Brilliant Bedrooms
From punchy patterns to layered levels, these bedroom ideas will fulfil your decor dreams.
1. Pattern Continuity
Photograph: Paul Massey
The key to mixing patterns is to keep them in the same colourway. Choose one colour from the mix to upholster a large piece of furniture in a plain to bring the look together.
Where to get it
Moorgas & Sons and Nefertiti do custom-made headboards – add a personal touch to your bedroom by asking them to design one for you in your favourite fabric.
2. Clever Storage
Interior Design: Douglas Design Studio
Organise your shoes in a sliding shelving unit that neatly stacks and conceals your collection, while also eliminating the need for bulky hinged doors. This all-in-one unit also incorporates a bedside table and bookshelves, for extra space-saving storage.
Where to get it
For custom cabinetry designed to fit your space, contact joinery experts, Make, and be sure to use high-quality hardware from Blum, available through Eclipse.
3. Scale it Up
Photograph: Simon Upton/The Interior Archive
Give a small bedroom an unexpected sense of scale by filling it with a four-poster bed against a dark backdrop – use slim modern design to ensure that it doesn’t overwhelm the room.
Where to get it
The Spati four-poster ‘Queen’ bed from Weylandts is a similar option, available in oak or white. For a custom-made option go to Moorgas & Sons.
4. Bedroom Office
Interior Design: Svoya Studio
Create zones in your bedroom by using a dividing wall to accommodate a home office. The wall provides a higher level of privacy, hiding office clutter and creating a backdrop for the bed.
Where to get it
Wall decals are an easy and effective way to bring life to a bare wall. For a range of decorative wall murals, go to Robin Sprong.
5. Mezzanine Level
Interior Design: Kia Designs LTD
Create different zones without putting up walls by using space vertically. Here, an elevated level houses the bed and bedside tables and simultaneously operates as a chest of drawers.
Where to get it
Contact Bespoke Joinery for a solution tailor-made for your space.
6. Upholstered Bed
Photograph: Greg Cox
Introduce pattern and add additional softness to your bedroom with an upholstered bed.
Where to get it
French-furniture specialists Nefertiti or Block & Chisel have a range of upholstered bed options.
7. Single Four-Posters
Photograph: Elsa Young
Single beds need not be drab – use a polished-aluminium four-poster frame for instant appeal.
Where to get it
Have your bed frames custom-made to fit the dimensions of your space by DC Metalworks.
8. Fold-Away Bed
Photograph: Alan Tansey
This bedroom can be concealed in an instant by simply folding up the bed and closing the cupboard doors to create an open-plan living room – the perfect solution for a studio apartment. Include a built-in bedside table and bookshelf for maximum convenience.
Where to get it
Both Murphy and SA Wallbeds specialise in fold-away beds.
9. En-Suite Bathroom
Photograph: Greg Cox/Bureaux
Is your bedroom too small to include an en-suite bathroom? Consider separating the toilet from the shower and enclosing each in its own compact cubicle.
Where to get it
Use one-way mirrored glass so that the cubicles are opaque from the outside but transparent from the inside. Contact Glass Benders for advice.