Can you help me style a daybed?
Hi houzzers!
I am rearranging some rooms in our house. This room will be used by our college-ages daughter when she is home (summers, holidays) and used as an office/ guest room otherwise.
I would like the daybed to be “zoom-friendly” for when it’s used as an office - which to me means that the bed will look more like a sofa than a bed.
Because the daybed/ trundle is upholstered in a gray fabric (that could be difficult to match), I think that means I should use a gray/ white textured or patterned coverlet (but am totally open to suggestions). If that direction is good, I found this Ugg Koolaburra coverlet. I would like color in the pillows.
The teal chair and daybed stay. The current bedding and silver wall wire thingy are going away. The purple/ white pillow and blanket on the chair can stay or go. I pulled out some art that can go in that room, too.
Would love any help with bedding and with pillows (size, shape, number and specific suggestions). Thank you so much!
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housegal200
2 years agoPlease provide photos of the other side of the room so that commentors can suggest possible other layouts. Here are some thoughts:
--Redesigning should focus on office needs more than on guest room temporary needs. There are ways to do both.
--Put a desk or a shelf all the way across the window wall so that you have daylight falling on your face for Zoom meetings, get daylight and a view while you work. This idea, though not necessarily this style. You can go Ikea, Etsy with hairpin legs, and put your files below, or a low chest or file drawers that your daughter can use as a dresser. (If there's a closet in the room, then organize it so a small dresser can go in there.)
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--Get a gray tweed coverlet add textured, bold pillows like these below for your sofa. Change out coverlet and pillow to the more bedroom looking set you showed in your photo when you have guests and your daughter is home.
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----Run a ledge over the sofa for a layered art look.
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2 years agoThanks, housegal. Here is a photo of the other wall. I think this is the only place for the desk. It’s in front of a window so that feels good. If I put it in front of the other window, then the trundle bed can’t open. Advice on styling the shelves (and an office chair) are most welcome. Thank you!
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