Laurie and Brody, thanks for posting those photos! Kmcg - No, I'd rather have some type of footboard. My Grandparents don't have a footboard in their spare room and I was never a fan. With DH being non neat cover sleeper, they'll be all over the floor. Footboard at least helps to catch it some! :) Still the on the hunt Found a couple other furniture places to check out. This bed is by Century. This is my new favorite. I'm not sure the finish will work. They don't really have a cherry color. (see link below for finishes) 65 W, 3.75 D, 75.75 H #6 This is also by Century but it's at a different place I'd have to check out. 69.75 W, 87.25 D, 88.25 H #7 It's not so much the posts as it is a high headboard for me. Oooo..I also love these two but don't see them working. Don't know if they're the same brand but the one store I'm going to has them. Basically just wanted to show someone these. :) Now I have no idea what the prices are for the first two. There's none on the site. I'm willing to pay a good chunk for a bed but there is a limit, IYKWIM. Anyone know what these run? You might end up saving me a trip. Here is a link that might be useful: 1st bed

if you want to keep the tray ceilings at least make sure windows line up nicely with them and I would want a lot more windows on that exterior wall. Usually I agree with cpartist, but on the subject of windows in the dining I completely disagree. People sit down for a longer period of time when eating and actually have time to sit and look out windows when dining. Windows there would be a must to me. It’s something that makes sitting down more enjoyable. No windows is just not the same ( I’ve had a house with that and ended up adding some openings in a wall for some natural light, but still nothing interesting to look at As outside changes vs. inside walls tend to be static. A kitchen often needs task lighting to work anyway so as long as a kitchen is well lit and has a good layout where one can see out windows from it I think it is less important overall. Because when working in the kitchen most people work and don’t gaze out the windlows for extended periods of time. Windows are nice for natural light, but less important since good task lighting is essential anyways. That said if one can design a house to take advantage of windows on two sides of a house in an open plan it is more ideal and it seems like you could accomplish this with some rework of the design. Ideally windows should be in every room IMO.

There is nothing wrong with the existing Murphy bed. I agree with arcy_gw - once the bed is down, the side built-ins, lamps, etc. are fine. Love the idea from Paul f. Would possibly be a significant expenditure - but it is good to know about that option. One thing I would add is that when you have guests, consider moving the desk chair out of the room. If the existing desk stays in that position, when the bed is down, your guests would have the desk and desk chair at the foot of the bed - and it doesn’t appear that there would be a lot of space between the end of bed and desk. So without the chair, there could possibly be a bit more room to pass through that area. Plus, the desk could also serve as a tv console, if you put the tv over it. If you don’t put the tv over the desk, maybe hang a piece of art over it, instead; I would suggest gearing the guest art to something nice and basically calming - so in that respect, think hotel/spa. Maybe a framed art poster. And the art doesn’t have to stay there all the time, you could just move the chair out and hang the art up, when you are expecting guests. OP said that her husband wanted to add a tv and sofa to this room. That is what she came to this forum to request help with. She did not ask about adding chairs, instead of a sofa - and she did not request help with an (unnecessary) overhaul of the space.

@Shiloh S We had a similar problem. The draftsperson made plans with 2x4 exterior walls, but the builder said we need to use 2x6. As a result, at the framing stage we had to make changes on the fly because the change from 4 inch walls to 6 inch walls messed up a few things, like shrinking hallways, spaces where a tub wouldn't fit, etc. I was on site every day with a tape measure to make sure that things end up being reasonable. We did lose a bit of interior floor space though, since the foundation was based on the original sizes. However, as some posters mentioned, the gross square footage that you pay for is based on external dimensions, so that doesn't change. A few other unrelated mistakes appeared during the framing stage, but all of them were fixed quickly after pointing them out to the builder. At first it was annoying losing 4" of width in a room, but then I realized that I wouldn't have noticed the difference if I hadn't measured it, so I just accepted it.