bedrooms

The primary bedroom is a peaceful oasis with its board-and-batten paneling and lux Matouk bedding.

The bunk room, with its trio of triple bunks, is a favorite spot for visiting cousins.

For a second guest room, Gagne used campaign-style furniture, giving the retreat a masculine sensibility John Silsbee Lawrence might appreciate

A brick arch, a remnant of a ballroom wing removed long ago, leads to a cozy nook in a guest bedroom.

The couple’s love of, and frequent visits to, Cape Cod inspired Miller’s subtle use of blue to help brighten the darker lower level, which includes the primary bedroom.

Guests love this cozy basement-level bedroom with its scenic Thibaut wallpaper and plush bench from OKA

The design team renovated the third floor to add additional bedrooms, like this guest room swathed in a Sanderson wallcovering, one of Lindsay’s favorites, that has a bit of a retro vibe.

The bedroom boasts yet more walnut cabinetry, with two built-in chests of drawers surrounded by bookshelves.

A vaulted ceiling in the primary bedroom is studded with oak beams; the bed is from Aesthetic.

Two of the bunk room’s built-in beds have queen-sized mattresses below and twins above, making the space more comfortable for adults; Sanborn Canoe Co. created custom color combinations for the painted oars on the upper bunks’ rails.

Kurth had this bedroom’s walls clad in a Maya Romanoff covering, adding Astro sconces and drapes in a Holly Hunt fabric.

The primary bedroom is awash with complementary patterns in the Scalamandré wallpaper and pillows and the Elizabeth Eakins custom carpet.

Striped wallpaper from Casa Branca, an American Centennial quilt, and a framed forty-eight-star American flag take center stage in the new first-floor bedroom suite.

The primary bedroom is enveloped in a soothing blush grasscloth from Phillip Jeffries; bedside tables from Modern History and lamps from Made Goods flank a bed from Palecek, and the chair is from Schwartz Design Showrooms.

A son’s love of outer space is reflected in wallpaper from Spoonflower; the bunk bed is from Pottery Barn Kids, and the chair is from Modholic.

The homeowners’ existing bed was treated to new Matouk linens and placed on a rug from Palace Oriental Rug of Wilton.

Duffy lets the natural world deliver the color in the main living areas, but she indulges her own favorite hues in the home’s four bedrooms, each with its own distinctive design. A Palecek chandelier cascades over an Oly Studio bed in this blue-tinged guest room, which has a bone-inlay nightstand and oversized shell sconces by Made Goods.

Honeycomb-framed Paleck chairs and grasscloth wallpaper by Mark Alexander soften the otherwise masculine primary bedroom.

In a guest room that also serves as the husband’s office, Pierce found a home for his collection of vintage posters.

Graphic green Peter Fasano wallpaper lends structure to another guest room. “It has this, ‘I’m sitting in Maine looking at the trees’ quality to it,” says Pierce.

For the work-from-home space in the primary bedroom, the team lacquered a Dunes and Duchess desk in Farrow & Ball Dix Blue. The wallpaper is from Quadrille.

The four-poster Liaigre bed is crafted from open-grain wood that contrasts nicely with the room’s polished surfaces.

There is room for everyone in the bunk room.

A cozy bunk room lets kids imagine sleeping on a ship, a train, or an interplanetary vehicle.

A bed and bench from Taylor King anchor the ethereal primary bedroom.

This is probably the most ‘coastal’ room in the entire house,” Photopoulos says of the bedroom shared by the twins, which features Benjamin Moore Lakeside Cabin on the ceiling, baseboard, and closet doors.

In the six-year-old’s bedroom, custom bunk beds are sleepover-ready.

The primary bedroom’s chandelier features shades by ceramicist Andrew Molleur, while the Alison Shaw photograph references the clients’ love of the ocean.

The Visual Comfort & Co. table lamps in the primary bedroom echo the statement-making Phillip Jeffries wallcovering and bring a touch of contemporary glam to the space.

The primary suite faces the water, so McNally selected a soothing neutral palette.

An upholstered headboard wall serves as a focal point in a child’s room.

The owners can lie in bed and watch the wildlife parade past.

Made Goods nightstands inlaid with bone and featuring a shell-like finish flank a Palecek bed.

The blue beaded chandelier from Made Goods above the primary bed is as saucy as a flapper’s dress.

A guest room sports walls of denim blue Thibaut fabric and rope sconces from Palecek.

The floral motif in the bedroom “reminds me of my grandmother, but it is not at all dated,” says the homeowner.

The fabric on the upholstered headboard and the wallpaper in the primary bedroom are both from Schumacher.

Floral Colefax and Fowler wallpaper and upholstered headboards soften a guest bedroom.

This feminine bedroom reflects the style and interests of a daughter who has spent time in France.

Shipboard style prevails in this attic-turned-bedroom, which often finds the family’s son and his surfer friends gathered on the bunk beds.

New built-in bookshelves increase the functionality of a guest bedroom.

Kiddos pile into the bunk room, which has full beds below and twins on the top plus trundle beds accessed via deck cleats Trumbore sourced from Etsy.

A Cowtan & Tout grasscloth adds texture to the primary bedroom: “I wanted it to be dark and moody in there—like a cocoon,” Trumbore says.

In the primary bedroom, a bed by Community Manufacturing backs up to a machine-routed wood wall that helps break up the expanse of white.

The Monteiros’ children, Jack, thirteen, and Maddy, fifteen, enjoy bedrooms overlooking the water and dunes.

The designer notes how soft colors keep the primary suite, with its Lawson-Fenning bed, “feeling light and airy.”

The clients’ two daughters share this bedroom: “It’s just a very cute space, very fairy tale-y,” says Wells.

A canopy bed in the primary bedroom features white linen curtains trimmed with wooden beads.

In a guest room, Finelines crafted bed hangings that are suspended from the ceiling and drape behind wicker headboards.

Constellation wallpaper emphasizes the pitched ceiling in the attic-turned-bunk- room.

The custom headboard in the first-floor primary suite is another source of texture and warmth that designer Nicole Ficano has emphasized in the interior spaces.

The second-floor bunk room is part of a family guest suite and doubles as a hangout space with the twin beds, cushioned by upholstered wall inserts that serve as backrests, providing comfy seating.

The husband never has to leave the bedroom when he works from home: the channel-tufted headboard conceals a desktop and workstation. Artwork by Tim Forbes hangs above the console.

The walls, trim, and ceiling in the daughter’s room are painted a dusty rose.

The son’s bedroom is a lesson in contrast with its gray-black wood bed and bright blue molding.

The primary bedroom blends existing elements, like the wood-paneled wall that opens onto the deck, with new built-ins that make up for the room’s lack of closets. The designers added a fireplace to keep the room cozy on cool evenings—and during the occasional winter retreat.

Three boys share this reimagined second-floor bedroom. When the trio demanded bunk beds to match those in their sisters’ room, interior designer Patti Watson opted for a stowable rope ladder to save space in the tight confines. The room utilizes an antique brass bed and a glass-sided cabinet from the owners’ collection.

The girls’ bedroom is a study in maximizing space: the ceiling was opened up to accommodate the bunk bed, and built-in cabinets provide storage while mitigating the need for bulky furniture.

“To me, this feels like a really fabulous European retreat,” says Seed, who layered the primary suite with neutral patterns and textures for visual interest and incorporated antiques the couple had collected over the years.

An antique English desk and chair are set against a window in a corner of the primary bedroom.

A guest room has a custom painted headboard with a hinged extension that envelopes the nightstand.

The primary bedroom is cozy and calm; whitewashed wood planks add visual interest to the vaulted ceiling, and the corner windows are treated with soft off-white curtains and taupe-gray shades.

Nightstands from Cappellini and pendants from A-N-D flank the bed in the primary suite; the artwork is by Richard Serra.

A V-groove ceiling, upholstered bed, and a bench of sumptuous blue velvet lend a cozy warmth to the primary bedroom.

The home’s third floor serves as the youngest daughter’s bedroom.

“She just speaks to me,” says the wife, who works in fashion, of the portrait of a tarot card reader hanging in the primary bedroom. “There’s something about her I just can’t shake. Art should be something you can’t move on from.”

Rinfret, Ltd., collaborated with de Gournay on the hand-painted and appliqued wall panels and embroidery for the bed and settee.

Rinfret, Ltd.’s bedroom at the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach was an oasis of calm. The coral chairs are by Dennis & Leen through The Bright Group, while the rug is from J.D. Staron.

The monochromatic gray tones of the primary bedroom make this a restful retreat for the parents. The upholstered bed is by Bernhardt. The Fiona mirror from Made Goods, one of the homeowner’s favorite pieces, is crafted from silver and mother-of-pearl in a floral motif.

The guest room’s ceiling and a wall behind the bed are covered in a marbled wallpaper that evokes the nostalgia of the endpapers in an old book.

The primary bedroom’s nurturing feel comes from a plethora of plants and the Fancy Nancy wallpaper by Studio Moses.

In the adjoining bedroom, a Holly Hunt fabric covers the custom upholstered bed. The art is by Robert Deyber.

Davies sought to keep the large primary bedroom from looking empty without overfilling it. “That’s where the custom Mongolian lamb rug comes in,” she explains. “It is a lot of bang for the buck—so much visual interest.”

A son’s bedroom has a clubby, classic, modern feel with its Tibetan tiger curtain fabric.

The tiny desk at the far end of the primary bedroom is an heirloom from the wife’s family.

A daughter’s room blends a modern vibe in the rug and draperies with a touch of old-world elegance in the white bed and bench.

Lindsay went serene and soothing in the primary bedroom, layering in lots of texture; “The rug,” she points out, “is like a cozy sweater.”

Flooded with natural light, the primary bedroom has a view of the pond. The steel-framed windows reach to the floor; the bottom row of panes opens for ventilation.

The primary bedroom features a brass sconce by Obsolete, antique artwork, and a Roweam bench; the bed is dressed in a neutral grain-sack coverlet and a burgundy linen bedspread.

In the guest room, a wall that gives guests a sense of privacy divides two twin beds; the painting is by Mary Vogel.

The primary bedroom’s wool-sateen drapery wall is the same shade of blue as the Schumacher wallcovering and conceals shelving used for storage.

In the guestroom, the raspberry reds, sunset oranges, and periwinkle blues in the Bunny Williams Home table lamps pick up on colors in the rug.

The sofa at the end of the bed faces what appears to be a mirror but is actually a TV. Like almost every seat in the condo, the comfy reading chair pairs with its own drink-drop table.

The primary bedroom’s gas fireplace is set in the same Tadelakt plaster that is used in the kitchen.

Another client request was a primary wing on the main floor; Made Goods nightstands and Ralph Lauren Home lighting flank a custom bed upholstered in a Nobilis fabric.

Soft colors and plush textures define the primary bedroom; Marment chose the pressed-flower botanicals above the mantel because, she says, “they balance the heft of the fireplace.”

After an extensive search, Daher found the bedroom’s white-oak French doors in Atlanta. The doors were too tall for the loft, so she hired a local craftsman to renovate them to fit her space.

In the loft’s only bedroom, Grecian-themed fabric-backed paper and a powder-coated metal bed with brass fittings make an impact without overwhelming the room.

To be closer to their grandchildren when they visit, homeowners Bill and Janet move into this second-floor suite, which was designed to look like a room in an old New England inn.

Pocket doors join the husband’s office and the guest room, which features a custom bed nook sheathed in a Phillip Jeffries wallcovering.

In the primary bedroom, a Boyd Lighting fixture and Vaughan sconces complement a bed and end tables from Century.

In a guest room, a four-poster bed balances modern and traditional sensibilities, a theme found throughout the house.

A Torrie Dorsey painting, also from Moss Galleries, hangs above a Hickory Chair bed, which features a mix of patterned pillows and linens, in the primary bedroom.

Daughter Maeve’s bedroom gets a graphic punch from an overscaled floral wallpaper from Anthropologie and an ABC Carpet & Home area rug. The bed is from Thos. Moser in Freeport, Maine, and the chest is from Noir Furniture.

In the daughter’s primary bedroom, muted seaside colors echo the exterior palette.

A girl’s bedroom is bright and whimsical but sophisticated enough to age with the child.

To maximize storage, the steps double as drawers.

Guest rooms are augmented by a bunk room over the garage, where a pair of Serena & Lily hanging chairs permit views in either direction.

The primary bedroom opens to a sleeping porch, a favorite spot for the homeowner to read a book or take in ocean sunsets.

A mix of patterns—the bed frame is upholstered in Schumacher and that’s a Pierre Frey fabric on the duvet—creates a soothing sense of harmony in the primary bedroom.

Byrnes designed the primary bedroom around the reverse-painted-glass bedside tables by John-Richard, which call to mind water and rocks

In the bunk room, up to nine people can sleep comfortably thanks to the full beds.

The artwork above the bed in the primary bedroom is by Dave Muller; Betsy Biscone Art Advisory commissioned it through Blum & Poe gallery.

The Palm Beach Room welcomes guests to a tropical top-floor sanctuary.

A brise soleil shields the primary bedroom’s deck from morning sun.

The platform bed’s custom upholstery and toss pillows were fabricated by Partners in Design in serene hues.

The team at Makkas Workroom fabricated most of the home’s window treatments, motorized shades, and bedding, including those seen in the rose room.

Custom-designed twin beds in the gold room flank an antique oyster chest complete with a pullout desk that Austin discovered at the Brimfield Antique Flea Market.

A Christopher Farr wallcovering lends interest to one of the second-floor guest rooms.

The house has two primary bedrooms, and the one on the first floor contains a grasscloth accent wall in a hand-painted check pattern by Patina Designs; the pendant is from The Urban Electric Co., and the artwork is by Mary Maguire.

A third-floor guest room is enveloped in a pattern by Robert Kime. The house has two primary bedrooms, and the one on the first floor contains a grasscloth accent wall in a hand-painted check pattern by Patina Designs; the pendant is from The Urban Electric Co., and the artwork is by Mary Maguire.

The second-floor primary bedroom, with its views of Nantucket Sound, is equal in size to the one on the first floor. “Because we were designing the house for two clients, it was important that there be two identical primary suites,” explains Catalano.

The bunk room, which contains four full beds and four twin beds, features a lobster-print ceiling paper

Cowtan & Tout fabric and wallpaper make a guest room cozy.

The enclosed sleeping porch is a favorite for guests, who can open the windows to hear the ocean all night long.

The art above the bed in the primary bedroom is by Bruno Pasquier-Desvignes through Abby Yozell’s lifestyle website choixhome.com.

An upstairs guest room features a king-sized antique bobbin bed; the door to the right of the fireplace leads to the sleeping porch.

A nineteenth-century whale carving hangs above a guest bed.

The parents enjoy stellar views of the estuary from their bedroom, thanks to triple-pane Schüco windows that span more than six by nine feet and conceal motorized shades at the top.

Gates chose a rope-wrapped Palecek bed for the primary bedroom—“It has an amazing beachy texture but a really modern silhouette,” she says.

“I have always wanted to use this Cole & Son paper in a Cape house,” says Gates of the appropriately named Melville wallcovering. “It’s the perfect blend of classic and whimsical.”

C&M gutted an over-the-garage bedroom and renovated it with an award-winning series of bunk beds. The bunks, ladders, wall paneling, drawers, and closets were built in C&M’s mainland mill shop, shipped to Nantucket, and installed by the firm’s carpentry team over a three-week period.

An Elizabeth Eakins rug, with stripes that lead the eye to the outdoors, grounds the guest room.

A pink Farrow & Ball wallpaper envelopes another guest room. Lussier Lajoie Framing custom colored the octagonal mirror with a green glaze. A vintage patchwork quilt from Rafael Osona Auctions graces the foot of the bed.

In the guest bedroom, Benjamin Moore’s Fresh Dew offers a shift from the predominantly blue-and-white scheme used in the home’s more public spaces. The bed features a Soane Britain fabric on the headboard and skirt.

Upstairs, each bedroom has its own color scheme; the lavender primary features a light fixture from Coleen and Company, a bench from Redford House, and Matouk bedding.

A hallway includes end-to-end pine-clad sleeping nooks that can be closed off for privacy.

In the primary bedroom, the chaise upholstery and the wallpaper, both Peter Fasano, showcase similar shades of cream and chocolate brown as the family room sofa and chairs.

At one end of the house, a deep blue ceiling in a bunk room with two queen beds adds some drama

The Stark carpet in the primary bedroom echoes the rippling waters beyond; the bed was repurposed from the owners’ previous Cape Cod home, and the chandeliers are from Visual Comfort.

To play off the flowers in the primary bedroom’s Schumacher headboard and bed skirt, Banker found a Moroccan bedspread at Creel and Gow in New York.

Jane McNally Wright’s ram portrait presides over the guest bedroom, but the Matouk striped sheet “makes the room—you’d miss that stripe if it was not there,” says Banker.

Royal blue changes the color conversation in the primary bedroom, where the design team reupholstered the clients’ existing Paul Mathieu bench. A soft Holly Hunt alpaca fabric wraps the bed, and a Steven King mohair-and-cashmere rug adds another layer of texture.

In another guest room, both the antique bedside table, topped with a lamp from Chairish, and the artwork are from the clients’ own collection.

A paper from Sandberg adorns the walls of a guest room.

A highly textured alpaca rug from Rosemary Hallgarten, an upholstered Roman Thomas bed, and sumptuous drapes in Holland & Sherry fabric wrap the couple in cozy warmth.

Yellow and blue Penny Morrison linens inspired a guest bedroom’s overall color scheme

A trio of sepia-toned waterscapes hangs in a guest bedroom.

The third floor is divided into two spaces: a bedroom, seen behind this barn door, and a sitting area and workspace.

“I wanted to create young bedrooms for my young children—I wasn’t worried about them growing into them,” notes Smith, pointing to the Sister Parish Serendipity wallcovering on the ceiling, the vintage Babar the Elephant prints, and the vintage rocker from her own store, Highpoint Home.

Smith wanted a clutter-free and serene primary suite, so the closets and dressers are built in; builder Derek Huckel of Chōwa Home incorporated a white-washed oak ceiling to soften the space.

Antique French cane beds with Matouk linens and Amanda Lindroth shams anchor a cheery guest room.

Serene colors and textural finishes help hide the primary bedroom’s origins as a pair of prefab modules.

The primary bedroom’s bed and lounge chair are outfitted in Quadrille’s China Seas fabric in pretty shades of turquoise and navy.

A guest suite goes all in on pink with its blush walls and hot pink rug and lounge chairs. The white sofa chimes in with bright pink piping. The homeowner commissioned the artwork from her friend, New Canaan artist Jo Tonkovich.

The primary bedroom, located at one end of the second floor, feels like it’s soaring above the water; the artwork is by Maine artist Michel Droge.

A Schumacher-upholstered ottoman complements a cozy Kravet armchair in the primary bedroom.

In the primary bedroom, nightstands by Hirsch for Dowel flank a bed upholstered in fabric by Seema Krish from Studio 534.

A four-poster makes a statement in a guest room, where a whimsical insect fabric from Kravet crowns the windows.

Spada covered the walls in the primary bedroom with a Sister Parish linen; an eighteenth-century ciel de lit shelters a headboard upholstered in a Raoul Textiles linen.

An upstairs guest room invites cozy relaxation.

Paton wrapped the primary bedroom in an elegant Zoffany wallpaper, then added a custom bed with an upholstered headboard.

The fireplace in the primary bedroom suite was converted to gas and treated to a new mantel.

The same raw silk curtains purchased from The Shade Store in Boston hang throughout the house, including in the primary bedroom with its orange leather and dark-gray wool Sitia chair.

Rosenstein designed a pair of signature oak side tables that flank a canopy bed enveloped in Cowtan & Tout check curtains for the guest room.

In the nursery, Rosenstein used Peter Fasano wallpaper and drapes, which are accented by vintage animal prints found at a Paris flea market.

Christian LaCroix’s lush Canopy wallpaper makes the room feel like a tropical paradise.

A lower-level guest room holds both a queen-size bed with a woven rattan headboard and a pair of bunk beds.

The Texas ranch aesthetic continues in the bedroom, where leather straps adorn a modified Room & Board bed and Katy Skelton bench.

Even in the three bedrooms, like the primary on the first floor, expansive windows allow light to flow.

The Soane Britain Dianthus Chintz fabric was the jumping-off point for the main bedroom; “It took on a British meets the tropics vibe, with the vintage Maison Jansen palm tree lamp completing the look,” says Zawel.

The bedroom reading nook features a rattan console by Sharland England; the artwork is by Lorna Simpson and the vase was a score from Avant-Scène in Paris.

Both daughters visit often. This one requested a bedroom that was calming, so Collins complied with a pale blue-and-gray palette dominated by a Peter Fasano wallpaper and plantation shutters that control light and views.

A Gabriel Godard painting hangs against a Galbraith & Paul wallpaper in a daughter’s bedroom; the chair is from Soane Britain.

The bunk room’s trio of built-in beds is cleverly tucked into a lofted space on the second floor.

Remondi brought more intense color to the primary bedroom, where a Cowtan & Tout retro Asian fabric adorns the windows, and the bed wears an emerald-green throw and pillow.

High and low cohabitate in a monochromatic guest room that includes a caña flecha pouf, a cabinet from Four Hands, CB2 chairs, Ben & Aja Blanc’s Apollo mirror, and a Room & Board bed.

Vintage snowshoes hang above RH Teen’s Colbin Bed in the boy’s room.

Texture takes center stage in the primary bedroom, with its Moroccan wool rug, teak-root end tables, Tibetan-lamb ottomans, and Lulu and Georgia floor lamp.

The cozy sitting area in the primary suite is a comfy place to read a book or have a morning coffee; the Charles Stewart chairs are upholstered in a Pindler & Pindler fabric.

Pale silver Mark Alexander grasscloth adds a rich, comforting, fabric-like texture to the primary bedroom, which boasts its own private deck.

Albert also designed the primary bedroom’s headboard, which is inset with a mosaic crafted by his mother. Additional mosaics of hers flank the headboard, and she is also the artist behind the oil painting above the bed.

In the primary bedroom of architect Jacob Albert’s recently renovated condo, he painted the shelving Benjamin Moore Brookside Moss. A vintage chair sits beside a nineteenth-century French wine-tasting table, and Albert purchased the dhurrie while traveling in Jaipur, India.

Architect Mary Dorsey Brewster skillfully converted a family room and a warren of closets into en suite guest quarters; the handmade bed is from The Country Bed Shop in Ashby, Massachusetts.

A Christopher Farr Cloth wallpaper set the color palette for the bedroom shared by the two oldest children, whose Jenny Lind beds from Crate & Barrel flank an inlaid nightstand their parents found on Etsy.

A restful, neutral palette dominates the primary bedroom, which features a Christopher Farr Cloth wallpaper and a ceiling fixture from Pinch.

In the primary bath, Jimmy Raiden Studio sconces flank a pair of Pottery Barn medicine cabinets hanging above a custom white oak vanity.