A delightful new addition to And So To Bed’s collection of traditional lit bateaux, the ‘Palais’ is a classic French style sleigh bed, with sleek curves and simple lines.

The highly distinctive fine-looking panels of walnut and cherry wood veneer lend the collection a timeless look and are just right for today’s more eclectic interiors.

The bed is available as both a traditional lit bateau and a ‘socle’ with lower footboard.

Price for 5 ft ‘Palais’ lit bateau as shown: £4150.

The range of co-ordinating bedroom furniture includes a 3 drawer bedside chest, 4 and 5 drawer chests, from £1050, a dressing table with mirror £3675 and a wardrobe £4950.

To view And So To Bed’s Palais Sleigh beds and matching bedroom furniture, please visit the website.

And So To Bed has showrooms throughout the UK.

Tel: (0808) 144 4343

The magnificent new ‘Charleston Collection’ of beds and furniture, designed by Nina Campbell exclusively for And So To Bed, is launching in their King’s Road flagship store this October.

Nina marries mirror glass, silver lacquered wood and rich dark timbers, inspired by the dazzling zeitgeist of the 1930’s, to create a sophisticated architectural feel; upholstered elements give the final stamp of luxury to a collection, which oozes glamour.

The centrepiece of the collection is the ‘Maud’ bed (from £4,325), (in our picture,) upholstered and dressed with Nina Campbell’s own fabrics.

Silver leaf and mirror glass add subtly reflective elements. Elegant and extremely romantic, it captures a look, which is perfectly situated between retro and modern classic.

Combining Nina Campbell’s design vision with And So To Bed’s exceptional craft skills, all of the pieces in the collection work separately and together to offer great decorative potential.

The range also includes the charming ‘Gladys’ desk/dressing table (£2,595) of which Nina Campbell says, “This piece will work equally well in a bedroom, a sitting room or even a small hall.”

The ‘Claudette’ medium chest (£2,125) and ‘Ella’ bedside chest (£1,550) are also beautiful pieces in their own right. Nina has designed them to work both as independent elements and as bedside tables.

The massive ‘Wallis’ wardrobe (£5,125) is a wonderfully luxurious piece of furniture and, in common with all of the Charleston Collection, is beautifully finished inside and out, with interiors lined in decorative timbers including acacia and sycamore.

The ‘Uno’ padded ottoman (from £2,075) is another favourite piece of Nina’s, “It’s good looking and hardworking; it provides storage space for extra blankets, but you can also put books or a tray on it, or even use it as a seat.”
And So To Bed has showrooms throughout the UK.

To view the superb new ‘Charleston Collection’ of beds and furniture, designed by Nina Campbell, please visit the website.

Tel: (0808) 1444343

Christmas - is the perfect time to make sure your guest bedroom is a soothing retreat for relatives and friends to unwind in after their travels – and also to treat yourself to a new bed!

Earlier this year, expert bed makers Warren Evans released an elite new range of beautiful hand-crafted beds at reasonable prices.

These include the Sunday low deco bed (featured here), the chic Contemporary, the eye-catching Richmond, the stylish Slatted and the classic Birch - ideal for sinking into after an indulgent Christmas dinner.

• Available in nine different finishes to suit any taste, Warren Evans offer homeowners a whole range of possibilities to be enjoyed for generations.

• Warren Evans have also created a selection of new fitted under-bed storage for the popular Sunday, the timeless Siesta, the traditional Trinity and the beautiful Brahms; ideal for hiding away things you want out of sight. The fitted drawers are only £100 for the pair*, easy to open, compact, and offer 365 whole litres of storage.

As one of England’s largest independent bed makers, Warren Evans put love and care into every handcrafted bed. They use only FSC certified wood in their environmentally friendly workshop in London, making their beds the perfect choice for anyone looking to improve their home this winter.

Warren Evans has been handcrafting bespoke wooden beds for over 30 years.

Beds and furniture are handcrafted in a unique green workshop in London, using energy efficient tools, and best environmental practice.

For expert advice on designing your bedroom, storage and choosing the bed that’s right for you, please visit the Warren Evans website.

*On selected bed ranges only.

The Madison hand crafted bedroom furniture range from Raines & Willow, offers the ultimate in exquisite bedroom luxury:

Madison Bed featured here.
The lovely Madison bed and textured headboard with smooth curved lines, are delicately finished with pewter studding detail.
The beech wood feet are stained to a rich walnut colour, making this an alluring statement piece in the bedroom. Priced at £1400.

Madison Dressing Table Chair
A sublime Dressing Table Chair; upholstered in brushed Alabaster velvet, with pewter stud detailing around the back, and beech wood feet stained to a rich walnut colour. £900.

Madison Armchair
Looks gorgeous in the bedroom or living room; filled with 100% feather and finished with traditional chrome castors. £1450.

Madison Footstool in Reims Cranberry
Makes this the union of comfort and style, with 100% feather top and traditional chrome castor feet, the Madison Armchair and Footstool make a stunning pair. £450.

Madison Bed Bench
A sleek design, beautifully upholstered in Alabaster brushed velvet. Elegant in length, the Madison Bed Bench completes the look with subtlety and style. £750.

Raines & Willow’s stunning collection also includes elegant beds, mattresses, dressing tables, bedside cabinets, chests of drawers and mirrors. Featuring stunning and unusual materials; such as the exquisite Camille Silver Leaf and the sublime Ella Silk Buttoned ranges.

The collection is exclusively designed and manufactured in England.

To view the complete Raines & Willow Madison collection of gorgeous bedroom furniture, please visit the website.

Tel: for stockists : (01628) 486710

Arighi Bianchi the inspiring home interiors store is introducing a number of new ranges for its own label Merit Collection, including sofas, dining sets, beds and bedroom furniture.

The Merit Collection products comply with the store’s well-known design and presentation quality, but at surprisingly reasonable prices.

The initial new range to appear is the typically beautiful Ercol inspired Isola range of dining and occasional pieces, which is defined by its stimulating look and bold styling:

• The range is designed to fit effortlessly into classic and contemporary settings, with high-quality materials and practical finishing touches.

• Products include the Isola console table (£399) lamp table (£199), entertainment unit (£345), wide sideboard (£699), wide mirror (£129), coffee table, in our picture (£349), dining table (£455), upholstered chair (£199) and bookcase (£699) all crafted from a blend of oak veneers and sculpted solid oak legs,

Arighi Bianchi’s Merit Collection embraces over 290 traditional and contemporary design pieces, with a reliable level of quality and style that has become the Arighi Bianchi trademark. All are now available to buy online.

To view the entire collection, please visit the website.

Arighi Bianchi is one of Britain’s great ground breaking businesses and first began selling inspirational interiors from its Cheshire home in 1854.

Julia Kendell, interior designer, well known for her dramatic room schemes on TV makeover programmes such as DIY SOS and 60 Minute Makeover, has teamed up with Spaceslide, the sliding wardrobe door supplier.

Julia demonstrates how fitted wardrobes offer more than just a practical feature for a bedroom, but can become the main focal point to achieve some of the hottest home interior design trends for 2012.

Reflective And Relaxing (In our picture.)
A wall of mirrored wardrobe doors doesn’t have to be dreary –, but certainly makes a room feel twice the size.

The furniture is the lead feature of this room, where the doors complement the look and are just ideal for a spare room.

White and mirrored surfaces have all round, timeless appeal, so you can play around and update with coloured walls and accessories.

This calming mint scheme has a touch of glitz – where the metallic element in the wallpaper complements the wardrobe doors. This room delivers a New England feel with a contemporary twist. The use of reflective surfaces adds perspective and dimension.

Julia’s top tips for this room:
Mirrored doors make a room look bigger, but a sandblasted/mirrored mix gives the impression that there is a room behind the panel – adding another dimension.

The wallpaper panel adjacent to the feature wall provides a balance to the room and is an inexpensive alternative to artwork.

You can use either door architrave or a mitre block to create a frame that’s then glued to the wall, or wallpaper a strip of wallpaper to the wall and stick the architrave around it.

Other styles available include:

Contemporary Asian Style
The Asian influence of the Oriental Bar design on the sliding wardrobe doors led the theme for this room, and this is going to be hot look for 2012 predicts Julia

Catwalk Cool
Ideal for cool couples and sexy singletons, the frameless sleek lines of this mix and match wardrobe, provide a great backdrop to other design elements in the room.

Playtime
Keep playrooms clutter free to let fun feature walls take centre stage with the clever and practical use of sliding door wardrobes.

Spaceslide.co.uk is one of the UK’s largest online stores for made-to-measure sliding wardrobe door systems and wardrobe storage solutions

Julia Kendell’s six exclusive designs for Spaceslide can be viewed online, and clearly show how sliding wardrobe doors can suit all styles of bedroom interior, whether classic, traditional or trendy in design.

Tel: (0800) 9803499

Vi-Spring the British bed maker has produced a collection of eight new beds, exclusively for John Lewis.

The remarkable new divan and headboard designs are available in a choice of excellent quality fabrics; from natural, muted brushed cotton linens, soft wool, and sumptuous velvets in strong, earthy tones.

Every mattress has been carefully hand crafted to partner its matching divan base. Filled with a choice of naturally deluxe fillings, they are available in a choice of four spring tensions, to give support that accurately matches your body weight and provide Vi-Spring’s signature comfort:

• The Highgrove with Viceroy Divan: (featured here) The sumptuously deep Highgrove mattress partners the Viceroy divan and is upholstered using a selection of the finest natural materials, from supremely soft cashmere and alpaca, to pure cotton, silk and Platinum Certified real Shetland wool. The mattress features 2,812 pocketed springs (in the 150 x 200cm size), and is covered in a soft silk blend and finished with hand-tied silk tufts.

• The Blenheim, Cliveden and Stowe with Sovereign Divan: These three new mattresses have been designed to partner the Sovereign divan. Each one is filled with an indulgent selection of Platinum Certified real Shetland wool, cotton, horsetail and silk.

• The Gatcombe with Wool Prestige Divan: A sleek, tailored, all-wool bed, the Gatcombe is filled using an abundance of the finest quality Platinum Certified British fleece wool and real Shetland wool.The Gatcombe is covered in 100 per cent wool fabric and hand tied with woollen tufts.

• The Chatsworth and Heligan with Prestige Divan: Natural, sustainable and exceptionally soft pure bamboo is used in both the Chatsworth and Heligan mattresses, which partner the Prestige divan. A blend of Platinum Certified British fleece wool and horsehair is also used in hand-filling the mattresses, which are covered in a bamboo blend fabric and finished with woollen tufts.

• The Hanbury with De Luxe Divan:Supremely comfortable, the Hanbury contains a mix of the softest cotton with Platinum Certificated British fleece wool. Covered with cotton fabric and finished with felt-tufts.

Every bed in the John Lewis collection is hand-filled and stitched by Vi-Spring’s master craftsmen in the Devon workshop.

For your nearest John Lewis stockist of the Vi-Spring range, or to order a brochure please visit the website.

Kid’s Rooms the specialist children’s retailer has launched a brand new collection of children’s bedroom furniture.

Kids’ Rooms think that our childhood recollections last a lifetime, so it’s important to create a comfortable, fun and stimulating environment for the children in the family home.

Whether playing, studying or sleeping, the bedroom can be an exceedingly inspiring place for children to grow and develop, emotionally, physically and mentally.

The comprehensive collection includes furniture, accessories, crafts, games and much more, to blissfully take kids all the way through childhood, from babyhood to teenager and beyond.

Kid’s Rooms can present a bedroom set to suit every little personality:

• Such as the Roses Four Poster Bed for fairy princesses. (Pictured here).

• A Pirate Boys Bedroom for cool ‘seafarer’ sleepovers;

• The Fun double bed roomset for teenagers that need a little extra room to stretch;

• And the Treehouse Bed for kids that love the ‘great outdoors’!

Kids’ Rooms undoubtedly offers a magical childhood to remember, with its diverse range of children’s furniture.

Kids’ Rooms launched in 2004 and is committed to providing an exceptional level of customer service. enabling them to offer a personal service to every customer and their individual requirements.

To view the exciting Kid’s Rooms new collection of childrens furniture, please visit the website.

Tel: for stockist: (02380) 675941

A new range of accessories for the home has been introduced by Peacock Blue, some of which would also make ideal gifts.

The vintage style Silvered Candlesticks in our picture, are made from glass and have an antique silvered finish. They are available in two sizes: H20cm priced at £15 or H27.5cm at £26.

The Posy Cushions have an antique inspired print. These linen scatter cushions are woven in a linen mill in Scotland and printed in England, so are a real British product. Available in Old Blue, Ivory and Duck Egg with a natural coloured reverse.
The cushions measure 45 x 45cm and are priced £45 each.

The collection of luxurious velvet Ribbons are wrapped around an old fashioned wooden bobbin. They are great for gift wrapping, sewing projects or just as decorative accessories.
The ribbons are available in: brown, blue/turquoise, natural/grey, violet/pink and green.
Available in two sizes: W5mm x L20m (£18) and W10mm x L10m (£20).

To view the entire new Peacock Blue accessories collection, please visit the website
Tel: (08450) 17 55 66

Sliderobes the specialist in fitted sliding wardrobe doors and storage, has launched two bespoke furniture collections, Enigma and Signature.

The collections include eye-catching bedside tables, dressers, headboards and chests, so you can enjoy a co-ordinated, calm and clutter-free look in your bedroom. Whether you choose to add a dash of colour or keep everything black and white, there is a style to suit you.

When considering a new colour scheme for your bedroom, black and white is simply stunning.

Sliderobes offer the option of additional detail to be added to this crisp and clean look, by adding mirror-panelled wardrobe doors with silver surrounds and subtle silver cross strips.

If you desire a more dramatic statement, then consider black and white glass, high gloss doors or a black sparkle finish.

Sliderobes also offer spacious, custom-built storage solutions to relieve the pressure on space:

• With their new range of accessories you can have insides just as clever and beautiful as the outsides.

• The range includes shoe and trouser racks, soft-close doors, LED robe rails, a pull-out mirror and novel pull-out shirt rails.

• Each accessory is designed to your specific requirements, be it the exact size for your individual clothes, linens, shoes or handbags.

• There are even discreet LED lights so that you don’t have to search in the dark!

Sliderobes easily provide bespoke designs to fit awkward features such as alcoves, sloping ceilings, chimney breasts and low beams.

If there isn’t a store in your area, a Sliderobes designer will visit your home, to provide a free, no-obligation appointment to discuss requirements.

For additional design ideas, please visit Sliderobes’ brand new website, which is full of ideas, expert tips and tools that will help you envisage your new bedroom storage from start to finish.

Tel: (0800) 454 465