GREAT ESCAPE
A trick often missed when revamping a spare room is to make it feel as comfortable as other rooms in the house. Add cushions and layer fabrics, or carve out a snug sleeping area and decorate with dark, cosseting tones. If the room layout is narrow, a single bed might slide in horizontally under a window. Then one option is to hang a curtain at each end of the bed, creating an alcove. Alternatively, copy Beata Heuman’s scheme shown here, which boxes in the bed area with a theatrical frame. To ramp up the cosiness, paint the interior of the alcove a different colour from the exterior. Use the same treatment for the curtains by interlining them with a shade that matches the bed nook.
UP AND DOWN
If you’re likely to be hosting large numbers of guests for short periods of time, bunk beds are a convenient way to fit everyone in. When ceiling heights are generous, consider a triple rather than just a double, or have a double bed on the bottom level with a single on top. Larch or bleached pine add an instant holiday freshness to a bedroom, so are ideal in seaside environments at all times of the year. This scheme was designed and made by the husband-and-wife team, interior architect Jennifer Valone and furniture designer Halvor Thorsen of Odd Thorsen. The blue and white colour combination will never fall out of fashion.
WELL DRESSED
This story is from the December 2019 edition of Homes & Gardens.
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