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12 Reasons to Love White Bedroom Furniture
Whether your furniture is vintage, contemporary or classic in style, choosing white means it will work in any bedroom scheme
Furniture the colour of fresh snow in the bedroom has much to recommend it. It looks clean and simple, helping large pieces, such as beds and chests of drawers, feel unobtrusive. It can happily contribute to a pale scheme, but will pop out crisply against a coloured wall or bright bedding. In addition, any number of disparate pieces can look smartly coordinated when all wearing a white coat. Whet your appetite for white with this roundup of 12 enticing pale pieces.
Steer towards the simple
Simple is often best when it comes to bedside furniture, especially if the bed is dressed with layers of colourful bedding. Drawers provide space for bedtime essentials, such as a book or reading glasses, leaving the surface free for a lamp and some decorative pieces.
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Simple is often best when it comes to bedside furniture, especially if the bed is dressed with layers of colourful bedding. Drawers provide space for bedtime essentials, such as a book or reading glasses, leaving the surface free for a lamp and some decorative pieces.
Check out how to find the perfect bedside table for your room
Consider a console
A white console is a really useful piece in a bedroom. Add a mirror and it can be used as a dressing table, or treat it as a simple space for displaying decorative pieces and somewhere to rest a book or tray. It can also serve as a small desk, perhaps not for a full day of work, but for writing a diary or doodling on an iPad.
A white console is a really useful piece in a bedroom. Add a mirror and it can be used as a dressing table, or treat it as a simple space for displaying decorative pieces and somewhere to rest a book or tray. It can also serve as a small desk, perhaps not for a full day of work, but for writing a diary or doodling on an iPad.
Hang a seat
If space allows, any kind of seating in a bedroom is a great addition, turning a sleeping area into a more multi-functional room. A hanging seat suits this heavily beamed, industrial space and brings a playful touch to the room.
If space allows, any kind of seating in a bedroom is a great addition, turning a sleeping area into a more multi-functional room. A hanging seat suits this heavily beamed, industrial space and brings a playful touch to the room.
Find a four-poster
A four-poster is a bedroom classic, reinvented down the decades to reflect contemporary tastes. This design is simple enough to suit a current scheme, while still gently referencing the past. The crisp white means it looks glamorous without dominating the space.
A four-poster is a bedroom classic, reinvented down the decades to reflect contemporary tastes. This design is simple enough to suit a current scheme, while still gently referencing the past. The crisp white means it looks glamorous without dominating the space.
Hide away
Where space is tight and obliged to multi-task, a concealed bed that can be pulled down from the wall is a genius option. The bed can be stored made up and ready for use. This one is concealed behind a simple white door, maintaining the pale colour scheme and helping the bed to truly disappear.
Where space is tight and obliged to multi-task, a concealed bed that can be pulled down from the wall is a genius option. The bed can be stored made up and ready for use. This one is concealed behind a simple white door, maintaining the pale colour scheme and helping the bed to truly disappear.
Bunk up
Bunk beds take up lots of vertical space in a bedroom, so helping them to look light and unobtrusive is important. A simple white bunk has a nice Scandinavian feel, and it will sit happily in a colourful scheme, too.
Bunk beds take up lots of vertical space in a bedroom, so helping them to look light and unobtrusive is important. A simple white bunk has a nice Scandinavian feel, and it will sit happily in a colourful scheme, too.
Source a statement bed
A lavish, ornate wooden bed with lots of French-style detailing looks strikingly modern when made in pure white. It’s a contemporary alternative to the warm wood finish that many beds of this design sport, and it stands out boldly against dark or vibrantly painted walls.
A lavish, ornate wooden bed with lots of French-style detailing looks strikingly modern when made in pure white. It’s a contemporary alternative to the warm wood finish that many beds of this design sport, and it stands out boldly against dark or vibrantly painted walls.
Step it up
A small table or chest of drawers may be the conventional choice for bedside furniture, but there are lots of other options. A low stepstool or ladder will offer shelf space for books, specs and a water glass, adding a welcome touch of personality, too.
This white ladder design looks light and airy, preventing the space from feeling cramped, and also operates as the home for two clip-on lights.
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A small table or chest of drawers may be the conventional choice for bedside furniture, but there are lots of other options. A low stepstool or ladder will offer shelf space for books, specs and a water glass, adding a welcome touch of personality, too.
This white ladder design looks light and airy, preventing the space from feeling cramped, and also operates as the home for two clip-on lights.
Discover how to arrange your bedside like an interiors pro
Choose a vintage piece
A chest of drawers is a practical addition to a bedroom, providing lots of clothes storage. For character and value, you can’t go wrong with a vintage piece that’s been treated to a few licks of white paint. Sand it down first to remove old paint or varnish, then slap on some brilliant white (decorative knobs optional).
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A chest of drawers is a practical addition to a bedroom, providing lots of clothes storage. For character and value, you can’t go wrong with a vintage piece that’s been treated to a few licks of white paint. Sand it down first to remove old paint or varnish, then slap on some brilliant white (decorative knobs optional).
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Update tradition
An iron bedstead is a traditional bedroom piece — very Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Choose a classic design with a white finish and bring it firmly up to date by setting it against an edgy black or dark grey wall and layering it with texture.
An iron bedstead is a traditional bedroom piece — very Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Choose a classic design with a white finish and bring it firmly up to date by setting it against an edgy black or dark grey wall and layering it with texture.
Splash on a design classic
A bench at the end of the bed makes a great perch when dressing and a useful temporary home for clothes. Add a twist of sharp, timeless design by choosing a classic version of this conventional bedroom piece. This is the Barcelona ottoman by Mies van der Rohe in elegant white.
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A bench at the end of the bed makes a great perch when dressing and a useful temporary home for clothes. Add a twist of sharp, timeless design by choosing a classic version of this conventional bedroom piece. This is the Barcelona ottoman by Mies van der Rohe in elegant white.
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A bespoke buttoned headboard in glacial white contributes to the seriously glam feel of this pale space. It creates real impact here, making a strong style statement without dominating the scheme.