As you can see, the most consistent element to this look is a contrasting throw/blanket which is always included across the bottom of the bed; sometimes all the way across in a rectangular shape, sometimes folded into more of a square and placed on the right...but there is ALWAYS this stripe/block of color.
Other elements of this style: a mix of pillow shapes and sizes (there are rarely just the actual bed pillows), often a monochromatic color story based on tones of the same family of color, a mix of patterns and textures and finally, an embrace of the asymmetrical; the two sides of the bed don't necessarily mirror each other.
Examples shown are from the following booths:
1 & 2. Bonaldo
3 & 4. Orme
5. Biba
6. Ingenia Casa
7. Nova Mobili
8. Alf + Da Fre
Images: Janel Laban
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Also, in at least the first two images, the fabric used appears to be real flax linen... with its great wicking and drying properties... important, I'd guess, in Italy.
I love the texture of real linen. And what georgeous colors - I especially love #7.
Picture #4 shows exactly how my mother dresses up her bed. Of course, she uses only real linen. Recently she asked me to buy some cheap extra bedcloth from Ikea and I answered: are you nuts? your skin wouldn't survive to ikea materials! As for me, the story is totally different. I'm young and I don't want to spend my time dressing up my bed, so I use duvet covers and every morning I just throw the duvet on my bed, which looks a bit sloppy of course. Maybe with time I'll learn to appreciate a good looking bed!
Only picture 5 looks made up to me. In my humble opinion, the rest look very unorganized. I guess the "just woke up look" is in.
This makes sense to me... when I visited (Southern)Italy last, it would get incredibly hot in the afternoons - everyone would disappear into their home from noon till around four when the temperature started to become a little more bearable. The throws would make sense for a daily siesta, it's not like you'd want to get fully under the covers...
Interesting. My mom just convinced me to buy two different sized throw pillows because I couldn't find two matching green ones. I don't consider myself a symmetry freak, but I don't like it! I want matching!
Anyone know where the bed in the first picture is from?
Anything that works against the trend for layers of pillows 4 or 5 deep, arranged in ruthless symmetry and stretching halfway down the bed, is welcome.
i like it !