Help with closet placement in new primary bedroom
Hello everyone -
We are building a new primary bedroom + bathroom on the second story of a late 1800s house in New England (its on top of a one-floor addition that already exists. There is a long hallway to get to the bedroom (made by carving out of already-existing Bedroom 3. For the new space, the walls will come up 8' on the west and east sides, and then it will have a cathedral-style ceiling (reaching 14' max) in the center. We are thinking a king bed will go on the south wall on the east side of the room. We will have a very a large window on the north side in the center of wall (looking into the back yard), and in front of that window would have a chaise/chair sitting area.
We're struggling with closet placement. We have two drafted in (one on the west wall, carved out the bathroom, immediately as you come in, and another on the south wall, adjacent to a closet that will face into Bedroom 3). Other ideas we've considered: a walk-in closet on the left immediately as you come in the room, but it would be a very small walk-in to still leave space for the bathroom; but maybe there's an advantage to a small walk-in vs current reach-in. We also thought of a closet on the north wall on the east side of the house (across from the bed), but thought this is 'valuable real estate' in the main room and could be an electric fireplace/sitting area instead. We had also thought of one on the south wall on the east side of the house (where currently the headboard of the bed would go), but that's the only south-facing light and we're in New England, so we wanted a window there.
We are also considering whether to add skylights, but given that there will be a lot of windows and a 14' lofted ceiling and central air, we're not sure its necessary.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!
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