It is the most intimate room in the house and the most private, a place for rest and relaxation, reflection and romance. How we choose to decorate our bedroom says much about our dreams and ourselves. It is with this in mind that the editors of House Beautiful present the latest addition to the Great Style series, a volume filled with design and decorating ideas for every taste and mood: bucolic or urbane, restrained or exuberant, utterly feminine or solidly masculine. In these pages, a country home bedroom is treated to gilded elegance; a Manhattan apartment takes on the sunniness of a summer beach house; a Connecticut colonial becomes a snug, private getaway.Achieving all these looks starts with careful attention to the basics of wall, floor, and window treatments. House Beautiful Bedrooms examines the various choices and offers advice, in text and photography, on how to make the most of the resources available. Suggestions for furniture come next, from bed styles to mixing looks and adding pieces originally intended for other rooms. And because the bedroom should be the best-dressed one in the house, a chapter is devoted to bed linens and fabrics. Ideas for using finishing touches to create unique and highly personal spaces round out this design portfolio. With more than one hundred beautiful photographs and advice from professional designers throughout the country, House Beautiful Bedrooms puts the room of one's dreams within everyone's reach. Read Less