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Furnishing the luxury bedroom
The bedroom is where every day ends, and it should be the room where you feel most at ease. A few deliberate choices are enough to give it the calm of a fine hotel without losing the feel of home.
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It starts with material and colour
Think first about colour and material. Earth tones suit a bedroom well: natural colours that hold warmth. Combine them with greys, cream and sand and the room settles into a calm that does not date, so the bedroom pleases for years rather than seasons.
Then the materials themselves. Wallpaper is the obvious route, but a wall of leather is at least as striking, and so is warm wood such as walnut or oak. Set these against velvet, wool, glass, natural stone, marble or brass, and watch the balance between gloss and matt: get that right and the room quietly reads as opulent.
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The bed comes first
With palette and materials settled, the furniture. The bed is the one piece never to economise on: a good night in it is the point of the whole room. If the space allows, choose a kingsize. These start at a width of 180 centimetres, which gives two people room to sleep without disturbing each other. A proper headboard softens the look and protects the wall when you sit up to read, and an electrically adjustable base is worth considering.
Bedlinen deserves the same seriousness. Sateen or good linen feels different the moment you get in, and it is the surface you touch most. Finish with a few cushions and a throw across the foot of the bed.
More than a place to sleep
If the room is large enough, give it a seating corner: a comfortable armchair or a small sofa near the window, where the daylight is, so you can sit and read in peace during the day. A side table for a cup of something completes it. Makers such as Rupert & Rupert are a good place to look.
The walk-in wardrobe
In a generous bedroom a walk-in wardrobe earns its floor space. It gives clothing, shoes and accessories a place of their own and keeps the bedroom itself uncluttered. A full-length mirror belongs in it, and so does a chair or a small bench.
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Space to unwind
If the bedroom is generously sized, a whirlpool bath is worth considering; it turns the room into a place to unwind as well as sleep. Set it on a platform against the wall: the platform conceals the drainage, and the bath becomes the natural centrepiece of the room. Keep candles and a diffuser within reach and the spa feeling follows of its own accord.
Window treatments
Curtains and other window treatments carry a good part of the style. Choose full-length curtains in a fabric with some weight, such as velvet, or wooden blinds for a warmer effect. For extra comfort, automate them with home automation: one press from your bed opens or closes them.
Accessories finish the room
With the furniture in place, the accessories do the fine tuning. A well chosen bedroom lamp gives the room its tone as much as its light: hang a tasteful pendant, and put a practical reading lamp on each nightstand. Keep the symmetry, with a nightstand and a lamp on either side of the bed.
Art or a television
If you like a film in bed, the television needs solving: practical, but rarely handsome. You can conceal it behind a sliding panel, or choose one of the models that displays a painting when switched off. Art is the other route: chic bedrooms often carry a single work on the wall, modern or classical, chosen to fit the character of the room.
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Having it designed for you
Looking for inspiration? We made a 3D visualisation for a bedroom with en-suite bathroom. There we set the bed within a built surround, which gave the room a proper headboard and a sense of height in one move.
Beyond bedrooms, the studio designs bathrooms, living rooms and kitchens in the same manner. If you would rather shape yours with an interior designer, we visualise the bedroom together during a design consultation of between two and three hours. Once your wishes are clear, we refine the plan into a floor plan, reference images and a 3D sketch design, so you have a clear picture of the end result.
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