15 One-of-a-Kind Bedrooms - Part 2

A Canopy of monks' robes

The canopy in a guest room is made from 19th-century Bhutanese monks' robes and sashes, the 19th-century trunk is from Singapore, the hooked rugs are from Kenya, and the plaster walls are original to the house.

A Room with Double Bunk Beds

The fir-paneled walls in the bunk room are painted in Farrow & Ball’s Pointing, and the ladders and bunk beds are custom made; the pillows are covered in Rogers & Goffigon fabrics, and the curtains are of a linen by Rose Tarlow Melrose House.

A Wall of Tribal Masks

A collection of tribal masks is displayed in a guest room; a tapestry from Argentina hangs above the bed.

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15 One-of-a-Kind Bedrooms

From a remote-control pull-out bed to custom-made double bunks, these 15 dramatic bedrooms are true showstoppers.

A Birch Tree Bed

The Montana vacation home of Susan and Robert Burch, London-based decorators Philip Hooper and Sally Metcalfe added a bucolic touch to the master bedroom with a birch four-poster by Diane Cole Ross.

A Room Made by a Rib Cage Photograph

In this bedroom, the photograph of a rib cage by an unknown artist once belonged to a San Francisco museum; the Knoll stool has a custom-made zebra sling, a 19th-century table from Aero Studios is topped with a wood vase from Mantiques Modern, and the Akari paper lamp is by Isamu Noguchi.

A Remote Control Pull-Out Bed

In this library/guest room, the remote control–operated bed slides out from the bookcase; the linens and cashmere throw are by Schweitzer Linen.

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7 Stylish, Summery Bedrooms - Part 2

A Hudson Valley Bedroom

Veranda editor in chief Dara Caponigro and her husband, David Steinberger, used a bold print to enliven an otherwise all-white sleeping alcove at their lakeside home in New York's Hudson Valley. The wood-frame bed is dressed in a floral linen-cotton coverlet by Brunschwig & Fils.

A Hawaii Bedroom

Michael S. Smith decorated the master bedroom of a 1930s home on a Hawaiian island with a Ming-style bed of his own design. The bed linens are by John Robshaw Textiles.

 A Bahamas Bedroom

Dressed with IKEA curtains, a wrought-iron lit à la polonaise with an eight-foot-tall canopy takes center stage in the master bedroom of Tom Scheerer's 200-year-old cottage on Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Painted in pastel green, the room is kept shady and cool by louvered shutters.

A Hudson Valley Bedroom

Martina Arfwidson of FACE Stockholm and her husband, David Weiss, chose a Swedish palette for the guest room of their Georgian Revival house in New York's Hudson Valley. The bed is covered with Hedström & Judd linens, and a side chair comes from Arfwidson's childhood home in Stockholm.

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7 Stylish, Summery Bedrooms

Stylish and welcoming, the best summery bedrooms beckon both day and night.

A Santa Monica Canyon Bedroom

In the master bedroom of the Santa Monica Canyon home of designers Jeffrey Alan Marks and Ross Cassidy, a vintage rowboat hangs upside down from the ceiling. Walls are upholstered in a Les Indiennes cotton, and a bench designed by Marks is covered in a printed linen from Christopher Farr.

An Ibiza Bedroom

At the weekend retreat of brothers Antonio and Ignacio Saorin Lopez de Ayala, on the Spanish island of Ibiza, a guest bedroom—nicknamed "the Captain's Room"—is carved out of the rocky bluff on which the main house sits, and opens onto a private terrace. A canopy of Indian mosquito netting hangs over the bed; the wood floor is painted white.

A Darien, Connecticut Bedroom

For her family's house in Darien, Connecticut, textile designer Susan Harris decorated a guest room with a vintage French rattan bureau, a Swedish wool rug, and ceramic lamps. The cotton-linen fabrics for the headboard, bedcover, bed skirt, and pillow shams are by Harris's firm, SeaCloth.

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Create Pretty Order
Keep keys handy. Unfurl a tangle of necklaces. Display a collection of vibrant scarves. Or make this pretty rack to corral the things that often collect by the front door—like backpacks, hats, even the dog's leash. "You can make this in minutes," says Ana White, author of The Handbuilt Home and the self-named blog Ana White. Start with any length 1x6 board. Paint or stain it if you like. Find the center of the board, both lengthwise and widthwise. Mark the placement of each knob, spacing them every four inches and working outward from the center. Drill a hole slightly smaller than the knob’s post, and screw each knob in place.

Fix a Tabletop

Most people put an old table that shows years of abuse—lots of scratches and large chips—in the giveaway pile. But DIYer KariAnne Wood of Thistlewood Farms gave the top of her beat-up side table a beautiful stained herringbone facelift.

To do it yourself, cut paint sticks into five-inch lengths. (KariAnne used 34 5-inch long paint sticks for a tabletop 17 inches deep by 26 inches wide.) Measure 2.5 inches from the edge of the table on all four sides and place a piece of painters tape. The tape will be your guide. Arrange two sticks on a right angle (a square ruler helps with this), and apply them on an angle with one corner of the paint stick lined up on the tape line. Using those two paint sticks as a guide, continue laying pieces of wood in a herringbone pattern, cutting edges to fit and gluing everything in place with wood glue. To finish, sand, apply two coats of stain (Minwax Provincial, $8.49; amazon.com), and brush on water-based polyurethane to seal.

Fancy up the Fare

Stephen Hacker, part of the cooking and writing duo behind Gourmandistan, says the easiest way to dress up simple cakes, cupcakes, or waffles is with a spoonful of sugared berries. Beat one egg white with a splash of water. Dip your favorite washed individual berries in the egg wash and then roll in granulated sugar. Place them on a cookie sheet or plate and let dry for a few hours at room temperature. "Blueberries and strawberries become dazzling crunchy, sweet stars," Hacker says.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques - Part 6

Shelf Display

A standing shelf displays Carol's wooden carriers and texas pottery.

Southern Rope Bed

Southern rope bed features a headboard that can be removed or be hooked into an upright position to encourage air circulation in summer and to block drafts in winter.

Vintage Porch Swing

Black paint revived a vintage porch swing.

Fresh Flowers in a Tin Pail

Fresh flowers fill a tin pail.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques - Part 5

Rose Arbor

Roses adorn an arbor.

Antique Wooden Bowls

Antique wooden bowls and a maple rolling pin.

Painted Wood Buckets

Painted wood buckets from the 19th century.

Straw Hats

Straw hats on a bedroom peg rail.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques - Part 4

Black Rocking Chair

A welcoming rocker patiently awaits the next visitor.

Guestroom

One of two guestrooms in the log cabin.

Log Cabin Sitting Room

A log-cabin sitting room.

Front Porch
A front-porch vignette.

Texas Porch Bed And Pie Safe

A late-1800s Texas porch bed and pie safe.

"I wanted the rooms to look the way they would have when the house was built in the 1850s," says homeowner Carol Taylor.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques - Part 3

Antique Quilts

Antique quilts sit neatly on display.

Log Cabin with Texas Flag and Dogtrot

The Texas flag flies in front of the log cabins dogtrot.

Basket on Antique Cowhide Chair

A new basket rests on a antique texas cowhide chair.

Black Rocking Chair

A welcoming rocker patiently awaits the next visitor.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques - Part 2

Yellow Storage Cupboard

Bold colros on walls and furnishings allowed rural homemakers to brighten their surroundings in centuries past. Carol's collection of painted furniture in original red, blue, mustard, and other hues is a natural counterpoint to her home's strong palette.

Pictured: To add a burst of color to a bathroom, Carol turned a small storage cupboard with original mustard paint upside down and mounted it on the wall.

Woodstove Electric Range

Regional antiques made in and around Texas give the Taylor homestead its authentic flair. "The scale of the furniture is just right," says Carol of her cupboards, tables, chests, and chairs. "These particular pieces were made to fit this kind of house."

Pictured: The Taylors turned an old woodstove into an electric range.

Rustic Dining Room
Bare floors and humble pine shutters at the windows in place of curtains create a clean-lined look that pairs well with the home's primitive antiques and reinterprets the way the interior originally would have been decorated in the mid 19th century.

Pictured: Traces of blue paint on a late-1800s table complement the dining room's walls.

Stone Hearth with Painting

Simple lighting such as table lamps, chandeliers, and wall-mounted lanterns instill the ambience of days gone by. Not every fixture is period perfect, yet each has an old-fashioned feeling that halogen bulbs and recessed lighting cannot capture.

Pictured: Carol's husband painted the portrait of Sam Houston that hangs above the hearth.

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Decorating with Texan Antiques

Carol Taylor took little notice of the small house on her Round Top, Tex., farm when she first toured the property. What she found inside the humble dwelling would change the course of her lifelong pursuit of antiques.

Early American Texas House

Fifteen years ago, Carol Taylor and her husband, Gary, fell in love with an 80-acre farm in Round Top, Tex. The house that stood on the property--an 1850s saltbox with several later additions--was an afterthought for the couple. "It was smaller than what we needed, but we adored the land around it," Carol recalls. Little did she know that restoring the unassuming structure would begin a new chapter in her life as a collector.

Pictured: The pitched roof of the original 1850s portion of Carol and Gary Taylor's Round Top, Texas home is visable behind a stand of white 'Lady Banks' roses.

Red Entryway

Curious about what lay beneath the wallpaper and sheetrock that covered the home's interior walls, Carol tore away tiny sections to reveal traces of original buttermilk paint in jewel-toned hues of red, green, and blue. Once everything was carefully stripped from the wood-paneled walls, Carol realized that the Victoriana she'd collected for years looked out of place in its new rustic setting.

Pictured: Tomato red paint in the entry hall had been hidden under wallpaper for decades; The Taylors cleaned the paneling with ammonia water, coated it with beeswax, and buffed it. Texas antiques inclued the trunk beside the door and the open cupboard filled with quilts.

Antique Iron Tub

Guided by her mentors, local antiques enthusiasts Faith Bybee and Marge Maddox, Carol gathered primitive Texas furnishings that were not only better suited to the date and style of the house, but also held a special significance for Carol, a fourth-generation Texan. "I was meant to find this house," she says.

Pictured: Carol tracked down antique iron tubs for each of her home's bathrooms, as well as this guest bath in the property's restored log cabin.

Carol Taylor

"A house will tell you how it should be decorated," observes homeowner Carol Taylor. "You just have to listen closely to what it has to say." Carol is a member of the Bellringers, a group of women in Texas and surrounding states who decorate their homes with antiques.

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