Chic Sleeps: Lit a la Polonaise

I grew up with a canopy bed so I've had an aversion to them ever since.  If there was any bed that could make me change my mind about them, it's the 18th-century painted Louis XVI style bed above that is currently for sale at Le Louvre Antiques in Dallas.  It can also be called a lit a la polonaise (Polish bed) which is a bed that has uprights that support the canopy with curved iron bars hidden by curtains. The curtains in this case are a beautiful toile de jouy. It had me at goodnight!  Of course, I couldn't post this bed without showing you some other beautiful examples of lit a la polonaise.  Enjoy!

Another look at the Le Louve Antiques bed.

Some of the most gorgeous examples can be found at Versailles.  I took this photo on my tour. 

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I was lucky to see this gorgeous lit a la polonaise in person at the Getty Center.

Le Petit Trianon photo by moi.

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And some lit a la polonaise aren't just for people!

Modern Beds for Contemporary Bedrooms from SMA

SMA offers to us a lot of elegant bed collections, which correspond to modern trends. It founded balance between technique and form, between innovation and aesthetic function and created ideal beds for contemporary and minimalist design. Each bed has its own charm and could add a stylish look to any bedroom. It is perfect if you are keen on black and white design or brown colors. It is impossible to wake up with bad mood after sleeping in such bed. To view all lines of SMA products visit their site.

Hi-Tech Stylish Italian Bed

Hi-Can is an “High Fidelity Canopy” created by the Italian Designer Edoardo Carlino. Although the product isn’t very new, but I think it need some mention because of it uniqueness. First of all, its design is very stylish, modern and ergonomic. Secondly it has all equipment needed to have perfect weekend in bed. The bed features integrated flaps, ventilation along with a hi-fi system and a screen with DVD player. The Hi-Can also comes with internet and gaming capabilities. What more can asleep like person dream of?

Hi-can Bed

Hi-Can Movies Capabilities

Hi-Can Equipment

Colorful Teenage Loft Bedrooms by Tumidei

Kids room usually isn’t the biggest in the house. Although they sometimes have more need in space than others because the grow and new things change the old ones. If there is more than kid than that become even bigger problem. Loft beds are the first step to improve their space. The second step is loft bedrooms. The Italian company Tumidei designed a great collection of such teenage bedrooms layouts. Projecting of the bedroom become a great test of imagination because of 33 colors of materials, 8 colors of metal, different kinds of melamine, beds under the closets, closets under the beds, bureaus under the beds and over the closets. Almost anything in Tumidei’s loft bedrooms is customizable.

Loft bedrooms aren’t just space savers. Besides their functionality Tumidei made them very cool and fashioned. They have very contemporary design so every modern teenager will stand up among their friends when they see such room.

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New Contemporary Bed Design by Hugo de Ruiter

Hugo de Ruiter is a graduate of the Design Academy in Eindhoven who earned his spurs in furniture design during a successful career at Leolux as a designer and design manager. He already made some cool works for house of de Sede, Switzerland furniture producer. DS-1164 is the new contemporary bed collection. It’s coolect feature is that the bed-heads can be adjusted to precisely the right position for every occasion: from front to rear, from left to right. Their slatted frames and mattresses are customizable to suit customers own individual requirements. The beds are available in various color black, cream, steel, platin, rosso and so on, visit the deSede for more detail.

Contemporary bed design by Hugo de Ruiter

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