I still remember the first time I stayed in a real English cottage — a tiny stone place in the Cotswolds with a slanted ceiling and a bed so soft I almost canceled the rest of my trip just to stay in it. That’s the feeling I chase every time I design an english cottage…
So your bed is stuck under a window and you’re not sure if that’s a design flaw or a design opportunity. I’ve lived in three different apartments where a bedroom with window behind bed was just… the only option, no negotiating with the floor plan. And honestly? Once I stopped fighting it and started working…
I didn’t think I’d ever own a black metal bed frame. Honestly, I always pictured them as cold, dorm-room-ish, the kind of thing you’d find in a rental unit and immediately want to upgrade. Then a friend talked me into one for my guest room, and — okay, I was wrong. A black metal bed…
I used to think beige was the design equivalent of a sigh. Safe, a little sleepy, the color you pick when you can’t commit to anything else. Then I redid my own bedroom in a beige bedroom aesthetic almost by accident — I ran out of budget for the moody green I’d planned, grabbed a…
I painted my first turquoise bedroom accent wall on a whim, at like 9pm on a Tuesday, because I couldn’t sleep and I’d been staring at paint swatches for a week. Was it a great idea to start rolling paint that late? Not really. But six years and three homes later, I still can’t quit…
I redid my niece’s room last spring after she declared, out of nowhere, that pink was “for babies now.” So we landed on a blue girls bedroom instead, and honestly? It turned out better than any pink version we’d tried before. Blue reads calm, a little grown-up, and somehow still playful when you layer in…
Okay, so if you’ve spent any time on Pinterest or TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen the chav bedroom trend everywhere — and I get why. It’s bold, it’s a little glam, it’s unapologetically extra, and honestly? It’s one of the more fun aesthetics I’ve helped a reader put together this year. I redid my niece’s…
Grey gets a bad reputation as the “safe” color, the one people pick when they can’t decide on anything else. But glam bedroom decor grey is a completely different animal — it’s grey used on purpose, layered with texture and a little shine, and it’s honestly one of the most elegant bedroom looks I’ve ever…
For years I resisted painting my bedroom anything darker than “greige,” because I was convinced a dark room would feel small and depressing the second the sun went down. Then I finally did it — a deep charcoal, almost black-brown, with brass hardware and a velvet headboard — and it’s the single best decor decision…
I’ll be honest — I resisted pink for years. Felt too “little girl’s room” for an adult bedroom, and I didn’t want to wake up every morning inside a candy dispenser. Then a friend redid her guest room in dusty rose and brushed brass and I basically stole the whole vibe on the spot. Turns…