ᐅ Children’s Bedroom Facing North – What Are Your Thoughts?

Hello everyone

We are still working on the floor plan for our single-family house. Now we are considering a version where a child’s bedroom faces north. This means there would be a large window facing north and a floor-to-ceiling slit window facing east. To the north, the view is quite open, with the next house about 50 meters (55 yards) away.

What do you think about this? I’m worried the room might be too dark. I would prefer a west-facing orientation, but somehow it doesn’t work out.

Thank you for your opinions.

You can’t expect everyone to have the seat next to the bus driver. In summer, having a north-facing orientation is appreciated because you don’t have to sit in the dark all day with the blinds down to avoid having 28°C (82°F) in the room by evening. And whether it’s really pleasant to always have the low evening sun shining into the room... I’m almost certain that in a few years, our eldest, who isn’t at all enthusiastic about high summer heat, will want the room with the window facing north...

NicolettaZ schrieb:

We are still working on the floor plan for our single-family house. Now we are considering a version where a child's bedroom faces north. So there would be a large window facing north and a full-height narrow window facing east. The view to the north is quite open, with the next house approximately 50 meters (165 feet) away.
What do you think about this?

Little, for a very simple reason:

NicolettaZ schrieb:

We are taking over my parents-in-law’s house and renovating it. We will demolish the upper floor and rebuild it. Now the idea came up that we would live on the upper floor and sleep on the ground floor (where the garden is).

(from an unfortunately image-less thread) as well as

NicolettaZ schrieb:

We are renovating a house. The living/kitchen/dining area will be on the first floor, bedrooms on the ground floor.

(from yet another image-less thread) and

NicolettaZ schrieb:

We are currently in the pre-design phase and are planning our living/dining/kitchen level.

where the house at least has a ground floor shown in post #3, mentioning access to an attic — so we are talking about a property in Switzerland. Otherwise, we learn very little to even form any thoughts on the matter.

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NicolettaZ schrieb:

What do you think about this?

I had a 24 sqm (258 sq ft) east-facing attic room with full gable windows, shaded by a loggia and two cherry trees in front. It was dark and lacked atmosphere – so as a rebellious teenager, I moved into an 8 sqm (86 sq ft) storage room with a south-facing roof window. Then my depression disappeared too 😉

I don’t know the options and can’t advise on changing rooms or avoid other mental missteps since you haven’t shared any details about your project.
Because: one room will get the great, bright location… but which one?
Maybe you could introduce your project like others here and answer the questionnaire?!

It also depends on the child’s age – the nephew is 14 and fully into gaming right now, so any daylight is unwelcome.

I think north-facing windows are great – they provide enough light but no direct sunlight. It’s not necessarily true that rooms with north-facing windows will be dark. The window should mainly be wide enough. Light comes from above. Floor-to-ceiling windows are less important when it comes to light.

What exactly is meant by a slit window?