Bedrooms

Beside lamps and reading lights to brighten up your bedroom

Amelia Thorpe picks out six of the best reading lights and bedside lamps.

Nine delightful bedroom ideas to brighten up your home

Dreamy furniture and accessories for the bedroom, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

Four ways to give your bedroom the luxury hotel treatment

Giles Kime explains how hotels can teach us to be ahead of inspirational design trends and how we can make our bedrooms design masterpieces.

A Cotswolds attic that's been turned into a fairytale fantasy bedroom

A space once used for storage has been transformed into a dreamy place for children to sleep by designer Tess Newall.

How The Cornish Bed Company is reviving the lost art of Victorian bed making

In a historic steam engine shed in St Austell, The Cornish Bed Company has revived the lost art of making cast iron beds by hand that will stand the test of time.

50 best interiors tips of the last 50 years, from legendary interior designer Nina Campbell

In the half century since Nina Campbell set up her decorating business, she has accumulated a depth and breadth of interiors knowledge that is as practical as it is inspiring. Here, she shares the 50 most valuable lessons from a stellar career.

A traditional country house bedroom elevated by an astonishing hand-painted wallpaper

The discovery of a hand-painted, botanical wallpaper offered the perfect foundation for the newly-refurbished bedroom in Dorset. Arabella Youens takes a look at a lovely scheme put together by Edward Hurst.

The uncomfortable problem of how to find the perfect bed

There’s an art to striking a balance between the most comfortable bed you can afford and the creature comforts necessary for a good night’s sleep, says Giles Kime.

The best wardrobes and armoires you can buy

Wave goodbye to fitted wardrobes with this elegant selection of best wardrobes and armoires, guaranteed to transform any room.

A bedroom in the eaves brightened up by classic wallpaper and the 'paint that goes with everything'

Papering the walls and eaves of this guest room with a lively botanical wallpaper has lent it a summery feel. Arabella Youens takes a closer look.

A room with a shockingly radical solution to finding its focal point: bricking up a window and building a new fireplace

Emma Burns transformed the sitting room of this London townhouse into an elegant bedroom — but not without making a major sacrifice.

A calming bedroom with light and height — and a bathtub with a view

When Emma Sims Hilditch converted a 17th-century barn, she created a bedroom with both light and height. Giles Kime takes a look.

How to blend ancient and modern in historical bedrooms

A bedroom in an historic Oxfordshire house has been brought to life by the designer Henriette von Stockhausen.

The key to a beautiful guest room: Bold colours and distinctive patterns

Throw away the nice white sheets and washed out, floral wallpaper.

How to choose perfect bed sheets: 'People think the higher the count, the better — it isn't'

There is nothing quite like clean, crisp bed sheets - and given how much time we spend in them, it may be time to invest.

How to transform a shepherd's hut into the perfect, country guest house

In North Yorkshire, Melanie Phipps has furnished a pair of shepherd’s huts with every creature comfort.

The designer's room: 'I wanted to create a sense of calm'

Interior designer Rosie Bossom has created a bedroom that's a peaceful sanctuary in Notting Hill, as Amelia Thorpe discovers.

A Nina Campbell-designed bedroom where comfort and beauty go hand-in-hand

Nina Campbell combines comfort and calm in this harmonious bedroom scheme. Amelia Thorpe takes a closer look.

Beautiful bedrooms: How to tell a tale with your choice of antiques

Max Rollitt has lent a distinctive, period feel to a farmhouse bedroom.

A classic 19th century Italianate bedroom in an Irish country house, proving that sometimes more is more

The Red Bedroom at Castle Leslie was feature in Country Life back in 1999, having been furnished over one hundred years earlier. It remains much the same today.