This is a really crude drawing of basically how the town house is set up. You walk into foyer where there's this nifty little stair case that leads through a small passageway to the kitchen where the stairs that go and down are. The second floor has two HUGE bedrooms, and a full bathroom. Those spiral stairs lead to the master bedroom loft area. This is kind of how I was originally seeing the room as far as layout, but I'm unsure. Thanks for all of the quick responses! @Lazy Gardens I currently have bookshelf/secretary desk combo from Ikea. I was going to buy a few more of the bookshelves. I love that picture from pintrest! I wonder if I could add a door, haha. I looked at a lot of studio apartments and small one bedrooms before I decided to find a roommate. I have a lot of stuff that I pegged online for those spaces that would go great up in that bedroom. @Annie I kind of like the idea of using the space under the small window as a bed nook, but I don't know if I'll have enough room for a bedside table. I use my bedside table for everything, lol. I'll have to measure everything out when I look at the place again tomorrow when we finalize everything. I kind of don't like where they have their bed now, but I would like to have a sofa under those windows instead of where I originally thought. The budget isn't bad. I've saved up a lot - waiting tables = fast cash. My father and grandmother gave also me some money. I'd rather not spend all of it on furniture, but keep some of it as a rainy day fund for whatever. I did splurge on a 1500 dollar white leather sectional for the living room, but I only spent 300 on the dining room with the help of Target and Ikea. I found a really nice living room set from a discount furniture store that I could put in my room (chair and a couch). My roommate bought the washer & dryer, furniture for the basement, and a big TV. I just would need a few more things for my bedroom and a couple odds and end for the rest of the townhouse. I'll also try to get some more pics tomorrow for around the staircase and such. @Jaynes Yeah I kind of liked the idea of having a bed there so I can look up into the night sky as I lay in my bed reading, haha. I didn't think of putting blinds there. I just think that the windows are non-standard sizes and I may have difficulty finding any shades/blinds that fit without custom ordering... That could be pricey. I was thinking of doing a single panel on each window with the tie-back hooks. http://www.tradingbiz.com/product_images/31602/curtain-tie-backs-FP-104423.jpg @schoolhouse - Yeah, I'm kind of a minimalistic person. I want enough furniture in there that will suit my needs, but not a lot of clutter. The current tenants are very artsy and eclectic and have things everywhere, haha. I would need some window coverings because just past our small back yard is another row of townhouses/apartments. And I like to walk around naked a lot. The neighbors may or may not appreciate that :P. It's going to be a bedroom and kind of a personal living area. My friend is out of school and has a full time 9-5 job as an engineer. I'm still in that heavy partying, new part-time job every month, college student phase. We have some mutual friends, but also at the same time we do our own things. There's the first floor with a living room, dining room, and kitchen as well as the basement. But I'll probably spend a lot of time up there with friends and stuff. @Patricia - Sorry, for taking so long to respond. I have a dreaded summer internship that I'm on lunch break for. I stayed up too late and was almost late :P. @Aputernut - Yeah I don't think I'll have too difficult of a time furnishing it. I just am not sure what to do as far as a layout or what and exactly how much to put in it. Here is a link that might be useful: This unit in gray-brown This post was edited by jukra on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 12:49

I agree that lining the shades would solve my problem, and I may end up doing that if I can find the appropriate fabric. I want a consistent look in all of the windows on the front of the house, so the liner would need to be a dark brown to work with the dark wood blinds already in place in the living room. Putting the same dark wood blinds in the bedrooms would work too, but it's pricey. I think I'd still want curtains of some sort, if only for the texture. As for the bed location: we've had it facing the windows, and I hate it. It just doesn't feel right. So we sold the three low dressers that used to be under the windows and replaced them with these two taller dressers, and that's it; we're done. No more assembling Ikea dressers! Right now, adding curtains seem to be the best way to preserve both the view through the bamboo shades and our privacy.

the walls are a dark grey. sorry, we have terrible lighting and I have a terrible camera on my phone! Its the same paint color of the photo posted below.

the room isn't large enough to have "drapes" is it is curtains will be bulky that is why I suggested linen or even shears. think about how stuffy the corner with the armchair, end table would be with dark drapes, the chair would be pushing on them.