Master Bedroom Layout and Design Tips

What do you spend your time doing in your Master Bedroom? 

I know that is a personal question, but how you primarily intend to use it -- determines what it should be like!

Do you just sleep in this room, or do you want to spend time in the Master Bedroom --

Reading, "Relaxing", Exercising, Working, Watching TV and getting away from the other people who may also live in the same house?

Is it large enough for lots of activities or more like a cocoon to feel safe & secure in while sleeping?

What colors do you want to have surrounding you in this room?

How much external light comes in from the windows?  And, how many windows are there?

Do the blinds or curtains cut out enough light so that you could sleep during the day time if you needed to?

Do you want it to be quiet? 

• Do NOT put your pool equipment outside the Master Bedroom windows!  Most recent lesson learned from the house we built in the last few years. 
• What about the wind? 
• Is it in the corner of the house that most of the weather and storms come from?
• Are their gutters or other things that will make dripping noises?
• How close is the bed location to the bathroom and its "sounds" ?

Can the Master Bathroom be closed off from the bedroom area so that if someone has to go to work early the door can be closed so that the bathroom light does not shine in and keep the person still in bed awake?

Do you like to sleep in on the weekends?  Living on a Golf Course means that the Sand trap rakers and Greens keepers will be outside your window as soon as it is light out - disturbing that great weekend sleeping in routine. See the 

Do you want to be close to children's bedrooms and play area's?

or on the other side of the house from them? 

This will depend on the ages and activities of your children or other people living in the house with you.

One word of warning on Master Bedrooms that share one wall with a Family Room where the television, video games, computers or stereo's are used a lot - it may be loud in the Master Bedroom also!  Do not place the television or stereo speakers in a position against this wall or the sound will be transmitted into the Master Bedroom and it may be louder in the bedroom than in the family room. 

This problem can exist in many homes with a Split Floor Plan. See the pages on  Floor Plans and Indoor Sound

Your Bedroom is where you spent a high percentage of hours during your lifetime! Make certain it is comfortable and livable for you!