Help with bedroom/office?

[wordsalad]

My sister is moving in with me and i need to combine my workspace and bedroom as a result.
The bedroom door comes off the livingroom, from inside the room it is on the West wall and is directly across from the front door, also on the West wall. The bedroom door is on the farthest North portion of the wall. It also opens toward the South (in other words, rather than hitting the North wall, it rests against the West wall when fully opened.)
The room is square, the North wall is taken up with two doors leading to the closet and the bathroom.
The old East wall used to have a porch outside, however, the porch has been converted into part of the room. The problem lies in that the porch portion has a lower ceiling. There is a low/large window on this new East wall that is directly across from the bedroom door. There is also a small high window (you can look out of it while standing) on the South wall of this "porch portion". These are the only two windows in the room. This portion of the room also sort of juts out from the squarenss of the house as a whole.
I was thinking, to promote a separation of "work" and "sleep", of creating two separate areas, using the already occurring ceiling height difference as a guide.
My question is, should I utilize this "former porch" as the sleeping area? or should I utilize it as the study area? I know there are issues surrounding windows and beds, would the fact that the south window is high remedy this any? also, what is your advice about putting beds against walls on two sides?
Thanks for any advice,
Kristen

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Kristen,
Please see below:-

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On 12/14/00 8:07:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
My sister is moving in with me
and i need to combine my
workspace and bedroom as a
result.
The bedroom door comes off the
livingroom, from inside the
room it is on the West wall
and is directly across from
the front door, also on the
West wall. The bedroom door
is on the farthest North
portion of the wall. It also
opens toward the South (in
other words, rather than
hitting the North wall, it
rests against the West wall
when fully opened.)
The room is square, the North
wall is taken up with two
doors leading to the closet
and the bathroom.
The old East wall used to have
a porch outside, however, the
porch has been converted into
part of the room. The problem
lies in that the porch portion
has a lower ceiling. There is
a low/large window on this new
East wall that is directly
across from the bedroom door.
There is also a small high
window (you can look out of it
while standing) on the South
wall of this "porch portion".
These are the only two windows
in the room. This portion of
the room also sort of juts out
from the squarenss of the
house as a whole.
I was thinking, to promote a
separation of "work" and
"sleep", of creating two
separate areas, using the
already occurring ceiling
height difference as a guide.
My question is, should I
utilize this "former porch" as
the sleeping area? or should
I utilize it as the study
area?
1. In my opinion, the first priority should be based on Shapes and Form School.

2. You can uitlize the 'former porch" as the sleeping area especially if it is a `proper' room even if it has lower ceiling.
When I mentioned about a `proper' room, what I mean is that it should not be exposed to the elements or have a fragile ceiling. I believe this is not an issue here.
3. Next, the first consideration is where when we open say the bedroom door, can the bed be placed on the opposite wall and is this wall a full height wall.
If para 3 is not the case, then, it should be placed (peferably) against a wall in relation to say the windows, attached bathroom ...

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I know there are issues
surrounding windows and beds,
would the fact that the south
window is high remedy this
any?
As mentioned earlier, it would be best to have bed placed as described above. For the higher window at the south, check that the windows are in proportionate to the wall of the south wall.

Where possible, the windows do not cover an area of more than 1/3 the size of the e.g. outer South wall .
As a remedy, one can close e.g. some of the windows (if there are constant strong winds blowing into the room)
also, what is your

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advice about putting beds
against walls on two sides?

Apologise, can you elaborate further as I am not too clear of your question.
Usually, it would be bad for a bed to be sandwiched between two pillars of columns of a wall.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil