среда, 22 февраля 2017 г.

Wake Up Your Bedroom

Wake Up Your Bedroom
Guys, when did our bedrooms become the sad, second-class citizens of the house? The living room gets the design love, the kitchen's stocked with hand-forged knives and IPAs, and the bathroom has the best reading material. Meanwhile, your bedroom is all bare essentials and bad lighting. We know what you're thinking: Why go crazy if you're just going in there to turn out the lights? Here's why, and it has nothing to do with impressing women (okay, maybe a little): If you make your bedroom into more than just a room with a bed, it becomes a sanctuary—the place where you go to find a moment's peace, whether that's from a shitty day at work or the house party down the hall. In other words: Give your bedroom a little love and you'll get it all back.

1. Take Things Down a Notch Your bed is not "where the magic happens"—that phrase died with_ MTV Cribs_—but it is the visual centerpiece of the bedroom. As noted interior decorator Lil Jon once said: Get low. Start with a knee-high platform frame, treat yourself to a good mattress (we're partial to Shifman Mattress Company), and toss the box spring out on the street. What you'll end up with is the opposite of the fusty four-post Victorian sleeping throne of your parents' bedroom—and that's the idea. See, once you get low, the room opens up. It feels a little sexier, a little bigger, and a lot more impressive. Keep the ball rolling with a ground-hugging dresser, nightstands, and chair. And now you've got yourself a bedroom with a point of view. _Zeitraum Fusion bed, $9,450, and Vioski Palms chair, $3,700, from Suite New York. Umrao Serape throw, $6,860, and TemaHome chest, $1,295, from ABC Carpet Home. Society duvet and pillowcases at societylimonta.com. _

2. Don't Overlook the Key to a Comfortable Bedroom There are plenty of practical upsides to putting an area rug under your bed: no more ice-cold morning foot, no more tracking floor gunk into the sheets. But it's also a subtle style play that anchors the room's new hunkered-down vibe. Look for a rug with a geometric pattern, and don't worry about a design being over the top—most of it will be hidden under the bed. _Berber rug by The Rug Company, $4,104. _

_Rugs, from left: Chiesa by The Rug Company, $4,752. Coco Drum by Carini Lang, $6,210. Blocks by Fort Street Studio, $234/sq. ft. _

3. Invest in Mood Lighting You want a no-hassle upgrade to your room? Ditch those stiff bedside lamps wearing stuffy white shades. First reason being: They're ugly. The second being: They're not doing a great job of lighting the place, are they? What you really want are lamps with moves—aim them over your shoulder to read or at the wall for some soft-glow ambience. For bonus points, install a wall-mounted fixture like the Kaiser Idell (below) and a nearby dimmer switch. It almost makes an Al Green album redundant. Tolomeo Desk Lamp, $425, from Design Within Reach. Kaiser Idell Wall Light, $595, from Suite New York.

4. Get a Nightstand- slash-Stash Spot Here's a list of what's okay to keep on your nightstand: a lamp, a clock, a book you're actually reading, and your phone. (We know that looking at it is the new smoking after sex, but at least wait until she leaves the room.) What's not okay to have on your bedside table: anything else. To make that rule easier to follow, you want nightstands with doors, drawers, or some other smart way of hiding all the novels you only made it halfway through. Vibia I. Cono Table Lamp 0705, $1,125, from lumens.com. Matteograssi Versus bedside table, $1,653, from DDC, N.Y.C. Vitra George Nelson clock, $450, at Design Within Reach. Sferra Celeste sheet and matching pillowcase.

5. Step Up From the Ali Poster That iconic shot of the champ roaring over a fallen Liston has been on your wall since college. To which we say: Exactly. Instead, replace it with a big-and-bold graphic print. If you have the scratch, work with print broker Sharon Coplan of Coplan Hurowitz to find the right print for your bedroom's vibe (she's where to turn if you like the Sarah Morris print on this slide, or the Donald Judd diptych in the second slide). Another option: ExhibitionA.com. And speaking of upgrading your walls... 6. Get a New Coat Eggshell. Ecru. Off-white. Whatever you call it, the paint's been on the bedroom wall since you moved in—and it's boring as hell. Fix that with a fresh coat of color, something dark and a little sinister, like Farrow Ball's cobalt-tinged Down Pipe No. 26. A half day's worth of sweat equity and your bedroom gets a whole new look.

*7. Make Yourself a (Carefully Curated) Mess * We've explained how to turn your bedroom into a sanctuary, but it shouldn't be a soulless one. Empty your pockets onto your dresser and keep the worthy memories—a postcard from the last museum exhibition you saw, that Polaroid of your girl, the vintage cigarette tray you found at a flea market on your last vacation. Keep the cast rotating; it's a reminder that however chill it is in here, you've still got a lot happening out there.

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