Built-in beds

THEY CAN HELP NAVIGATE TRICKY SPATIAL LAYOUTS AND ARE A DESIGN CHOICE THAT DELIVERS HOTEL-STYLE LUXURY – SO MAKE THE DREAM A REALITY

- FEATURE Roddy Clarke

In a well-designed home, the bedroom is a sanctuary of escapism - and builtin beds are one of the current favourite ways interior designers are elevating a scheme. 'When you tailor joinery to a room's proportions, it creates a sense of cohesion and intention that freestanding furniture seldom achieves,' says Louis Hagen Hall, the director of London-based Studio Hagen Hall. 'The result feels immersive, grounded and often luxurious, like the refined comfort you get in the best hotel suites. It's about creating a space that feels designed, rather than decorated.'

Using joinery within the design of a bed in smaller, compact homes can also help to zone it away from other areas, enhancing a sense of calm and relaxation. Be it a platform bed or a split-level design that allows you to site your sleeping area within an unconventional position, thinking outside the box and employing joinery can help if you're dealing with a tricky spatial layout in a bedroom. For small apartments and studios, tricks such as these can be particularly helpful to create a dividing point between the bedroom area and the rest of the space.