Comments on: you said: "This bedroom has no windows. Help!"

By: clay

clay — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:01:12 +0000

windowless bedrooms are usually illegal and are fire traps. make sure there’s SMOKE ALARMS:

-top of stairs and between room and nearest exit
-outside & inside the bedroom

They should have a light on them to help escape, and a silence button. one with a 10-year battery built-in only costs like $25. lives are important!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 19 May 2006 14:43:04 +0000

This is a cute little window, basically a light with a windowframe. It might be a bit plain, but I’d imagine it would be mellow and relaxing. Check out a review here http://www.babygadget.net/2006/01/window_light.php

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:00:43 +0000

I love that bamboo mural, but does anyone have direct experience with these in particular? The directions involve overlapping the panels somewhat, because they’ll shrink as they dry. You also trim extra off at the end. We’re not talking a wallpaper pattern here, where you can trim to get it to line up along the edges — you’ve got your 8 discrete pieces and that’s it. It totally seems to me like bits of the picture will get lost at each overlap point. Won’t that look really bad?

By: Wisechick

Wisechick — Thu, 18 May 2006 00:39:26 +0000

My first suggestion is find another place to live. I can tolerate a small bedroom but a windowless one would seem like a prison.

Other than that, how about purchasing a light box? I’m talking about the kind of light box that’s used in trade shows and department stores. You’ll need to find your transparency to put in it. But you can have any photograph turned into a transparency. See here http://www.triodisplay.com/catalog/classic-snap-frame-c-469_1711.html

You could change the view by changing the transparency. This sort of thing could work with a really modern bedroom. The thing is, anything with light is going up the temperature in your windowless room.

The other option is to treat the room like you would a nightclub. Dim lights, cozy color. Have things lit from below and use a lot of mirrored surfaces.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:51:43 +0000

I’ve seen something clever done with a boxed in windowframe installed with daylight simulation lighting hidden behind it and frosted glass. No idea where though – maybe the room set in an Ikea?. Sorry, but I’m sure you can picture the general idea.

By: megan k.

megan k. — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:14:18 +0000

is there a federal law about offices? my computer and i occupied a window-less supply closet at one time…

By: Angela M.

Angela M. — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:19:44 +0000

Well… In NYC I suspect there is a different “anything goes” law: bedrooms in living rooms, bedrooms in kitchens, bedrooms in loft spaces…. I think recently I saw a story where some enterprising people “rented” out the space above a door in room as a bedroom. Crazy!

By: minga

minga — Wed, 17 May 2006 16:11:52 +0000

according to federal law, bedrooms must have a window or other exit for reasons of fire safety. I would not use a windowless room as a bedroom, and a landlord/realtor should not have advertised this room as a “bedroom.”