Top 10 Modern Canopy Beds

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Canopy beds or four poster beds are typically associated with traditional design because of their massive structures and embellished details which contradict what modern design is all about.  Putting all preconceptions aside, Italian furniture designers recognized a gap in a bed style that is not as widely available for those who lean towards the minimally designed modern bedrooms.  Today, modern four poster beds and contemporary canopy beds feature streamlined design and linear aesthetics, fusing impressive nature of their prominent structures with the minimal sleekness of contemporary bedroom styling.

Enignum Canopy Bed by Joseph Walsh

Enignum Canopy Bed by Joseph Walsh

Private Cloud by Michael and Manuel Kloker

Private Cloud by Michael and Manuel Kloker

Mantra by Mauro Bertame for Feg

Mantra by Mauro Bertame for Feg

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5 Feng Shui Bedroom Decor Tips

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Soothing colors scheme

Color is known to affect the mood, and has powerful spiritual, psychological and physiological capacities.  Select colors that are neutral like rich chocolates, elegant creams and warm copper to generate a calming atmosphere.  Selex Brisa platform bed by Milmueble in wenge and ebony lacquer is a great example of a rich, earthy and neutral palette with powerful and relaxing qualities.  As for an accent color, use pinks, reds, deep burgundies and even purples as these are the colors that symbolize love.

Selex Brisa platform bed by Milmueble

Selex Brisa platform bed by Milmueble

Proper bedroom layout

The bed should be as far away from the door as possible, usually at the opposite end of the room.  Do not position the bed directly under a ceiling fan or heavy beam and try to avoid putting the headboard directly under the window.  Footboard is not desired either as it hinders on positive energy.  Most importantly, make sure that your feet are not facing the door (that is the death position in Asian cultures) and leave enough room around the bed for energy to flow freely, and for convenience.  See Crono Leather Bedroom Set by Doimo for layout example.

Crono Bedroom Set by Doimo

Crono Bedroom Set by Doimo

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Nightfly Modern Bedroom Collection by Rossetto

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Rossetto introduces the sleek Nightfly Bedroom Collection with a rich selection of high-gloss lacquers and crocodile stamped leather details.  Unique contemporary design of nightstands and dresser adds a sense of the extraordinary.  The Nightfly Platform Bed also features a headboard light for convenience.

Nightfly Platform Bed by Rossetto

Nightfly Platform Bed by Rossetto

Nightfly Bedroom Set by Rossetto

Nightfly Bedroom Set by Rossetto

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Top 5 Modern Baroque & Neo Rococo Beds

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

The latest trend that blends baroque details with modern minimalism is gaining popular stand in the bedroom category with numerous leading Italian furniture manufacturers putting forth modern bedroom designs that will be appealing even to the most minimalist souls.  Scouting through many ubiquitous options, five modern baroque beds stand out mainly because they most accurately epitomize the trend and most effectively blend the dramatic and opulent nature of the rococo style with functional and minimal disposition of modernism.

Accademia by Noir Collection is a fully upholstered bed with high, curvaceous headboard that distinctively compliments its minimalist, linear frame.

Accademia by Noir Collection

Accademia by Noir Collection

Hope Blu by Mantellassi 1926 is a leather upholstered bed with jewel encrusted carved rococo legs.  The headboard is designed in a typical baroque fashion with curvaceous contour.  The modern elements come in the form of the bed’s low profile and linear platform that are a starkly contrasted against it elaborate headboard and the details on the legs.

Hope Blu by Mantellassi

Hope Blu by Mantellassi

Alexander by Cattelan Italia features a prominent tufted, capitonne headboard with curved ends and a tufted, yet minimally linear low profile platform.

Alexander by Cattelan Italia

Alexander by Cattelan Italia

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Tatami Style Modern Beds

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

The tatami style of beds originated in 16th century Japan and served as the foundation to the design and utility of today’s modern platform bed.  While the platform bed has evolved into a wide-spread phenomenon with oodles of options, the tatami bed design remained fairly true its original.  Tatami style is primarily recognized for its simplicity, linearity and lack of over fussed details.  More specifically, tatami beds don’t have a headboard, are very low to the ground and bear minimalism as its defining feature.  Some great examples of this bed style come from Italy’s leading modern furniture manufacturers and some incredible designers that highlight the sheer purity of this design and celebrate its ancient origins and its modern influences.

Dreamland by Ceccoti

Dreamland by Ceccoti

Squaring Isola by Giuseppe Viganò for Bonaldo

Squaring Isola by Giuseppe Viganò for Bonaldo

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