I would just build that out deeper all the way up and make the jamb of the clerestory window deeper.

you won't be disguising it, you'll be drawing attention to it.

what offends you about it? at least it is finished nicely.

won't you be blocking the light from the windows with a beam?

how 'bout just a stair tread with a bullnose?

The beam wouldn’t really be coming out any more than the drywall is now, so i do not think it will block any light. It bothers me because the door was supposed to disappear into the wall, this just goes into a built out pocket. So there are 3 nooks in total on either side of the doors and then 2 up top. The house is a contemporary style so doesn’t really go with it. Just trying to make these spaces useful instead of just weird. Thank you for the suggestions!

I think they look just fine the way they are. However if it really bothers you, a beam sure isnt the answer, that will look just plain silly. Palimpsest above has a good solution for you.

What do you think would make it look silly? Not asking to argue just looking for your perspective that’s why I posted on here! It will help me make changes to my current idea or just move on. Thank you!

Whoever built it thought it was a good idea to add bump outs as a "modern architectural design" statement. It is what it is. Most people will see it and wonder what the design idea was behind it, but then they will quickly move on and forget about it.

No need to add anything or try to camouflage or try to turn it into some other odd architectural design.

Whoever built it thought it was a good idea to add bump outs as a "modern architectural design" statement.

I don't think this was "designed". I think they either forgot that they needed a pocket for the doors, or they changed from a conventional slider to pocket sliders and didn't change the design.

Or they figured it out on a floor plan but forgot they had to figure out what happened at the ceiling, or that there was another window up there and they built it seat of the pants. I doubt that was designed In Elevation or In 3D on a piece of paper or a computer, as built--it was just "built".

I have been in this situation when I come in late to the design process or during the build process, and I have asked "How does this resolve up at the ceiling?" and usually they look at me like "Wha?", and then I do a drawing that shows them several bad ways it could end up if they just build it as they go along.

If you continued the bumpout all the way to the ceiling, it would look much more intentional.

I would frame it all out. Both to the ceiling and on the sides to meet the perpendicular walls. Only acceptable to me way to resolve this.