Bedroom layout: how do you design around so many windows

5 years ago

Serious layout challenges that I need your help with!

Our primary bedroom is generous in size but very long - and has windows on three sides. I just can’t figure out where to place furniture or how to make the space more attractive.

In the attached sketch (without the blue box), you can see how it is 21 feet by 12 feet, with a 8’5” grouping of windows on two of the sides and two 8’5” groupings on the longest wall. On the opposite side are two doors (one leading to a bathroom and one to a hallway) as well as a piece of wall that has boxed in an unused chimney).

How do you suggest we configure the furniture in the room?

A few things:
-We know we may have to block some windows with a bed.

-We would love to fit a king sized bed in there (currently have a queen up against the top bank of windows).

-We’ve also considered adding in a wall combined with a closet (see sketch with blue box ) that would transform part of the bedroom into a private dressing area.

-we are open to removing the chimney but ideally would prefer not to move walls or doors.

What would you do?

PS: We have considered floating the bed but found the room wasn’t wide enough and we don’t like that feeling of being in the middle of the room. We also considered relocating the bathroom door to no longer be an en-suite but my husband wasn’t a fan.

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Donnie Loftus

5 years ago

Maybe turn the king bed off the top window, top head along the corner window.18 inches may be large enough for a small side table in the corner. You will definitely have to do shades but you may be able to do a low head board so it doesn't block much of the windows. Maybe a 4 poster bed, then create a grouping of curtains surrounding the bed. if you like the curtain idea, you can skip the poster bed, and do a curtain system hanging off the ceiling completely around the bed. It could end up like a head board type thing. Also would eliminate having to buy curtains on two of the windows. Simple sheer type curtains or over the top thick light blocking curtains or both. If you have a tv, maybe across from the foot of the bed on a long low dresser or even on a side board where things can be tucked under or inside.

The other side of the room can have a small table with a couple chairs. Maybe a high boy dresser. Sorry I rambled

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butter_tart
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks! We had considered that angle for our bed.
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felizlady
5 years ago
You have no closet!?!?
Put the king bed centered on the upper-left window. Place a night stand with a table lamp on each side of the head of the bed. If you watch tv in the bedroom, you can put a console cabinet and tv across from the foot of the bed. You have room for a loveseat at the foot of the bed.
Expand your blue-box closet to include the entire chimney bump-out and make the closet a walk-in with a door from the dressing room end of the bedroom. The left-side wall of the closet should leave a 4’ open “hall” to access the dressing room zone and the bathroom from the bed zone. Your dressers will fit in the dressing room zone, and you may have space for a reading corner with two comfortable chairs.
KW PNW Z8
5 years ago
I’m really liking your second plan with closet addition. It gives you a very necessary closet as well as an additional wall on bigger bedroom side of room if you have opening on bathroom side. That wall can be used for so many things - art, TV, furniture. Looks like plan is for 8’ closet & 4’ opening which is a nice sized doorway. Could you change bathroom door to a pocket door to free up floor space & prevent blocking closet? It seems there’d be enough space on closet side to create a nice sitting area by end window In corner.
butter_tart
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks as well! I’ve always been hesitant to cover that window because that wall has the nicest view into our large backyard. But I’m going to visualize this out cause you tackled a storage issue- do you mean like the attached image?

We don’t have a closet- we are using two ikea wardrobes (1 double door and 1 single door)and two dressers.
butter_tart
Original Author
5 years ago
KW- I could change the door to a pocket door- that would help. We don’t necessarily need another sitting area (we have an few too many areas already in the house) but fitting in a dressing table is nice.
butter_tart
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you for all of your advice so far 😊 really appreciate it! Keep it coming.
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adalisa frazzini
5 years ago
Float a console table (with open shelves below for display or storage baskets) to delineate bedroom from dressing area. add tall (built-in? Pax?) on either side of bath entry, with a long dresser in front of opposite window. chair or bench facing back to bed. draperies hung from ceiling tracks all around except walls with doors.
alwaysdesigning
5 years ago
I love pocket doors and we have so many in our new house we designed. They save space and are visually out of the way when open. We have pockets leading into the master/main bedroom, foyer that the other 3 spaces open into: one leading into the closet, one leading into the en suite bath, and one leading into the master/main bedroom. We also have pockets leading into hallways, so they can be closed off, and into the laundry to save space.

If you should need to block a window or two, I would suggest incorporating a "barn door", to the floor possibly, over the window/s that are being blocked. It could slide open if needed, but also be a nice focal piece and looking intentional without needing drapery.

Good luck.