SWEET SLEEP

Put together a look that balances both masculine and feminine features using old-fashioned accessories and a soothing color scheme.

Over the bed, hang two former cabinet doors as his-and-hers hat racks, with handwritten signs suspended from nails. Cover the nails, as Carolynn did, with a bow tie and a rosette hair clip. Widen the grouping with scrolled white sconces that can hold two more hats. Introduce a calm blue, gray and brown color palette by dressing the bed in a country quilt set and amping up the comfortable ambience with extra throw pillows and a lush shag rug. Stack two retro fiber drums—like these examples covered with patterned paper that Carolynn spotted at a sale—to fashion a bedside table that can also provide handy storage. Shades of gray in the drums’ metal trim, the bedding, area rug, bench and small chest of drawers heighten the room’s slightly industrial vibe.