Colonial Style
In the early 1900s, this room was created as a "children's tea ballroom." Today the all-white space is a guest bedroom. The designer, Alexandra Champalimaud, selected the Louis XV bed, which still bears the wheels and handles that were used to move it toward a fire or an open window 250 years ago. Here, the bed stays put—and offers glorious views of the gardens.
Traditional–Modern Juxtaposition
The master bedroom in this Oregon house offers a lesson in mixing old and new: A 1940s mahogany four-poster bed that one of the owners liberated from the barn of a friend's mother—shortly after graduating from the University of Maine—is dressed with pillows by Martha Stewart for Macy's, and an Ikea throw drapes across a pair of 1920s English oak corner chairs. The turn-of-the-century side tables sport lamps from Home Goods.
Cottage Guest Room
The pantry in this Nantucket cottage morphed into the "Ship's Room," where a built-in daybed evokes a boat berth, beckoning guests to curl up with a good book. A wooden barrel top and a nautical buoy combine to make timeworn wall art.
Country Attic
Whitewashing the walls in the attic bedroom of this Montana farmhouse heightened the drama of its pointed arch. "I love the way the horizontal boards emphasize the lines of the pitched ceiling," the owner says. She found the turn-of-the century iron bed on her first trip to Montana; the chandelier came from an antiques store in Santa Barbara. An English Home quilt (on the bed) and Matteo blanket (draped over the banister) keep the scene from feeling chilly.
Bright Idea: No need to call an electrician: Simply hang a chandelier from a hook, with the chain doubling as jewelry.
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