I’ll be honest: what is being flogged as romantic in most magazines or travel brochures makes my skin crawl: tacky decorations, lots of pink and red, a bathtub at the foot of your bed (all the better to hear the gurgle of water draining, see a spider crawling out of the plughole and have to choose between romance of scum residue or scrubbing the bathtub immediately after use). So I’ve had to create my own definitions of romance.
It might get too hot in summer, but a bed in a greenhouse is the perfect place for reading. From soyvirgo.comA treehouse is also a great option, although you might have to fight the bugs for bed occupancy. From Airbnb.comGreat views and lots of soothing greenery with this day bed. Plus, who can resist a feline friend? From merchantdesign.blogspot.frOK, mood lighting can enhance romance, they’re right about one thing, but I think the view and the sound of waves might also be helpful. From bocadolobo.comIt’s all about the view in this one as well. From bocadolobo.comHowever, the most romantic bedrooms, to my mind, are the ones where you also have a comfortable reading chair and plenty of books to hand. From homedesignlover.com
I’d take that one with the view which has lovely thick curtains but I can see a crack of light pouring between those blinds which will wake me up at dawn!
I’m quite fussy about light peeking in as well. I don’t know why proper blinds on the outside are not a feature in English homes. Blackout curtains are just not good enough.
I have a passion for treehouses as well. I had several Friday Fun posts dedicated especially to them (but have taken a lot of old pictures down for storage space reasons).
I’m with you, Marina Sofia! The more common definition of ‘romantic bedroom’ just doesn’t work for me at all. But I’ll gladly move into that last bedroom – the one from homedesignlover. I know that last one might be popular among your commenters, but….
Absolutely in agreement – all that pink frilliness is a turn-off. And as for a bath at the end of the bed – WHY??? Madness… But all of these are lovely, and romantic in their different ways – I couldn’t choose…
Hmm, I can imagine just one or two nights at most in over half of these, the modernity of Nos 4 and 5 just suggest generic hotel rooms with wdescreen videos of the sea on a loop. The first, interestingly enough, is very much like the garden room I helped build in a previous residence where the better half liked to have an afternoon snooze in a hammock. But No 6 is somewhere to linger, is it not?
I don’t like bugs nor too many books in a bedroom, so the 2 bocadolobo.com bedrooms I like best. I went to their website which has the wildest – in some cases attractive – furniture…wow!
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I’d take that one with the view which has lovely thick curtains but I can see a crack of light pouring between those blinds which will wake me up at dawn!
I’m quite fussy about light peeking in as well. I don’t know why proper blinds on the outside are not a feature in English homes. Blackout curtains are just not good enough.
Definitely with you on the bath in the bedroom issue, too.
I think it would be the treehouse for me!
I have a passion for treehouses as well. I had several Friday Fun posts dedicated especially to them (but have taken a lot of old pictures down for storage space reasons).
I could live in that last one quite happily as a studio apartment! Being a comfy chair fanatic, that one looks sublime!
It would be perfect, wouldn’t it – just a little kitchen and bathroom and the rest is perfect.
I’m with you, Marina Sofia! The more common definition of ‘romantic bedroom’ just doesn’t work for me at all. But I’ll gladly move into that last bedroom – the one from homedesignlover. I know that last one might be popular among your commenters, but….
We’ll have to take turns…
I think I’d like to try all of them!
Absolutely in agreement – all that pink frilliness is a turn-off. And as for a bath at the end of the bed – WHY??? Madness… But all of these are lovely, and romantic in their different ways – I couldn’t choose…
Hmm, I can imagine just one or two nights at most in over half of these, the modernity of Nos 4 and 5 just suggest generic hotel rooms with wdescreen videos of the sea on a loop. The first, interestingly enough, is very much like the garden room I helped build in a previous residence where the better half liked to have an afternoon snooze in a hammock. But No 6 is somewhere to linger, is it not?
The ones by the sea are my favorite.
I think you’d have to share too much of the room with spiders in greenhouse one.
(loved your introduction, btw)
I prefer the mountain views to the sea ones, but yeah… gotta be careful about those bugs!
The final bedroom definitely has my vote!
I never understood the bathtub in the bedroom thing… xx
I don’t like bugs nor too many books in a bedroom, so the 2 bocadolobo.com bedrooms I like best. I went to their website which has the wildest – in some cases attractive – furniture…wow!