A dark headboard would go well with your cupboard. We know it will block part of the window, but that's just the way life is in a small room. I would select wood blinds for the windows and eliminate the curtains. The blinds take up less space.Then I would find a quilt in a solid color that you like and buy pillows in a different color that goes with the quilt color. In a small room it is best to keep everything simple, no large patterns, just solids. What I like in the bedroom shown below is the shelves, though you could only have them on one side of the bed. Ikea's Billy bookcase series offers a 15" wide shelving system that could be useful on the side of the bed that has a wall behind it. Please ignore the window coverings and the bedding in the photo, as I've already explained what I would like you to have there. It's just the shelves I like in the photo.

Eliminating a bedroom is a major change in your three bedroom beach house. In addition to its impact on managing guests during the busy summer months, it will affect eventual resale. In a project of this scope, it’s always good to have a master plan showing how the change affects the other rooms of the house and how to maximize space and value. You can either open up the two bedrooms and work with the resulting footprint with the understanding that resale will depend on having an easy three-bedroom conversion. Or, you totally commit to a two bedroom home and maximize the space and its appeal. What I’m going to suggest is probably not on your radar… It's preferable that a master bedroom not rely on a bath down the hall which is also shared by visitors. If your existing space and utilities can handle this suggestion reasonably, consider a master plan that connects one of the baths with the new master bedroom by reassigning the hall space to the bedrooms and baths. Then put a new hall along the back wall of the house to access the existing master bedroom with a bath for visitors as well as overnight guests? This will give you two ensuite bedrooms which is very appealing. This will take additional funds, more of your “sweat equity” and can be done over time. If this is something that interests you then work on your current project with the redo of other spaces in mind so you don’t have to undo new work as the master plan progresses.

Great ideas! I knew I came to the right place. He will be in his wheelchair for the majority of the day and in bed in the evenings. He should be able to see out both windows in addition to the TV. Love the idea of putting up bird feeder for him. Dclostboy thanks so much for picture of slipcovered hospital bed with dust ruffle. I had been considering trying something along those lines as I am pretty handy with sewing and now I have a better idea of how to proceed. melynda, I have been checking out some freestanding closet units from Ikea. We also found a large push button control that should allow him to operate his stereo system. marilynellis, thank you so much for sharing. I am so delighted your son is doing wonderful. Every success story gives us hope. In the beginning we were told he would not survive and if he did he would be a vegetable and need to be placed in nursing home. It has now been sixteen months. While he is still considered to be "in a coma", he has moved from deep vegetable state to mild loss of consciousness. He clearly recognizes us and his friends, follows commands to move his feet and hands, and is working on communicating yes and no through hand motions. After almost a year in different hospital and rehab facilities we are able to have him at home. Now on to creating a wonderful room for him to recover.

I don't know if this should be a separate dilemma or not, but one way to get more space is to be more efficient with our closet area. Our master closet is two "normal" closets that face each other. You walk through/between them to get from the bedroom proper to the bathroom. The previous owners never installed doors. The one on the left has one and two-thirds bars. My only complaint is that DH's shirts hit the bottom bar where my stuff hangs - they weren't installed quite far enough apart (unless this is normal when you have a double bar??). There's a shelf above the bars. The closet on the right has a 4x3 of those Closetmaid cubes. Not the most efficient use of space. I'm wanting to revamp at least the right-hand closet and replace the cubes with a closet system of some sort. My other thought was to ask our contractor if the framing in front of the closet is load-bearing or if it could be removed so that we can do more of a "walk-in" type of arrangement, rather than having like 6 inches of wall on each side and at the top (you know, where you can only put stuff on the shelf if you angle it just so). We could never put a door there if we did that, but honestly, the bathroom door swings open to that side and I think if we had doors we'd constantly be fighting closing and opening the bathroom and closet doors for access while DH and I tried to get ready for work in the morning. Thoughts on whether to leave it as-is or try to remove the framing? Either option, I'm interested in ideas for the design. I've tried cruising the photos a bit but most of the photos show master closets the size of my master bedroom, with the smaller closets typically in kids' rooms. Any direction appreciated!