This autumn, I hope to be putting the finishing - and therefore most enjoyable - touches on our new bedroom. The room was created when we built our loft extension about a year ago, but due to a lack of cash and time, the room has remained utterly spartan and virtually unfurnished (I’m talking clothes stored in laundry bags) for a year. The joinery is nearly done, the wallpaper is ready to go up, and now, as the days get fresher and the leaves begin to fall, I can start to look at exciting, decorative touches to make sure my new bedroom is cosy for the darkest months. Here are the things I currently have bookmarked:
I need a flush-mount light for this low-ceilinged bedroom. I want something that felt modern for a new extension, but with some sort of decorative flourish and sense of joy. These pleated paper shades from HAY fit the bill brilliantly, and speak to the pleated paper blinds from Velux that I have on the windows:
I love the colours and simple folk patterns on this blanket, and I would love to try out having an example of the heavier, somewhat old-fashioned texture of felted wool in the room, for variety:
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Matilda Goad is good at designing appealing, fun, but well-made hardware. These knobs come in a multitude of colours, with different backplates to choose from, so you can edit your look. I like the khaki knob with the star backplate, which will jazz up my simple wardrobes:
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Designers Guild do lovely colours of plain towels, and they go up to really big sizes. A mimosa yellow would suit my bathroom, but their pinks and greens are excellent:
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A sheepskin can add a lovely touch of warmth to a bedroom, and these have a felted underside made from wool, so no actual skin involved:
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A bedroom bin, whilst necessary, doesn’t really have to work hard; so for me this is an opportunity to buy a flippant but beautiful design, like this fine and detailed example from Colombia Collective:
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English slipware is one of our most iconic decorative traditions, and Hannah Fitch might be the most talented slipware decorator in the country. I adore her work, and this slipware flower’ brick’ would make such a nicely robust, but decorative, bedroom flower vase:
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I am in the market for a laundry basket which I can hang on a hook and thus save on limited floor space. So I like the idea of a bag, and this one has a much more natural texture and palette than you might expect from Ikea:
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The recent collaboration between John Lewis and Collagerie is decorative and smart in equal measure. I love this incredibly cosy-looking quilted bedspread in an archive Geranium leaf print:
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I wouldn’t mind this mirror from Soho Home. I love the decorative woods, inlaid in a timeless architectural pattern. The rounded corners modernise the whole design:
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If you have never sniffed Loewe’s Wasabi scented candle, I beg you to try. I find it utterly sensational: warm and muddy, spicy and sharp with a new-leaf tang. Plus the ceramic pot will do well for a pen (or makeup brush) pot in the bedroom afterwards:
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We have a low, sloping ceiling in our attic bedroom, and so there is no room for chunky table table lights. On one side of the bed, I will need a small wall light. This is perfectly petite, a bit decorative, and I like the pleated brass shade:
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I generally go for plain bedlinen, and add pattern with bedspreads and cushions. So I love the idea of this crisp, pale blue cotton bedding with just a tiny extra detail of dark blue piping:
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I really like the colour combination in this simple rug from Ikea, and the graphic design works well with the Sister by Studio Ashby fabric that I want to use elsewhere:
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I have long wished for one of Bridie Hall’s Grand Tour Intaglio cases - they have such interesting colour combinations. A triangular one would be cute for an attic room. I’m also asking for some of her ‘Grand Tour Collection of Intaglio Soaps’ for Christmas:
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I want to use a table lamp on the other side of the bed, for variety. It has to be tiny, and I fancy introducing an antique. This mid-century serpentine-stone example from Retrouvius will fit the bill nicely:
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Woolly, heavy and cosy like a kilim, but easier to work up into curtains or cushions, this fabric from Studio Ashby will definitely feature in the bedroom. Texture, a restrained pattern, and the beginnings of a colour scheme. It just felt like a no-brainer!
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Our bedroom has a low shelf which connects into the bedside tables. As such, we have a place to display a little row of books-in-progress, which will require bookends. I think there is something sweet and understated about these bookends from Soho Home, which will suit the space.
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I was recently inspired when I noticed a perfect little tray of glasses and sunglasses in a friend’s bedroom. My specs are all treated horribly so I aspire to this level of organisation and presentation. Maybe this beautiful platter from Toast would help me to mend my ways.
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