Here is the color of the room. It was hard to get photos that showed it

IMO a bed without a head board is not very comfortable and especially as a guest bed. Is this used by just a single guest? How often does your son use it? I think right now it looks like a dorm bedroom and not very inviting as a guest room. I don’t think it is nessessary to have the dresser and wondering if there is not a better place for the bed. Maybe a floor plan could help

Add an upholstered headboard and new bedding that goes with the Sea Salt paint. White bedding with an extra throw would be welcoming. There are many throws in the sea salt range of blue green because it is a currently popular color. Add new white curtains, new pillows, and turn the bed so it is against the wall.

Add some new artwork or use some from elsewhere in the house.

Put your son's things in the closet where they will not get dusty.

why you don't turn the bed where the chest is?

You are all right, it does look like a dorm room . I’ll move the bed against the one wall and then take new photos. I have a lot of his stuff at home as he is in the Marines, so I need the dresser. For the headboard, should I just get a plain upholstered one? And for the bedding, I would love some ideas of something kindof of masculine. Thank you !

Oh the bedroom is 9’4” by 12’4” with the short wall being the window wall. The bed is a full size.

I don’t Like it this way at all. I’m discouraged.

From what I can tell in these pictures, I would put the bed on the wall where the chest is currently, and then put the chest under the window. Then get two nightstands, two lamps, a headboard, and new bedding.

Do you have any inspiration photos that you'd like the room to look like? Often it is easier to see what appeals to you that way.

Here are some bedding options with green: https://www.overstock.com/Bedding-Bath/Comforter-Sets/Green,Full,/color,size,/4538/cat.html?page=2

Cpaul1. Do you mean this wall? The door to the hallway wouldn’t be able to be open if I put the bed there...no room

Here’s the fourth wall, the door to hallway is bottom left, out of sight. Hard to get good photos in small rooms!

Once you move the bed you need to move the dresser. The bed really needs to be more centered on that wall. Can you move the dresser to where the small chair is in your first picture?

If possible, get a chest of drawers that is taller and takes up less floor space. Move the bed onto the long wall and get a headboard and at least one bedside table. You need some height. Add some color with drapes and some artwork. And thank you for your son’s service!

With shades/blinds on the window for privacy and light control, you could put the dresser beneath the window and adding a swag valance to the window rather than longer curtains or drapes.

https://windowtoppers.com/collections/swag-curtains/products/jenny-3-piece-country-ruffled-swags-filler-valance-window-curtains-set?variant=43883176838

https://www.google.com/search?q=window+toppers+swag+valance&tbm=shop&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLqobz5oPaAhUPEqwKHVh7DzgQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=650&dpr=1#spd=8055463811140464724&spf=1521854827535

Add wheels intended for heavy tool boxes to the storage trunk to make it high enough to be used as a second bed side table. Then add matching tall thin lamps with a beige shade for each.

If you keep the dresser against a solid wall, you might add a bookshelf to the top of the dresser -- totally changes the look of the piece and no art needed above it. Sometimes you can find used shelving at Habitat for Humanity Restore Stores but you may need to be willing to refinish or paint both pieces to make them match.

Wouldn't leave more than one chair in the room.

How about a headboard like this with slats/rails that is open so you won’t block the window completely?

Open headboard design that wouldn't block light from the window might be well worth considering. Choose one that is sturdy and plain -- uncomplicated, masculine in design.

https://www.birchlane.com/furniture/sb1/metal-headboards-c1845342-a3556~8984.html

Perhaps bedding like this?

Or this bedding:

With this bedside lamp?

Or this lamp?

Like this inspiration picture, I would recommend placing the bed against the wall where the dresser is, adding a Roman shade and headboard in this style, place the nightstand to the RIGHT of the bed and adding a lamps and hanging art and using bedding as shown in this masculine room. Then moving the dresser in front of the window.

Like the bedding, walls Sea salt. Not too feminine

I would add either sheers or curtains to the window, bed with low headboard

For window treatments, I’d choose an inside-mount Roman shade, such as this:

[https://www.houzz.com/products/huntington-linen-cordless-thermal-backed-blackout-roman-shade-linen-34x63-prvw-vr~51634918[(https://www.houzz.com/products/huntington-linen-cordless-thermal-backed-blackout-roman-shade-linen-34x63-prvw-vr~51634918)

Instead of the two installed lamps like my inspiration picture I think just one standing lamp to the left of the bed would be nice. And I edited my comment because I meant to recommend placing the end table on the RIGHT side, not the left, sorry.

I think I understand the dilemma now. The room should be primarily for visits home for your son the Marine, and secondarily ready for use by guests. Pick some bedding he would like- send him a few links and let him choose. There's no need to replace his furniture, just add a new headboard. Send him some links or photos of framed artwork online (favorite vacation spot, local landmark, a musician, etc.) and let him choose.

Note that you can have two sets of bedding: one for him and one for guests.

Thank you, you all have me really thinking. Yes the room is primarily for my sons visits, I shouldn’t have said guest room. I’ve moved the bed to the center of the long wall, and the dresser to the opposite wall. I can’t really put the dresser under the window as that’s where the only heat vent is. (Although I was going to put the bed there). I do have a lot of things to put on the walls, including shelves but didn’t want to put anything up until I knew where the furniture would go. So here’s my question now: 1). I could get a metal headboard and move the bed back under the window. Or 2) get a solid headboard and keep the bed here, as in the photo below. Also I don’t need the toy chest in his room, was just put there to hold extra blankets. I took off the quilt because it was distracting.

What feels best to you. Centered on the wall or under the window?

Keep bed and nightstand where you now have them with sightline from hall door to nightstand. No wooden table lamp because the nightstand is already wooden. Add tall lamp on nightstand (I liked the metal one already posted). Add similar style pole lamp on other side of bed for balance - but only if there is room. You need a headboard to make this a grown up bedroom. If the bed frame is metal, it is probably configured so you can use bots to add a wooden, metal, or upholstered
headboard with predrilled holes. White sheets. Use color in the bedspread, or duvet cover with white hypoallergenic comforter if room is cold in winter.

marylut, leaving the bed where it is, there is a lot of space to the left of the bed, that’s kindof wasted (?). Here is a photo

I like the bed on long wall, but find a headboard both for looks and comfort. Put the night table on the side away from the closet. Since the bed is fairly low, a chair isn’t needed. Camel is a good color with your paint.....it is also masculine. Sea salt, camel, and touches of navy....he will love it.
Roman shade idea already suggested is good looking.

Can you replace the dresser with a closet maid unit with hanging rods, shelves, and drawers?

I think this is the BEFORE room layout

This is PROPOSED layout, keeping his chair and dresser and adding a headboard, pole lamp and table lamp.

Replace colonial dresser handles with a masculine Industrial, craftsman, or steam punk style handle.

I like the Roman shades idea that Mon posted above for a masculine bedroom.

Sorry I do think the nightstand should go on the left side, I don't know what's wrong with me I keep posting the opposite end.

If you don’t mind spending a little extra money I would have a curtain rod the extends over most of the wall and curtain panels on either side of the window that extend out to at least the width of the bed, but not covering the window. I would want a headboard but one that is either low or one that is open as you would have with an iron or brass bed.

Irene, what a great picture! Great idea.

Apple pie, your pictures are very inspirational. Great find!

What do you think of a headboard like this? It would block less light if positioned in front of window.

[https://www.houzz.com/products/bedz-king-mission-style-full-bed-in-espresso-prvw-vr~39088033[(https://www.houzz.com/products/bedz-king-mission-style-full-bed-in-espresso-prvw-vr~39088033)

And to go with the Sea Salt walls, how about bedding like this?

[https://www.houzz.com/products/denim-and-white-striped-linen-duvet-cover-full-queen-duvet-cover-only-prvw-vr~106634355[(https://www.houzz.com/products/denim-and-white-striped-linen-duvet-cover-full-queen-duvet-cover-only-prvw-vr~106634355)

And a metal lamp such as this:

[https://www.houzz.com/products/ranger-table-lamp-prvw-vr~37333694[(https://www.houzz.com/products/ranger-table-lamp-prvw-vr~37333694)

(Posted this earlier but links weren't clickable!)

I am trying to keep my 23 year old son in mind as I think of your Marine son’s room, and some of the inspiration photos seem too curvy and feminine. Here is a reversible duvet cover that can be used with or without a comforter inside. Photo also has comfy upholstered headboard with masculine

traight lines and same style nightstand you already have. In his room, put a pole lamp where the tree is in this photo. Maybe hang one of the wall art you already have just as they did (between pole lamp and headboard with middle of frame same height as top of headboard and below the pole lamp shade).

And you can always layer curtain panels over roman shades if you want to fill up the window wall! Here are a few examples of curtain panels layered over roman shades:

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/olstad-drive-residence-master-bedroom-3-transitional-bedroom-minneapolis-phvw-vp~311172[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/olstad-drive-residence-master-bedroom-3-transitional-bedroom-minneapolis-phvw-vp~311172)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/restful-master-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-toronto-phvw-vp~123404[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/restful-master-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-toronto-phvw-vp~123404)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/thinkpure-contemporary-bedroom-los-angeles-phvw-vp~297455[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/thinkpure-contemporary-bedroom-los-angeles-phvw-vp~297455)

[https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-philadelphia-phvw-vp~442619[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/contemporary-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-philadelphia-phvw-vp~442619)

marylut. I love the room layouts you did! When I put the bed in front of the window, it makes the room seem larger, which is why I did it first. I’m the second layout, many said to center my bed on the wall, which leaves a lot of room on the window side which isn’t really be used.

Thanks! Houzzers can’t get a real sense of the room from 2D photos like you can actually being there IRL. You don’t need to center the bed as long as all the things along that wall look balanced. Adjust to what feels right to your eyes.

jeannethebeanie - If there is too much space on the window side when you center it on the wall, then by all means move the bed closer to the window and then see how it feels.

It seems like a headboard would be nice, and a nightstand on each side of the bed. We like the look of the bed on the wall, if you can keep the dresser out of the room, or on another wall where it can fit.