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In the master bedroom of a San Francisco Victorian, Ralph Lauren Homes Sloane Stripe wallpaper provides relief from the heavily ornamented bed, designer Ken Fulk says. Antique Asian hatboxes serve as nightstands. Fulks smart double Roman shade offers variable light control by layering opaque linen duck over translucent grass cloth.

In designer Kelee Katillacs master bedroom in Kansas City, Missouri, the mats on the Piranesi Grand Tour engravings and framed fabric behind the bed are the same silk blend as the curtains, Sophia, from Katillacs Couture Collection. The Greek key trim is customembroidered.

In this little girls room by Ken Fulk Design, white faux patent leather headboards were custommade. The blackandwhite bedding completes the look of the bed.

At the foot of a very chaste antique American bed in a bedroom of an 1820 Colonial house in New Jersey designed by Albert Hadley, one of a pair of English Regency benches, wearing its original flaking paint. The freshly painted bed completely folds up webbing, canopy, side rails, and all!

A suzani bedspread from eBay and a Venetianinspired headboard covered in Nouvelle Orleans, a cut velvet from Clarence House that looks like ironwork, add exoticism to the master bedroom in a Brooklyn townhouse designed by Jonathan Berger. The Napoleon III rope ottoman covered in an Aubusson tapestry is from Henri Vanhoenacker Antiques.

With a cool dip of color and a bright splash of pattern, an atticlike space in a Hamptons cottage became a lofty and restful haven. Designer Leslie Klotz found the quilt at a Brimfield summer antiques show, the accent pillow in Venice. Lamp by Christopher Spitzmiller. Wall color is Spring Mint and trim is Light Touch, both by Benjamin Moore.

For this guest room in a Nantucket cottage, designer John Willey took a 1960s colors combinationaqua and orangeand updated it. Walls are Benjamin Moores Lido Green. The Straw Woven throw and Maharaja Golden bolster are by John Robshaw.

A 1970s Kreiss headboard in Clarence Houses Flowering Quince dresses up the master bedroom, as does Blakes collection of vintage embroidered footstools and pillows. The room was going a little girly, but the Rorschachlike art by Adam Helms pushed it in the other direction, designer Steven Sclaroff says.

This large guest room in a Charlotte, North Carolina, house, needed graphic punch. Designer Lindsay Coral Harper started with the Stark carpet, and ended with the Greek Key pendant light from C. Bell. Walls are painted Benjamin Moores Van Deusen Blue. Vintage nightstands are from Liza Sherman; Julia B. bedding.

In the master bedroom of a comfortable family house, an antique door is the headboard, a trick designer Kay Douglass often uses to add interest while taking up less space in the room. Ivypatterned pillowcases are custommade from Galbraith & Paul fabric. The pair of Earl chairs are from South of Market. Walls are Seapearl by Benjamin Moore.