I like the way Trance shows your bed on the window wall w/o the heater. But I have a couple of options, and will also ask a couple of questions. 1. Do you use your chest as a 2nd end table? 2. What size are your speakers on either side of the TV? 3. Is the endtable speaker a really small one, which I think it to be? Ok, now for what I consider as worth a try anyway. 4. Turn your bed on the diagonal in the corner between the two windows. This will create a vacant corner where you can then hide some long term storage items that you do not access often. When I did my room that way, I put about 5 fixed-louver door-height shutter panels behind the headboard, and hung a couple of pictures on there. 5. Put the CHEST over there where Trance shows it, NW wall. 6. Put the end table on the opposite side of the bed, close to the SW window. 7. Hang a sconce or a shelf above the end table, then place that small speaker on the sconce (keeping the power cord etc as hidden as possible.) 8. Replace that closet door with a pair of bifold shutter doors available at Lowes/HomeDepot, made by JennWeld I think, cost about $80 and they come painted white or unfinished. We used those, without the tracks, and just hinged them to the door frame like a regular door. You might can LEAVE the TV where is presently is, but experiment with moving one of the speakers over to the tub wall. Is that media stand really necessary? And do you expect to change out your TV for a flat panel any time in the (near) future? Of all the space saving ideas, that will help the most. And if those are big honking speakers that are floor models, can you perhaps turn them on their sides and put them on the wall above the TV and the closet door? Considering that this will reduce the items on the floor, it will appear much more open. Just make sure your headroom is adequate if you are tall. What ceiling heights do you have in this apartment? Do you own the house, or just lease this apartment? If leasing, would there be a restriction on any architectural changes, like hanging shelves or changing the closet door? Here are the bifold doors in my house:we used two pair though for a wider closet. And here is the corner bed arrangement. We had just moved in and I forgot the shutters were not up behind this bed. I used the same placement behind another bed, but those pics are not on my computer. So sorry. It looked beautiful, and the shutters hid all the rods/reels/lifejackets/tackleboxes. This bedroom is 11.5 x 11.5 and not much different in size from yours. AND, wall mounting your TV with a "floating" shelf beneath it would look something like this: our TV is 37" flat panel. The floating shelf holds the DVD player, the cable box.

I like my first idea best as far as use of space. I know people say not to put toilets on an outside wall. We had one in our last house in Iowa, but we had 2X6 construction. I don't know how high your window is, but I'm guessing the toilet would fit under there. The shower would be 5 feet long or shorter if you want a wider space to get to the toilet. (kind of tight the way I have drawn). You could do a 5 and half foot long shower and do an angled door at the left end to allow room between the shower and toilet. The vanity would be about 7 feet long, unless you do a 60 inch vanity with a linen cabinet at the door. I would reverse entry door swing if you do that.. The second top right could work and you would still have a small closet. The bottom left plan would require waterproofing your front window. Hopefully someone will give you other ideas. The bottom right plan is bigger, but no closet. Each square equals 1 foot.

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Hi! My husband and I are currently building our first home. This is the footprint for the master. After going out and measuring I am not sure we made enough space for our king bed to fit between the windows where I had planned to put it. I was planning to place it opposite the entry door. Any thoughts or suggestions? Our bedroom is 13' wide, and our king bed fits just fine -- and we have medium-large night tables on each side. Your space is slightly larger, so you will have no problem, especially since you don't have any doors right by the head of the bed. The windows are fine -- and you're fortunate to have windows on two sides. I don't have a problem with the windows "overlapping" the bed a bit, so long as it's symmetrical; in fact, I personally like double windows BEHIND the bed -- partially because it's kind of a vintage look, but also because I like to read first thing in the morning, and I'd like the morning sun pouring onto my book. Here's a window/bed picture I have stored in my "I like this thing" file. Other thoughts: - Consider backing the entry door up a few feet like the sketch below. This means that when the door is "parked", it will be in its little entryway and won't block a window. It also means the doorknob won't knock the window /potentially break it. - The utility door will stay open almost always, so it would be a great spot for a pocket door. - Given that it's on an interior wall, how will the dryer vent? An interior dryer is hard to keep cleaned of lint, and -- if not cleaned -- this is a fire hazard. - From the bit we can see, I'm thinking you have a long hallway containing a switchback stair, the bedroom door, and a couple other things. But the only access to these important items is one small 3' opening. I'd think you'd want a view of the large, expensive staircase. Enlarging and/or moving the opening closer to the utility room and bedroom would save steps. - Is the powder room square? If so, I'd consider turning the toilet and sink so that they "share" a wall with the washer/dryer. This would keep your water-items all in one wall; this would be a money-saver and would limit the number of walls that could potentially hold leaks. Is it too late to change the bathroom double doors to a single door? Changing to a single door would be a positive. I like the drama of the two doors to the tub and think it will be better to have small doors so there is room between them and the bed when they swing open. I don't see "drama". I see a door that takes two hands to open and a light switch that falls behind a door and is awkward to reach. It’s a huge room. What do you plan to do with all the space to the left of the entry? It does look like wasted space, but I'm not fond of big bedrooms -- I'd rather put that space into other areas of the house. If this home wasn’t already in progress would make sense to dramatically change it, if possible, but it is, ls unlikely they can add feet to the room dimensions. You don't need to add space to this already-large bedroom. It's plenty big for what you plan. I already told the builder we want the doors to swing the other way since they (or it) will always be open and I don’t want it to block off the view and open feeling in the bathroom. I'd think about how that'll function. If you do it, make sure you have Swing Clear Offset hinges, which will allow the doors to lay flat against the wall /not block access to the left side of the bed.