My bedroom is roughly 140 square feet; it is not exactly spacious. Before moving in, I had my roommate at the time, an architect, send me a floor plan so that I could mock up the room, from what furniture I wanted to where it would go. I knew that for the room to feel livable, let alone spacious, I would have to downsize my bed. So I left my full-size mattress behind and took up the hunt for a twin bed, starting, as we all do, online. An image would turn up from time to time—small bed tucked chicly in one corner of a room, suggesting monastic impulses and a sense of serenity—but Pinterest is, for the most part, a dreamscape, the digital turf of kings and queens. I did not have an expanse to decorate, I had a corner to consider.
My twin bed.
Photo: Emily JohnstonEventually, I wound my way into Room & Board’s Chelsea showroom, where my eyes alighted on the Anders bed. Sleek and understated (“inspired by George Nakashima,” the accompanying copy read), it looked like the perfect fit for my space, both physically and aesthetically. The twin size would allow for one corner of the room to be a dedicated sleep nook and the rest of the room to be “converted” into a home office. I lay a vintage Moroccan rug from the Scandi-chic masters at TRNK underneath the frame to create a visual boundary, a proverbial line in the sand that says “the bed stops here.” While this placement admittedly hides most of the rug, that touch of pattern and texture still makes a sizable impact in such a small space. I hung art around the bed at varying heights to further create a sense of place.
Choosing a twin bed freed up space for a home office.
Photo: Emily Johnston
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