The Queen of the Daybed

Who am I talking about??....

Katie Ridder of course.

Please don't miss the ceiling in this next one...

She uses daybeds everywhere and I love it.

The first three appear to have a trundle, which is such an awesome thing to have in a city apartment. We bought a bed with a pop up trundle for Remi's room last summer and are in the process of creating an upholstered head and footboard. Mr. Sabbe and I have logged a couple of weekends on that bed. Hilariously, we've never popped it up to be even. Remi goes down at 7, so instead of worrying about sleeping in the same bed, we're more like "whoever makes the sound that wakes up the baby is in charge of putting him back down...do.not.cough....and oh yeah, good night, I love you."

Fingers crossed we get ours finished before he goes to kindergarten. It just looks like a cozy little space for reading bed times stories doesn't it?

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Short Ones, Fat Ones, Skinny Ones Too

Our bedroom needs a makeover. Step 1: make this headboard.

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Neutral Nelly

I'm not one to shy away from color, but every now and then I have a project where sticking to a neutral palette just feels right. There is something fresh and calm feeling about each of these tonal spaces.

  How about the window behind the cabinet above? Pretty creative use of existing space.

 What about you? Do you crave color or are you a neutral nelly?

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Some Like It Dark

I know, I'm two days in a row with the super dark walls.

 The walls look black in these images, but they are actually a deep chocolate brown. I really like how dark walls make everything else pop. Although this room, in sticking with only super dark colors and shades of white, reads so much differently that the one from yesterday. Does it not?Would you ever paint your walls a color this dark?
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The Modern Murphy

So one of the many things that excites me about the project I am currently working on is the super modern, super awesome murphy bed we are using in the guestroom/ office. My client has a nice size apartment, but does not want to have a bed compromise space in her second bedroom for the occasional overnight guest. But she does have overnight guests. So in the beginning of the project I suggested a murphy bed. I honestly didn't think we would find anything we loved without going custom, but I was wrong. Check out the modern murphy beds I found at Resource Furniture.

There are also sofa options for tiny apartments.

This is the one we picked.

And if Mr. Sabbe and I ever have kids in the city, this one was amazing.

They are so well designed, standing less than 12" off the wall, and super easy to pull up and down. The furniture is made it Italy, so lead times are a bit long, but I think it's going to be well worth the wait.

p.s. Leslie won the random drawing for the pillow. Thanks everyone for entering and thanks CSN for hosting!

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I Heart Spades

David and Kate Kate and Andy Spade's bedroom is super cool.
I don't know why there is a dot over the man's face.

Any ideas?

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Monday= No Fun Day

I have a bad haircut and a big zit on my cheek. Me and my Monday are not so good.

On the contrary, this bedroom is looking veeeery good. Not sure about everything else, but I know the end tables are from IKEA. Hope your Monday is looking better than mine.

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