Bedroom - To Head Board or Not...

 

I have been thinking about a bedroom set up for clients of mine. We were looking at head board options a while ago - which I usually like as it brings a focus to the room. However, after doing some research, I was drawn to these visuals. So now think interesting side tables, cool lights, textured blankets and some simple pieces of art can bring focus to the bed - all without a head board. I'm liking this direction.
I found these great images on Milo and Mitzy's Pinterest bedroom board - check out more of them here.

 

Photographs via Milo and Mitzy's Pinterest.

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Fabric Head-Board

Last week I was looking at fabric head-boards for a client of mine. We have a fantastic patterned fabric that we like and if we go ahead with this option, we would keep the head-board style simple so to let the fabric shine.

I'm liking this bedroom with its own unique fabric head-board - the room has an overall grand style yet is still simple. Love the colours too.

Photograph by Petra Bindel for Elle.

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Pink and Picasso

Recognise the bed head-board in this bedroom?  You may remember seeing it here as the former occupants of this room, artist Julian Schanbel and his wife, Olatz are no longer together. While the bed head-board has moved to a more simpler (but still grand) turquoise space, it held its own in this vibrant and baroque-style pink room with Picasso's Femme au Chapeau hanging nearby. Impressive.
Photograph via Vanity Fair.

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Colour and Vintage in the Bedroom

I like the mix of colour and vintage in this charming bedroom.
Photograph from Interiormagasinet via Nordic Design.

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Bedroom in a Barn

Spotted On Remodelista - this lovely barn bedroom scene with a divine cow blanket! This is a range of bedlinen designed by stylish actress, Diane Keaton called K by Keaton and sold in the USA through Bed Bath and Beyond.

Read Keaton's Q&A here about her design choices and ideas for the bedroom.
Photograph via Remodelista.

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Resene Habitat Magazine - Summer 2011/12.

This weekend I received the latest Habitat magazine from Resene in my mailbox. And in this issue, there was a section that I worked on several months ago. It is called Alternative Solutions (I'm on page 22 & 23), where they ask two designers to re-create a chosen room from a house that is featured in the magazine, using Resene colours and products that are available to the New Zealand market. The chosen room was a bedroom so I proposed a modern Scandi inspired room and recommended several products from Father Rabbit, Country Road, Thonet, Simon James Design, Etsy and ECC. The finished result is the above - all pulled together by a computer! What do you think?
Photographs via Habitat.

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A Great Bed Head-Board with Shelving.

Here is a cool example of an effective and useful head board around the bed.
This is from the Sydney home of stylist Megan Morton and she says this “Can you imagine what it’s like to wake up knowing all these amazing books are behind me?!” Yep, she's pretty happy with this. See the rest of her interesting home here.
Photographs via The Design Files.

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TGIF - A Slice of Zen

It's Friday and I'm in a somewhat Zen mood. So this room hits the spot for me today as well as yoga class later. Have a lovely weekend.
Photograph - source unknown.

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Shelf above the Bed.

Clients have often asked me about locating a shelf above the bed's headboard. I tend to get nervous about this as I worry about objects falling on their head while one is sleeping - and I don't want any of clients waking up grumpy at me! However, this image, by stylist Stella Nicolaisen, makes it look really good. I'd recommend small and only a  few objects on the shelf...
Photograph via Agent Bauer.

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Bunk Beds



Via My Scandinavian Retreat.



Via Inside Out magazine.

 One thing I regret about no longer being a child is not being to hang out in the cool bunk rooms in holiday homes like the ones above. Sigh.

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Recycle, Restore and Re-use.



Before - waiting for its pick up by my joiners.



After - now a bedside table and extra bedroom storage.



This piece of furniture was previously a retail shop fixture. Back in the day, I was a Visual Merchandiser for fashion and homeware brand, Country Road and while working there CR replaced all their fixtures and were selling off the old ones. So I brought what was known as the 'incubator' by my CR colleagues and it has been floating around through different family member's homes until I had a place for it. By the time I picked it up, it was worse for wear - the veneer was peeling off on the top from the hot sun. I knew this would be a handy piece so I got my joiners to re-use the base and replace the top. It looks great in the crisp white.

Photographs by Charlotte Minty.

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Happy Friday

It's a freezing cold wintery day in Wellington - this photo sums up where I want to be right now. Happy Friday and keep warm this weekend.
Photograph source unknown. Let me know if you know!

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New Work - Bedroom

Bedroom - Before

Bedroom - After

Here was a bedroom that was looking okay - however, we didn't like the existing drapery and overall it was looking a bit bland.
The bedroom's new ensuite is black and white so it was logical to carry on this colour combination and it worked well with the exisiting iron poster bed and antique furniture.
We chose a large graphic pattern for the drapery and a striped sheer for privacy. We also brought down the curtain rod to above the window rather than halfway up the wall and the smaller window got a sheer roman blind.
We continue the lattice pattern with the cushions and the sofa fabric, which has a smaller lattice weave. A darker grey for the sofa was chosen to give depth and contrast. These moves gave the bedroom the 'pop' that it needed.
Photographs by Charlotte Minty.

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