Bedroom window needs both privacy and air circulation
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Comments (6)I live year round in an 1860's New England farmhouse that when we bought it had no insulation, so I can fully identify with your problem. We open the downstairs and bedroom windows and run a fan in the upstairs bathroom that blows outward. This pulls air in downstairs and upstairs and exhausts it through the bathroom. When it is really hot, we close the door to the stairwell so that all the air gets sucked in through the bedrooms. You really have two issues: the bedrooms need to be cooled, but so does the attic so that heat isn't radiating from the attic to the bedrooms. I would use the attic fan in one of the attic windows, but keep the hatch closed. That will cool the attic by pulling in air from one end and pushing it out the other, and then follow Camlan's advice to cool the bedrooms. In the long run it will help keep the house cool in the summer if you insulate the attic from the upstairs. This can be done much more easily than window replacement, either with the roll out pink stuff or with blown in cellulose insulation (the places that sell cellulose insulation loan or rent the blower also.) Be sure to wear respiratory masks and long sleeves and pants, so it is better to do in cool weather....See MoreIs this bedroom set too massive for my bedroom? (pics!)
Comments (51)Believe it or not, decent looking ceiling fans exist. On every design show I've ever seen they're the first things to be thrown out, but I have them in every bedroom. Mmm slight draft at night without the sound of floor fan... I pspent no fewer than 18 weeks looking (off and on) for a "pretty" one to go in my master. I have lived with a 4 poster bed. My experience - unless you have really high ceilings, and I'm talking like 10 ft, and a sizeable room, it will turn your space into... tiny. Once upon a time in a previous life I thought I had a big bedroom until I put a poster bed in there. I like your computer nook. I always wanted a space like that, which I could separate from the rest of the room with some romantic drapery tied back. I might force that idea on my formal dining room. :) beds/headboards coverin ga window do bother me. I don't like anything to cover a window (couch, table, or otherwise) -- but that's just me. And if it came down to a queen bed, or covering that window, sure - the window would get covered! We have single panels on our two bedroom windows, mostly because they're skinny and it looked silly to me to have two panels. If you need to cover the window, something that seems to help (at least when I've seen it done) is to pull the bed away from the wall a foot or so. Then you can go with two panels, and it looks kind of intentional instead of "didn't have space." Something else to keep in mind with blocking windows -- does the sun come directly in such that it would fade your bedding over time?...See MoreWindow placement in bedrooms
Comments (13)When we were building, we designed our window placement around our the bedroom furniture we knew we'd be keeping, and chose your option #2. The only difference in our upstairs windows vs. our downstairs windows is that we decided on 4' tall windows for upstairs instead of the 5' tall windows we have downstairs. That way, there is a little more privacy for the bedrooms and there is an inch or so of wall between the bedside tables and the lower window trim (so the furniture doesn't overlap with the windows). I love your last example with the long drapes going behind the bedside tables... I hadn't thought of that but think it looks beautiful. I also don't think the last example looks like overkill if that is going to be the only wall in your bedroom with windows. We have a bay window along an adjacent wall, plus we get light from the adjoining bathroom windows, but if that weren't the case I'd consider high windows above the bed if you wouldn't mind the morning light. I think I'd have a hard time with them only because I like to sleep in when I can ;)...See MoreNew Build Advice Needed - window in my master bedroom closet?
Comments (27)Thank you so much everyone. This is so helpful! The window would be on the wall nearest to the outdoor stairs down. It is facing south to the backyard and woods behind the house. But after seeing Mark Bishak’s comment and photos I don’t think I have any room for a window. It looks like there will be a lost of wasted space because of all the corners I have....See Morejaxo
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