroom too and I've thought about this very issue. It seems to me that the window needs to be centered from the inside. That's what you will see the most. Outside you can't even tell where the internal walls are between rooms. I'm guessing in your case the exterior wall in question has a corner at each end? That would make it obvious outside, but there has to be a way of making it look good inside and out.

I think you should get the architect to redraw to your specifications. As long as the window is the same size there shouldn't be any engineering problems, ie, you aren't messing with any shear values in that wall. It sounds to me like he's just being lazy.

I think I forgot to mention that that entire room is cathedral ceilings and has a peak from the outside so because it has to be centered (aestetic for outside) and safe for exit for a fire at 4' x 3' at the smallest it just does not work with the closet in that room. It just does not work out even if I was to put 3 windows of the same size from the inside as 1 is in the closet and the other 2 are in the bedroom but just dont line up to the 14'9" room.

then move the closet. you cannot center it in the room with regards to the interior walls, and center it outside with regards to teh corners. so move the closet and deal with it.

or accept it like it is. the window on 1 wall of our MB is centered on the exterior wall due to teh exact same issue you have. our solution was to put the TV on the center of the interior wall and the rooom looks balanced.

I always thought it was more important for a house to look symmetrical from the outside. I live in a colonial and have lots of windows that aren't centered in the room, but centered based on the exterior, either to be symmetrical from the front or to duplicate the window placement on the first floor. You may also find that it is easier to place furniture when you have long section of wall, versus 2 short sections on both sides of a window.

If you don't think you can live with it though, you should go back to your architect and work something out. Just realize most people see your house from the outside and you wouldn't want it to look obviously out of balance or weird.

I agree with cori25.

The windows usually are placed to look symmetrical from the outside - specifically on the front and rear of the home. One normally doesn't want windows centered on an interior wall as it becomes difficult to decorate.

Imagine a 10' wall with a 4'window centered in the middle. You now have 3' on each side of the window to place furniture. This really limits the size of the furniture. Now imagine the same wall with the one window set 1' from the corner. You now can fit a piece of furniture up to 5' wide along this wall.

You will notice the windows more from the outside than from the interior. Everyone in the neighborhood will see your windows when they drive down the street. Only a select few will end up in your bedroom - unless you really get around.

I centered our bay windows on the inside, leaving them off centered on the outside because i could care less what anyone thinks of the exterior.Get it how YOU want it.

We just extended the wall of our master bedroom to include a walk in closet, and we only thought about the light in the bedroom. We used two windows, one on either side of where the bed will be, and didn't worry about what passersby would think.

Just remember, every time you walk into your bedroom you'll see that window. How many times will someone ring the doorbell or come inside and tell you your windows on that side of the house aren't centered?

The window is centered under the peak of the cathedral ceiling, right? I don't know if this is an option, but can you drop the height of the ceiling over the closet (to the height of the wall) so that you can see the entire cathedral ceiling? (Change things so that the whole room has cathedral ceilings but the closet doesn't.) Then, the window might not be centered with respect to the bed part of the room, but it would be centered with respect to the entire room.

If you can't figure something out, I vote with going for what feels right. If it bothers you now, it will continue to bother you.

It sounds to me like the window needs to stay where it is and the closet needs to be changed. You could use a piece of furniture or a large floor mirror to balance the wall. I don't know if you have thought about furniture placement yet.

The architect should be able to fix this problem so that the exterior integrity of the house is not compromised and you get what you want on the inside. Window placement IS very important to the overall look and value of your home. If you are spending all this money building it, it should look nice from both the inside AND out when you are finished.

And yes, maybe no one will ring your doorbell and tell you your exterior window is off-centered; but those of us that think it is important would certainly want to.

Install the drapery wider than the window so the drapery is centered in the room. Then you can open one side for light and still have the effect of a centered window from the inside.

My architect originally put my windows in the corner, the new style, and I didn't think I'd like it so I had my DH take out those and put just one in what I thought was the center of the wall. Then when I went to look at it I realized it wasn't centered. I too first thought I'd just cover the imperfection with drapes, but then thought, no I couldn't live with that. So my solution was take the window out all together and put in a single glass door that opens to the porch. I'm not sure I'm going to be happy with this decision, but it's too late now. I do get a lot of light into the bedroom from the master bath and I made sure to put in a lot of lights, recessed and otherwise. I thought I might put curtains on that wall behind the bed that would expand the entire wall and have the recessed lights shine on them and that would give a feeling of "windows." Oh well, at least I hope so.

This is my first home build so I had no idea how differently things look in person than they do on those plans. I've learned now though!!