Is really stunning, and I would be concerned about my own ability to keep it clean. Love the headboard too.

Wow! I didnt see the mirrors at all until pointed out. Very cool. I will have to keep this in mind.

It doesn't seem like it would be too hard to clean. It's not like the bathroom mirror that gets smudges and toothpaste. You could probably just run a duster around the base. I like it! Actually, I like the entire room.

I would never have guessed. It looks great.

I love the room, but not so hot on the mirror base. Platform beds don't actually need a big base--you can have a center base that is barely visible or thin posts. The mirrors just seem like a gimmicky trick. But I do love the overall gestalt of the space.

I just looked at the photos of the remodel, and man, the kitchen was so much nicer before! Granted, it was dirty and that stove was in a weird place, but the cabinets were so classic. All it needed was a cosmetic fix-up. And now the kitchen looks like a one of a million the same in a million luxury show homes – glitzy, boring, and sure to look outdated in 5 years time. But oh well, we can just remodel again then! As long as we keep spending money and wasting resources, we'll never have to live in an ever-so-slightly imperfect space. Yay!

I hate the comment at the top of the page that the house wasn't 'liveable' when they moved in. Sure, it wasn't stunning, but it was liveable. The offhanded hyperbole of the very-wealthy will never cease to astound me. What a privileged bubble a person must exist in to think that that house was not 'liveable'.

But nevertheless, that bed does look great.

...although I would definitely add a sheepskin rug or two to add some warmth and texture...

RosieGreenie - I sympathize with your concern about the impact of constant aesthetic remodels. It does look like this whole job was done with a big eye on the market and making some cash. However they did insulate the whole house, which is a huge job and will probably result in that house sticking around for much longer. Also, although the kitchen is a bit trendy, at least the kept the double sided built in cabinet. It looks great in the new modern kitchen/dining room, and was the best piece of workmanship in the old one.

Nancy, you're right in that they took care to do this remodel 'properly' – insulation; expensive, careful design rather than knock-up jobs. After all, the guy is an architect. But what I hate about it all is this impulse that so many people have in the developed world (especially America I've noticed) that in order to make your house really your home, you must knock out the original kitchen, or whack on a huge extension, or whatever, AND this idea that a house that is just slightly run down or doesn't fit your needs perfectly is branded as 'unliveable'. It smacks of so much puffed-up, completely unaware class privilege. Ah, the tribulations of being wealthy.

The mirrored bed frame does not appeal to me, but I bet a few million teenage girls would love it. I do like the sleek simplicity of the room though. And yes, a woolly rug would be nice for feet on cold mornings.

I actually really like the bedframe, it's not done in a cheesy way. As long as it looks good at other angles too. I love the bedroom in general though too, I just adore ceilings like that.

I think this house looks great -- I think a similar effect (and easier) would be to use similarly darked stained wood - instead of mirror - that way you wouldn't get the reflection from the side table. And were they to put down the sheepskins, as djs suggested, they wouldn't reflect back. Not sure what RosieGreenie's beef is -- this is, after all, a blog about interior design - not a HUD minimum guidelines manual.

I like the bedframe. I didn't notice the mirror till I read the article. I'm building a platform bed soon, I'll keep this in mind.

The whole house looks great. And though the kitchen MAY have been "usable" before, they definitely made the right choice in almost completely gutting it. The built in cabinet they did keep was the only element in the old room worthy of keeping.

My parents have a platform bed with mirrors underneath like the one in the picture, the mirrors don't look as great with a few chips in it, and it only looks good in a room that is very streamlined.

That really is fabulous. I imagine that it would only work if you had almost no furniture in the room, though.

I love this; the whole place is beautiful and so well thought out. The fact that it was done so quickly is equally impressive.

Loving the entire house...
...except for the ubiquitous chalkboard wall.

I would stub my toe or bang my shin on that pokey platform thing daily. I don't understand bed frames that stick out beyond the shape of the mattress.

A bed is not a cake tray!

Oh but you HAVE seen this trick before! The nerd in me was immediately reminded of a "The Making of Star Wars" documentary I saw 25 years ago. Before the era of CGI, those little hovercraft on Tatooine (that Luke and Obi Wan drove around) were made to appear to float by putting mirrors around the bottom.

One of those "so crazy it just might work" ideas. Awesome! Love the house, but personally I'd get startled every time I enter the room with that mirrored base. For me it would be more distracting than anything.

I wonder if, when viewed from a different angle, that mirrored platform shows up all too well, and Tony Montana magically appears.

oh that's smart! Even after I read what it was it took me awhile to see it in the photo.

I like the bed, but I LOVE those sconces over the bed! Where are those from??

Kruninator, I know this is an interior design blog. But it's an interior design blog for real people with all sorts of tastes, lifestyles, and incomes – not just one by, for and about people in super-high-income design-related careers. And one can comment on the gaggingly cosseted attitudes of a designer or artist while still appreciating the aesthetics of their creation. It's all about keeping perspective and balance and a critical mind.

^you obviously don't know any architects if you think it's a "super-high-income" field. Quite the opposite, actually.

RosieGreenie--

I often find the assumption that AT is NOT for anyone WITH any kind of a decent income just as annoying.

I like your *message* of inclusion, but it seems to have a strong note of exclusion to it.

I'm also very amused by people who look at Before photos and say, "That's perfectly liveable." Pictures don't always show the REAL issues of why someone would do a gut reno... mold, rot, wiring that has to come out anyhow, a dated floorplan that doesn't work for the lifestyle of the new inhabitants... so don't assume that just because you prefer the aesthetics of the "Before," it's then all about the owner/renovator's being irresponsible, frivolous, or just wanting to show off his or her buckets of cash...

pencrush--

Yes, the wealth is reserved for the interior designers!! Everybody knows THAT!@

Not.

Patrick, perhaps I should have phrased myself better. What I meant by my comment about how this is a blog "for real people with all sorts of tastes, lifestyles and incomes" was not that I believe the higher-end of lifestyles and incomes should not be featured on it. It was just a response to Krunkinator wondering what my beef was because "after all this is a design blog" – as though that fact means I have no place here expressing distaste for the aforementioned pampered attitude.

And Patrick, I agree that often there are hidden problems like those you name. But surely you can see that the view that "a dated floorplan that doesn't work for the lifestyle of the new inhabitants" demands a gut-reno is one only available to the wealthy? This is not bitterness speaking, I am one of these people. But I am also aware enough to recognise my own privilege and be somewhat ashamed of the so-called 'problems' it can cause. To mock my point by saying that architects are not wealthy is to lose perspective on what constitutes wealthiness. Perhaps it was wrong to say super-high-income. But my point stands nevertheless.