Bedroom with Marimekko Fabric Canopy

There are so many reasons to love this little bedroom. Let's just start with that Marimekko bed canopy...

Kaivo pattern by Marimekko

Using Marimekko's 1964 Kaivo pattern, a few yards of fabric draped from the ceiling creates a simple, bold, and easy-to-make bed canopy. Instantly, an entire space is defined.

The second reason for loving this bedroom is its compact size: It's only about as wide and long as the bed itself. Those glass-paned french doors centered at the foot of the bed do a lot to open up the little space but even without them we're loving the intimate scale of this compact and cozy bedroom. Gives hope to those of us with 8-foot-and-narrower bedrooms of our own.

Via: Always Mod. Image: Simon Upton / Domino

Comments (10)

Small but very pretty bedroom - probably would have been best as a kid's room with a twin bed though.

posted by ChrisGal on September 1st 2009 at 2:44pm
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Who loves a compact bedroom? It's a bit too plain and small for me.

posted by bemyescape on September 1st 2009 at 5:22pm
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cool pillows!!

posted by lama251 on September 1st 2009 at 6:40pm
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I like the idea, but every time I look at it I think "beach towel."

posted by MansardRoof on September 1st 2009 at 7:05pm
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Well, *I* love a compact bedroom.

No place for clothes and clutter = serene. If I had a walk-in closet, I'd put my bed in it for sure.

posted by fuzzyEgg on September 1st 2009 at 8:14pm
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I think this is a terrific idea, and it effectively turns the place into a "four poster room", which is pretty cool. But I don't like the pale bedcover with the dark coloured canopy, it visually squashes the room, which is already cramped from all sides. It would work much better with a dark bed cover and a light coloured canopy.

posted by idontdobeige on September 2nd 2009 at 4:20am
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I like it, but there's no reading light (or other light) visible.

posted by brittanykate on September 2nd 2009 at 12:09pm
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Wow a bedroom smaller than mine. It DOES look like a beach towel squashing the bed though.. I do like it however.

posted by dn on September 2nd 2009 at 12:58pm
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Why are so many rooms shown without lamps or lighting?

posted by mjs7640 on September 2nd 2009 at 2:10pm
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I would love to know more about how this is attached.

posted by patia on October 6th 2009 at 12:59pm
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