Like most things in my house, I tend towards simple with clean lines. While it’s true that in my living room in Boston, I have a bold Angela Adams rug and smattering of patterned pillows by Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, Hable Construction, and Judy Ross Textiles, the sofa and upholstered cushions on the vintage Scandinavian chairs from eBay are slightly textured solids
In the bedroom, I always keep colors and textures more subdued. When we lived in a bungalow in Chevy Chase, we had the loveliest bedroom, with pale lilac walls, a creamy wrought iron bed, and a beautiful quilt that my mother-in-law made for us as a wedding gift. The windows looked out on a magnolia tree in the backyard.
Our Boston bedroom, by contrast, is a dungeon. To lighten things up, we have a tall tailored headboard from Pottery Barn, upholstered in white cotton duck. The sheets and duvet are pure white. Not exciting, but the best we can do as everything else seems to have taken priority for the last dozen years. Happily the all white bedroom on the Cape is bliss.
The condo in Delray Beach is currently being painted white. White, white, and more white. The cork floor should go in later this month(!!!). If you’ve been following, you’ll know it’s decorated with white and pale wood furniture from Ikea (sofa, chairs), CB2 (nightstands, dining table), West Elm (bed), etc. and punctuated with pops of color.
The boys’ beds, of which i did a staged makeover, are back to its original style. While the bold graphic bedding looked better, it wasn’t the aesthetic I was going for. So they once again have the Ikea duvet covers in teal and grass green with organic patterns. While the fabric is slightly rough, I love the quality of the duvet inserts, pillows, mattress pads, and other bedding basics.
BeddingStyle.com was in touch recently about doing some sort of makeover using my choice of bedding from its site. There are a few great modern bedding brands, including Marimekko, so I’ve been contemplating whether to try one out in the Florida master bedroom. I had planned on using a sea glass colored Matouk coverlet I bought at the Matouk Factory Store in Fall River, Mass.
In trying to determine whether to go with a subtly colored solid duvet or comforter, or one with a pattern, I thought it best to pull together some examples. (The sheets will remain white; always white.) Here are 25 bedrooms with patterned duvets, comforters, or quilts.
Alexandra Angle Interior Design
Home of designer Leah Bartholomew of Beneath the Sun
Photo by Toby Scott • The Design Files
Birch Tree Duvet Cover • Urban Outfitters
Hilary Thomas Designs • House Beautiful
Comforter by Hay • Photo by Tim Bjørn • Bo Bedre
Home of More Than Living blogger, Cindy Keur-Rijckenberg
Home of Finnish photographer, stylist, designer Riikka Kantinkoski
&Tradition Trash Me lamp • Est Magazine
Photo by Mona Gundersen
Magical Thinking Altiplano shams at Urban Outfitters
NYC home of Lauren Moffat • Photo by Alice Gao • Design Sponge
Home of designer Sam Sacks • House & Home
Josef Frank print • House to Home
Kyle- & Erin’s U Street home • Apartment Therapy
María Lladó
Ripple bedding by Lulu DK for Matouk
Styled by Kim Timmerman
Pottery Barn Kids mini polka dot bedding and gold unicorn
Sixth Street Design
Hay quilt • Kayser-O Photography • Femina
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Mexican Otomi print bedding • Domino
Dip dye bedding • Artwork by Andrew O’Brien
Bedding by Luhta Home AW2013 • Krista Keltanen Photography
Philadelphia home of painter Nicholas Santore & designer Valerie Ferus
Design Sponge
Lulu De Kwiatkowski’s home • Photo by Patrick Kline • Lonny
Lulu De Kwiatkowski’s home • Photo by Patrick Kline • Lonny
Albert Hadley “Fireworks” wallpaper • House Beautiful
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