“I call it grandma style,” says stylist and longtime advertising contributor Colin King of his favorite minimalist bed creations. As you know, this very simple look consists of placing a flat comforter on the bed, folding the top slightly, and then placing it back on top of a standard pillow. “It always felt a little traditional, almost religious,” he says of the ethereal look commonly used in hotels. “Clean and neat, simple but elegant.” It gives the room the “tranquility” that is desired in a bedroom.
Dr. King's favorite references include a photo of Diane Arbus taken in a motel, Luis Barragan's monk-like bedroom in Mexico City, and even the Sagredo Palace bedroom at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Masu. However, I've noticed this look popping up on his recent AD Home tour as well. Sure, some of them were styled by King, but others seem to have acquired that style on their own.
Either way, here's the verdict. Gone are the piles of decorative pillows and overstuffed noisy duvets. The back has a simple coverlet, so I'm glad it doesn't take center stage.
Colin King styles a minimalist bed, or “grandma style” as he calls it, in his Manhattan loft.
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AD100 designer Giancarlo Valle is known for using this style of bed in many of his projects, calling its look “monastic” and likening it to a classic white T-shirt. “It's easygoing. It looks messy and put together at the same time.” He uses this style in nearly all of his projects from his bedroom in Brooklyn, often with assistance from King. I've been doing it. To Hotel Esencia in Mexico.
Other designers are also implementing a back-to-basics look. In Augusta Hoffman's restored Brooklyn Heights apartment, the minimalist style was combined with long bolster pillows. In John Legend and Chrissy Teigen's California bedroom designed by Jake Arnold, the comforter is tucked tightly into De La Vega's bed. Andre Melone's Manhattan bedroom uses tailored bedspreads to achieve a similar effect.