a peaceful bedroom and dressing room - north oxford house

   

features: Ash and glass wardrobes, handblown glass lighting, iridescent curtains 

The theme of 'one-off' and individuality extended well into this area.

Through the course of designing and researching for other rooms within the house, the design language for the bedroom became an extension of this yet with added softness.

We designed and built a fitted bed console with extending cupboard spaces either side as bedside tables. Small directional snake lights were installed for reading by. The wood is ash and was oiled for a soft finish.
 

Over the wooden chest in the bedroom (owners own- see above) hangs a stunning glass lamp by Italian designer Michele De Lucchi . It is hand blown by the designer as part of his design movement Produzione Privata, which is all about returning to the handcrafted and hand created using traditional methods. He is also a founding designer of the lighting giant: Artemide.








We knocked through a full height opening linking this bedroom to a smaller adjoining room, to create a walk in dressing room. Both rooms have large windows virtually opposite each other, and the light floods through this linking opening, 

The colour scheme combines a heritage light teal with soft natural cream, to continue the naturalistic and healthy aspect. The bedroom was painted in a rich matt duck-egg blue, and the dressing room papered with a delicate design in ivory and blue of abstract poppies by David Oliver. 

The dressing room features 3 large wardrobe units (designed and made by rogue-designs) made of solid ash and ash veneered panels with 8mm glass which is laminated and whitened through the centre of it making it opalescent in nature.Two tall units sit in alcoves either side of
the chimney breast. The third and main wardrobe has three sliding doors that open up to hanging space, and storage cupboards above making use of all the available room height.  It also incorporates a PIR sensor that lights the wardrobe when the door slides open.

We continued with the blond wood, ash, on this floor to keep the feel of lightness. We created a profile for the ash picture rail that would act as an architectural accent as well as a utility bar. Instead of a conventional picture rail, we took the idea and used it to great purpose i.e. unifying the two rooms. It made sense of the openings! It also housed hand crafted wooden pegs that act as clothes pegs. In the dressing room a mirror is created from the profile and integrated into the line. 

The curtain choice in both rooms always allows  light to be accepted through into the rooms, giving an ethereal quality to the room. The simplicity and continuity of glass, ash and deep soft natural wool carpet (from the fantastic range of natural flooring at Textures flooring) make the most of this space. 

Quiet luxury.