We photographed this updated Arts and Crafts-inspired bedroom suite at the HOM store in Plymouth, then added one clunker. Have you found it? What doesn't work
With its curvy, somewhat ornate base and traditionally styled shade, the iron lamp looks awkward with the sleek, linear bedroom furnishings, according to interior designer Robin Strangis.
What does work
When the iron lamp is replaced with a more contemporary, rectilinear lamp, this room works because it has:
• Consistency. From the bed to the dresser to the framed art, everything in the room is linear, clean-lined and geometric.
• Contrast. The buttery yellow walls provide the perfect contrast to the cocoa finish on the furniture and the blue and yellow rug complements the bedding and makes the furniture pop.
• Suitable accents. The simple chrome detailing on the lamp echoes the geometric pattern of the bed frame and relates to the chrome base on the crackled glass lamp. The subtle colors in the framed print blend all the colors in the room.
WHAT'S IN THE ROOM:
Iron Helsinki Palace lamp$139.99
Contemporary chrome and walnut block lamp$79.99
