Advice on bed placement in guest bedroom with plantation shutters
Our guest bedroom has windows with shutters that swing inward. The headboard on our full-size platform bed can't clear the shutters. So, I angled the bed in the corner.
1) Can you think of a better placement for the bed?
2) Should an area rug be angled to the bed's position or parallel to the walls?
3) Should I just leave the shutters shut and open and close the slats? That'd sure simplify furniture arrangement.
When we moved in, we removed all the shutters, except those in the bedrooms, and left the windows bare. I am reluctant to remove the bedroom shutters as I assume repair and window treatments will be costly.
Our guest bedroom is roughly 13' x 11'.
The bed is angled in the corner to permit the shutters to open.
Closeup of headboard too high to clear shutter. Our Lab doesn't care.
Louvers open.
Comments (9)
Lisa
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2 years agoHere's a picture of the bed centered against the wall opposite the door. The bed is off center of the window, unfortunately. Does this bed arrangement look better than angled?
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Carrie B
2 years agoCarrie B
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoExcellent! This is what I would do. There is room to walk on both sides of the bed, room for a small table with a lamp on each side.
(I don't have photo editing software, so sorry for the (very literal) cut and paste job.
Shutter to the right of that top window won't be able to open & close if you've got a table (and I think you should) on that side of the bed, pushed into the corner, but I think you still have plenty of room on that 13' wall to move the bed down toward the door a foot or two if you like - that way, you will be able to open & close if you want to.
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