I think your plan looks terrific tho there are a couple of minor changes you might want to consider. From an interior perspective, I personally prefer to have windows flanking the bed rather than behind the headboard. But, sometimes, from an exterior point of view, that doesn't look so good. If the side of your house will be visible to the public, have you thought about what that elevation will look like? Maybe that will have an impact on your final decision. I recall you mentioning once in an earlier post that you're in Kentucky and building on a fairly good sized wooded lot so maybe the side of your house won't be visible to anyone anyway? In deciding window placement though, you also want to consider which directions have the best views and also which direction the house will be facing. I think Kentucky has fairly moderate temperatures (not as hot as central Texas where I am nor anywhere near as cold as some places like Maine or Michigan) but, if you're in the mountains where it can get pretty cold in the winter, having most of your windows face south and west helps cut heating bills. Conversely, in a hot climate, you want to avoid windows that face south and west to keep cooling costs down. I mention the above because, while you only asked whether you should put one big window or two smaller ones in each bedroom, I'm attaching a sketch that shows a couple of possible revisions that would allow you to move the windows in either of those two bedrooms to another wall entirely if the views in those directions are better or if such a move would help with energy costs. With this redesign, you DDs could have their beds perpendicular to the walld with the windows and then you wouldn't have to make the "behind the headboard or flanking the bed" decision. Also both bedrooms would gain a little bit more "useable space" and the length of the hallway between the bedroom would be decreased. If you've read earlier posts I've written, you probably know already that I'm all about decreasing the square footage of hallways! LOL! This also solves the one issue I see with your plan that REALLY stikes me as needing to be fixed - that is, having a window in the closet of the bedroom at the front. Doubtless you need a window there or the front elevation won't look quite right without one. But a window in a closet - particularly one in a a small reach-in closet doesn't seem like a very good idea. Unless the window is basically boarded over completely, it would result in clothing fading and, everytime someone moved clothes on the clothes rod, they would probably wind up disarranging whatever curtain or shade you have hung over the window. Besides, I think a double window in this location would look better than a single one anyway. How's that for chutzpah given that I haven't even seen your elevation drawings yet? ;) The only other modification I would suggest would be to put a window in the bathroom between the two secondary bedrooms. In our current home we have a small bathroom like this one - with the tub at one end - and we have an awning window over the tub. The bottom of the awning is about nose high when you're standing in the shower and the sill is tiled so it provides a place to set shampoo and stuff. The window is only about 12 to 14 inches high but is pretty wide. When the power goes out, it is nice to still have a bit of light in the room. And being able to open the window and really air it out occasionally is also nice. Oops, one last thing. In reviewing this before hitting "submit message", I just noticed that you show both bedroom closets as 3'6" deep. A reach-in closet only needs to be a little over 2' deep and 3'6" isn't deep enough for a walk-in. Unless you have some special reason for having such deep reach-in closets, I would make the bedrooms more spacious and the closets a normal depth. Kelly, I know you've been working on your plans for quite a while and I do think you're just about there with this one! The flow is great and I'm looking forward to seeing elevations and then following your progress as you build. (Watching other's progress is the only thing keeping me sane right now as my own build seems to have stagnated for the last six weeks. LOL!)

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 ;)

Obviously it's common sense. Which is why I had stated above they would normally be swept to one side while open, and only closed when needed. Perhaps you could not tell from the images, but this is a beach house and has some spectacular views. I doubt these curtains will be closed very often. We would like to supply them for our guest should they choose to sleep in. The curtain rod hardware will be plumbing supplies, so the rod will connect to a 90 degree elbow, to a 2" nipple, and then a floor flange drilled into the wall. Essentially the curtain will wrap around the door to completely black out light.

Okay so here is what I did, I’ll post a picture when I get my dresser moved later, I moved one of the pictures onto the wall behind the dresser and added my artificial flowers with tray onto the dresser, moved the mirror onto the smaller wall and took the other picture down, , I’ll post a picture soon!