Secret Places Safe Places

Just reading Artysville's post about a little cupboard under the stairs that she was thinking of making into a reading nook for her 6 year old. While this is not her photo below, it makes me think of all those nooks and crannies in a house that serve as wonderful spaces for just getting away from it all.

Under the stairs by Susie.

When we lived in Tehran, in a very large apartment (3000+sq ft), my eldest son took the kitchen pantry for his bedroom. He was just able to squeeze in a single mattress and box springs under the shelves which went to the ceiling. The room had a window which looked to the vast area to the east of the city and just enough space for a small trunk which held a lamp. (The room also had electricity.)

He was 11y rs old and the room became a little sanctuary for him, and our two Siamese cats who luxuriated in the sunlight and the warmth of a small space. The faux stability of the country was falling apart but he had his space and I often envied him.

When I have this space cleared out more, and it is happening,

I want to get this bed Just For Me - to lay down amongst LOTS of cushions and down comforters, and read, and think and just be away from it all...with real life 5 or so feet below me.
Do you have a place to go to...to be alone...to clear your mind and let new ideas into existence? or is this still a dream for your future?