Before and After: 6 Bedrooms That Offer Function and Style

ByPete
(We don’t normally talk about bedrooms much even. We do, however,  we spend a lot of time in them. Here is an article that takes a look at bedrooms and ways to mix in new ideas to meet modern needs) Pete

Bedrooms are private spaces, which sometimes means they get ignored while renovating efforts focus on the common areas. But these six sanctuaries reflect how designers and homeowners can personalize a room to fit specific preferences, including a smart solution for reading in bed. Which makeover sparks an idea for your own bedroom?
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1. Basic to Beautiful in Los Angeles
Before: The upstairs master bedroom in this Spanish Revival home had light peach walls and light wood flooring.
Transitional Bedroom by STRUKTR Studios Photography
After: The homeowners refinished the floors with a dark stain, painted the walls a neutral tan and added tall window treatments that bring elegance to the room. The canopy bed enhances the room’s sophisticated feel.

Personalized touch: The toddler bed at the bed’s foot is the designated sleeping spot for Bowie, the homeowners’ dog.

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Transitional Bedroom by STRUKTR Studios Photography
The charming paintings above the bed are by Clare Elsaesser.

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Room of the Day: Mission Hills Remodel
2. Dark to Light in Mission Hills, Kansas
Size: 314 square feet (29 square meters)
Designer: Christopher Fein of Forward Design | Architecture

Before: The owners of this master bedroom like to read in bed. But because their room was painted dark and their bed backed up to a window, they chose not to have a headboard, which would have blocked the natural light. Therefore, there was nothing to lean against while reading.

Transitional Bedroom by FORWARD Design | Architecture
After: Light paint eliminated the room’s previous cavelike feel. Adjustable sconces on both sides of the bed replaced the nightstand reading lamps, while built-in bookcases double as nightstands.

Personal touch: To solve the couple’s reading comfort issues, designer Christopher Fein came up with an adjustable headboard. When they want to read, the pair can lift up the 6-inch-deep headboard to create a backrest, which blocks the window. When they are done reading, they can flip the headboard back down.

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Room of the Day: Mission Hills Remodel
Before: The wall across from the bed had a pair of closet doors plus a separate door that led to the bathroom. This wasn’t the most pleasant view to look at from the bed.
Transitional Bedroom by FORWARD Design | Architecture
After: Fein added six panel doors to unify the wall. The fourth door from the left opens to a bathroom. The other five panels open to the closets.

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3. Reclaimed Warmth in Portland, Oregon
Designer: Guggenheim Architecture + Design Studio

Before: This upstairs master bedroom was actually too big for the homeowners, who wanted to reconfigure the space on their second floor to make room for a baby nursery.

Scandinavian Bedroom by Guggenheim Architecture + Design Studio
After: Architect Jenny Guggenheim reduced the size of the master bedroom to make it feel cozier and to carve out space for a nursery. Wall paneling made from reclaimed redwood fencing warms up the room and doubles as a headboard. The wood was cut to fit the wall. 

New custom maple nightstands are mounted on the wall on both sides of the bed. Guggenheim had light switches conveniently placed and wired to control the bedside pendant lights.
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Eclectic My Houzz: Colorful Manhattan Beach House
4. Bursting With Color in Manhattan Beach, California
Before: The master bedroom in this beach home had a simple light blue-and-white color scheme.
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After: Homeowner and designer Kelly Mack made over the room in her signature colorful style, with an antique Chinese Coromandel screen as the showpiece behind the bed.

Personal touch: A patchwork of warm-hued fabrics makes for assumptuous, one-of-a-kind bed covering.

Eclectic Bedroom by Carolyn Reyes
Two panels of the screen flank the bedroom door.
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Eclectic My Houzz: Colorful Manhattan Beach House
5. Brown to Bold in Manhattan Beach, California 
Designer: Kelly Mack
Before: The second bedroom in the same home as No. 4 had a simple brown color scheme, with windows and French doors that brought in lots of light but also exposed the room to the neighboring home.
Eclectic Bedroom by Carolyn Reyes
Kelly Mack infused the room with a tropical-inspired palette of vivid greens, oranges and fuchsia. The window valance, curtains, pillows and wall panels are made from the same quilting fabric.
Eclectic Bedroom by Carolyn Reyes
Translucent film sheaths the windows, ensuring privacy while allowing light to enter the room.
Eclectic Bedroom by Carolyn Reyes
Mack re-covered an old sofa bed in orange quilting fabric and painted portions of the Indian chest in green. The colors echo the reproduction of a Van Gogh painting above the sofa.

Personal touch: Mack backed the two smaller pieces of art with leopard-print wallpaper samples to give them more verve.

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6. Institutional to Elegant in London
Architect: Russell Taylor Architects

Before: This 1798 property was originally an aristocratic home, but after World War II, it was acquired by the government and became a hospital. When the current owners purchased it, the home was full of medical equipment and had linoleum on the floors. This top-floor room was still outfitted as a messy office from the building’s hospital days.

Traditional Bedroom by Russell Taylor Architects
After: In this photo, you can see the fireplace, windows and archway from the previous photo, but otherwise the room is hardly recognizable. The homeowners exposed pine floors that date likely from the Victorian period (1837 to 1901). The architect believes that this room was probably always intended as a bedroom for its owners. Simple furnishings and understated decor emphasize the space’s elegant architectural features.
 October 2, 2018
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