Designer Secrets to a Sexy Bedroom (continued)
The best advice and products to set the mood
Window Treatments to Shut Out the World
For total relaxation—essential to romance—a bedroom should shut out the outside world, by way of blackout curtains or layered window treatments. A three-fold layering such as wooden blinds, topped by sheers, topped by floor-to-ceiling draperies will create the most soothing effect.
"I love the elegance of a whole wall of drapery, ceiling to floor." —Designer Rebecca Cole
"Blackout curtains are a must in the bedroom so you can stay in bed as long as you want." —Designer Eric Cohler.
Seduction Must-Have: Silk or matte velvet drapery fabrics
Come-Hither Lighting
Choose lighting from a mix of sources, including table lamps next to the bed, wall sconces, or chandeliers over a seating area (never have lighting directly over the bed—it makes a naked body look ghastly).
"The allure of the bedroom is in the lighting." —Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz.
"Use gold paper on the inside of a semi-opaque or opaque lacquered paper lampshade, and it counteracts the unflattering glow of a compact fluorescent." —Harry Heissmann, senior designer, Albert Hadley Inc.
Seduction Must-Have: Dimmers on all lights in the bedroom
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