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The master bedrooms in my last 2 houses really only offered two options for bed placement due to closet, window and door locations. Both also already had one wall wired for a pair of bedside lights/wall sconces so I took advantage of that. Of course, this would be easy enough to change if you hate it. I happen to like visual balance and symmetry, so I tend to center the biggest piece of furniture on a corresponding wall. I also don't like squeezing along one side of a bed while making it. I prefer to leave ample room on both sides.
One problem putting a bed in the center of the room might be you could end up needing to run an electrical cord across the floor to power a bedside lamp/clock/phone charger. Nice trip hazard in the dark! Of course you could always have a floor outlet installed or cover the cord with a weighted cord protector. IMHO those look fine in an office but the last thing I want my bedroom to give the impression of is a worksite!
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........One problem putting a bed in the center of the room might be you could end up needing to run an electric cord across the floor to power a bedside lamp/clock/charge a phone. Nice trip hazard in the dark!
Good points!
As is, the phone is charged in the bathroom alley behind the bedroom, the clocks are on the far side of the room by the TV, and the bedside lamp......
......well, that has always been a problem. I have been reading by the overhead light/fan but have toyed with the notion, forever, of putting a floor lamp, have a few of those inherited, by the bed.......
..............and you go off and say a reason of why not to do it! (it's okay)
That's called a "floating bed." Nice term. It's mostly used in small places when placing another piece of furniture behind the headboard creates another room, so to speak, perhaps a chest of drawers or using a large tall headboard as a backing for a dining arrangement. But there's no reason at all one can't use a floating bed arrangement anywhere.
I agree and have never understood the arrange to the walls concept as the end all option....depending upon the bed/room size of course.
What is the best direction for the bed to face?
Arrange your bed using the principle of the commanding position. What that means: you want your bed located so that when you’re lying in bed, you can see the door to the bedroom without being directly in line with it.
Also, sleeping along on the north/south axis - head south, feet north
So strange, I've instinctively done this in all the places I've lived... well the seeing the door thingy when laying down.
Here I've done exactly what you stated... head south, feet north and I can see my door but not aligned with it.
Strange... and I've never read anything about feng shui.
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Interesting. I've never thought of putting a bed in the middle of the room, and when I googled it, all the pictures were of impossibly impractical set ups. The pictures had nothing you need in a bedroom - a dresser, a night stand with a lamp and electrical chord, etc.
The concept is interesting, but similar to tiny houses, it seems impractical, or anyway the pictures look much nicer than the reality of living in that situation would be.
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