Why Your Guest Room Should Be An Exciting Treat – And More Fun Than Staying Home

You may not have a pair of four-poster beds lying around, unused, but if you do, fireworks can happen, as this room transformation shows: Penny Morrison brought a guest bedroom to life with this pair of four-poster beds and a generous use of graphic patterns.

When interior designer Penny Morrison was tasked with decorating a holiday home, her mission was to make each room unique and special. “I always find it nice to make the guest room a lovely place to stay, almost more cosy than being at home.”

In this case, she decided the solution was to opt for a pair of four-poster beds.

“A four-poster bed is a key element in a luxurious bedroom,” she explains. “Luckily, this room had very high ceilings, so there was enough space to accommodate these two beds, which are my own design.”

The property had recently undergone a major renovation, a process that involved stripping the house down to its bare bones and starting from scratch to bring it up to 21st-century standards. “The result was a very elegant interior, with fresh stone floors and lots of fresh white paint, but it was quite austere in its nature,” says Ms Morrison.

Striped fabrics in both horizontal and vertical formats play a big part in this project. She used Cotswold-based Rapture & Wright’s Tribal Stripe fabric in a pale Delft blue for the bed aprons, curtains and valances.

Testers have a Samuel & Sons cut fringe in ruby ​​red along the scalloped edge to add definition.

The red and cream rug on the floor and the X-shaped footstools are from her own collection. The mid-century bedside table is from Chelsea Textiles and painted a bright crimson red to match the rest of the room.

Penny Morrison — www.pennymorrison.com