Bedroom
To expand the master bathroom’s footprint, the designer eliminated a large walk-in master closet. This meant reducing the total square footage of the bedroom and closet from 295 square feet to 270 square feet. But the numbers are deceiving: “Walk-in closets can be a huge waste of space,” Leasia says. “It took some reassuring and taking a careful inventory of their clothing, but the new system provides much more efficient storage than the old closet did.” She also found good compromises for how each of them likes to experience a space. “He likes a TV in practically every room, and she doesn’t want to look at them, so we installed it in the ceiling,” she says. The lines in the ceiling mark the TV lift. It slowly swings down like a hatch with the flip of a switch, and then it hides away when they are done watching.
A floor-to-ceiling headboard wall covered in wood pieces is another substantial architectural element. It’s another example of the Campbells spending their money wisely while making the house look more expensive than it was. “While some suppliers charged $50 per square foot for products like this, we chose one from Home Depot that was $10 per square foot,” Starla says. Scott made the nightstands out of the reclaimed boxcar wood. Simple industrial hanging lights provide an uncluttered look and highlight the textured wall.
Rounded backrest and nightstands. This curved headboard with storage seems to be part of the bed, which adds to its ergonomic feel. It’s packed with useful shelving, with two-tier bedside tables that wrap around the sides of the bed and a couple of handy compartments at the back. The curved top is also home to a pair of practical reading lamps. The beauty of a headboard like this is that it allows you to move the bed away from the wall. This works well when a room has little available wall space or when you want to wake up closer to a beautiful view like this one.
A map of the world gracing the wall of this child’s room in Moscow could be used to help a burgeoning global citizen understand where he or she lives in relation to the rest of the world. The room’s layout, with a daybed and upper cubbies against one wall and a desk against another, maximizes the floor area for playing.
The architect turned the wall between the master bedroom and the bathroom into a giant storage space, built by Karanadze. A pocket door can slide shut to separate the spaces or stay open to create a corridor to the bathroom.
The layout
Upholstered Headboard + Wood-Paneled Wall The spaces between the wood panels bring a bit more texture to the blank wall.
From the way the lighting makes the 3D wood panels on the wall shimmer to the sheers, satins and silks on the bedding and window treatments — many of us are dreaming of diving into this bed.
The pendant lights to hang from the ceiling instead of using nightstand lamps. Do this in order to keep the nightstands clean and clutter-free.
A bright custom window seat with more built-in storage establishes a cozy reading nook. “The idea was to maximize the built-in storage in this room rather than using free-standing furniture, and doing so in a way that won’t give the room a heavy built-in and cluttered outcome,” Izen says.
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