Room of the Week: A Peaceful Hamptons-Style Bedroom
Author: Vanessa Walker
Gentle lulling colours and a touch of Hamptons breeziness make this feminine bedroom sing
In a Q&A format, we talk to the designers – and examine the creative thinking – behind some of Houzz’s most loveable rooms.
Photos by Jodie Johnson Photography
Styling and answers by Suzy Falconer, interior designer and director of Susannah Rose Design
Who lives here: A family of four women: a lawyer, an accountant, their two university-student daughters and Millie the tortoiseshell cat.
Location: Williamstown, Victoria
Room size: 14.4 square metres plus walk-in-robe.
Brief
This bedroom belongs to the family’s eldest daughter, who became inordinately fond of Hamptons style. She believed the Hamptons bubble could burst at any moment, but didn’t want to miss out on having her dream bedroom. So as not to be too on-trend, she decided she wanted her bedroom to be as luxurious and timeless as possible, with subtle nods to Hamptons style. Ultimately, it’s a fresh and relaxing retreat.
Starting point
The jumping-off point for this bedroom was the Westbury Textiles Kyoto Garden fabric in ‘Cloud’, seen here on the middle set of throw cushions. This linen fabric features a floral design, doused in duck-egg blue with tasteful hints of lime green. The contemporary femininity of the design and its beautiful colours set me on the right track for curating the rest of the scheme.
Colour palette
The daughter’s colour of choice is duck-egg blue. However, I wasn’t strict about sticking to one shade of this colour as I wanted to create a layered look. So, there’s a mixture of turquoise and aqua as well as pale blue. All of these variations can be found in that Kyoto Garden fabric, linking the entire space together.
In order to avoid contrasting too dramatically with the rest of the home’s white interior, the base layers (i.e. the big-ticket items including the bedside tables, bedhead and desk chair) are in light, neutral colours. It is a fresh and calming palette.
Key design aspects
Colour palette: Dulux ‘Lexicon Quarter’ is on the walls, and ‘Vivid White’ is on the trim. There is also a Polytec Classic White – Thermo Matt desk and wardrobe joinery finish.
Key pieces of furniture/fittings: The bedhead is from One World. The bedside tables are from La Maison and table lamps were sourced at MRD Home. The vintage drawers were repainted by SRD and we found the brass handles from Pales In Style. The
pink mirror is Neiman Marcus, the desk chair is from Pottery Barn, and the stool, doona and pillowcases are all by French Country Collections.
The layout
Thinking behind the arrangement of furniture
Three of the four walls were occupied with a door, window or fireplace, leaving only one wall to anchor the bed. The bed can be seen as soon as you open the door, displaying it to its full effect, as per the daughter’s request. I had to be careful when selecting the bedside tables, so that they wouldn’t be too wide and push the bed right up against the chimneybreast, as a walkway was needed to access the walk-in-robes.
The moodboard
Challenges worked around
The off-centre window above the bed was a challenge for the symmetrically minded. Moving it into the middle of the wall would have required an extra building permit, and covering it went against the daughter’s wish to have as much natural light as possible. We ultimately decided to leave it, and I’m glad it stayed because it lets in an abundance of eastern light. It is high enough off the ground for people not to notice it straight away; in fact, people are drawn to the elaborate bed and the coloured lamps rather than the window.
Why do you think this room works?
The scale of the furniture matches the dimensions of the room; for example, the winged bedhead is 1.6 metres high, which perfectly accentuates the high ceilings. There’s a commitment to colour to offset the white walls, such as the oversized turquoise lamps and the chest of drawers painted in Dulux ‘Antarctic Lake Half’. The colours are light, the bed is luxurious, and the room easily serves as a peaceful getaway, with a touch of Hamptons
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