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Rooms for switching off.

A bedroom has to work before it can feel restful. Scale, storage, evening light and the space beside the bed all matter. These studies explore how different homes make room for sleep, with clear explanations of the decorating decisions and real pieces to find in the Shop.

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22 room studies

Pink bedroom with a cream channelled bed, burgundy bedding, cane-front bedside tables, a chestnut chest, brass mirror and golden almond-blossom artwork.ROOM 05 · Bedroom

The soft pink bedroom

The pink is easy to notice; the burgundy bedding is what gives it some backbone. A tall cream headboard holds the centre, while golden blossom above it stops the bedroom becoming an exercise in matching pink things.

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Deep teal Art Deco bedroom with a cream panelled bed, walnut rattan bedside cabinets, brass lamps with ink shades, an oval mirror and a leather bench.ROOM 32 · Bedroom

The Art Deco bedroom after dark

A bedroom used after dark needs more than an impressive bed. Here, two shaded lamps bring the light down to pillow height and leave the teal walls behind them.

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Pale celadon Georgian bedroom with tall sash windows, a bronze metal bed, moss quilt, dark acacia chest, linen lamps and a reading chair.ROOM 33 · Bedroom

The windows have the best of it

The tall sash windows are the bedroom's best furniture. An open bronze bed frame lets their proportions remain visible, with celadon carried between them.

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Lake-blue bedroom viewed from the foot of a cane bed, with a centred upholstered bench and rectangular hemp rug, timber bedside lamps and a dresser beside the lake-facing window.ROOM 34 · Bedroom

The lake-blue bedroom

A large bed can still leave a bedroom feeling underfurnished. The bench and chest give this lake-blue room somewhere to get dressed and put things down.

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Side-on modern apartment bedroom with a dark grey ottoman bed, clay wall, white louvred wardrobe, oak fluted chest, round slatted table and small bedside lamp.ROOM 35 · Bedroom

Somewhere to put things

Spare bedding has to live somewhere. Putting it beneath the mattress leaves this apartment bedroom room for clothes storage without filling every wall with furniture.

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Aubergine Victorian bedroom with a dark timber bed across the view, rust quilt, black marble bedside tables, brass glass-shade lamps and an arched mirror above a fireplace.ROOM 36 · Bedroom

Aubergine around the chimney breast

The fireplace does not need to become a headboard. Keeping the bed on the side wall lets this Victorian bedroom retain its chimney breast and the recesses beside it.

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Compact white attic bedroom with sloping ceilings, a rooflight, silver four-panel divan bed, blue six-drawer chest under the left eave and a slim natural runner.ROOM 37 · Bedroom

Two floor plans in one attic

A small-double bed takes the gable wall while a low blue chest uses the eaves. A rooflight, narrow runner and compact bedside lamp keep this attic bedroom open and warm.

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Quiet contemporary bedroom with a headboard-free timber platform bed, charcoal fringed linen throw, reclaimed wood stool and small cabinet beside timber courtyard glazing.ROOM 38 · Bedroom

The courtyard beyond the bed

The low bed leaves the courtyard in view. With no tall headboard interrupting it, the window becomes part of the room even from the pillow.

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1970s-inspired bedroom with an avocado wall, striped timber king bed, pale rust printed quilt, brown six-drawer rattan chest, smoked-glass bedside lamps and cork floor.ROOM 39 · Bedroom

Stripes, cork and avocado

The headboard gets the broad stripes; the quilt gets the smaller print. Giving each pattern a different scale lets this 1970s bedroom use both without making the bed hard to read.

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Minimalist bedroom with a white slatted ottoman bed square to a clay-toned wall, sage quilt, timber bedside tables, unlit brass wall lamps and a white eight-drawer chest.ROOM 41 · Bedroom

The bedroom that leaves the day outside

The half-read book and the jumper that can be worn again need somewhere to go. This bedroom leaves useful surfaces beside the bed and puts the spare bedding underneath it.

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A broad chocolate-brown bed grounds lilac walls, with chrome bedside details and a dark architectural artwork above the headboard. Pale bedding keeps the centre light.ROOM 50 · Bedroom

The lilac and chocolate bedroom

The chocolate bed gives lilac something substantial to sit behind. Pale sheets mark out the sleeping surface inside its broad upholstered frame.

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Clay-coloured walls warm a cottage bedroom built around a bronze metal bed. Green-striped bedding and a poppy still life bring a fresh counterpoint beneath the old beam.ROOM 56 · Bedroom

The clay and green cottage bedroom

The open metal bed leaves the cottage wall visible through its rails. Clay paint, green stripes and a poppy still life change its surroundings without needing a new frame.

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Peach dressing room with a walnut folding-mirror dressing table, ivory ribbed chrome chair, walnut wardrobe, chrome tripod lamp and geometric artwork.ROOM 61 · Bedroom

The peach-and-chrome dressing room

Clothes and small daily things easily take over a bed. This dressing room gives them a walnut surface, a chair beside daylight and a wardrobe of their own.

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Olive guest bedroom with a light oak rattan double bed, curved chestnut writing desk, cane chair, walnut storage and horse artwork above the bed.ROOM 63 · Bedroom

The olive guest room that works between visits

Olive walls, a cane-panelled bed and a small writing desk make this guest room useful throughout the week. The work surface sits beside the window, leaving the bed and its route clear when someone comes to stay.

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Dusty-rose guest bedroom seen through double doors, with a cream upholstered curved bed, brown leather wing chair, walnut bedside chest and black-and-white surreal portrait.ROOM 69 · Bedroom

The guest salon with a proper place to sleep

Dusty rose, a curved upholstered bed and a brown leather chair give this guest room the ease of a small salon. The door can close, the bedside surface is useful and the window offers somewhere to sit beyond the duvet.

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A dusty-pink cottage attic bedroom with an oak bed along the low roof slope, a clear dressing aisle, oak chest, small wall-mounted bedside and cat-and-flower artwork.ROOM 81 · Bedroom

The attic bedroom looks sideways

An attic gives you plenty of floor that is awkward to stand on. This guest room puts the bed beneath the slope and keeps the taller side useful, with rose-pink plaster, a low oak footboard and drawers for the overnight things.

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Side view of a cream apartment bedroom with one paprika-red wall stripe, a low grey lacquer bed, walnut-fronted black bedside cabinets, brass wall lamps and dark timber flooring.ROOM 87 · Bedroom

A cream bedroom with a red line

One paprika line gives these plain cream walls something to respond to. It runs above the low grey bed, turns the corner and leaves the floor free of extra furniture.

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A pink and plum guest bedroom seen from a luggage recess, with a rattan bed, mismatched bedside surfaces, brass swing-arm lights, a leather chair and a floral portrait.ROOM 98 · Bedroom

The guest room gives up its spare-room look

Guests arrive with a case, a coat and a phone that needs charging. This pink-and-plum bedroom makes provision for those small things before adding another cushion.

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Periwinkle bedroom with timber bed, camel fitted carpet, blue bedside lamps and yellow quilt beneath a Cornish coastal print.ROOM 114 · Bedroom

The winter bedroom in periwinkle and camel

The first step out of bed lands on camel carpet. Periwinkle surrounds the timber frame, while pale yellow bedding keeps the warmer colour close to the sleeper.

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Refined grey bedroom with an upholstered king-size bed against a partition, a figurative print, a blue-striped throw and a separate dressing route.ROOM 115 · Bedroom

The hotel bedroom softened for home

A good hotel bedroom gets the practical things right. This apartment borrows that clarity, then loosens it with curved timber bedsides and textiles that look comfortable enough to disturb.

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Compact bedroom with a citron wall, dove-grey double bed, white linen and a single bobbin bedside table.ROOM 116 · Bedroom

Citron behind the bed

There is one compact bedside here, because the second would cost too much passing space. The double bed remains the main piece, with citron on the wall behind it.

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Mint cottage guest room with reclaimed timber bed, oatmeal carpet and a small mulberry textile accent.ROOM 133 · Bedroom

Leave something for the guest

A bedside and bench are useful only if the guest can use them. This mint cottage bedroom leaves both partly empty, with the patterned textiles doing the decorating.

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