Looking OK is a totally personal assessment. Rest assured that no one who enters that room is going to give it much thought, other than yourself.

So, it that works for you, you should do it.

Would the sliding door rest behind the bed when it is opened?

Sometimes you just have to accept what is and live with it.

My own preference would be to advise you to consider celluar shades that rest neatly inside the window recess for a clean neat appearance and ease of us. Perhaps you could visually balance it with something interesting on the empty wall space behind the bed.

I think I need to see at least a drawing of what yo are thinking? I can't really see a barn door solving the issue.

Attaching a photo for better reference

The door would be the width of the bed and slide to reveal the window when needed.

Well that’s an original idea.

For me, personally, I’d think it was odd to block a door with my bed. Any potential charm of a barn door for a barn door’s sake is lost on me. But to each their own.

I believe I would hang a large quilt there. It would block the window, but so would a barn door.

Can you move the bed to the right? Or against another wall?

I had a long skinny bedroom and I put the king size headboard against the long wall. It was counterintuitive and there was only about 24” to walk around the bed, but it worked out well anyway.

There was not enough room for a dresser, but that turned out to be OK. I used cabinets and the closet.

You could pull back the quilt like the Amish do their windows.

The room is long and narrow. Bed is on the only wall it can go on. The dresser has to be at the foot of the bed or it won't fit in the room. I am entertaining the idea of just putting up a cellular blind and maybe a curtain rod the length of the headboard with a drape hanging down on the left side of the window. That would give the appearance of a wider window.

I suggest you post a to scale drawing of the room with all doors and windows marked as well as sizes of furniture. I bet you will get some clever layout ides from pros that you haven’t considered. What are boundary conditions- are you willing to change out any furniture? Resize or relocate window?

I need to see the whole room please and a to scale plan would be great .

I would get rid of the dresser. That would open up more options.

I have stored clothes in 10” deep modular cabinets. You can put a mirror over them and call it a dresser. Or store clothes in the closet and deck it out. Or turn another room into a dressing room. Or use cubes and fancy baskets anywhere. Or deep low cabinets as nightstands on either side of the bed.

How wide is the narrow part? I think the bed needs 7’. If the room is 9’ wide or more, and doors are not in the way, you can put the head of the bed against the long wall, about 2-3 feet from the window, then you have a chunk of open space available. You don’t have to put anything in that space. Maybe a rug if it looks really blank.

I had an 9 or 10 x 17’ master bedroom with king size bed for years. No dresser, just 12” cabinets with mirrors above opposite the foot of the bed. I didn’t even use the cabinets. The bed had a gorgeous view out the windows. I loved that bedroom even though it was small and had odd proportions.

I said in a previous post that this wall is the only option for the bed to go on but I should have clarified why. My husband is disabled and in a wheelchair. There needs to be room on his side of the bed for him to to maneuver. I can get rid of the dresser but don't really like the option of not having one at all. We live in a condo so can't change where the window is located. As far as furniture location this is where things need to be. I just need help figuring out how to camouflage the window location and still have access to opening it for light and fresh air.

Here are a couple of pictures showing beds in front of a barn door. I like how they look but I need to use my existing headboard because my husband is paralyzed on one side of his body and he uses the bars of the headboard to pull himself into bed and position himself. That's why I asked the original question to see if it would look Okay.

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Thank you for the clarifying info, which is helpful in understanding the limitations you face. I googled off center bedroom window and that showed an array of options. My personal preference is just to own it, don’t try and hide it, put on a nice window covering and balance with some artwork on the other side as in picture shown. Putting drapery symmetrically behind bed and pulling it to the side as in other picture shown also works. I personally wouldn’t do the barn door. When open you still have track across top and unbalanced look so IMHO not worth the trouble and expense.