can you post a floor layout with dimensions of your bedroom and how it's laid out now?

Love the duvet!

Tan sheets are fine and compliment the carpet nicely

Yes to moving the bed where the dresser is

No to those green curtains. the greens clash

Instead, paint the walls a green which compliments the duvet. I think the tan walls, plus the tan carpet, are what is making the room blah.

A few notes -- the carpet will be replaced with hardwood at some point (unstained oak), and my husband would like the walls to be a cream/light yellow. Green paint is still an option, though. Bummer about the curtains! I'm shocked that I'm a little obsessed with a few flowery curtains from Country Curtains. I never considered myself a flowery-patterned person, or a Country Curtains shopper. I love this Jacobean print in blue, and this washed out print in blue. Now that I have the new bedding set, I can take a sham with me to the store.

Here is the layout:

And here is roughly how the furniture is laid out. The bottom-most thing is just a wire shelving unit with the TV on it. It can disappear. I also guesstimated the furniture size; there is a LOT of empty space in this room!

Ooooh, LOVE the Jacobean drapes! I think Ingrid has the others! I know someone here does.

Oh right! I saw that post/thread when I first saw those curtains in person last week. At the time, I wasn't sure they would go with this duvet cover, but I love the idea of mixing patterns. They were out of budget for now; I was able to get the green drapes for all four windows for half the price of one set of the Jacobean or the washed out set. We're replacing all the windows in the fall and will be able to select "real" window treatments and hardware then. We don't want to invest that much right now.

ETA: I'm also thinking about going crazier with curtains and more subdued with the duvet. The duvet looks GREAT in my guest room, if we need to switch it out...

1) Tan is cool with the new bedding. I like the curtains too. Somebody said that green never clashes with another green-and I couldn't agree more. Take any forest, any garden-we're wired to see hundreds of greens together. It is how it is around us. Any green will work with any other green. That's the magic of the green.

2)As I always tend towards things being slightly asymmetrical- I'd go with one piece larger upon one nightstand, and several smaller pieces upon the other. Or: art on one side on the bed, no art on the other. Or: hanging art on one side, leaning art on the other. No rules here. Just mind the sizing so it looks balanced enough

3) That's a tricky question. In terms of the look-it's for sure nice to see the bed as you enter the room. There are plenty superstitions though about that, and I also imagine it takes privacy away a bit? Depends on your preference, really.

Now where it is now(the bed I mean) -you already know you dislike it.

Which leaves me with option 3-between 2 windows.

What I would do-I'd try to lay down on this duvet of yours)) right on the floor. before deciding. Before even moving the bed to decide I mean. Our bodies are kinda smarter than us in how they'd prefer to be oriented..you'll try, and then you'll see what works best. Ask your husband too.

Thanks!

My bed was very visible in my last home, so I relished the thought of privacy in this house. It's nice to be able to nap without closing the door all the way, so my cats can come in and out. :)

I did lay down on the floor when I laid out the comforter, and liked all the positions. Current position makes me likely to stub my toe or bump into something getting to the bathroom. The other two positions would eliminate that, which would be nice! My husband is open to moving the bed, since that would be cheaper (free!) than moving the bathroom door and shower. But, he doesn't want to be in front of windows until we replace them. Too drafty.

Good point about greens! Will think about them some more, once I get used to the duvet.

My room is currently a big mess, so here are photos from the real estate listing:

I can see flipping the location of the bed and the dresser, but I cannot see moving the bed under the two non-opening windows, which location would also interfere with access to the closet. I think it would make it feel like there was not enough space and you were forced to put a bed under the windows. Since there is ample space I think it would look odd.... now if you said you had wanted the air coming in from the windows that location would be understandable.

This is one case, and one case only, where I find feng shui has some relevant contributions to decorating--bed placement. I have used these guides in all my places of residence and found that it works (to make the room restful, not all the other "success" gobbledy gook unless you realize that being well-rested helps with everything.) You want to keep the bed out of the traffic flow areas of the room, so not directly facing a door or bathroom, that is for sure. Also not facing a bathroom door either.http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/applying-feng-shui-principles-to-your-bed.html

Any chance you could angle the bed in the NW corner? You could also angle it in the SW corner too, and then put the reading nook by the bathroom. For me, the bed placement you have would be ideal, because now I get up at least once and sometimes 2-3 times in the night to go to the bathroom, lol! The joys of old age. My prime spot would be on the right side of the bed. I have stayed in motels with bed/bathroom set ups like that, SO loves it because I can get up in the night sometimes and not manage to wake him up!

I don't know about the curtains but the cats look like they don't quite know what to think about them!

I drew the room and furniture to scale, and came up with another layout. I also tried the corner layout but don't love it. This new layout centers the bed under one window and keeps the bed from being seen from the hallway; you have to be in the doorway to see it. My side of the bed is closest to the wall, but that's an aisle width I'm used to after 14 years in our much smaller bedroom!

Thoughts?

I think I prefer layout #1. #3 is okay, but I don't typically love a bed under a window unless there isn't anywhere else to put it. Your room is quite large, so I don't think the corner layout gives you any advantage. (I once read where someone, maybe here, said something like "show me a bed angled in a corner and I'll show you someone who didn't measure their furniture before buying it." Right or wrong, now I think of that every time I see an angled bed!) I think it would be nice to have a couple of chairs at the other end of the room, if you think you would use them. Or maybe a long window seat with some storage in it. Or a desk? Or craft table?

I know you're experimenting by laying out your comforter on the floor, but if you got some of those moving discs, you could quickly and easily slide your bed over to that other spot under the window to see what you think. You could even sleep there a few nights to get a feel for what it would be like. We did that in our last bedroom and it helped a ton.

By the way, I also have that Soleil duvet cover. I have a collection of covers as we use just the cover with nothing inside in the summer, and I change them out a lot since we have cats that spend time on the bed. Anyway, two things....I have other Pottery Barn duvet covers that are much smoother fabric and they wash much more nicely. Straight out of the dryer they are smooth and soft, and don't have wrinkles, and they have never shrunken in size. The Soleil is kinda scratchy, and wrinkled quite a bit, even though I washed on gentle and dried on low, and removed while still a bit damp. I spent quite a bit of time smoothing out the wrinkles with my hands. Much more of an aggravation is that the cover shrunk. The pre-washed size was generously sized and perfect for our king bed. The freshly washed duvet cover is now too short on the sides. I typically LOVE my PB duvet covers, but this one, being scratchy, wrinkly and shrinky, not so much! So be careful with the washing/drying, and if you end up not liking this one, try another. I don't buy much else at PB, but I do truly like a lot of their bedding.

If you are open to bed in front of window, I would put it at the opposite end of the room where it currently is, in front of the 2 windows. Gives you and DH straight shot to bathroom, and end by bathroom is open for a sitting area.

I guess I don’t understand why position #1 wouldn’t be the preferable one. If you sleep on the left side, you’re going to have to go around the bed to use the restroom, no matter where it’s positioned, so I don’t see any advantage to placing it in a corner or up against a window at the other end. The clear wall on the right side of the room seems like an ideal location, close to the rest room and away from direct view of the doorway. For Feng Shue purposes, position #1 satisfies all those requirements, and gives you a nice area at the other end of the room for some lounging/sitting furniture.

Isn't the issue of #1 the lack of privacy/proximity to bathroom door? I like #3 but it still seems like you get a pretty good view into the bathrom from the bed. I'd put it on the wall opposite where it is now and figure out how to deal with any draftiness.

The issue is that I don't like being right next to the bathroom. The toilet is on the wall by my husband's night stand. It's loud, both when in use and when flushing. We have to keep the door open a crack for the fan when showering, so the light blinds me if I'm still in bed (which is pretty much every day). We keep a nightlight in there, which bothers my husband at night, so we have to keep the door closed all night. That's extra noise every time one of us uses the bathroom -- open/close x2.

Noise and light are why I want to move the bed. Or the bathroom door, but moving the bed is free.

We were spoiled at our last house, because we had a big hallway closet/laundry between our bedroom and bathroom. Noise and light were never an issue. I'd still choose this house over that one, though! Love the layout here, except for that one thing...

Hmm... I just realized that we could also combine our walk-in closets and remove the door that leads to mine. We'd be able to do that ourselves with little effort and expense. My husband likes having separate closets, but this option is still a lot cheaper than reconfiguring the bathroom.