Today’s bedroom is an intimate, personal, lived-in space. So much so that it is the room that offers the most pleasurable stage for your interior design ambitions. This is where you can give free flow to your imagination to create a cosy yet practical setting. However, it can also be quite a challenge to exploit the available space while putting your own stamp on it. This desire for comfort and elegance is encapsulated by the Louis Vuitton trunk bed reinvented by Nicolas Ghesquière and Pharrell Williams. This iconic piece of furniture has been modernised with a few ingenious tweaks, to serve as an extra bed or a chaise longue. Upholstered in Monogram fabric, it combines aluminium and beech wood, with a slatted base, four-part mattress for optimum support, memory foam mattress overlay and reclining headboard for added comfort. A fine example of innovative design for modern-day nomads.
Current ideas of comfort also abide by today’s rules. The trend is no longer for a total look, but for a mixture of styles. Contemporary rubs shoulders with vintage, Zen culture meets shabby chic, Italian design often takes centre stage, and materials intermingle to achieve just the right effect. Once a reflection of social class, the bedroom now tells an individual story, made up of memories and personal impulses. Another trend is the opening up of the space and the view, taking the lead from the codes of a plush hotel suite. Space here being the ultimate luxury.
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Pastel shades. This season, neutral and impersonal shades are being ditched in favour of a cameo of chromatic variations that are as muted as they come. Say goodbye to half-measures, the bedroom is embracing soft, poetic colours. Sky blue, aqua, pearl grey, powder pink, soft yellow and turquoise. An uninhibited declaration of love for the lightness of being that has a refreshing and joyful effect on our mood. A return to childhood no less.
In the bedroom, while the general trend continues to veer towards Italian design, the Japanese minimalist influence shows no signs of stopping. It extols an austerity that is not without its charm, tempered as it is by the spirit of ‘hygge’, that iconic Danish word that stands for a cosy atmosphere and the capacity to enjoy the finer things in life with the people you love. The fusion of these two words, or rather of these two worlds, Japanese and Scandinavian, has given rise to an aesthetic style known as ‘japandi’. sparse yet soft.
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Every bedroom has its own ideal solution for optimising space. After all, a harmonious home starts with a tidy bedroom. Chaos is to be avoided at all costs by ensuring a place for everything and everything in its place. A healthy mind in a healthy body needs an organised bedroom for optimum rest. Full-height wardrobes, bed bridges and storage units that slide under the bed are the way to go. As for bed linen, natural fibres are always the best option.
