I was asked by a couple in their 60s with a lovely, lovely home outside Manhattan to “smarten-up” the decor of their stodgy – their word – master bedroom.

Today, I’m selecting casegoods; furniture made of hard materials.  I’ll be selecting the 2 bedside tables, an étagère and a console table.

For the bedside tables, I’m proposing a pair of perfectly tailored Floating Drawer Sidetables by the Seattle-based artisan Tamara Codor.  Not only are they functional with their floating single walnut drawer and glass top, but they also don’t take much visual space.  I like them in a brushed brass finish as illustrated.

The lovely Korean decoupage étagère (actually it is a set of stacked triangular nesting tables) comes from the Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman and are offered by super interior designer Thomas Jayne.  These charming tables are covered with printed calligraphy, which will add a sense the antique to the newly created 21^th century bedroom.  This is a perfect place to display the client’s infinitely selective collection of Japanese 20^th century pottery.

The console table may come to some as a surprise.  I’ve decided on the Lucite Waterfall Console by HB Home, a NY-based design studio.  Sometimes Lucite can look very cheap, but in this case, it is not.  Given the room’s proportion and the rest of the furniture I’m placing in it, I do not want the feel of the bedroom to be overwhelmed by furniture.

Tomorrow we move on to the upholstered furnishings.

image credits: Dering Hall

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