Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Seems that upholstered headboards beat out most other style beds lately. But, how about the four poster bed?
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What to use for bed linens? What mixes well with an antique or traditional bed? What keeps it from feeling fuddy-duddy? (yes, I looked up fuddy duddy...)
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The crisp, white bed linens lets the wood bed stand on its own. Keeps the lines neat and clean. The bed becomes a silhouette.
How about a faux fur at the foot of the bed? Just a hint of animal print on the lumbar pillow.
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The striped rug feels fresh in this space, relaxing the room. Certainly an ornate bed, but is surrounded by more simple decor. The curtain rods and window treatments are plain. No art hung above the bed. Relaxed colors.
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Love these rustic, high trunks. Wonderful, antique, barley twist four poster.
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Convex, round mirror helps break up all the straight, formal lines.
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Four poster doesn't always mean canopy, but love the mix of formal with the check duvet cover. Very classic.
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A more modern take on the canopy. Grasscloth wall, cowhide rug, and linen shades along with the geometric bedskirt and canopy top, keeps it kicked back and relaxed.
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Absolutely love the bird print arrangement. Mixed with the pink pillows and coverlet at the foot of the bed, this room doesn't feel like a hunting lodge. More whimsical. Great mix.
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A metal, four poster with side panels, a play on the four poster bed. I pulled this picture for the bedding inspiration, and love the art arrangement on either side as well.
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The turned posts of these four poster beds seem inherently modern with their unusual lines. Painted black, they really stand on their own and mix well with an eclectic collection of lighting and accessories.
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What an amazing bed. Simple white bed linens mix so well. Unframed art sits beautifully with the ornate posts.
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Headboards,
Inspirations,
Master bedroom
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Friday, December 16, 2011
I'm working on an amazing house with a very fun client. The house is a modern mix of farmhouse and Arts and Crafts. The master bedroom has a vaulted wall that is also the bed wall. I've been thinking about a wood treatment for the vaulted wall, but two thirds of the way up the wall only, ending in a simple molding.
(photo credit: Desire to Inspire blog)
I love the planks on this bedwall, pictured above. Very rustic. Don't think we'll be going this rustic in my clients home, but such a great example of textured, rustic wood with the simple bed linens and an open weave throw.
(photo credit: Charlotte Smith / Pinterest)
My clients also have a dark, iron bed. The wood wall and iron bed work so well together. I've been picturing the wood wall to have larger planks or slats and arranged vertically. But, if we did horizontal, the narrow slats have a great modern feel next to the antique looking bedframe.
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I like the scale of these planks of wood, pictured above. Essentially, this wall is a large beadboard. Or maybe more traditionally ~ it would just be called wood paneling.. but who wants to call something this beautiful by the tired 1970s name "wood paneling". It deserves better!
(photo credit: Apartment Therapy blog)
More narrow slats, above. The varied depths in the installation of the wood slats is what really sets this wood wall apart!
(photo credit: Design Sponge blog)
Check out Design Sponge to get the how~to on this wood wall installation, pictured above.
(photo credit: Desire to Inspire blog)
The vaulted ceiling in my client's bedroom has an opening to the bathroom that is similar to this photo below. The no~trim gives a modern look. We'd probably cap off the top just above the opening to the bathroom with an Arts and Crafts style trim, simple.
(photo credit: Design Sponge)
(photo credit: Design Sponge)
On the other side of the bedwall in my client's master bedroom is a dry-walled nook. It's just asking to be made into a bookcase. It's similar to the photo below. I really like the idea of painting the back of the nook a dark accent, maybe a soft black, which would be similar to their black iron bed.
(photo credit: google)
(photo credit: google)
(photo credit: Decorpad)
Great chevron patterned wood wall in this seating area. Simple cap trim above.
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We'll also be installing swing arm lamps on the bed wall. I've been looking at these from Visual Comfort:
On the opposite wood wall, we're checking out this chaise from Arhaus. It's a great balance to the deep texture of the wood wall.
(photo credit: Arhaus)
Have a great weekend!
Posted in:
Inspirations,
Master bedroom,
Patterns,
Wood
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Monday, November 21, 2011
In my last post on
half canopies, I mentioned my master bath and that I would post more to come later. Well, what the heck.. let's call it later.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Really, I wanted to call this post "putting furniture in bathrooms" because that was my inspiration for this master bath. We built our house 6 years ago, and I had just enough time before building began, to tweak a spec house plan and re-draw several spaces. This was one of the most fun to design. The original plan was nothing like this. I took the upstairs laundry room and made it our closet. (I'm a downstairs laundry person.)
It was Bunny Williams who said, "Bathrooms can either be spa like, with tile or marble walls, or they can feel more like dressing rooms with painted or wallpapered walls". (from her book, Point of View) I went with the dressing room point of view.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
My goal was to look into the bathroom, and see an extension of the bedroom. No sinks, no toilet, no shower or tub. I wanted a framed view that would be inviting and calming. The view out the back of our house was the reason we built here. It's a dandy, with forest and field.
I used a pocket door to avoid a door swing on either side. It also created more of a cased opening to the space. I needed the wall space in both the bedroom and bathroom, knowing I wanted to place my grandmother's sofa and chair in a sitting area, and use the wall space in the bathroom too.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
My husband and I knew we didn't want any kind of tub, including a soaking or jet tub. We had one at our previous home and it was the indoor swimming pool for the kids. In this home, we re-claimed our bathroom- and the kids were older, growing out of tub playtime. My builder was very leery about the no tub idea, but he came around in the end.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Above is where I wanted to place furniture. This is the dressing room extension of the bedroom. While it's not a small bathroom, it's not a particularly large bathroom either. Not having a tub certainly gave us more real estate to play with.
The door on the left is to the closet. In the original house plans, this was the laundry room- accessible in the hall that had a straight shot view from the foyer.. ok, that's no good. Who wants to greet their guests and look up the stairs to the laundry room? I also added the toilet room on the other side.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Above- looking out from the chair into the bedroom, and the pocket door from the other side. And, if you look even closer.. yes, that bird print is tacked up on the wall with painters tape (needs to be framed). There are many more of these
prints I'll be putting up on my Etsy Shop in the next few weeks. They are fabulous!!
I may have to change out those dresser lamps at some point. Just haven't found the right ones yet.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
This is the double shower we opted for over the tub. I don't miss anything about having a tub. Either you're a tub person and have to have one - or you never use it and it collects dust.
While I have a simple white, fabric shower curtain at the moment, I'll be pulling in fabric from the half canopy and use as a curtain on the outside.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
The urn and bird candle sconces - a clearance purchase from Wisteria many years back.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
The double sink is tucked back on the other side of the double window and behind the shower. If ever a future home owner wants a tub, this would be the spot. A double sink would fit nicely where the dresser is. Just a matter of tearing up the kitchen ceiling below to install plumbing!
While I just love the look of a lower, open shelf double sink cabinet, I opted for lots of closed storage instead for the sink cabinet. The dressing mirror works great not only for dressing, but also reflects the view out back and brings in that much more natural light.
Tablescaping....
Below is a ready-made frame from Michaels. It's a bit hard to make out the picture, but I took a book apart and framed the photography.. of Italy. The book was a clearance item at Barnes and Noble. Made a wonderfully, soothing picture to wake up to. The tray was found at
Old Lucketts in Leesburg, Va. and the little sugar bowl was a
vintage find on one of my hunts.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
On the dresser are my kids... they are now all teenagers, but in this space, I like my collection of "when they were little...".
And, another photograph, torn out of the book and framed. Both of the larger framed Italy photographs lean against larger mirrors. It's nice to break up all that mirror a bit.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
And, my sister bear. This is a vintage, white, leather polar bear my sister sent to me a few months back. She has one just like it. When I was out , I saw her bear and remembered it growing up when we shared a bedroom. I hadn't thought of that little leather, polar bear in sooo long. It was such a fun surprise to have one too, it makes me smile every morning I see it.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
So, that's about it for the tour. Still some projects here and there. I'll be sure to post pictures with the bedroom half canopy and other finishing details.
Happy Monday!
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Bathrooms,
Blue,
Master bath,
Master bedroom
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