It is intuitive to come into a bedroom and face the headboard. Mine isn't..but most are. I know the bed would straddle the widows oddly but since you are redoing the curtains..what if you hung one rod, totally covering the window wall with drapes then center the bed in front of the drapes? One alcove would be for a nightstand and maybe shelves for books, the other could hold a dresser. That would give you space for maybe a chair and table area at the foot of the bed, or a bench for dressing.

It is funny, I know the head board from the door rule and my guest bed room is set that way, but I am more comfortable sleeping if my bed is not prominently seen from outside my room. We had to sleep in my guest room for months during our bath addition and I hated the idea that the door would fall ajar and my head could be seen from the hall. I also like sitting in bed with coffee and be able to see out a window not out the door into a window less hall area. So I would most likely keep it your way.

Arcy_gw (hey, I'm from the GW days, too!) - I forgot to mention that I don't keep clothing in the bedroom - I have an oddly shaped little room on the 2nd floor that is my dressing room/walk-in closet.

I'm hesitant to put the bed between the windows - with the bedside table(s), it would obstruct access, and I open & close windows fairly regularly in warmer weather, and they're drafty in cold.

Roarah: My bed is set so you see the head board from the entrance. I live alone, and have the entire floor, so being seen's not really an issue for me. The way the bed is now, I can see both the entrance to the right, and the two windows to the left. If I move the bed against the bumpout (on the entrance side) I won't see the door, but I'll have basically the same view of the windows, but looking to the right. The advantage I see to moving the bed there is that the hallway from the bathroom will basically continue along the back, long wall, now, if I'm going from the bathroom to the windows, I have to loop around the bed. Not sure if that matters or not...

I shoved the bed against the opposite wall just to see if I could get a feel for it that way. Obviously, if I leave it there, I'll have to turn it around, but that's a bigger project. What do you think?

I am miss reading your room. What is behind the high pony Walls? Are you suggesting moving the bed between the book shelves?

Oops I posted at the same time as you posted showing what you meant. I like it the way it was for it made better use of the niches.

oh you're fast..you already moved the bed. looks good too. how does it feel?

Roarah - do you see my layout drawing in the first post? That's the bathroom. And, yes, see the photos in my last post, I moved it between the bookshelves (but headboard/footboard need to be switched.) Oh, just saw that you commented again!

aprilneverends (nice moniker!) - My bed has pretty much always been in the position against the long wall. But I'm starting to think about how it would look somewhere else... maybe I'll go lie in it now that I shoved it the other way!

Roarah - yeah, that's kind of what I've always thought, except that I'm not sure it works out that way in practice. At least, it hasn't, for me. The bookshelves don't really work, and it ended up being wasted space. I know it *could* work, but it ends up just looking awkward, now. Oy!

Maybe add just shelves in the nooks above the height of your night stands if it is comfortable to sleep oriented thus direction. Pull the night stands out away from the nooks level with the bed. Put decorative less used items on the selves above.

Another advantage to having the bed on the bumpout, is that it feels a little cozier. Because there's that area that sticks out by the entrance/stairwell, the bed is a bit tucked away. Again, doesn't really matter since I've got the entire floor to myself... maybe I'll sleep that way tonight & see how it feels.

I do like tucked away!

Oooooh. Progress is being made, and I think I like the bed on that side! (everything is just in the mockup stage. Not sure about the bookshelves whether they're going or not, but they are better on that wall.

You don't seem to need the bookshelves so I would say that they can leave the room...They are functional, but I don't see them adding anything to the atmosphere...I would like to see the washstand over there instead...

I can picture some nice sheers (maybe lace, but that's a big maybe) that can blow in the breeze when you have the windows open...

I'm still liking the idea of mirrors in the recesses behind nightstands next to your bed.

Do you have any rag rugs lying around? I think that would be rather sweet...

Thanks, pennydesign. I'd like one bookshelf, I think, or maybe two smaller ones in the room. I do have some books as well as items to display (what *DO* people do with their boxes of cremated pet remains?) The washstand has been my bedside table for years. At some point, moving it & buying a bedside table could be in the cards. For now, I want to live with stuff for a while & see how it goes before major expenditures.

I like your mirror idea for the interior side of the bed, the far side I don't think matters as much - you'd only really seeing it from that back corner - so, only when I'm opening & closing that window...

I don't have any rag rugs. I re-placed my two rugs that I already had in the room. I have some others (mostly oriental/kilim type rugs) but they're smaller.

Even better! I really like this look as far as the rugs go (I admit to being a bit of a hippie though, so it's not for everyone):

I also like the quilts...especially the black and white...

That's really pretty! My rugs are pretty small, and I don't know that they'd be as pretty as what's in the photo, but I can post some photos of them tomorrow.