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Country Bedroom

Most people pick the bed first. That's backwards. Start with the walls and the light — everything else answers to them.

Start with the walls

The walls set the temperature of the room. Decide them before you buy a single piece of furniture.

Sage green wallpaper with cream hares, pheasants and stags among foliage

Under the Elder Tree, Sage

Hares, pheasants and stags hidden in the leaves. Close up it's full of life; from across the room it reads as soft green texture.

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Kathy Kuo Home
Off-white silk-textured wallcovering, partly unrolled

Italian Silk Wallpaper

When you want the walls to hold the light and nothing more. A fine slub that catches sun without asking for attention.

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Then the light

Ceiling light sets the mood of the whole room. Choose it second, not last.

Two-tier chandelier of curved leaf-embossed plates in vintage brass

Analise Two-Tier Chandelier

Curved brass leaves in two tiers, with a frosted diffuser underneath so the light falls soft.

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Kathy Kuo Home
Chandelier with layered natural coco bead strands on an antique brass frame

Baja Coco Bead Chandelier

Strands of wood and coconut bead on antique brass. No two are identical — the material won't allow it.

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Kathy Kuo Home
Woven wicker dome chandelier on an aged iron chain

Clovis Wicker Dome Chandelier

A woven dome on an iron chain. Big enough to hold a room on its own.

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Green and white ginger jar table lamp with brass base and white shade

Willow Porcelain Lamp, Green

A painted ginger jar on a brass foot. One on each nightstand and the room is finished.

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One Kings Lane
Now the bed

With the walls and light decided, the bed has something to answer to. Two ways to go.

Four-poster bed in light oak with woven cane headboard panels

Harbour Cane Four-Poster Bed

Fluted posts, cane panels, light oak. It draws a room around itself without closing it in — the posts read as line, not mass.

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Serena & Lily
Bed with curved cane headboard and footboard in oak with brass-capped legs

Solene Cane Bed, Queen

A curved headboard and footboard in oak and cane, with turned legs and brass caps. Lower and softer than the four-poster — better under a sloped ceiling.

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Kathy Kuo Home
Around the bed
Cerused oak nightstand with marble top and brass ring pulls

Chesapeake Wide Nightstand

Marble over cerused oak, brass rings. Wide enough for a lamp, a book and a glass of water.

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Serena & Lily
Tall cerused oak dresser with marble top and brass ring pulls

Chesapeake Tall Dresser

The nightstand's taller sibling. Seven drawers, same marble and brass.

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Serena & Lily
Upholstered X-base stool in a soft grey and cream stripe

Parker X-Base Stool

At the foot of the bed or under a window. A soft stripe keeps it from feeling formal.

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White lacquered bamboo-form rattan mirror with cut corners

Ojai Rattan Mirror, White

Bent rattan in white lacquer. Hangs either direction, which makes it easy to place.

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Hand-knotted wool rug with sand ground and sage, blue and rust motifs

Hija Rug, Sand

Hand-knotted wool in a faded Oushak. Sand ground with sage and rust — it holds the whole palette together.

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Ashley Stark Home
Dress the bed
Sand seersucker duvet and shams with embroidered cream trim on a rattan bed

Westport Bedding Set, Sand

Seersucker with a hand-embroidered trim. Texture doing the work instead of pattern.

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Serena & Lily
Cream percale sheets and pillowcases with a small repeating leaf print

Granada Percale Sheets

A small leaf print on cream percale. Crisp, cool, and quiet enough to layer under anything.

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Folded sage green alpaca and wool throw with cream fringe

Beba Throw, Cactus

Baby alpaca and brushed wool, woven in Tuscany. The green picks up the wallpaper without matching it.

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Cecchi e Cecchi

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