Windowless Condo Bedrooms: How to "liven" them? (drape, loft, colors)
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Although it seems odd to have a bedroom with no windows (and the legality/exceptions have already been discussed), I wouldn't swap the den for the BR as some have suggested. If I had to have a room with no windows, I suppose the room that I sleep in would be the best one. Who cares if it's dark when you're sleeping? But then, I rarely spend any time in my BR for anything other than sleeping (and, of course, other bedtime activities).
The den, presumably, would be used during the day, and benefit more from having the window.
Use mirrors (on multiple walls so they reflect off each other), pale colored paint, pale billowy sheers around the bed, a ceiling paint that is both pale and has some sheen. I would do everything I could find in light colors, even the furniture and bedding, with just a few accent pieces (pillows, mirror frame, vase, tiebacks for the sheers, etc) in a very bright color for contrast. And of course, very interesting light fixtures, with multiple bulbs & levels of brightness.
I actually think that room would be fun to decorate and furnish because you do have so much wall space. Some rooms have so many doors and windows there is practically no place to put furniture that looks right.
I'd put a mirrors along the upper 1/4 of the right-hand wall.
Based upon the floor plan, they should reflect the light from the living area windows. That, combined with the light coming over the top of the 3/4 wall, should be sufficient daylight but certainly you wouldn't want a dark wall color.
I feel like some people are missing part of the point of windows, which is to let in air! I would use the den as the bedroom because for me, it would not be about disguising the lack of windows with curtains or a fake backdrop. It would be about wanting to be able to open up the window and let some fresh air circulate through, especially for sleeping.
I feel like some people are missing part of the point of windows, which is to let in air! I would use the den as the bedroom because for me, it would not be about disguising the lack of windows with curtains or a fake backdrop. It would be about wanting to be able to open up the window and let some fresh air circulate through, especially for sleeping.
Oh, I never sleep with windows open, some homes because our BR is on the 1st story so it's a crime prevention issue, or some homes because the weather is rarely nice enough, or in some homes, the windows aren't the kind that open because it's always too hot in that area to open them anyway.
OP didn't mention wanting to be able to open the windows, she just asked how to liven the room up, and mentioned mirrors, paint, etc.
I feel like some people are missing part of the point of windows, which is to let in air! I would use the den as the bedroom because for me, it would not be about disguising the lack of windows with curtains or a fake backdrop. It would be about wanting to be able to open up the window and let some fresh air circulate through, especially for sleeping.
For me, the lack of a window is about a lack of a secondary egress from the room/home in case of a fire or some other major emergency. The 'what if' would constantly weigh on my mind with a bedroom that had no windows.
The purpose of the wall curtains was to control light from the 3/4 wall and add an interesting soft texture to the room - not to hide the lack of a window.
However, I think a lot of posters picked up on something that totally flew over my head: The idea of a windowless bedroom is unsettling and claustrophobia-triggering to some people. When a specific room makes some individuals worry about the legality of building codes, prison cell effects, air circulation, and potential fires and major disasters, they should probably pick a different room to sleep in or shop around for a different housing situation. Home should be a refuge, not a place that makes people think they're being locked up or set up for disaster - especially here in high population density, high COL swampland.
If the OP already signed a lease and is stuck with the place for a few months to a year, I'd seriously consider the previous posters' advice to sleep in the den. The front bedroom could make a very nice home office with extra guest space. Either way, here are a few more windowless bedroom photos for ideas for inspiration to help the windowless bedroom not feel like torture:
They're probably marketing/circumventing the "windowless bedroom" issue by advertising as a loft condo with the 3/4 wall.
Totally legal. There are also multiple egresses-bedroom and bath.
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