Dear Cecil,

Thank you so much for having this forum! We are adding a bedroom to our house and have the following concerns. I read another forum posting that if we need to place the bed on the same wall as the fireplace, just place it 3 cm from the wall. But what should we do if we not only share the wall but are directly on top of the fireplace (because the bedroom is on the 2nd floor, right above the family room with fireplace)? Second, is it okay to have the closet so close to (in the direct path of) the door upon entering the room?

Attached is a layout of the room:

Thank you very much!

Gwen

1. If your home has not been built yet, try to see if you can avoid having a bed above the fireplace.

2. Logically, it will not be possible to have the bed above the fireplace since it usally has a stack or chimney that runs from the ground floor to the roof.

3. Frankly, other than moving the bed(s) away from a fireplace, what else can one do? It is either: this or that type of senario.

4. It is common to have a closet close to door. So long as possible, bedroom doors should preferably open inwards intoa bedroom and the door can easily open fully towards the wall. If this is so, then it is perfectly OK.

Gwen B. wrote:
Thank you so much for having this forum! We are adding a bedroom to our house and have the following concerns. I read another forum posting that if we need to place the bed on the same wall as the fireplace, just place it 3 cm from the wall. But what should we do if we not only share the wall but are directly on top of the fireplace (because the bedroom is on the 2nd floor, right above the family room with fireplace)? Second, is it okay to have the closet so close to (in the direct path of) the door upon entering the room?

Thank you! This is not a real fireplace that uses wood, but one that you turn on with a light switch. All of the walls in this room are problematic for placing beds: walls 1) across from door2) against windows (where desk is) 3) above fireplace and 4) cannot see door (where TV is). Which is the least inauspicious?

Sorry I cannot comprehen what you are mentioning about. Overall the layout plan that you had shown earlier, looks good under Shapes and Forms Feng Shui.