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Whatever style of house you live in – be it a country house or a tiny flat – the House & Garden archive is your one-stop-shop for bedroom ideas from the world's best interior designers.

How to decorate a bedroom

The scheme for a bedroom should be something that you find relaxing and cosy, although a quick look through our gallery of ideas suggests that there are plenty of ways to interpret that. Pale paint colours and understated patterns certainly have their moment, but spare rooms are often a great place to run riot with colour and pattern, perhaps in the form of a bedroom wallpaper, since they're unlikely to be occupied every day. Make sure the bones of the room work for how you use the room. If space and budget allow, some built-in joinery can make all the difference for storage, and give the room a more seamless feel than if it's stuffed with furniture.

Window treatments are hugely important in a bedroom; some people prefer that not a chink of light can get in, while others like to wake up with the daylight. Long, luxurious curtains are beautiful in a bedroom, in a thick material that will feel cosy in winter, perhaps with sheer blinds behind to let the light in during the daytime. There are plenty of readymade curtains out there if you're on a budget, and blinds alone can also be a cost-effective way to dress your windows. Having a blackout blind made in a fabric of your choice does not have to cost the earth.

Small bedroom ideas

Buying bedroom furniture

The bed is obviously the most important feature in the room, and there's a huge variety to choose from. Perhaps you'd go down the traditional route with a box spring, prettily finished with a valance, and accompanied by a headboard upholstered in a beautiful fabric. For a more contemporary look, a wooden bed frame can be a stylish option, harking back to Arts & Crafts or mid-century design. These also take up less visual space in the room. We're also huge fans of four-poster beds, which can work well in both traditional and modern interiors. "If I have a small room, I try and overscale the furniture," says renowned hotel designer Olga Polizzi. "Putting itsy-bitsy furniture in just makes it feel smaller." Many of the interior designers on our pages agree, and we've seen brilliant examples of imposing four-poster beds used successfully in very small rooms. And above all else, don't skimp when choosing a mattress. You may be sleeping on it for many years to come, so make sure you get it right!

Beyond the bed, you'll obviously want to think about bedside tables, preferably something big enough for a lamp, a book, and a glass of water. In a very small bedroom, we've seen interior designers build nooks into the wall or into built-in wardrobes either side of the bed, a neat solution we adore. And speaking of wardrobes, clothes storage is an essential. Hanging rails can be a great alternative to bulky wardrobes if you're short on space. If you have some space to play with, it's always rather civilised to have a dressing table where you can get ready in the morning and prepare for bed in the evening. And last but not least, a smart little armchair in the corner of the room is always lovely when you need somewhere to sit and put your shoes on - although it inevitably gets covered in yesterday's clothes.

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Choosing bedding for your bedroom

Rita Konig knows how to make a beautiful bed, and emphasises the importance of what's on it. "Beds – and bed linen – really make bedrooms. It is not unusual for people to skimp on the linens – if not financially, then mentally, when coming up with the design for the room. All-white sheets and a duvet create a colossus of white in the centre of the room that can detract from the rest of the space. The bed linen, quilts, blankets and eiderdowns you choose make a huge difference to the room, how it looks and how inviting it is to you and/or your guests." If you do love crisp white bedding, consider adding a patterned blanket at the bottom of the bed to brighten things up. We're also big fans of relaxed coloured linen, and some patterned bedding from time to time.

In Alexandra Tolstoy's bedroom, the antique bed, dressed in linen and fabric from Volga Linen and Robert Kime, is placed in the window to make space for a 20th-century Irish wardrobe and embroidered Uzbek coats, which recall the allure of the Central Asian steppes.
In the London house of interior designer Deniz Bayern, the bedroom walls are painted in Valspar's 'Norway Spruce'. Old museum specimen cabinets, sourced from Martin D Johnson Antiques, make distinctive bedside tables.
The pewter chandelier is fitted with lampshades that match the wallpaper and curtains in the bedroom of a Christopher Howe-decorated house in Bray.
The walls in this eighteenth-century house in Bath are painted in Paint & Paper Library's 'Slate III' and the floor is painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Slipper Satin'. A delicate metal four-poster bed is hung with antique mangle-cloth drapes, with cushions covered in vintage Swedish ticking and antique flags, all from Howe. The two striped rugs are Turkish, circa 1950. A French tôle peinte helmet wall light is above the twentieth-century Indian teak folding table, which probably came from an old civic building. A mid-century brass-framed oval Swedish mirror hangs by the window.
In Gabby Deeming's Bloomsbury flat, the bedroom window has a linen half-curtain made from a vintage tablecloth as a concession to privacy. The lack of other curtains or blinds mean that the attractive curved tops of the windows are still visible. Of the canopy bed she says "it feels so self-contained, a bit like a ship that's going to set sail with me in it, which I love. It's a very good bed for daydreaming."
Sandberg's 'Raphael' wallpaper features in one of the back bedrooms of the Suffolk house, echoing the oak tree immediately outside the window.
In this bedroom, Ben Pentreath has paired Morris & Co's 'Willow Bough' wallpaper, which provides an excellent backdrop for art, with antique wooden furniture.
A subtle palette of Farrow & Ball paints and a headboard and bench covered in alpaca wool create a relaxed mood in the bedroom of Ochre director Solenne de la Fouchardiere. Ochre's 'Beach Pebble' pendant casts a soft light.
In the main bedroom of a London house by Maria Speake, cushions on a bedcover from Antiques by Design echo the colours of a headboard, upholstered in a mix of fabrics including hand-dyed velvet by Kirsten Hecktermann. An antique chandelier from Schmid McDonagh picks up on vintage Italian bedside tables with 'Trafalgar' lamps by Pooky. The carpet by Jacaranda balances Farrow & Ball's rich 'Green Smoke' paint on the walls.
Olivia Outred is responsible for this fresh bedroom. In the main bedroom, Farrow & Ball's 'Drag' wallpaper in colourway 1252 is similar in hue to Claremont's 'Antique Serge' linen, which was used to upholster the banquette by the window. It also picks up on the muted green tones of 'Dandelion Clock (Faded)', a patterned linen fabric from Robert Kime, used for the curtains and headboard. The flat's owner bought the blue-painted antique chest of drawers from Brownrigg in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The blue glass lamp base is one of a pair from the London-based dealer Christopher Butterworth.
In the main bedroom of an Ibizan house by Joanna Plant, a discontinued four-poster by Chelsea Textiles stands on a vintage rug from Joshua Lumley. Lamps from Magus Antiques, with shades made from saris, pick up on the colours of an antique Indian hanging. The cotton bedcover is from Oka.
In her own bedroom, interior designer Tara Craig has made a small space sing by sticking to a bold blue colour scheme throughout, broken up by her neutral half canopy bed. A bespoke eiderdown picks up on walls covered in Marialida's 'Urbino' cotton in azzurro/antique white from Tissus d'Hélène.
This Arts & Crafts house decorated by Ben Pentreath features plenty of green and brown shades. The greeny-brown grasscloth in this room is in the colour referred to by Ben as "freshly laid cowpat". 'I love the richness that grasscloth brings; it has so much more depth than a flat paint,' he says. He has used grasscloths in a number of rooms in this London house, including Altfield's 'Minka' (bamboo), 91cm wide, £58 a metre, and Phillip Jeffries' 'Manila Hemp' (truffle brown), 94cm wide, £44 a metre. 'You do have to warn clients that the joins between panels are visible, but I've never minded the effect,' adds Ben.
Rachel Chudley's design for the velvet headboard in the bedroom of her warehouse flat was inspired by the leaves of the toleware lights. It makes for a unique focal point of the room.
The main bedroom of Jo Vestey's Oxfordshire farmhouse has Jo's photographs on display and a Japanese light on the desk. Exposed beams, wooden floorboards and the desk contrast nicely with the white rug and walls, giving an overall look that is both clean and rustic.
Nicola Harding's team collaborated with Naturalmat to design the headboard in the main bedroom of a Berkshire house she redecorated, which is upholstered in 'Carolina' linen from Vanderhurd. Walls in Farrow & Ball's 'Setting Plaster' and a rug from Guinevere continue the pale pink and blue theme.
This pared-back bedroom is in Pierre Yovanovitch's château in the South of France. The bench is by Jan de Swart, circa 1955; bedside table by T. H. RobsjohnGibbings, circa 1950; wall lamp, twentieth century, Austria; Maori fabric wall hangings by Fortuny; PY bed.
The bespoke four-poster in the bedroom of an Arts and Crafts villa in Surrey is from Beaudesert. The calm room is furnished in a neutral fashion with simple, clean lines and fabrics.
A framed nineteenth-century Indian embroidered panel hangs above the bed in this deeply comfortable bedroom in a London flat designed by Hugh Henry.
Shades of white and green make for a bright but serene scheme in the spare bedroom of Cameron Kimber's house in New South Wales. The eighteenth and nineteenth-century dog pictures on the wall are just two of Cameron's collection.
This Arts & Crafts house was designed by Ben Pentreath. The bedside table is from Christopher Hodsoll. In this room Ben has used the William Morris wallpaper 'Fruit' (lime green/tan). It is sold in 10-metre rolls and costs £73 from Style Library.
In this bedroom in Jeremy Langmead's Suffolk house, Celia Birtwell's 'Beasties' wallpaper lines the walls. A silk embroidered suzani from Susan's collection takes centre stage on the bed.
In the spare room of an understatedly luxurious apartment in Kensington, a table lamp from Colefax and Fowler complements the soft grey walls. The room has an airy feel from the floor-length curtains and large window.
Victoria von Westenholz's Battersea house is undeniably pretty and the interior designer's bedroom is no different. Cole & Son's 'Cow Parsley' wallpaper is paired with a headboard in Bennison Fabrics' 'Malabar Stripe'.
In another bedroom in Rita Konig's own farmhouse, Totty Lowther's 'Pomegranate' wallpaper in alabaster provides a restful backdrop for a 'Morris' bed in greyed oak by William Yeoward with an antique quilt from Katharine Pole. An antique bronze giraffe lamp from Alfies Antique Market in London acts as a bedside light on a table covered in a scarf from Bonton.
A headboard designed by Rita Konig for Ensemblier, covered in Schumacher's 'Knox' cotton in rose, stands out against walls and curtains in striking 'Pomegranate Print' linen in charcoal by the same company. This is the master bedroom in Rita's farmhouse.
Panelling painted in 'Asian Blue' by Emente offsets walls papered in Morris & Co's 'Marigold' from Style Library in this bedroom of a Georgian house by Ben Pentreath. The bedcover is in 'Therese' paisley cotton by Les Indiennes.
On the bedroom in an Edinburgh flat she worked on, Susan Deliss said "This flat is all about cosiness - it's a place to hunker down on cold nights. That was the impetus behind the red in the bedroom. I started with the Robert Kime "Susani" fabric for the curtains, and the bright red emerged from that. It's designed to be cocoon-like, and the bookshelves are full of Scottish books, perfect for reading when the weather outside is gloomy."
The bedhead in the main bedroom was designed by the home's owner, interior designer Robert Moore. The fabric, 'Palma Large' from Bernard Thorp (£75 per metre) is also used on a chair in the bedroom (not pictured) and for the curtains in the bathroom.

Taken from the June 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Emily Tobin.
On the Caribbean island of Mustique, interior designer Veere Grenney has redesigned a bamboo house that is a study in neutrals and natural materials. The main bedroom, in a pavilion, has a bed from Soane. Green fabrics complete the room's natural design while adding another colour to the simple scheme.
The main bedroom in Susan Deliss's country house in France has a simple headboard made from an antique suzani. The bed is spread with an antique quilt, hand-dyed by Susan with indigo. She has mounted an antique Ikat textile to create an artwork for the wall.
If you don't have room for a four-poster bed then a pelmet like this one by Paolo Moschino can be a creative alternative. The linen curtains are made from 'Nyvelle Oyster' by Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam. The clean, straight lines and border of blue stands out against the dark walls.

Taken from the June 2012 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Teresa Levonian Cole and Emily Tobin.
Upstairs in the main bedroom of this farmhouse in the Chilterns hangs a collection of John Nash watercolours. 'I love them, they represent "my England"; it makes me happy looking at them,' says the owner. The magnificent Tabriz carpet is reputed to have come from the house of the poet and arts patron Edward James, West Dean in Sussex. The neutral walls allow pieces such as the bold Tabriz carpet and dark wood chest to take centre stage.
Celebrated interior decorator Nicky Haslam opens the doors to his own west-London apartment, which is an elegantly playful showcase for his masterful use of scale and dramatic details, and his signature mix of the fake and the fabulous. Painted a rich dark brown, the canopy in the bedroom was inspired by a Cecil Beaton drawing. Nicky brought the bed with him from his former flat and found the table lamps in a second-hand shop.
Alidad is a master of opulent interior design and his own bedroom is no different. A headboard in Romo's 'Dakota' faux suede is set against a wall on which linen and suede panels are separated by studded braidwork. The bold motif on the pelmet and curtains is echoed by the valance and cushions.
In his own house, interior designer Bryan O'Sullivan designed the master bed, which was made by Dudgeon Sofas and upholstered in George Spencer Designs' 'Mia' wool in ice blue. He also devised a set of freestanding drawers, which sits under a Renzo Rutili bedside table (1964) and was painted to match the grain of the wood by the decorative artist Henry van de Vijver.
A Lawson Wood headboard in the main bedroom of a Cotswolds house by Joanna Wood echoes the curved window pelmets covered in Lewis & Wood's 'Indienne Tint' linen.
In the Suffolk farmhouse of Tarquin Bilgen, the faux panelling in the spare room was painted by Alan Dodd. Prints and paintings of mountains, such as the one above the chest of drawers, provide a visual theme.
At The Newt – the UK's most exciting hotel opening this year – there are different types of bedroom. This rustic, wooden example can be found in the Stable Yard, a converted Georgian outbuilding in Hadspen stone. It has a futon-style bed and a shower room concealed under the granary floor.
One of the smartest bedroom ideas we've come across in a while. A blue and white geometry runs through this bedroom in a Manhattan townhouse designed by Hugh Leslie. The same royal blue velvet used on the headboard has been wrapped around batons to create the border on the walls. The antique Japanese screen is from Gregg Baker.
In this glorious Tuscan farmhouse, a Gervasoni bed stands on a raised oak platform above the polished concrete floor. The curtains are made from two linen fabrics from Holland & Sherry. A rattan 'Hanging Egg Chair' by Nanna Ditzel is suspended from a beam next to a lamp by Serge Mouille.
Light green walls and a headboard in Colefax & Fowler's 'Evesham' give this bedroom designed by Caroline Harrowby a fresh, floral look. Its eclectic style is made elegant with pretty curtains and a painted dressing table from the owners' previous home.

In a double-fronted Georgian town house in Ludlow, Caroline Harrowby has used a soft colour palette and elegant furnishings to enhance the classical proportions of once dark interiors.
In Fiona Golfar's Cornwall house, pretty florals, including a headboard in a vintage Colefax and Fowler fabric, an Indian quilt and botanical prints from her husband's aunts bring nostalgic charm to a spare room.
The bedroom of this London townhouse is the work of Amanda Baring, who designed it for her sister, the owner. The neutral hues keep it calm and warm, while a collection of black and white etchings decorate the walls.
A vivid blue bedroom in Audrey Carden's northwest London house. The bedspread is from Shine by Sho.
Émilie and Pierre Frey upholstered one wall of their bedroom in their favourite Braquenié 'Indore' fabric. Pierre Frey's 'Yeti' wool mix in honey provides a colourful contrasting bedcover.
Bennison's eye-catching 'Songbird' wallpaper is offset by curtains in a rich yellow linen by Claremont, in this Max Rollitt-designed bedroom. Two gilt-framed portraits, which date from the 16th or 17th century, are displayed between the windows. An antique Persian Kirman rug complements bespoke pieces by Max, including an upholstered 'Empire' bed in American black walnut and a 'Regency' spoonback chair with ebonised decoration.
'We loved the cool, pared-down style of a house belonging to a Swedish art collector, which we had seen in a magazine,' say the owners of this west-London terrace home. Enter Hugh Leslie whose unmistakable style gradually evolved the house into a smart family home. At the front of the house on the first floor is the pretty, generously proportioned main bedroom. Its walls are lined with the same buff-pink linen ('Prelle Toile Barbare' fabric by Alton Brooke) as the pelmets and the curtains, which adds an extra touch of glamour to the room. Behind it is the en-suite bathroom, with simple panelling, hand-built units and a walk-in shower lined in teak, which feels a bit like entering a first-class compartment on a vintage train.

Taken from the February 2015 issue of House & Garden
The nineteenth-century chaise longue in the main bedroom of a light-filled house by Marion Lichtig has been left 'as is', for a relaxed feel; the curtain fabric is 'Tulipano' from Tissus d'Hélène.
The walls in the main bedroom of a Hampshire Vicarage decorated by Max Rollitt are covered in Adam Calkin's "Adam's Eden' from Lewis & Wood. At the foot of the four-poster is a George I chair-back walnut settee.
The bright mustard walls of Sophie Ashby and Charlie Casely-Hayford's bedroom imbue the room with a warmth that is paired with white furniture and linen. The bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe to one side, a must for a fashion designer.
Colourful notes in an otherwise minimal main bedroom include a painting by Mary Fedden and an orange bedcover, made by Bridie HallBridie Hall.
Once three small rooms, this now open-plan main bedroom and bathroom, clad in tongue-and-groove panelling, has a seaside feel befitting its location on the Pembrokeshire coast. The headboard and curtains are made from Carolina Irving fabrics and the painting above the bed is by Gillian Ayres, who lived in Wales during the Eighties; all were chosen by decorator John McCall who worked on this stone cottage.
A lamp by Tyson and curtains and cushions in Kravet's 'Modern Elegance' are offset by plain greys in an elegant bedroom by Turner Pocock.
The main bedroom of Alvise Orsini's Georgian, London apartment features a Chippendale-design bed from Partridge Fine Arts with a canopy lined with silk by Henry Bertrand; the back panel is an eighteenth-century English 'Tree of Life' embroidery. The walls are covered with eighteenth-century Chinese silk.
A half-tester bed creates a traditional feel in this room in a Hampshire vicarage.
Adam Sykes' London house was inspired by the houses he saw while living on America's west coast.Above the bed hangs a framed assortment of original textile designs, mostly by Louis Lang and from the archive of a silk weaver called Bianchini-Férier. There are also three original Thirties designs by English designers, which Adam found in a junk shop. The bed is upholstered in 'Toile Miro' from Claremont.
Above the bed in Julia Barnard's Somerset cottage hangs a Fante flag from Ghana, with curtains in 'Montpelier' cotton from Robert Kime. The lampshade and eiderdown were both made from antique Ottoman block prints found in Turkey.
This brightly patterned room in Edward Bulmer's Queen Anne house includes an eighteenth-century painted Chinese wallpaper, a carpet by David Bamford and curtain fabric from Chelsea Textiles; Edward designed the bed.
The bed in this spare bedroom in a Christopher Howe-decorated house in Bray was upholstered with vintage beetled linen from Howe at 36 Bourne Street.
The walls in the main bedroom of Guy Tobin's London house are painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Pavilion Gray', while the headboard is covered in a fabric from Bennison Fabrics.
A tiny floral pattern in green is picked up by the green in the blanket in this sophisticated bedroom in a Christopher Howe-decorated house in Bray. Behind and beside the bed, a sixteenth-century panel contrasts with a copper task lamp.
Something new and colourful is what I thought I'd do,' says interior designer Gytha Nuttall of the decoration of her converted nineteenth-century schoolhouse in Battersea. 'But as the project developed, slowly I returned to all the muddy colours I love best.'

The sludgy tones work for Gytha, who with her property-developer husband Jean Michel Bouchon discovered the apartment while renting the flat next door. Where possible, Gytha has avoided using paint. 'I don't really like it' she says. 'It gives no depth.' Instead a linen-effect wallpaper by Flamant has been used in the main bedroom, acting as a moody backdrop to a gallery wall of pictures and the red upholstered headboard. 'It never scuffs, and at night - with low light - it's just magical. I'm an anti-spotlight person.'
Feeling studious? A simple desk and an upholstered chair from Robert Kime creates a study area in the corner of this bedroom. The bedroom is elegant in its simplicity. The curtains are unlined with aquamarine silk from Claremont, with an inner curtain of linen. 'When the sun shines, I draw the curtains, which throws a luminous light everywhere,' says the owner. The walls are covered with tadelakt - a decorative lime-based plaster originally from Morocco.
Bedroom ideas that incorporate a mixture of styles of furniture from different periods can look incredibly chic against a dark backdrop. Here a Fifties, brass wall sconce hangs above one of two vintage Scandinavian rosewood chests from Sigmar in this bedroom - the prize find of the project, according to the rooms designer Suzy Hoodless. 'I slightly wish that I'd kept those for myself,' she says wistfully. Charcoal coloured walls are combined with a lush velvet headboard in navy blue - one of our favourite bedrooms ideas.

Taken from the November 2014 issue of House & Garden
As bedroom ideas go, this must be one of the most simple. In the main bedroom of product designer Anthony Joseph - one half of kitchenware company Joseph & Joseph - mustard textiles were chosen to complement the walls painted in Farrow & Ball's 'Mole's Breath'

Taken from the March 2015 issue of House & Garden.
The main bedroom of this London flat is particularly sumptuous, with its flower-trail Braquenié wallpaper, figured cotton Fortuny bedspread and strawberry-silk cushions - a lesson in how to make a potentially gloomy space glow (the space was a former Victorian hospital building). The flat is the work of antiques dealer and interior designer Max Rollitt, who found the bird pictures hung above the bed in an antiques shop. If you don't have the same eagle eye, try reproduction prints from Surface View. Dimensions and prices vary for each print, but start roughly at 90 x 60cm and £175.

Taken from the November 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Ros Byam Shaw and Bonnie Robinson
The main bedroom in Diane Nutting's manor house in Wiltshire features a showstopping Colefax and Fowler chintz fabric from the 1970s, since discontinued. The sister-in-law of Diane's first husband was Nancy Lancaster, the owner of the company.
This bedroom in the home of designer Bridie Hall uses a clever balance of restful colour and lively pattern.
A 1920s French poster hangs above the bed in the main bedroom of Maryam Montague and Chris Redecke's home in the countryside of Marrakech. Maryam was responsible for much of the interior, weaving in layers of furniture, fabric, pattern and curios - including jewellery and tribal masks - gathered on countless travel trips.
Curtains screen the bed and add a cosy feel to this spare room in the home of Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada (who own design company Casamidy). Anne-Marie's grandmother made this quilt, but if you don't have such a talented grandmother, you can commission Cassandra Ellis to design and make something personal for you. Quilts using Cassandra's own vintage silks, wools and cottons cost £190 per square metre; quilts combining fabrics of your own - such as dresses, shirts or fabrics picked up on your travels - cost £165 per square metre.
The spare bedroom in this glamorous chalet in the French Alps was designed by Kate Earle using a neutral palette and myriad clever details. Case in point: the painted frieze and grouping of wicker mirrors above the bed, which were bought at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair.

Taken from the April 2012 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Hatta Byng.
Think outside the box when it comes to bedroom wallpaper. Here, it's teamed with contrasting paint (String, by Farrow & Ball) and peg rails for a feature wall with a retro twist.

Taken from the November 2013 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Gabby Deeming.
The conversion of this Victorian terrace in west London was a collaborative effort between Thomas Croft Architects, John Cullen Lighting and designer Sarah Delaney. In the main bedroom, an exotic hand-painted De Gournay wallpaper depicting oriental birds amid trees and flowers on a silver background is combined with panelling salvaged from another local house refurbishment.

Taken from the July 2012 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Fiona MacLeod. Locations editor: Liz Elliot.
The owner of this London flat, a prolific collector of art and antiquities, has turned it into a veritable chamber of wonders, while ensuring that it also functions as a supremely comfortable home. The bed hangings are made from the reverse side of a Fortuny material and topped with antique, wood and gilt corona found in a Cotswold antique shop. On the wall is a famous portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, by Sir Peter Lely.

Taken from the November 2011 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Caroline Clifton-Mogg. Locations editor: Lavinia Bolton.
The main bedroom in designer Paul de Zwart's Kensal Rise home cleverly combines decorative details with storage; a chest of drawers built into the alcove is made from the same material as the wall cladding. The two 'Leggera' chairs from Giò Ponti add colour.

Taken from the November 2012 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Dominic Bradbury.
Proof that you can make the functional beautiful is this mosquito-net-draped bed at the Segera eco retreat in Kenya, started by businessman and entrepreneur Jochen Zeitz, a passionate advocate of conservation and sustainable tourism.

Taken from the February 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Caroline Clifton-Mogg.
Will Fisher and his wife Charlotte of Jamb have completely refashioned their eighteenth-century house in south east London, relaying the wooden antique floors, reproducing the cornicing and installing period chimneypieces and stonework. The couple have done a great deal to bring that much sought-after - but rarely achieved - country-house look to the mainstream aesthetic.

Taken from the September 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Liz Elliot.
The best thing about having a small or strangely shaped room is the opportunity it presents to use your space imaginatively. The alcove behind the door, in the home of designer Patrick Williams of Berdoulat design, has been turned in to a charming sleeping nook. Enclosed behind the curtain are shelves, and a lamp for reading. The room is painted in Farrow and Ball's 'Lamp Room Gray'; while the random-width floorboards were bought on eBay. Reclaimed drawers are used under the bed as storage.

Taken from the November 2012 issue of House & Garden.
If you're afraid of mixing pattern, start with stripes. A variety of sizes in the same colour adds interest, yet fits with the calm atmosphere of a bedroom. Designer Paolo Moschino chose a nautical colour scheme of blue and white for this fisherman's cottage in Cornwall.

Taken from the August 2013 issue of House & Garden.
Bridie Hall's collection of Japanese prints hangs in a spare room; the bedcover was purchased on Portobello Road.

Taken from the March 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Liz Elliot.
The rich, witty and wonderfully eclectic interiors of designer Nicky Haslam's sixteenth-century, gothic-revival hunting lodge have long been coveted by all of us here at House & Garden. So when we heard he was producing a furniture range for Oka, based on pieces from his own home, we were extremely excited. Following his motto 'use something red and gothic in each room and you're all right,' the collection has ogees, points, tracery and quatrefoils a-plenty, offering the chance to recreate at least a part of his look. House & Garden shot the collection in situ at the house. Here in the bedroom 'The Original Orangery Stepped' bedside table, works beautifully with the vertical floral border on the wall (a lovely decorative idea for older houses) and antique chintz bed canopy.

Taken from the October 2013 issue of House & Garden.
'I got it off Ebay for £200' says designer Diana Sieff of the four-poster bed in the bedroom of her Oxfordshire home. 'I like using big furniture in small spaces, because it gives the illusion that the room is bigger. Although I did have to take the finials off the bed posts, as they hit the ceiling.' One of Diana's trademarks is to forego curtains in favour of shutters. 'I had them made,' she explains, 'which I prefer because they are minimal and less light-excluding.' The walls are covered in - 'Adams Eden' by Lewis & Wood.

Taken from the November 2013 issue of House & Garden.
Gabby Deeming has created the atmosphere of a New England-style holiday home with painted wood and faded stripes. The walls are in 'Faded Damask' by Mulberry Home, while the bespoke wooden headboard can be made to order by Fafio, and is painted (along with all the rest of the wood work) in 'Sea Cliff' eggshell from Sanderson. The bedding is from Romo, and the driftwood side table is Oka.

Taken from the April 2014 issue of House & Garden. Photograph by Sarah Hogan
In the main bedroom of this Chelsea family home designed by Turner Pocock, a hand-painted de Gournay silk wallpaper and an elegant chandelier sets the tone, but a pompom trim on the curtains, ('Arrango Linen' from Zinc Textile) adds a touch of playfulness and frivolity.

Taken from the March 2014 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Hatta Byng.
There can be few House & Garden readers who are unfamiliar with the cult names and sought-after colours of the Farrow & Ball paint chart. Friends and business partners Martin Ephson and Tom Helme, the men responsible for planting it firmly in the nation's consciousness, sold the company in 2006, and have since launched textiles company Fermoie. House & Garden decoration editor Gabby Deeming created a pretty scheme using their fabrics. The padded headboard, upholstered in the 'Rabanna' cotton is from Fafio, while the sofa and chair are both from Howe.

Taken from the August 2012 issue of House & Garden.
A charming mix of antique textiles and a curtainless four-poster bed designed by Max Rollitt, make up the focal point of this London bedroom. Find a similar bedspread at the Antique Textiles Company or commission Cassandra Ellis to design and make one bespoke.

Taken from the October 2013 issue of House & Garden
Interior designer Marion Lichtig designed the headboards in the spare room to echo the nineteenth-century Dutch, harlequin-painted armoire. The pretty floral quilts were found in France, but the floral ranges from Ikea (such as Emmie Blom) are a good match.

Taken from the October 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Judith Wilson and Emily Tobin.
The bedroom of decorator Emma Burns of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler is quintessentially English in both its gentle antique style and its 'make do and mend' execution. 'The bedhead is covered in an ancient patchwork made from my mother's old dresses. I originally used it as a tablecloth,' she says. 'For me the bedroom is as important as the sitting room; it is a place of refuge that I use for resting and reading. I like to fill it with books, pictures and armchairs. I've kept a feeling of softness by using a very subtle stippling effect on the walls, and some translucent blinds from Chelsea Textiles under the curtains, which allow a diffuse light into the room. My linen is from Volga Linen.'

Taken from the May 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Emily Senior.
To furnish the rooms of Song Saa, the private island hotel in Cambodia that she part owns with her husband, Melita Hunter travelled widely through South-East Asia gathering ideas and commissioning craftsmen. This four-poster bed was commissioned in Cambodia, and copied from a design Melita had seen in Chaing Mai. It is hung with White Muslin from Thailand.

From House & Garden's 2012 Hotels by Design supplement
Ett Hem in Stockholm must be one the most beautiful hotels in the world. Designed by Ilse Crawford of Studioilse, the traditional bones of the room, including the Swedish tiled stove in the corner, work beautifully with playful modern pieces. For a similar knitted pouf we recommend getting the real hand-made deal from Claire Anne O'Brien, who can take bespoke commissions.

From House & Garden's 2012 Hotels by Design supplement
House & Garden decoration editor Gabby Deeming has created a relaxed summer-holiday feel with a Mediterranean-inspired selection of wood and antique metal furniture. The oiled-oak 'Clyde' side table, is £550 from Pinch, while on the floor, the blue striped cotton dhurrie rug is from a selection at Guinevere antiques.

The bed frame is antique, but for similar try the 'Somerset' at Laura Ashley. A French, nineteenth-century ash chest of drawers from Colefax and Fowler Antiques complements the iron and glass chandelier. For similar try the 'Chantal' at Graham & Green. The raffia wall shade on the back wall is from the The Conran Shop.

Taken from the July 2014 issue of House & Garden.
Inspired by old document print fabrics in rich, floral motifs, Gabby Deeming and Ruth Sleightholme created a sumptuous room for the March 2015 issue's decoration story.

WALLS

Fabric, 'Toile Rivière Enchantée' (corail), by Charles Burgerlinen/cotton, £106 a metre, at Turnell & Gigon. Skirting, 'Light Blue', £36 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, at Farrow & Ball.Wallpaper(in bedroom), 'Dragged' (1214), £60 a 10-metre roll, at Farrow & Ball. Metal half-tester, 'Laurel', 11 x 74 x 42cm, £89, at Oka. Bed curtain, 'Rayures Nantes' (blue), by Clarence House, linen/cotton, £276.80 a metre, at Turnell & Gigon, lined in 'Lining Stripe' (black), cotton, £19.50 a metre, at Ian Mankin.

FLOOR

Oak flooring, 'Single Stave Blocks' (white oiled), £56 a square metre, at Junckers. Wool flatweave rug, 'Herat', 318 x 489cm, £5,950, at Robert Stephenson.

FURNITURE

Fruitwood commode, papered in Fifties wallpaper, 82 x 100 x 56cm, £2,200, from Fleur de Bois. King-size divan, 'De Luxe', £2,785, from Vi-Spring. Headboard, 'Livia', from £980, from Ensemblier; covered in 'Nightingale Stripe' (ice blue), by Le Gracieux, hemp, £298 a metre, at Tissus d'Hélène. Iron and leather bench, 'Cleopatra', 40 x 102 x 40cm, £1,600, at Victoria Stainow.

ACCESSORIES

Vintage birdcage, £1,000, at The Conran Shop. Radio, 'Pal' (red), by Tivoli, £179, at The Conran Shop. Ceramic table lamp, 'Delilah', £70, with silk shade, 'Gold', £70, at Pooky. Linen bedding, 'Selena' (neige), king-size duvet cover, £351, pillowcase, £51; and cotton bedspread, 'Gujarat', £231; all at Caravane. Embroidered cushions, 'Iznik', £130 each; and antique checked and striped cushions, £190 each; all at Robert Kime.

Taken from the March 2015 issue of House & Garden
This bedroom is within the Cotswolds home of architect Richard Parr. The chest of drawers from Bryanmawr Furniture Makers, is made from oak and compliments the simple, yet timeless feel of the bedroom. The Fifties Italian vintage shield mirror hung over the bed was bought from The Cabinet Rooms a pop-up auction with great mid-century-modern pieces.
The stuff of dreams. Author and designer Paul Golding spent seven years restoring this this exquisite 18th century palazzo in Malta. 'I couldn't resist its romantic decay!' Built by the distinguished Maltese architect Francesco Sammut, the bedroom is stenciled with a pattern copied from a Carmelite convent in Medina. The chandelier is from Julian Chichester, while the magnificent gesso and silver gilt bed and table were commissioned from Brighton-based furniture maker Lincoln Cato.

Taken from the July 2015 issue of House & Garden
Using a chic modernist pallet of bold colours creates a light and inviting bedroom scene. The walls are covered in 'Weathered Walls' by Maya Romanoff at Pierre Frey with a bold patterned curtain from 'Jardin d'Osier' silk at Hermès. The mirror from The Conran Shop creates an added depth to the room, and makeshift bedside storage.
For interior designer Charlotte Crosland and the owner of this reconfigured central London flat, a shared vision has resulted in generously comfortable rooms accented with splashes of colour. In this spare room, the vibrant decoration includes a yellow Volga blanket and a painted antique chest of drawers from Myriad.

Taken from the September 2015 issue of House & Garden.
In the home of artist Sarah Graham interest is added to a neutral colour scheme with Moroccan rugs and a dark green blind.
In their spare room, Ed and Polly Nicholson have chosen an elegantly simple four-poster bed from Max Rollitt, which ensures the focus is on the 'Adam's Eden' wallpaper from Lewis & Wood.
A bed with a half-tester canopy made by J Gee Blinds takes centre stage in the main bedroom of a London flat designed by Charlotte Crosland, accessorised with a fleur-de-lis cover by Neisha Crosland and cushions that mirror the floral motifs on the decorative wall.
Interior designer Harriet Anstruther's grandmother's shawl makes the bed in the spare room of her Sussex farmhouse especially cosy, while the wooden crates used as a side table add a rustic edge.
The spare room in this Georgian town house in Ludlow designed by Caroline Harrowby is papered in 'Alderney' from Colefax and Fowler. This adds interest to the space, which is light and airy - a fitting style for a small bedroom.
In the spare bedroom of Caroline Holdaway's cottage, an olive-stripe flatweave rug from Sinclair Till contrasts with a vibrant tartan rug from Toast used as a bedspread and cushions made from fabric pieces left over from projects.
In designer Ben Pentreath's flat, both bedrooms are papered. As Ben explains, 'I like using wallpaper because I love the layers of pattern and colour that it brings to a room.' Soane's delicate 'Seaweed Lace' wallpaper contrasts with the bold blanket from Pendleton in the main bedroom. A Marianna Kennedy 'Spring' lamp in blue adds a different colour to the room.
This bed in the bedroom of gilder Clare Mosley and husband Mark Bicknell was bought in Paris. Its journey hasn't been smooth. During the eight months it took to make the house reasonably habitable, Clare and Mark camped in one room and the builders worked around them. However, even this safeguard did not protect them from a few of the traditional building disasters. Having gone away for two days, they returned to find that the bed had been cut up and thrown out of the window and into a waiting skip below. Thankfully, it was saved. It is now resplendent with matching quilt, half-tester and cushions in 'Mikado L2804' by Le Manach.

Taken from the January 2016 issue of House & Garden.
In the main bedroom of Robin Muir's house, which was designed by Caroline Holdaway, the bedcover is 'Fig' from Raoul Textiles; the reverse is used for the cushions. Unpolished floorboards and white walls give this room a pared-back look.
Earth-coloured walls, green touches and an oak bedside table make up a natural design in this bedroom, decorated by Gabby Deeming.

WALL Paint, 'Hot Earth', £42.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Paint & Paper Library. Curtains, 'Reeds' (green/blue/white), by Alexandra Palmowski for Virginia White Collection, linen, £125 a metre, from Redloh House Fabrics. Framed print, Figgy, by Kate Boxer, 45.5 x 63cm, £590, from Giovanna Ticciati.

FLOOR Cotton rag rug, 'Rosepath' (dark blue), by Vandra Rugs, 297 x 241cm, £3,554, from Sinclair Till.

FURNITURE Metal bed, 'Tuvalu', 250 x 210 x 160cm, £2,590 including mattress, from Oka. Early-twentieth-century oak hexagonal table, 75 x 75cm diameter, £1,400, from Alexander von Westenholz.

ACCESSORIES Cushions, from left: 'Verandah' (burnt orange), by Veere Grenney, linen, £150 a metre, from Tissus d'Hélène; 'Ombre' (blue/rust), mohair, 50cm square, £85 each; and 'Abstract Zig Zag' (blue), linen, 30 x 50cm, £79; both from The Conran Shop. Linenbedlinen (soft pink), from £30 for a pillowcase; cotton scarf (used as bed throw), 'Kantha', 220 x 100cm, £705; glazed stoneware mug, £30; all from The Conran Shop. Maple vessel, by Hans Henning Pedersen, 18 x 15cm diameter, £250, from Flow. Stoneware 'Round Bottomed Vessel' (used as vase), by Iva Polachova, £330, from The New Craftsmen. Glazed ceramic and polished nickel table lamp with handkerchief linen shade, 'Gallatin' (moss), 73 x 20cm base diameter, £1,895, from Remains.
Skylight Blue

In the main bedroom of Rita Konig's London flat, Rita sourced 'acres of C & C Milano wool' for generous curtains and chose Farrow & Ball's 'Skylight' paint for the walls.
Originally Rita's room before the expansion of her London flat, the spare room has curtains in 'Broadcloth' felt from Hainsworth and is lined in Tyler Hall's 'First Bloom' wallpaper from Tissus d'Hélène, with a Guatemalan tapestry that Phil brought back from his travels.
In this north London house, designed by Caroline Holdaway, the light wall panelling and white bedlinen act as a foil for various patterned Celia Birtwell fabrics in the main bedroom. The owner Paul says, 'It's the most lovely house to wake up in. We never completely lower the bedroom blinds, so we wake up with the light. In spring, the views are of blossom, in summer of leaves, in winter the sky.'
Why not perk up your bedroom with a simple bed canopy. This curtain was created with two fabrics from Fermoie and edged with rufflette. The top of the canopy is covered with a simple frame edged with a scallop trim.
Layers of pattern decorate the main bedroom in the Hampshire home of designer and antiques dealer Max Rollitt. The room is lined in Pierre Frey's 'Sans Papillons' wallpaper and features a canopy bed.
One of the guest bedroom at Bowood House in Wiltshire has walls covered in Colefax & Fowler's 'Bowood' design - a pattern named after this house with interiors by John Fowler. The same pattern features on the bed valance, headboard, curtains and chair upholstery.
The bamboo desk in the main bedroom of textiles designer Susan Deliss' French country house came from Golborne Road, London. The curtains are made from heavy French linen, dyed a bright pink - here Deliss proves that pink needn't be precious, it can be bold and punchy when used correctly.
Stylist Alexander Breeze's bedroom is painting in a very matt yet rich grey-green: 'Olive' by Farrow & Ball. He bought an inexpensive bed and painted it himself. The striking plywood headboard was designed by Breeze and made with the help of bespoke laser cutting service Cut Laser Cut.

This bedroom is an ode to antiquity with touches of the Neoclassical, Empire Style and Classical-inspired littered throughout the space, most of which was designed and made by Alexander himself - the headboard with colours of an Attic vase, for example. Follow Breeze's lead, pick up a pot of paint and get experimenting with patterns and motifs from your favourite era!
Cushions from Beaumont & Fletcher are among the golden accents in this spare room in the London flat of Hannah Cecil Gurney, the daughter of Claud Cecil Gurney, founder of the handmade wallpaper company de Gournay. The walls are clad in a glorious green hand-painted wallpaper. Follow Hannah's lead and inject some glamour into your spare room - we promise you're guests won't be dissappointed!
In the main bedroom in Hannah Cecil Gurney's London flat has hand-painted silk cushions and a Burmese lamp pick up on the green in the 'Badminton' wallpaper by de Gournay, the wallpaper company her father founded in 1986.
Ben Pentreath's Dorset parsonage has a traditional country-style spare bedroom; the four poster bed is covered in a quilt made by Ben's mother in the Seventies.
The main bedroom of Ben Pentreath's Georgian country house is painted in what he lovingly refers to as 'freshly laid cowpat' - an earthy green from Papers & Paints, officially known as '4-050'. The bed is covered with a fresh Indian printed-cotton cover.
This bedroom in the Tudor wing of Bradwell Lodge - the perfect neoclassical country house in miniature - is decorated with 'Regent' wallpaper and matching blinds from Bernard Thorp. The scheme may be sweet and soothing but the room is allegedly haunted.
The Pink Room in Bradwell Lodge is fun, feminine and fancy. A bold Bernard Thorp fabric, 'Brimble', has been used on the walls and bed, and for the blind: this creates a lovely sense of continuity in the space.
A modern bedside table and monochromatic rug designed by Studio Ashby feature in the guest bedroom in a flat that has been transformed from a stark new-build to a characterful home. The pattern on the padded headboard is reflected in the artwork above the bed.
After visiting her friend Kathryn Ireland in France's Tarn region, Anne Halsey bought a French farmhouse retreat there and enlisted the help of the decorator to create a relaxed space perfect for entertaining. This double guest room mixes different colours while sticking to the same gingham pattern (see the lamp shade, blanket and padded headboard), making for a colourful, chic and coordinated space.
After visiting her friend Kathryn Ireland in France's Tarn region, Anne Halsey bought a French farmhouse retreat there. The furniture in this bedroom was sourced from local antiques shops and markets. Raoul Textiles 'Mahatma' design was used for the curtains, with the armchair upholstered in Kathryn M Ireland's 'Ikat Stripe' and amps from Vaughan add another layer of pattern.
In the bedroom of this minimal Manhattan house designed by Rita Konig, the bed linen is from Monogrammed Linen Shop. The side table is by Christian Liaigre and the rug from Luke Irwin.

When Rita arrived, she immediately found the interior plan verging on stark. The owner had warned her that she did not want pattern, but Rita thought this was negotiable. To soften up this bedroom, with its grey faux panelling, she upholstered the bed in a delicate two-tone Italian fabric by Idarica Gazzoni. The pattern is then repeated on a sheer window blind.
In a valley on the Waddesdon Manor estate sits Flint House, an award-winning example of contemporary architecture commissioned by Jacob Rothschild. David Mlinaric, a long-time collaborator of the Rothschilds, helped with the interiors, acquiring the odd new piece of furniture and dipping into the Waddesdon storeroom, known as 'the Pink Shed', for others. In the main bedroom a feeling of cosseting warmth has been created in this otherwise white interior by painting two walls a rich teal and adding a large dark carpet in a sumptuous fabric. The sceme is tied together by the dark valance, while a convex mirror by Collier Webb adds sparkle and reflects the landscape.
Edward Bulmer's 'Azurite' paint has been used on the walls of this blue bedroom, which stars a four-poster bed with a pink canopy from Soane. The design is part of The Scheme: Opposites Attract by Gabby Deeming.

WALLS Paint, 'Azurite', £41.50 for 2.5 litres natural emulsion, from Edward Bulmer Natural Paints. Framed vintage print (left), 85 x 115cm, £850, from William Yeoward. Framed lithograph, Surrounded Islands, by Christo and Jeanne Claude, 75 x 110cm, £1,200, from Wilson Stephens & Jones.

FLOOR Seagrass 'Basketweave', 400cm wide, £39 a square metre, from Crucial Trading.

FURNITURE Hand-lacquered hardwood side tables, 'Hudson' (marine blue), by Rita Konig, 63 x 71 x 56cm, £1,975 each, from The Lacquer Company. Beech-framed bespoke canopy bed, 210 x 151 x 200cm, in 'Paisley Parrott' (jewel), cotton, and 'Coral' (pink), cotton, from £25,000 as shown, from Soane. Oak and paper-cord bench, '63A', by J L Møllers, 46 x 120 x 40cm, £632, from Skandium.

ACCESSORIES Plaster table lamps, 'Very Good Seconds', by Viola Lanari, 50 x 10cm diameter; with cotton lampshades, 'Bedwyn' (yellow wicker), 35cm diameter, £135 each, from Fermoie. Cotton oxford pillowcases, 'Mariette', £26 each, from Cologne & Cotton. Linen quilt (light blue/natural), 140 x 210cm, £390, from Once Milano. Early-nineteenth-century cotton cushion, 45 x 70cm, £140, from Katharine Pole.
This country-style bedroom features a pretty bed canopy in green and white, setting the colour scheme for the space. A pair of Sixties China table lamps and a collection of framed William Blake prints on the walls add character.

This newbuild country house is a triumph of teamwork, with architects and designers collaborating to create the owner's perfect home. The West Country location combines rural peace, privacy and views across fields and woodland with the convenient proximity of a main road; the architecture is a gentle mix of classical symmetry and vernacular charm; and the interior decoration matches furnishings from a previous house with new additions, including some specially commissioned pieces.
The artist owners of this London house called on interior designer Beata Heuman to create a family home full of fun, distinctive design. A highly original space, unapologetically theatrical and oozing energy. 'The owners are both artists. They have quite wild tastes and they love strong colours,' says Beata. The main bedroom has a bespoke sofa upholstered in Beata's signature marbleised fabric and lion claw feet. Other notable features include a pair of breglass dance-hall mirrors from French Loft and the ceiling painted in 'Lulworth Blue' by Farrow & Ball. 'I have this thing about painting ceilings blue. It seems over the top, but it adds a feeling of height and once it is in, you don't really think about it'.
The artist owners of this London house called on interior designer Beata Heuman to create a family home full of fun, distinctive design and punchy colours. A highly original space, unapologetically theatrical and oozing energy. 'The owners are both artists. They have quite wild tastes and they love strong colours,' says Beata. This bedroom, decorated in different shades of blue, is given a lift by a mustard throw on the bed.
This bedroom is full of texture, with an exposed brick wall setting off the earthy palette. One of a pair of lights by Swedish designer Poul Henningsen hangs over the bed in this spare room, which is also lit by a skylight. The bedspread is by Brigitte Singh, based on a Mughal design, and the cushions are made from an antique Japanese obi sash.

The all-green garden looks particularly wonderful following this charming room, and the bricks, tiles, and colours from the garden link the two spaces.

The designer Jane Gowers discovered her stylish London terrace house by chance, but its restoration and decoration have been the result of good judgement and a sympathetic approach.
A sense of timelessness combined with simplicity and sophistication characterises Arnaud Zannier's collection of hotels, as well as his shoe business. It is a design ethos reflected in his family home near Ghent. Refined and relaxed, the home echews trneds and adopts classic style instead. Exposed wooden beams, full of knots and character, envelop the room and the bed, giving it a cosy cabin feel.
Since moving into her husband's Wiltshire farmhouse, designer Sarah Vanrenen has enhanced its quirky charm, with an adjusted layout and unexpected colours. The embroidered linen bedspread was bought at a flea market in France, the rug came from Morocco and an Uzbek tribal coat hangs on the wall.
From their first glimpse of this country house in Norfolk, its owners were captivated and, with the help of interior designer Veere Grenney, have put their stamp on it. In a glorious honeycomb of rooms for the youngest member of the family, there are enough small beds for the most riotous of sleepovers. In this bedroom 'Belvedere' linen in 'Straw' by Veere Grenney Associates has been used on the walls and bed draperies. The delicate colour amplified by sunshine yellow blankets.
Andrzej Zarzycki designed a space-saving bed in the spare room of this provençal holiday house. The piece has a desk area on one side and a bed with built-in side tables on the other. The set of four artworks on the wall is by Gary Hume, and are part of a special edition created for Louis Vuitton.
For a scheme in House & Garden's August 2017 issue, Acting Decoration Editor Ruth Sleightholme worked with wicker designs and French textiles in a bedroom with distressed paintwork and tiled floors in Atelier Vime's eighteenth-century hôtel particulier, Hotel Drujon.

WALLS Patina and specialist colour-matching, £55 a square metre, by Elise Orrier. Similar eighteenth-century giltwood mirror, £575, from M Charpentier Antiques. 'No 121' bronze wall light, £2,900, from La Maison Charles. Rope and raffia wall light, by Audoux-Minet, £600 for a pair, from Atelier Vime. FURNITURE Wicker headboard, from £800; 'Ollivier' metal and rattan side table, £520; both from Atelier Vime. ACCESSORIES 'Madrigal' waterlily soap, by Claus Porto, £16, from Cologne & Cotton. 'Bistrot' nickel and ceramic soap dish, £297.60, from The Water Monopoly. 'Malmaison' silver tray, £1,253; and teaspoons, £50 each; all from Christofle. Similar silver coffee pot, £900, from Linden & Co. 'Losanges' porcelain teacups and saucers, £71.42 each, from Royal Limoges. Pillowcases and sheet, 'Emilie', by Nicole Fabre Designs, linen, £189 a metre, from Tissus d'Hélène. 'Seraphine' hand-embroidered kingsize cotton flat sheet, £175, from Cologne & Cotton. Eighteenth-century French linen cushions, £590 for a pair, from Katharine Pole. 'Tarascon' linen quilt with cotton filling, £550, from Christopher Moore.
This bedroom from a scheme in the May 2017 issue of House & Garden was inspired by the Regency era's elaborate plaster and stucco work, curved shapes and rich velvets. Styled by Ruth Sleightholme.

WALLS 'Roman Emperor Intaglio Cases', by Bridie Hall, £455 each, from Pentreath & Hall. FURNITURE Ebonised wood George III-style dining chair, £1,800 a pair, from Guinevere. 'Courtesan' lacquered pine four-poster bed, by Pedro da Costa Felgueiras, £9,250 excluding mattress, from The New Craftsmen. 'Spear Trophy' cast-iron table, £5,400, from Cox London. Nineteenth-century painted-wood and velvet stool, £5,900, from Rose Uniacke. ACCESSORIES 'A4 Bookcloth Boxfile' (pink), £28.50, from Pentreath & Hall. Silk-covered notebook (aqua), by Shepherds Bookbinders, £75, from The New Craftsmen. 'Vienna' (flamenco) bed curtain fabric, cotton velvet, £170 a metre, from de Le Cuona. Linen bedding, from £48 for a pillowcase, from Larusi. Velvet cushions, £65 each, from Kirsten Hecktermann. Cashmere throw (antique gold), by Begg & Co, £695; velvet 'End of Bed Quilt' (slate), by Niki Jones, £199; both from The Conran Shop. 'Column' brass and glass lamp base (pink), £450; 'Orange Flame' silk lampshade, by Melodi Horne, £310; both from Pentreath & Hall. 'Jour' glass, by Inga Sempé (aqua), £30 a pair, from Nude. Chinese oxblood-glazed porcelain ginger jar (used as vase), £550, from Guinevere.
Bedlinen by Yves Delorme covers the bed in the master bedroom of this restored weavers' house in Spitalfields; the mirror-fronted chiffonier came from a junk shop in Kingston.
In the main bedroom of Ashby Manor House, a floral screen has been repurposed as a headboard. The chest of drawers is from Hugh Leuchars.
Situated between Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains, the holiday home of Colefax & Fowler's Trudi Ballard, is decorated in a combination of English country-house style and traditional Moroccan elements. The site of the house is perfect: down a dirt track or two and into an olive grove, where the house seems almost part of the landscape. At the end of a gravel path is a studded wooden door leading to a shaded walk and then a cool, airy hall through french windows. This bedroom has a pretty delft-blue palette, with an Indian cotton bedspread and plates above the chimneypiece from Fez.
Trudi Ballard, press officer of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler has decorated her elegant Marrakech house in a combination of English country-house style with traditional Moroccan elements. A rug - a gift from a friend - brightens the scheme, while the raffia ceiling lights from Henry Cath are a unifying element that has been used in all the bedrooms. The light-filled house opens out from a courtyard with a traditionally tiled, cloistered walkway to one side from which bedrooms lead off, each with its own terrace.
Maximising light and space was essential to show the owner's post-war art and sleek French art deco furniture to their best advantage in this elegant Pimlico flat. In the bedroom nineteenth-century photographs bought from Portobello Market hang above the bed, while built in bookshelves flank the windows.
In this attic room, wood panelling has been painted in Farrow & Ball's 'India Yellow'.

Known for their restoration of historic buildings in Scotland, conservation architects Nick Groves-Raines and Kristin Hannesdottir relished the challenge of saving Lamb's House in Leith, where they now live and work.
The panelling in this bedroom is painted in Farrow & Ball's 'New White'.

Hidden in a Somerset valley, this restored Georgian house was an irresistible challenge for its owners, who put together a team including architect Ptolemy Dean for the painstaking restoration, which won a Georgian Group award in 2015.
Having moved from a Georgian manor, Clare Agnew reworked the conversion of a 300-year-old barn in Norfolk to create a secluded home for her family, in which the inside works in harmony with the garden and the marshland beyond.

The spare bedroom in the east wing of the house has French-style shutters that open up to the en-suite bathroom.
A polished cherry dressing table features in this bedroom, which has a green and white colour scheme given character with country-style check patterned fabrics.

Having moved from a Georgian manor, Clare Agnew reworked the conversion of a 300-year-old barn in Norfolk to create a secluded home for her family, in which the inside works in harmony with the garden and the marshland beyond.
A spare bedroom with wooden furniture and a window seat in the terrace house of Lady Wakefield. The beautiful Georgian window - found in a junk shop on the King's Road - was added in 1998 by the owners.
Designer Guy Goodfellow has made the window a feature in this manor-house bedroom in Devon. Its casement is painted in Rose of Jericho's 'Mountain Green', framed by thick linen curtains and with a smart seat underneath. The ceiling is painted with floral motifs, giving the appearance of pargeting. To replicate these murals, try the painter Dawn Reader.

Taken from the March 2016 issue of House & Garden.
Bold colours and a variety of smart textures and weaves showcase wool's versatility in this bedroom. Green 'Fennel Leaf' walls (paint from Sanderson) and padded headboards feature in this twin room. The latter are 'Olympe' from Ensemblier London and covered in 'Folklore' by designer Kit Kemp, available from Christopher Farr Cloth.

Taken from the November 2015 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Gabby Deeming.
In the London apartment of Venetian designer Alvise Orsini, ricepaper has been painted to match two eighteenth-century Chinese wall panels found at auction. 'It is impossible to tell the difference,' he says. The gilded bed, possibly by Georges Jacob (1739-1814) was found in Paris, while the eighteenth-century velvet bedcover, embroidered with gold thread, was acquired at a Christie's textiles auction.
A pretty soft green and white bedroom colour scheme makes for an elegant spare bedroom in this Manhattan townhouse designed by Hugh Leslie. Antique lamps from James McWhirter sit on rattan side tables from Soane; the leaf-print wallpaper is by Marthe Armitage.