It’s probably our favorite room in our Southampton house. With a dramatically pitched ceiling and windows on three sides, it’s a real beauty. And we never used. it. We planned and furnished it as a home office, but found ourselves (like most people, I think), working on our laptops in the kitchen, or on the back porch, or by the fire.
The room found its use, though, as a makeshift extra guest room. We would push the furniture to the walls and make up an inflatable bed in the center of the room. People were too polite to complain, but it couldn’t have been that comfortable.
One weekend at the beginning of the summer, we decided to free the space from its “quiet-papa’s-working” pretense and turn it into a full time guest room. The sofa and club chairs moved to the city, and we quickly redecorated, mostly with things we had on hand.
Our only large purchase was a simple white platform bed from West Elm. I’m undecided about a headboard. Do we need one at all?
To lighten up the space, we transferred some books to the city and added objects to the shelves that guests might find entertaining.
(This ceramic crab used to terrify Julia.)
Some inexpensive vintage finds rounded things out. Like these American walnut nightstands from the 60s.
And this walnut and cane chair.
To be completely accurate, we should probably call it the New Guest and Nap Room. And it’s still my favorite.
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Lovely room, you will never get rid of your guests now.
That crab is very scary, my youngest at 9 is terrified of them, and limpets!
You only need a headboard if you read in bed or drink tea.
Gorgeous and inviting! I like the bed without a headboard. The window is so beautiful I feel a headboard would take away from it. Love the little crab, he looks like he is waving at us. My kids love to play with the little crabs at our beach. They catch them with string and clothes pins with mussels on the end and put them in the sand pails. Then they let them loose to race back down to the sea. At the end of the day all the crabs go back into the water and none are hurt.
As always – love what you do. I am leaning toward a YES – needs a headboard. One photo says not so much, the other photo says YES, headboard. Happy Summer!
Hello Christopher, i love the way that you ‘ve decorated this guest room. It looks very cozy! I love the pillows much like the work of the Barcelonian Cristian Zuzunaga. I also love the pattern bed sheets,so 60s! For the headboard, for me as an interior designer, I would put a not too high not to block the view of the garden, but just to give a sense of background for the pillows.For staying in style, you might inspire you this model of retail Swedish Ikea “Vinstra” -> here is the link of the final result on google: What do you think? Congratulations for the room!, would not you have been designer in another life? Hope to read you, Gregory of Belgium.
PS : sorry for the possible mistakes in this post…
very very very nice
Dear Mr Pruadere from Belgium: The Domestic Daddy IS a designer. In this life!
DD: Love this room. It’s a perfect perch for guests who’ll never leave.
xo MM
I love the quirky bookshelves. Ah! a nap room, I want one in my office.