I find this visually very disjointing, and strangely psychologically disjointing too (when i have to sleep on a bed like this)!! That said, i, too, have had houses where this is the only choice and it is what it is. I think it's pretty common, and not a design no-no since people understand you have to work with the basics of a room.

Well, I'm in SE Maine, so don't have your warm weather year round, but in two bedrooms at my home, the beds are against a window. In the master bedroom, I love opening the window by the head of the bed to let in a cooling breeze, or some not-too-hot warm breezes.

There are many links at this one that show rooms with beds against windows.

Many ways to put a bed against a window

We love our bed under the window. The other choice would be the bed against a wall, but roll over and you're looking into the bathroom.

I love the open, airy feel, and because of the oaks in our yard it's like living in a treehouse. It's two windows in one, so it's about as wide as the queen bed. We have the bed about a foot away from the wall to make it easier to clean the window (allow the warm or cool air from the register to circulate better. Honestly, why the registers under the windows? It's hard to have curtains that way! )

Would extra-long twins work better for your space?

Oly my one son is like the princess and the pea. If he is stuck in the twin bed room we all hear about how there is not enough room to move around! I think it more about width than length.

For several years I had my bed with a brass headboard against a set of windows. It was fine. Issues which might arise are light, which can be controlled with room darkening shades or curtains, and noise, which will depend on what you're dealing with. My bedroom window was unfortunately located across from where my neighbors had their recycling bins, so I was occasionally bothered by a loud late night can deposit. Also, my windows in my rental had no insulation or storm windows, so they rattled in the wind but that was an old house so probably not an issue for you.

One of my favorite bedrooms was an older house with 6 (maybe 7) large windows and 2 doors. The home would be over 90 years old -- built before air conditioning and I'm sure built to capture any breeze on a warm Texas night. The room was designed to have the bed by the windows -- putting the bed on the one solid wall would have blocked the walkway into the room. I put the bed on the wall with 3 (maybe it was 4) windows behind it and with 2 windows to one side and another opposite (also the wall with the 2 doors). I didn't use the headboard there -- just had the wide wood blinds on the windows. I loved waking up to a sunny morning in that room. My next home was the first house I bought -- a smaller home of a similar vintage and with a similar bedroom.

My guest room will have 2 iron beds, both under a window.

Kind of like this,

" I am hoping my guests don’t worry about the feng shei and refuse to sleep there!" SERIOUSLY?!! Sounds like a GREAT way to point them to a hotel.

Arcy what can I say. I probably need to get off the internet and just put my bed where I have space. I’ve not had a bad review from guests yet. The weather up north is starting to get cold and I’m getting hints about visitors already!

We have an iron bed in front of a window in our guest room. I decided that as long as it isn't a solid headboard, I don't mind it.

Last house our bed in the Master was under a window. It was a nice size room but there was no other option for placement of our bed. Never bothered us and design wise it did not bother me. Our headboard was not solid so maybe that made a difference. Since we moved into our current home I miss having an open window above the bed when sleeping, nice cool breeze was wonderful.

As I guest it wouldn't bother me in the least. In my opinion guests should be appreciative of the accommodations or stay somewhere else. Personally in my own home I don't care for furnishings sticking up in front of a window. However if I absolutely had to do it for some reason I'd learn to live with it. The open iron headboard photo above is a nice compromise.

I like the look of curtains over the windows and behind the iron headboard. Just make sure you leave a gap behind the headboard so the curtains can move.

I see no reason why you can't put it under a window, but make sure you have a headboard so nobody hits their head on the sill.

We use two twin XL for our main bed. It makes it the size of a regular king bed, but allows us to adjust the beds separate (ours raises feet/head and we don't want the same angles). I would have issues with space in a twin too, just because of the length, I wouldn't be able to stretch out. However unless a really big guy a twin should be fine width wise.

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I did it.

It's confusing because a twin is 1/2 of a king size width wise. I guess unless he expects to sleep solo in a queen or king the rest of his life, he'll never have more room than a twin width wise.

Oly he just likes to complain!