Development Alert: Basic Curtained Beds, for a Lengthy Winter’s Nap

These days we’ve been noticing a comeback of Dickensian curtained beds: cover varieties with wrap-around material and built-in nooks and alcoves that turn into comfortable bed-boxes when the curtains are drawn. Each initially added heat, darkness, and a little bit of privateness and make for additional restful hibernation in the present day. All you want is a candlestick for the bedside.

Check out a number of covetable cloaked examples, many (maybe not coincidentally) from London and past.

a snug bed at the bradley hare, a traditional pub with rooms for let on the gro 9 — Above: A cosy mattress at The Bradley Hare, a standard pub with rooms for let on the grounds of the Duchy of Somerset property, is hung with tasseled curtains. {Photograph} by way of The Bradley Hare.

in a revived 1790s home in bath, a guest room features a bespoke wrought iron 10 — Above: In a revived 1790s dwelling in Bathtub, a visitor room contains a bespoke wrought-iron cover mattress primarily based on a Seventeenth-century Italian design, hung with wrap-around linen material. {Photograph} by Paul Massey, courtesy of Howe, from ‘Mamma Mia’ Music Producer Nick Gilpin’s Stylishly Revived Georgian Manse.

the curtained bed, minimalist edition: this one, in the uk, is wrapped in white 11 — Above: The curtained mattress, minimalist version: This one, within the UK, is wrapped in white Portuguese linen. Images by Maria Le Mesurier from Can Minimalism and 5 Kids Co-Exist? A Design Couple’s Child-Friendly, Clutter-Free Home.

an alcove bed fitted with pale pink dress silk curtains and a quilt in patrick 12 — Above: An alcove mattress fitted with pale pink dress-silk curtains and a quilt in Patrick Williams’ 1850s East London condominium. Images by way of Berdoulat from Out with the New: Reinventing the Past in a London Remodel.

a guest bed in a london townhouse redone by retrouvius is paneled is in reclaim 13 — Above: A visitor mattress in a London townhouse redone by Retrouvius is paneled is in reclaimed pine cheese boards and hung with trim terra-cotta curtains. Images by Tom Fallon courtesy of Retrouvius, from A Rustic Townhouse Remodel by London’s Masters of Salvage.

a sophisticated take, from to the manor born: luxury and elegance in a restored 14 — Above: A complicated take, from To the Manor Born: Luxury and Elegance in a Restored 18th-Century Home. {Photograph} courtesy of The Modern House.

Above: The RU Suspension Bed Canopy by designer Rose Uniacke hangs from the ceiling by wrought-iron hooks and is accessible in all sizes, from single to tremendous king.

Trend Alert Classic Curtained Beds for a Long Winters Nap portrait 3_26 — Above: And an unfussy setup for wee ones: Bunk beds hung with curtains simply would possibly make bedtime a bit extra interesting, as seen on this Jersey Ice Cream Co. venture within the Catskills. {Photograph} by Tara Mangini from The One-Month Remodel: A Catskills Guesthouse by Jersey Ice Cream Co.

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