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i like the look but all i can think about is summer. living in australia i often move furniture around for summer - the lounge, beds and chairs so that the person in them will get whatever breeze any pass through.

i suppose if you have a room like that you probably have air conditioning though and more windows out of shot.

We are struggling with having a bed in front of our window as well. There really aren't any other options because of the way the entrance way is laid out. There is a window on 2 different walls and they are at a really stupid height...very frustrating. So I love seeing similar situations!

I do this as well. It really is the only way our bedroom could be done. IT was a bonus, considering we couldn't decide on a headboard anyway. We like it!

The only drawback with this setup is that you lose 1/3 of your window because of the headboard.

I have rarely seen this done well. It seems like you always lose part of the window or functionality of the window or it just plain looks weird. I lived in a condo for a few months where we put our bed in front of the window. It wasn't optimal, but because we were there such a short time, we didn't want to rearrange or get new furniture. The thing I noticed most was the loss of privacy and how much I could hear our neighbors and how much they could hear us during "nighttime activities".

Feng shui design advises the bed not be directly under a window - The chi entering through the window will disrupt sleep. (But having children distrupts sleep, too, so who knows??)