LOVE.

I'm contemplating converting a sliding-door type closet into a bed alcove. This is great inspiration.

If I had one of those I would never get up.

Agh! It JUST occured to me that with my bedroom dimentions, I can turn my bed, get some curtains and some of that ikea curtain wire system stuff, and do this. I think I just might for a little while....

Ooooooh! This post ought to come with a napkin, for all the drool it causes.

I first glanced at #6 and thought "How Harry Potter closet-under-the-stairs" but then I took a closer look and... yeah. Want.

Love #4, #6 is pretty cool too, a more grown up alcove. What is it about those cool hidden areas that make adults drool? My sister and I are in our 20s, but we still get excited over those deep slanting under-the-stairs closets. We are like kids.

3 and 6 perfect.

We just 'alcoved' our bed, it didn't turn out exactly the way I planned but it looks super sweet.

Love the first one! With the round doorway and curtains, it looks so inviting.

These are BEAUTIFUL! I would love this in winter but in summer I would DIE. Lack of airflow NOT COOL.

ever since i was a kid i've wanted an alcove bed - they're just so damn awesome! :)

That first one is like a bed in a fairy tale. And the colors... so rich and beautiful. But the third one (which turns out to be a hotel in Spain) .... um, no.

LOVE these alcove beds! how fun and sexy. its like your own little hide-away.

#3 would have to be fun for a night or two. #4 I guess most of us agree is totally to die for. And I like #7 a lot too, though it's almost a little room with a curtain room divider. But yes, getting back to #4, let's articulate exactly what makes it so great....

for some reason i just love no.1 despite the saturated colors which are not my thing usually

but on closer inspection, does it not look like the sultan's harem or something? HAHA

WOW! I'm obsessed with #1 but #7 seems so doable! The third one looks too perfect, I like different textures in my bed. Not a surprise that it's from a hotel.

I want my bed so bad now. Way to post this in the middle of the work day! :(

I've longed for an alcove bed ever since I saw them depicted in the art of Carl Larsson:

http://www.carllarsson.net/art.html

I think this would have been particularly wonderful as a kid- a perfect place to have some privacy from pesky siblings.

I'm sure I'm the only one who feels this way, but wow, that pink and purple room is AMAZING...

No, you're not, heatherdazy! I LOVE that room! That would have been my teenage paradise - heck, it'd be my paradise now!

I love #1 and #7- especially # 1. If I had #1 I would curl up & never come out until the vernal equinox.

eh ma gah. want. need. now.

1, 4, and 6 are all GORGEOUS. I'm pretty sure if I had a bed like that, I wouldn't come out.

ooooo that under the stairs one does it for me. I don't think I would ever get up.

I would never stay in the suite in Picture 3, because ever after, I'd hate my own beds.

WOW....LOVE!!!!
that #6 is just to die for...
one day... :)

#6 Yum. Sexy.

I had an alcove bed growing up. It was gorgeous, but impossible to make!

When I was 13 and going through my surly teenager phase, I made a sulk cave. I had a large closet with two folding doors, so I opened them up and stuck my bed in the closet, and then draped blankets and sheets over the top of the doors to make what was basically the best fort ever.

While I'm over the Tori Amos and mom-hating, I am definitely not over the fort idea. I would love to have the option of insulating myself again in a cozy bed nook. Time to get out the sheets.

I actually have an alcove to sleep in - finally, at 31. The alcove has a window so it works both winter and summer. I love curling up in it and read, make phone calls, sleep and linger. in winter I decorate with strings of lights, childish maybe but also very romantic so I don't care...

Is the first picture a painting? It's gorgeous!

How does one make the bed?

I do love the one with the window on one side and the (built-in?) bookcase behind the bed. Very nice!

So inviting but unless you have space on both sides of the bed so you can make the bed without breaking your back...is it worth the frustration and pain? If you don't have space on both sides maybe a futon instead of traditional mattress is the way to go.