Sweet Dreams: Bedroom Inspiration

Browse more than a dozen favorite bedrooms from the pages of Flower, ranging from stately suites to guest retreats, and even an open-air, sleeping porch

Bedroom design calls for immersion. Not a room to be admired from the doorway, the bedroom beckons you inside to comfortably spend hours sleeping, romancing, meditating, reading, and recharging. We spend a third of every day (nearly 3000 hours each year) in our bedrooms (and that’s just sleeping hours), so it comes as no surprise that bedroom decor appeals to personal tastes more strongly than any other room.  Whether your bedroom style is sophisticated, playful, or all about serenity, create a space that says ‘restful’ to you.

We’ve gathered more than a dozen favorite bedrooms from the pages of Flower, ranging from a stately suite to guest retreats, and even an open-air, sleeping porch. Snuggle in and enjoy.

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High fashion inspired this Amanda Nisbet designed bedroom in pink and gold at the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse. Photo by Max Kim Bee from Forty Years of Fabulous: The Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse

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This master bedroom is an exotic mix reflecting the homeowners’ far-flung travels. The quilt is from Rajasthan and the headboard is upholstered in a repurposed shawl from Kolkata. Photo by Tria Giovan from Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons by Jennifer Ash Rudick

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Take inspiration from what is possibly the most romantic bedroom in Paris, the beautifully restored Windsor Suite at the Ritz. Colors and details in the room take inspiration from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were regular guests.

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In this bedroom, Marshall Watson's tailored mix includes custom-embroidered fabrics on the pillows and headboard. Photo by David Duncan

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Although known for his use of saturated color, Miles Redd works equally as masterfully with a softer palette, as in this serene bedroom. Photo by Miguel Flores-Vianna

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Interior designer Jennifer Amodei shows us a bedroom in her California home. The soothing combination of cream and blues reflects her love of the classics. Photo by Todd Tyler

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Jackye Lanham placed a Chippendale sofa at the foot of a reproduction 19th-century English barley-twist bed. The wrought-iron oculus was originally an attic vent. Photo by Emily Jenkins Followill

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Tricia Guild’s philosophy has always been that flowers, both fresh or interpreted, are at home in any setting, whether traditional, rustic, or contemporary as in this breezy bedroom. Photo by James Merrell.

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Amelia Handegan’s fondness for textiles can be seen in this bedroom. It creates a narrative of her travels and the cultural influences in her designs. Photo by Pieter Estersohn

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For an island-inspired bedroom, designer Meg Braff used a large-scale seashell wallpaper from the Meg Braff Designs collection. Photo by J. Savage Gibson

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Alexa Hampton fully embraces blue and white for this client's bedroom. "I’m a stalwart in terms of floral fabrics. I’m very comfortable using chintzes and other floral patterns, maybe more so than some of my younger peers—I don’t have any fear of dowdiness sometimes people have of them." Photo by Steve Freihon

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Each bedroom in this family getaway house in the Bahamas has its own unique flavor. “The prevailing spirit is that of a beach shack made mature and muscular by a consistency of architectural and decorative elements,” says Marshall Watson. Photo by Francesco Lagnese

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In this Michelle Nussbaumer designed bedroom, Ceylon et Cie’s signature pagoda daybed becomes the perfect complement for a saturated de Gournay chinoiserie wallpaper in a rich vermilion red. Photo by Stephen Karlisch

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Sparkling mirror, ribbon stripes, and silk jacquard compose a bedroom by Nina Campbell in the Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse. Photo by Phillip Ennis from Forty Years of Fabulous: The Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse

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Sometimes the best bedroom isn't a room at all. A daybed tucked into a nook on the porch is a restful spot for watching sailboats pass. “When we have family stay overnight, the young kids love sleeping out there,” says Ted Kennedy Watson. Photo by Claire Takacs

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In Ray Booth’s New York City bedroom, he chose grass cloth for the walls, and the bed is one of his designs. Photo by Eric Piasecki

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A half-canopy camouflages the sloped ceiling while creating height and adding drama to the master bedroom in Frances Schultz's former East Hampton cottage. Photo by Tria Giovan

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Benjamin Moore’s Galapagos Turquoise in a high-gloss finish envelops Bee Cottage's guest room. “It reminds me of the ocean, waves and all, thanks to the bumpy old stucco walls,” says Frances Schultz. Photo by Tria Giovan

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In a Tammy Connor-designed bedroom in New York’s iconic Hampshire House, an arrangement of oakleaf hydrangeas complements draperies in a Bennison floral. Photo by Simon Upton

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