The prior owners of this Beacon Hill condo outfitted this home with a Murphy mattress. Ana Donohue’s customers, having said that, needed to use it as their bedroom. Alternatively than relegating the total contraption to the trash, Donohue made use of the Murphy bed’s platform as a base for a queen-size mattress and transformed the niche into a headboard with upholstery. “I preferred to enlarge the cavity, but there is a brick wall at the rear of it so we left it,” the designer claims. “We also produced aspect rails and a footboard protected in the exact material.” To counterbalance the straight strains of the architecture, Donohue embraced a tranquil coloration palette, lyrical pattern, and curvy furnishings. “It feels like a beautiful, serene lodge,” she says.
1. Very simple, magnificent bedding by Frette keeps the concentration on the attribute wall though toss pillows deliver a touch of cozy tone-on-tone texture.
2. A smaller-scale embroidered textile by Schumacher strains the specialized niche. “I needed material with variation alternatively than a stable so it wouldn’t experience too much to handle,” Donohue states. Tufting provides another layer of fascination and delivers down the scale even more by breaking up the expanse.
3. Phillip Jeffries smoky blue floral wallcovering is simultaneously soothing and statement-making. The pattern’s diversified measurements and styles enable to camouflage the soffit by distracting the eye.
4. Artwork Deco impressed sconces by Hudson Valley infuse romance and solid light-weight all over the place. “The shopper has moments of liking feminine, reflective, sparkly items,” Donohue says. “These fulfill that inclination.”
5. A mirror framed with chunky steel orbs hangs around a Noir dresser with an undulating front. “We didn’t want artwork because of the wallpaper,” Donohue suggests. “I like the edginess and body weight towards all this softness.”
6. Donohue commissioned ornamental painter Pauline Curtiss of Patina Styles to paint the wallpaper sample on unfinished wooden nightstands that she ordered on Etsy. “It seems like the leaves and flowers are slipping down onto them,” Donohue suggests.
Marni Elyse Katz is a standard contributor to the Globe Magazine. Send out comments to [email protected].
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