Our own primary bedroom remains quite spare even as it evolves. Your girl takes her own sweet time for a variety of reasons. Let’s face it, as soon as I can stick a fork in it? I’m itching to move on. I am drawn to the flow of the creative process, to the growing of beauty. And you? Which design details and ingredients do you admire for a spare and serene bedroom?
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Serene Bedroom: Design Details With Allure
I do love me a restful color story and cloud-like landing for rest and dreams. Love Marie Flanigan’s designs like the bedroom above?
THE PERFECT ROOM need not remain a mystery. Timeless interior design triumphs inspire as Flanigan guides us toward set apart interiors with her wealth of well-earned architecturally-informed wisdom.
Is Matchy Bedroom Furniture Ever Calm?
Matchy bedroom furniture may forever be a design no-no, but it remains an option for some. (Need help justifying the choice? Tell yourself it’s very green, very sustainably-conscious, very mindful and demure; very European of you to preserve what has served for years.) 🙂
Americans can often be too feverish about disposing, replacing, and reinventing. My favorite serene bedrooms actually break rules. They feel unfussy, natural, and influenced by the inhabitants more than a particular set of rules.
Give Me a Calm Blue Color Story
Blue is magic. Waking up to blue skies every morning is suddenly within reach where Sarah Bartholomew is involved (from last year’s Southern Living Idea House):
Isn’t the bed fabulous? And the blue-grey trim color (Sherwin-Williams Silver Lake) is one to file away.
More calm blue options HERE. The bathroom is every bit as elegant!
That understated checkered flooring is divine, and the soaking tub…
OMG. This soaking tub is not unlike a glorious baby Moses basket o’ love. When I think of rattan and wicker classics, the goods at Serena & Lily immediately spring to mind:
Make Mine Modern French
Designer Jill Egan’s artful masterpiece of a serene bedroom refuses to skimp on quality, drama, or sophistication. Yet it also somehow feels just right for sweet dreams.
Who can argue with slumbering under crystals? In an elegant European inspired bedroom designed by Marie Flanigan, there’s a carefree elegance which will ever be timeless:
Yet there may be elements of design more important than falling within a sphere of timelessness or easily categorized with hashies and keywords. Choosing pieces that feel ageless to YOU? Choosing pieces you won’t quickly tire of? This is personal and eased with help from a designer.
Brooke Giannetti’s bedroom at Patina Farm springs to mind as a study in understated, livable luxe. It is subjective. An affinity for Swedish antiques and organic materials that develop patina? This won’t resonate with everyone, but it works beautifully for its owner.
Treat yourself to masterclass in all things PATINA wonderful in this treasury by the Giannettis:
Bringing Home Hotel Chic
Ever look to chic hotels to inspire? Check out this understated guest room with spectacular paneled ceiling at Hotel Chateau Voltaire:
Back to that matchy matchy faux pas…sorry, not sorry that I am more than okay with matching bedside tables and lamps! If it’s not a look for you, skip it. I promise I won’t make you stand in my bedroom doorway and feel annoyed.
This was the hotel suite in Paris where we stayed for a vacation to celebrate our 25th anniversary. One way to make a timeless bedroom glow? Pure gold. Our room was clad in mahogany and gilded with opulence. Sculptures flanking the bed were masterfully made by the hands of Rosaline Granet.
Please don’t get me started on the French windows in our suite dressed in the dreamiest barely there silk opening on to an unforgettable courtyard below.
Definitely the finest hotel I have been welcomed to, and notice how even the window hardware is adorned with a bronze sculpture.
The use of mirror in the bedroom was also a triumph.
California-Inspired Minimal Luxe Bedroom
Beautiful, functional, neutral, organic, California-inspired laidback luxe is a look easy to love and live with. Jenni Kayne consistently creates collections to bring calm.
The quality soars high at Jenni Kayne, and investment pieces are made to last.
For more of this flavor of coastal cool, see this Amber Lewis story? Her California-inspired bedrooms feel utterly natural and beautiful.
I love Amber’s collaborations with Loloi, and I showed you my pillow and rug:
The primary bedroom at our former home featured a rustic reclaimed wood statement wall. Will it still feel timeless in a few years? Not sure, but it will remain appropriate to the style of that home and its location tucked within soaring trees.
Modern Belgian Minimal
Some of my favorite bedrooms are Belgian-inspired. Perhaps the most influential figure who continues to inspire is Axel Vervoordt:
The bedroom above was designed by Vervoordt for Calvin Klein’s Miami home.
John and Desiree Bastian (Beljar Home) can do no wrong in my eyes, creating stunning bedrooms with Belgian influence like the one above.
Belgian linen on the bed and furniture is a fine place to start if you admire the look.
How to decide on a design direction with all the lovely possibilities?
Wait until you see CeCe Barfield Thompson’s tranquil bedroom with walls covered in grasscloth and Lisa Fine fabric on the bed in this:
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Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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