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Thank You in advance! Our Problem: There is no way for us to position our bed in our new home where the head of the bead will not be against a wall with a window in it. The layout: The room is rectangular (basically), with the east wall being closet doors (the bifold type), the west wall having an entrance (with no door) to a small hallway that leads to stairs on the north end and a door to the bathroom in the center of the west wall, and the north and south walls have windows of the same size (4 ft X 4ft) at about 2 1/2 feet off the floor. The ceiling is vaulted, with the peak running east west and approx 11 feet high. Our Solutions: We will somehow create a false ceiling for our bed (whether it be fabric suspended from the ceiling or a 'poster' bed with a fabric 'roof', but we do not know how to position our bed around the windows. There is not room to set it diagonally in a corner, so it must go on a window wall. Should we use a bed with a very substantial headboard (ie - with thick, solid wood or metal) or should we put our bed directly on the floor (like a japanese tatami mat or futon). Our Information: My husband, being born on Dec 1 1977, is a southwest; I, being born on March 29, 1976 am a south. Of possible interest: there will be an overhead ceiling fan and light and the floor will be a woven seagrass carpet, we believe we will hang a curtain in the entryway to the room, but are not positive. I can email a layout if you are interested. color> Thanks and Peace to you, Beth

Are sleeping lofts inauspicious in vaulted ceiling rooms? We will be moving into a new home in the Spring of 2000 which has many vaulted ceilings throughout. Our loft bedroom is quite small and we would be able to use the space more effectively if we could build a sleeping loft. It would be centered under the peak of the vault and about 3 feet at away at the closest point to the ceiling. I am worried that this will cause a 'divide' or 'separation' in our marriage or might, in other ways, be negative. Also, because it is a loft, there is no door to our room; since it is bad for a marriage to hang curtains (or can you, if they do not have a pointed top?), can we instead hang a beaded curtain? My son's room (he is one year old) will also have vaulted ceilings (from 8-20 feet tall). Is it auspicious to paint the ceiling like a sky, or should we drape fabric to create a false ceiling? Thank you! beth