People Are Sharing Different Ways That People Arrange Their Bedrooms And Some Of The Options Might Scare You
It’s said that you know you’ve become an adult when you put your bed against the middle of the wall rather than the corner. You can see why one would make this association: people living with a partner arrange their bed so that each person can get out of their respective side of the bed without disturbing the other. Someone responsible enough to wash their sheets frequently wants this chore to be as convenient as possible. Moving into a room large enough that it’s no longer necessary to shove the bed into a corner for space might represent a turning point in life.
Even so, plenty of single adults are up to the challenge of crawling across their beds to change the sheets and like sleeping in corners just fine. Some of us can’t imagine giving it up for anything, actually. If you have a hard time imagining sleeping peacefully in this spacious minimalist bedroom, you’re not the only one. Why is this?
Tumblr users started this odd debate about bed placement
Feng shui, the ancient Chinese practice of aligning one’s self and living space advantageously with the energy present in the environment, calls a position in any given room furthest from and looking towards the door the “command position.” Do you subconsciously gravitate to the command position when you enter a room? Wouldn’t you rather sleep in it? The guidelines of feng shui agree.
It feels less like an arbitrary rule and more like primal instinct. We may live in generally safe, locked houses or apartments, but like wild animals, we still choose a sleeping position that prevents an attack from behind while giving us an unobscured view in the event that we’re suddenly awakened by a threat.
This is probably where we get our intrinsic discomfort with the idea of sleeping with our back “exposed”, our front “trapped”, or both. And someone who lacks that instinct must be fearless indeed. These weird diagrams imagine positions that awaken that unease (and show that some people still can’t behave when they see four panels and some lines.)
The thread quickly devolved into absurdity
Image credits: rosescentimental
Commenters on Imgur chimed in on the strange (but vitally important) debate
Sweet dreams, and remember to check under your bed and in your closet.
After reading this post I can die in peace. So meaningful.
Boredpanda needs to post more of these absolutely essential posts. I don't know how I lived without this wisdom.
I only now got it (it took me way too long, my only excuse is that english is not my first language)
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Sounds amazing!! I had a canopy bed as a kid in the '80's. I wish I still had it.
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2 walls around me or I can't sleep! Well, maybe if we put Channing Tatum in it.
If the head isn't against the wall, you wake up 5x/night to fish your pillow off the ground. (A headboard counts as a wall, it does the same in terms of stopping & keeping draughts off your neck etc.)
My husband and I have a king size bed (enough room for us and the dogs, lol) and the house we currently live in has such tiny bedrooms, that our bed takes up the entire room. Like, you open the door, and all you see is one huge bed touching 3 of the 4 walls. We can't get into the closets or anything lol.
i hate these clickbait-y titles. "some of them will scare you"? i mean, Thomas Jefferson's bed was admittedly very unsettling, but still
His bed still wasn't as disturbing as the bed that his "mistress" (Southern-speak for slave he repeatedly raped) was forced to sleep in.
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Ok, but seriously who else is afraid having a limb hand off the bed at night? Cause like that's me!
how about my version: footboard and side of bed against the walls, and I sleep facing said wall. Where do I stand on the scale?
How about a hanging bed. In the middle of the room. Hanging by a bunch of strings. That the spider-like monster living under your bed can trap you in during the middle of the night? trampoline...as-old.jpg 
That's actually kinda cool! Might be a little swingy if you have a partner, but could also add to the fun. XD
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My bed is away from all the walls so I can easily walk around all sides of it. This leaves the wall for doors, windows, furniture, etc. I do have a drapery hanging from the ceiling down behind the head of the bed. I like the fabric better than I would like the wall. Fear me, I guess.
what about a bed with 3 walls (2 at side, 1 above head)? or a bed with 4 walls closing the bed (we get in to bed from above)?
A bed with four walls that you get in from above? That's called a coffin. I'll pass, thanks.
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My (European queen-size) bed (which only I sleep in!) is standing with the head end under a sloping roof. Small night stands on either side and a dresser on the right wall next to the bed. It actually makes perfect sense to put the bed in the middle of the room, because the sheet is way easier to change, if you can reach the mattress at least from the both long sides.
My (european queen size) bed (in which only I sleep!), stands with the head end under a sloping roof. Small nightstands on both sides and a chest of drawers on the right wall, next to the bed. It actually makes sense to put it in the middle of the room, because the bed sheet is much easier to change, if you can reach the mattress from both sides.
Ugh. I'm single (now, thankfully!) but my bed resides in the middle with the headboard against the back wall. I have windows and French doors on one wall and the bathroom door on the other. There is no other place to put my bed!
As long as my head has a wall so my pillows don't fall off I don't care. Oh and as long as my arms and legs don't hang off. So the thingies under the bed can't pull me under. Even if I'm sleeping on just a box spring and mattress.
Psycho one's the best. I wish I was rich enough to waste space but then again even if I was rich I still wouldn't do that as im allergic to bland empty spaces cause they boring as f**k
One waller here, but thats becsuse the headend is too close to the bookcase, and the footend is by the window. ...Which is COLD this time of year.. brrrr
DON'Y KATI-CORNER YOUR BED. THAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE DEAD BED POSITION. THAT'S HOW BODIES WERE DISPLAYED IN HOMES IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
After reading this post I can die in peace. So meaningful.
Boredpanda needs to post more of these absolutely essential posts. I don't know how I lived without this wisdom.
I only now got it (it took me way too long, my only excuse is that english is not my first language)
Load More Replies... Sounds amazing!! I had a canopy bed as a kid in the '80's. I wish I still had it.
Load More Replies... 2 walls around me or I can't sleep! Well, maybe if we put Channing Tatum in it.
If the head isn't against the wall, you wake up 5x/night to fish your pillow off the ground. (A headboard counts as a wall, it does the same in terms of stopping & keeping draughts off your neck etc.)
My husband and I have a king size bed (enough room for us and the dogs, lol) and the house we currently live in has such tiny bedrooms, that our bed takes up the entire room. Like, you open the door, and all you see is one huge bed touching 3 of the 4 walls. We can't get into the closets or anything lol.
i hate these clickbait-y titles. "some of them will scare you"? i mean, Thomas Jefferson's bed was admittedly very unsettling, but still
His bed still wasn't as disturbing as the bed that his "mistress" (Southern-speak for slave he repeatedly raped) was forced to sleep in.
Load More Replies... Ok, but seriously who else is afraid having a limb hand off the bed at night? Cause like that's me!
how about my version: footboard and side of bed against the walls, and I sleep facing said wall. Where do I stand on the scale?
How about a hanging bed. In the middle of the room. Hanging by a bunch of strings. That the spider-like monster living under your bed can trap you in during the middle of the night? trampoline...as-old.jpg
That's actually kinda cool! Might be a little swingy if you have a partner, but could also add to the fun. XD
Load More Replies... My bed is away from all the walls so I can easily walk around all sides of it. This leaves the wall for doors, windows, furniture, etc. I do have a drapery hanging from the ceiling down behind the head of the bed. I like the fabric better than I would like the wall. Fear me, I guess.
what about a bed with 3 walls (2 at side, 1 above head)? or a bed with 4 walls closing the bed (we get in to bed from above)?
A bed with four walls that you get in from above? That's called a coffin. I'll pass, thanks.
Load More Replies... My (European queen-size) bed (which only I sleep in!) is standing with the head end under a sloping roof. Small night stands on either side and a dresser on the right wall next to the bed. It actually makes perfect sense to put the bed in the middle of the room, because the sheet is way easier to change, if you can reach the mattress at least from the both long sides.
My (european queen size) bed (in which only I sleep!), stands with the head end under a sloping roof. Small nightstands on both sides and a chest of drawers on the right wall, next to the bed. It actually makes sense to put it in the middle of the room, because the bed sheet is much easier to change, if you can reach the mattress from both sides.
Ugh. I'm single (now, thankfully!) but my bed resides in the middle with the headboard against the back wall. I have windows and French doors on one wall and the bathroom door on the other. There is no other place to put my bed!
As long as my head has a wall so my pillows don't fall off I don't care. Oh and as long as my arms and legs don't hang off. So the thingies under the bed can't pull me under. Even if I'm sleeping on just a box spring and mattress.
Psycho one's the best. I wish I was rich enough to waste space but then again even if I was rich I still wouldn't do that as im allergic to bland empty spaces cause they boring as f**k
One waller here, but thats becsuse the headend is too close to the bookcase, and the footend is by the window. ...Which is COLD this time of year.. brrrr
DON'Y KATI-CORNER YOUR BED. THAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE DEAD BED POSITION. THAT'S HOW BODIES WERE DISPLAYED IN HOMES IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
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