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Dream Rooms: Bedroom
Dream Rooms: Bedroom

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Given the increasing demand for all things eco, any aspect of your dream bedroom can now come in some type of organic, natural, or otherwise socially redeeming form — not to mention stylishly chic and super luxurious. Here’s a list of the wonderful items featured in this bedroom:


Window Cover


This sheer wool challis is from Maharam, a company that supports progressive eco-practices.


Carpet


Its Rugmark label signals that no child labor was used to make this hand-knotted carpet of Tibetan wool yarn and all-natural vegetable dyes.


Bed Skirt


This visually unifying piece is made from Belgian linen, generally considered the finest in the world.


Blanket


A Brahms/Mount striped linen blanket is light enough to be layered with other bedding, as it is here.


Duvet Cover


More Belgian linen provides a soft, soothing, protective cover for your comforter of choice.


Coverlet


A cotton piece from John Robshaw Textiles was hand stitched and hand printed (with wood blocks) using traditional craft techniques.


Headboard




An old headboard was simply slip-covered — and transformed — with Rogers & Goffigon linen.


Wallpaper and Paint


Elizabeth Dow’s hand-crafted wallpaper “collages” incorporate real plant materials like ferns and mulberry bark. Using the paper on just one wall (as shown) sets off the sleeping area for a relatively low sum. Wall paint is a low-VOC (low toxicity) formulation from Sherwin-Williams.


Why It’s Time for a Dream Makeover



Bedding Basics



Snuggly Sheets



Dream Bathroom



Plush Towels



Furniture and Lighting

Created by Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz; text by Abbie Kozolchyk

First Published: April/May 2005