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Beds

You can’t put a price on a decent night’s sleep. And choosing the right bed for you is always a good place to start. Design Storey’s selection offers something for all types of sleeping space.

Vivienne Bed Soho Home

This is just a great bed – that’s all. The pleated velvet detailing and the pretty sage green colour. It’s made to order and will take about four months to come but if you love it you’ll wait. Also comes in cinnamon, honey and indigo. If this is the year you need a new bed then consider this one. A classic style with a modern twist.
Pilpao Oak Headboard La Redoute

La Redoute has a good selection of headboards aside from the standard wooden, cane, velvet affairs. This is a case in point - the fluted front is very now (should you be influenced by that) but the key is the storage which means in a small bedroom with no space for bedside tables you don't have to be scrabbling about on the floor. Use the shelf on top for lamps and the niche, with its sliding doors for books and to mask (notcompletely hide mind) the other detritus of sleeping. Try also the Biface for a simlar idea.
GFW Platform Metal Double Bed Frame Argos

I have just bought two of these for my teenage sons’ rooms. They were easy to put together, affordable, and the minimal style means they don’t dominate the rooms while still looking modern. There is some storage underneath. Delivered fast and reliably too.
LOFT Mila M&S

A simple bed that comes in single or king and a choice of blush, teal or grey. The legs will make the room look bigger as you will see the floor underneath - try not to fill it with junk! I know you will but think of the feng shui.
Buisseau Oak/Cane Bed La Redoute

It has to be said that all those velvet beds can rather dominate a space so if you want something a little less demanding then cane is a good way to go. This has good detailing around the headboard and won’t look like a giant tanker landed in the middle of the room.
Luna Grey Velvet Beds Graham & Green

I rather like this mix of wood and velvet although I have to say it might be helped by the stripy linen bedding which is the perfect mix of rustic contrast with the luxurious headboard fabric. So often a successful scheme is about the contrast of materials - bring down the luxe with a bit of rustic or amp up the rustic with cashmere and velvet.
Topeka King Size Ottoman MADE

Another storage bed (look out they are very heavy and quite tough to build but the angled back and curving head will embrace you and is very comfortable for those who like to read in bed. Or sit up and chat. OK shall we just admit it - work. Just make sure you move your bedside table forward so you can still see the clock when lying down.
Bergen Oak Bed Cox & Cox

This is a good example of bringing the unexpected in. These beds are usually made of metal and belong to the retro hospital/boarding school look but in wood it’s a different thing. Lighter than velvet, less fashionable (by which I mean more classic) than rattan, this is a rather beautiful, yet minimal bed. Bring the contrast by piling on heaps of patterned bedding - try Society of Wanderers.
Waska Rattan La Redoute

Rattan and cane have been growing increasingly fashionable over the last few seasons as the passion for all things Seventies continues. La Redoute sells great rugs and bedding and, given that I am here to wade through 3000 pages of product so you don’t have to, I can also tell you that there are treasures to be unearthed. This bed is one. It comes in double or king size and is minimally styled with a cane headboard. FWIW (as they say) wicker is the process, cane and rattan both come from the rattan palm and former tends to refer to a thinner style of weaving that is usually used on parts of furniture (chair backs, doors, headboards) whereas rattan is more likely to be the whole piece.
TEMPUR® Horton Ottoman And So To Bed

Another gently curving headboard but this time it’s a storage bed. Undeniably useful but as they sit flat to the floor the overall effect is much heavier and will fill the room more than a bed on legs. The key is to use it for bedding and stuff you actually need and not treat it as a black hole for all the stuff you don’t need but can’t quite bring yourself to throw away. I speak from experience. I no longer have a storage bed.