yeah. cover the whole wall. its a lot of curtain but it will look dumb otherwise

Yes, cover the entire wall. It will look great and it's qwuite dramatic. I love mine!

Can you put the head of the bed on the wall on the left of the photo? Then it won't be so obvious that it is off-center compared to the placement of the bed.

i have the same problem with my new apartment, but here is on my living room... :-(

I would center the bed on the window, and totally just do two panels on each side of the window (do a double curtain rod if you need an underneath layer of curtain like a sheer or something to help block out some more of the light) and then do a vertical wall decoration to the right of the window. Perhaps a small writing dest that doubles as your night stand with some artwork or decor to fill the space to the right of the window and create balance in the room.

I agree with maryman about the bed placement. If you turn it you'll have better access for operating the windows. I also agree about the wall of curtains, but I'd keep them light in color in such a small room. Good luck!

I vote for both a different bed placement, if possible, and some really awesome artwork in the space where there is no window. Moving the bed to the wall on the left would probably keep you from noticing the location of the windows. If you can't move it, a striking piece of artwork would pull your eyes over a little bit so the room doesn't seem unbalanced.

Everything doesn't have to be symmetrical! Try some art or a substantial mirror on the wall beside the window to give some balance. If you have one rod extending over both windows it will help unify the windows as one element, instead of 2 little windows.

Either cover the window wall floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall with lined draperies - or move the bed to another wall - or both.

Treat the two windows as one, as suggested above. The 2.5 ft by the closet door is a perfect place to build in floor to ceiling shallow shelving.

What am I missing? Why not just center the bed between the 2 windows, as if it is one big window, and cover both windows with curtains? Extend the curtain beyond the outer edges of the windows to the same length on both sides.

I had this problem once and put a corner shelf on the odd side. This way, once I added side panels, there was an equal amount of wall space on each side of the panel. It satisfied my OCD need for symetry and balance. If you can't find a large corner shelf- you may try leaning a large mirror...As a person with allergies- a wall of curtains makes me cringe. You could do shutters or blinds and hang them in an outside mount that covers the windows AND part of the wall to make it look loke they are centered. The illusion won't hold well during the day, but at night it would work well. Good luck.

I love the bed in front of the windows as opposed to off on the left wall.

Here's another idea -

I was thinking you could centre the bed in front of the right window. It would be like combining symmetry (having the bed centred on the window) with asymmetry (having a random window "left over" on the left-hand side).

I'd run a panel curtain to the left of the left window, in the centre between the two, and to the right of the right window. The centre curtain and the right curtain would frame the bed. This is assuming you have enough space on the right to skootch the bed over.

It also seems like, in the picture, that you're just BARELY right of centre. You have a little bit of room to move the bed to the left a bit, thereby centring in front of the two windows (and if it's centred on the two windows, who cares about the large-ish expanse of wall to the right? Like others have said: get some funky artwork or wall shelves). The left side of the bed would have less room beside it than the right side, but it looks like there still would be enough space for a person to get up and out of bed.

Go ahead, cover the whole wall. If you are worried about the expense, do inexpensive canvas in the center with the ends being the focal point.

I have the exact same issue in our bedroom. The one window is long, rectangular, and only on the right side of the wall.

We used to have our bed on the wall to the left of the windows, but I actually felt like it was MORE asymmetrical that way. We recently moved the bed to the wall of window, centered on the wall and with a chest of drawers on either end. I love the look, but have been debating either the wall of curtains look or perhaps a big mirror next to the windows to balance things out. I'm still undecided. A wall of curtains just seems like somuchfabric, but it may be the way to go. A friend and fellow AT-er suggested hanging frames on TOP of the curtains... a look I haven't seen before. May give that a shot as well.

I have a 12' wall of windows in my bedroom, and the curtains cover the walls completely. As above stated, it's very dramatic, but it's beautiful. I spent a fortune on curtains (because I'd rather spend more money for things I like than buy cheap ones... and then buy the expensive ones later anyways) but it's totally worth it. They're the focal point of the bedroom, and I kept the linens on the bed pretty simple.

If possible, turn your bed 90 degrees. Problem solved.

I'm just offering some sympathy, our living room has screwball symmetry too - it's one of those things that doesn't register when you tour a house, but a creeping sense of things being 'off' or not quite right keeps coming back no matter how the furniture is arranged.

I love jetking's idea - a piece of great art (something asymmetric perhaps?) or a collection of smaller really great art. Or a hanging vining plant in the non-window corner to vine toward the windows. Or maybe get one of those Feng Shui consultants to come hang a crystal!

I wouldn't do anything emphatic with the curtains, like a colorful print, it seems like it would draw the eye...but I'm no decorator!

Or just flip your bed around and stare at whatever is on the other wall.

Place your Bed one the left wall. Get fabric from fabric store and make your own curtains from a bold print or color. The curtain should go from wall to wall to give the illusion of one huge window. You can buy a instant hem that you can iron onto fabric to give you a clean hem line without sewing.

I agree with maryman and themoderngal. Moving the head of the bed to the windowless spot and hanging a piece of art with approximate visual weight to a window...

For washable and not so expensive curtains, use flat twin sheets (66X96 inches) -- go crazy and line them, or get room darkening shades for the windows (inexpensive). Then you can have them wall to wall without spending a fortune. I purchased "previously owned" Pottery Barn curtains for my apartment on Craigslist (always a good way to find affordable/quality window treatments as is eBay). I have unusual windows, also, and extended the curtain rods past the edge of the windows so they looked more balanced/less off kilter. Two of the windows are at right angles into a corner and my hardware store guy rigged two curtain rods together so they'd connect in the corner using a small piece of plumbing pipe painted black... I know, off topic... but creativity wins the day when you have rooms with challenging shapes/sizes, window placements and such. If you project your curtains away from the window wall a bit, you could sneak in some storage behind your curtains, too. Who couldn't use extra storage?

Center the bed between the two windows and add a ladder shelf or piece of art to that corner to balance things out.

yes to Holly Cow -- though I was thinking a great high boy or an armoire rather than art... it is a bedroom after all.
This one is from Chicago's craigslit and I think it would be most awesome:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/fuo/2016744202.html

Or you could get a mirror of the same size and shape as the windows and hang it there...
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I should have mentioned in the original post how peculiar the rest of the room was layed out and how rotating/moving the bed was not an option. Unfortunately, this is the only position where the bed did not block access to the closet or prevent someone from walking through the door. I love the idea to use shelving, mirror or artwork besides the bed to create balance. Thanks!
Elizabeth

Hi!! i have pretty much the same problem,
but the windows (look JUST like that) are next to the closet instead of the empty wall. i can have the bed heading the closet but its a little bit uncompfortable and also that the tv is hanging from the wall in front of the windows. Any suggestions on what should i do?

THANK YOU :)

I would start by centering the bed to the windows. Then lean a full length mirror in a cool frame against the wall to balance the windows.

I would get a big floor lamp or hanging pendant to go in that space. Also second the idea of putting a big piece of art there! That will reduce the awkwardness instantly.

I would really try to look into rotating the bed in the room, or somehow not trying to center it on the window wall. If that's not an option, I really think a wall of curtains is the way to go -- Ikea has inexpensive options, or you could look into using a bunch of flat sheets or sewing your own.

Easy...... don't!

Move the bed, or embrace the asymmetry of your room.