Barbara Corcoran, 76, says getting a second bedroom prompted her to love her husband 'twice as much'

""Well, they could get separate beds. They could put a wall up. They could sleep on the convertible couch," Corcoran told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Monday."

""When I got my second bedroom, I immediately loved my husband twice as much," she said."

""I always wake up at 5 o'clock. I make myself some coffee, sit on my chair and daydream for an hour. I try to stay off my cellphone and I usually succeed," she said."

""I take Mondays off, and I always have. I will not work on a Monday. On Friday, I leave all my commands, all my notes, little Post-it Notes on everybody's machines. Or now, it's a lot of email," Corcoran said."

Barbara Corcoran, 76, sleeps in a separate bedroom from her husband and credits the arrangement with improving their marriage. She recommends that couples consider separate beds, a partition, or a convertible couch to adapt small living spaces and make better use of extra rooms. Corcoran and her husband, retired Navy captain and FBI agent Bill Higgins, have been married since 1988. Corcoran protects alone time by waking at 5 a.m., making coffee, daydreaming for an hour, and avoiding her cellphone. She takes Mondays off and prepares notes and instructions for staff on Fridays, now often via email. Separate bedrooms and clear personal routines form part of her relationship approach.

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